Fertility in Sao Tome and Principe, 2021

Sao Tome and Principe
2021
Total fertility rate: 3.76
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
2021 1991, 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   2021  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Sao Tome and Principe was 3.76 children per woman in 2021 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 20-24 (178 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 28.5 years old. In total, 6,330 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
3.76
Births
6,330
Births per 1,000 people
28.5
Mean age of mothers
28.5
Births to mothers aged 15–19
17.7%
Net reproduction rate
1.78
Boys per 100 girls at birth
102.7
Population
221,961
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%13
15-1987.911.7%1,120
20-24178.123.7%1,758
25-29175.823.4%1,369
30-34154.220.5%1,069
35-39102.513.6%703
40-4445.96.1%272
45-495.40.7%24
50-540.10.0%0