Fertility in Sao Tome and Principe, 2015

Sao Tome and Principe
2015
Total fertility rate: 4.35
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
2015 1985, 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 4.35 children per woman in 2015 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 20-24 (204 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 28.7 years old. In total, 6,615 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
4.35
Births
6,615
Births per 1,000 people
33.0
Mean age of mothers
28.7
Births to mothers aged 15–19
15.9%
Net reproduction rate
2.02
Boys per 100 girls at birth
102.8
Population
200,291
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
10-141.50.2%20
15-19101.911.7%1,049
20-24204.123.4%1,764
25-29199.822.9%1,526
30-34172.719.8%1,233
35-39123.114.1%727
40-4459.46.8%268
45-498.00.9%29
50-540.20.0%0