Fertility in Sao Tome and Principe, 2019

Sao Tome and Principe
2019
Total fertility rate: 3.90
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
2019 1989, 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   2019  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Sao Tome and Principe was 3.90 children per woman in 2019 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 20-24 (184 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 28.6 years old. In total, 6,237 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
3.90
Births
6,237
Births per 1,000 people
29.2
Mean age of mothers
28.6
Births to mothers aged 15–19
17.1%
Net reproduction rate
1.84
Boys per 100 girls at birth
102.7
Population
213,392
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
10-141.10.1%14
15-1990.011.6%1,064
20-24183.723.6%1,670
25-29181.923.4%1,369
30-34159.320.4%1,108
35-39107.513.8%720
40-4449.26.3%267
45-496.10.8%26
50-540.10.0%0