Fertility in Sao Tome and Principe, 2016

Sao Tome and Principe
2016
Total fertility rate: 4.20
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
2016 1986, 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

Year

-5 -1   2016  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Sao Tome and Principe was 4.20 children per woman in 2016 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 20-24 (197 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 28.6 years old. In total, 6,455 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
4.20
Births
6,455
Births per 1,000 people
31.7
Mean age of mothers
28.6
Births to mothers aged 15–19
16.0%
Net reproduction rate
1.96
Boys per 100 girls at birth
102.8
Population
203,689
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
10-141.40.2%19
15-1997.411.6%1,034
20-24197.123.5%1,713
25-29193.923.1%1,469
30-34168.420.1%1,207
35-39117.814.0%722
40-4456.26.7%264
45-497.60.9%28
50-540.20.0%0