Fertility in Sao Tome and Principe, 2020

Sao Tome and Principe
2020
Total fertility rate: 3.83
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
2020 1990, 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   2020  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Sao Tome and Principe was 3.83 children per woman in 2020 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 20-24 (181 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 28.5 years old. In total, 6,228 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
3.83
Births
6,228
Births per 1,000 people
28.6
Mean age of mothers
28.5
Births to mothers aged 15–19
17.5%
Net reproduction rate
1.81
Boys per 100 girls at birth
102.7
Population
217,435
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
10-141.00.1%14
15-1989.011.6%1,089
20-24181.023.7%1,692
25-29178.823.4%1,351
30-34156.620.5%1,079
35-39104.813.7%713
40-4447.36.2%267
45-495.80.8%25
50-540.10.0%0