Fertility rate: Sao Tome and Principe
3.644 live births per woman in 2023, the latest year published. Figures for 74 years from 1950 to 2023 are below.
Total fertility rate: the average number of children a woman would have if she experienced the year's age-specific birth rates throughout her childbearing years.
Source: UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – processed by Our World in Data. Source and method · All countries and regions.
Every year
| Year | Value (live births per woman) |
|---|---|
| 2023 | 3.644 |
| 2022 | 3.695 |
| 2021 | 3.759 |
| 2020 | 3.827 |
| 2019 | 3.9 |
| 2018 | 3.977 |
| 2017 | 4.069 |
| 2016 | 4.203 |
| 2015 | 4.354 |
| 2014 | 4.485 |
| 2013 | 4.584 |
| 2012 | 4.664 |
| 2011 | 4.718 |
| 2010 | 4.769 |
| 2009 | 4.838 |
| 2008 | 4.906 |
| 2007 | 4.957 |
| 2006 | 4.933 |
| 2005 | 4.939 |
| 2004 | 4.962 |
| 2003 | 5.013 |
| 2002 | 5.062 |
| 2001 | 5.097 |
| 2000 | 5.157 |
| 1999 | 5.228 |
| 1998 | 5.304 |
| 1997 | 5.396 |
| 1996 | 5.474 |
| 1995 | 5.554 |
| 1994 | 5.562 |
| 1993 | 5.635 |
| 1992 | 5.704 |
| 1991 | 5.769 |
| 1990 | 5.828 |
| 1989 | 5.884 |
| 1988 | 5.938 |
| 1987 | 5.992 |
| 1986 | 6.046 |
| 1985 | 6.101 |
| 1984 | 6.158 |
| 1983 | 6.217 |
| 1982 | 6.276 |
| 1981 | 6.333 |
| 1980 | 6.386 |
| 1979 | 6.434 |
| 1978 | 6.473 |
| 1977 | 6.504 |
| 1976 | 6.524 |
| 1975 | 6.534 |
| 1974 | 6.534 |
| 1973 | 6.525 |
| 1972 | 6.51 |
| 1971 | 6.49 |
| 1970 | 6.468 |
| 1969 | 6.444 |
| 1968 | 6.419 |
| 1967 | 6.394 |
| 1966 | 6.371 |
| 1965 | 6.349 |
| 1964 | 6.327 |
| 1963 | 6.306 |
| 1962 | 6.284 |
| 1961 | 6.263 |
| 1960 | 6.242 |
| 1959 | 6.223 |
| 1958 | 6.208 |
| 1957 | 6.195 |
| 1956 | 6.187 |
| 1955 | 6.184 |
| 1954 | 6.185 |
| 1953 | 6.191 |
| 1952 | 6.202 |
| 1951 | 6.218 |
| 1950 | 6.227 |