Fertility in Sao Tome and Principe, 2026

Sao Tome and Principe
2026
Total fertility rate: 3.47
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
2026 1996, 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   2026  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Sao Tome and Principe is projected at 3.47 children per woman in 2026 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births are projected to be most frequent among women aged 20-24 (167 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother would be 28.4 years old. In total, 6,777 babies are projected to be born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024 (medium-variant projection).

Total fertility rate
3.47
Births
6,777
Births per 1,000 people
27.7
Mean age of mothers
28.4
Births to mothers aged 15–19
16.9%
Net reproduction rate
1.66
Boys per 100 girls at birth
102.7
Population
244,994
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
10-140.70.1%10
15-1982.711.9%1,146
20-24166.523.9%2,065
25-29164.923.7%1,564
30-34145.520.9%1,088
35-3992.413.3%621
40-4438.75.6%258
45-494.10.6%23
50-540.00.0%0