Fertility in Sao Tome and Principe, 2018

Sao Tome and Principe
2018
Total fertility rate: 3.98
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
2018 1988, 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   2018  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Sao Tome and Principe was 3.98 children per woman in 2018 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 20-24 (187 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 28.6 years old. In total, 6,264 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
3.98
Births
6,264
Births per 1,000 people
29.8
Mean age of mothers
28.6
Births to mothers aged 15–19
16.6%
Net reproduction rate
1.87
Boys per 100 girls at birth
102.8
Population
210,187
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
10-141.20.1%17
15-1991.111.5%1,039
20-24187.023.5%1,664
25-29185.423.3%1,394
30-34162.220.4%1,142
35-39110.013.9%718
40-4450.86.4%263
45-496.60.8%26
50-540.10.0%0