Fertility in Sao Tome and Principe, 2013

Sao Tome and Principe
2013
Total fertility rate: 4.58
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
2013 1983, 30 years earlier
Hover a column for the exact rate. Adding up all the rates (× 5 years ÷ 1,000) gives the total fertility rate.
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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The total fertility rate of Sao Tome and Principe was 4.58 children per woman in 2013 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 20-24 (216 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 28.7 years old. In total, 6,830 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
4.58
Births
6,830
Births per 1,000 people
35.4
Mean age of mothers
28.7
Births to mothers aged 15–19
15.9%
Net reproduction rate
2.11
Boys per 100 girls at birth
102.8
Population
193,148
The net reproduction rate counts only daughters who survive to their mothers' age: below 1, each generation of women is smaller than the one before.
Mother's ageBirths per 1,000 womenShare of total fertilityBirths
10-141.80.2%22
15-19110.012.0%1,085
20-24215.723.5%1,864
25-29208.022.7%1,625
30-34176.719.3%1,217
35-39132.214.4%715
40-4464.57.0%272
45-498.60.9%29
50-540.20.0%0