Fertility in Sao Tome and Principe, 2017

Sao Tome and Principe
2017
Total fertility rate: 4.07
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
2017 1987, 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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-5 -1   2017  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Sao Tome and Principe was 4.07 children per woman in 2017 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 20-24 (191 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 28.6 years old. In total, 6,326 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
4.07
Births
6,326
Births per 1,000 people
30.6
Mean age of mothers
28.6
Births to mothers aged 15–19
16.3%
Net reproduction rate
1.91
Boys per 100 girls at birth
102.8
Population
206,970
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
10-141.30.2%18
15-1993.611.5%1,029
20-24191.123.5%1,676
25-29188.623.2%1,424
30-34165.020.3%1,177
35-39113.113.9%716
40-4453.06.5%263
45-497.10.9%28
50-540.20.0%0