Fertility & birth rates in Argentina and Sao Tome and Principe

Fertility rate in Argentina vs Sao Tome and Principe chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in Argentina was 1.5 children per woman in 2023, compared to 3.64 in Sao Tome and Principe in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

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The chart below showcases historical changes in the birth rates.

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Argentina	Sao Tome
1960	3.14	6.24
1961	3.12	6.26
1962	3.13	6.28
1963	3.11	6.31
1964	3.08	6.33
1965	3.01	6.35
1966	2.97	6.37
1967	2.98	6.39
1968	3.01	6.42
1969	3.05	6.44
1970	3.09	6.47
1971	3.11	6.49
1972	3.14	6.51
1973	3.17	6.53
1974	3.22	6.53
1975	3.27	6.53
1976	3.32	6.52
1977	3.36	6.5
1978	3.36	6.47
1979	3.34	6.43
1980	3.3	6.39
1981	3.25	6.33
1982	3.2	6.28
1983	3.15	6.22
1984	3.12	6.16
1985	3.07	6.1
1986	3.05	6.05
1987	3.04	5.99
1988	3.05	5.94
1989	3.02	5.88
1990	3.03	5.83
1991	3.01	5.77
1992	2.99	5.7
1993	2.97	5.64
1994	2.94	5.56
1995	2.86	5.55
1996	2.78	5.47
1997	2.71	5.4
1998	2.66	5.3
1999	2.64	5.23
2000	2.59	5.16
2001	2.53	5.1
2002	2.49	5.06
2003	2.45	5.01
2004	2.43	4.96
2005	2.43	4.94
2006	2.4	4.93
2007	2.37	4.96
2008	2.43	4.91
2009	2.4	4.84
2010	2.41	4.77
2011	2.39	4.72
2012	2.3	4.66
2013	2.34	4.58
2014	2.39	4.49
2015	2.35	4.35
2016	2.24	4.2
2017	2.17	4.07
2018	2.07	3.98
2019	1.88	3.9
2020	1.6	3.83
2021	1.59	3.76
2022	1.48	3.7
2023	1.5	3.64
2024	1.5	3.6
2025	1.5	3.53
2026	1.51	3.47
2027	1.51	3.42
2028	1.51	3.36
2029	1.51	3.32
2030	1.51	3.26
2031	1.51	3.21
2032	1.52	3.17
2033	1.52	3.13
2034	1.52	3.09
2035	1.52	3.04
2036	1.52	3.01
2037	1.52	2.97
2038	1.52	2.94
2039	1.52	2.9
2040	1.52	2.87
2041	1.52	2.83
2042	1.52	2.8
2043	1.53	2.78
2044	1.53	2.75
2045	1.53	2.73
2046	1.53	2.7
2047	1.53	2.67
2048	1.53	2.64
2049	1.53	2.62
2050	1.54	2.59

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Argentina	Sao Tome
1960	31.2%	32.9%
1961	31.1%	34.3%
1962	31%	36.6%
1963	30.8%	38.5%
1964	30.6%	40.2%
1965	30.5%	41.6%
1966	30.2%	42.9%
1967	30%	44%
1968	29.8%	44.9%
1969	29.7%	45.8%
1970	29.6%	46.2%
1971	29.5%	46.1%
1972	29.5%	45.9%
1973	29.5%	45.7%
1974	29.6%	45.6%
1975	29.7%	45.5%
1976	29.8%	45.4%
1977	29.9%	45.3%
1978	30.1%	45.2%
1979	30.3%	45.1%
1980	30.5%	44.9%
1981	30.6%	44.7%
1982	30.8%	44.5%
1983	30.9%	44.5%
1984	31%	44.4%
1985	31%	44.5%
1986	30.9%	44.7%
1987	30.9%	44.9%
1988	30.7%	45%
1989	30.6%	45%
1990	30.4%	45.1%
1991	30.3%	45.1%
1992	30%	45.2%
1993	29.8%	45.2%
1994	29.6%	45.1%
1995	29.3%	44.9%
1996	29.1%	44.7%
1997	28.8%	44.3%
1998	28.6%	43.9%
1999	28.4%	43.4%
2000	28.2%	42.8%
2001	27.9%	42.5%
2002	27.7%	42.3%
2003	27.5%	42.2%
2004	27.2%	42.1%
2005	26.9%	42%
2006	26.7%	42%
2007	26.4%	42%
2008	26.1%	42.1%
2009	25.9%	42.1%
2010	25.7%	42.1%
2011	25.5%	42%
2012	25.3%	42%
2013	25.2%	42%
2014	25%	42%
2015	24.9%	41.9%
2016	24.7%	41.7%
2017	24.6%	41.4%
2018	24.4%	40.9%
2019	24.1%	40.5%
2020	23.7%	39.9%
2021	23.2%	39.4%
2022	22.8%	38.8%
2023	22.2%	38.3%
2024	21.6%	37.8%
2025	21%	37.5%
2026	20.4%	37.2%
2027	19.9%	36.8%
2028	19.3%	36.4%
2029	18.7%	36%
2030	18.1%	35.6%
2031	17.6%	35.4%
2032	17.1%	35.2%
2033	16.7%	35%
2034	16.4%	34.8%
2035	16.2%	34.7%
2036	16.2%	34.5%
2037	16.1%	34.2%
2038	16.2%	34%
2039	16.2%	33.8%
2040	16.2%	33.5%
2041	16.1%	33.2%
2042	16.1%	32.9%
2043	16.1%	32.6%
2044	16%	32.3%
2045	16%	32%
2046	15.9%	31.6%
2047	15.8%	31.3%
2048	15.7%	31%
2049	15.6%	30.6%
2050	15.5%	30.2%

Children aged 0-14 make up 21.6% of the population in Argentina and 37.8% in Sao Tome and Principe in 2024, compared to 30.4% and 45.1% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Argentina and Sao Tome and Principe compared.

Natural population change in Argentina vs Sao Tome and Principe by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +0.63% in Argentina and +2.4% in Sao Tome and Principe. The chart below illustrates the comparison of the absolute yearly changes resulting from births and deaths.

Table

Year	Population change due to births and deaths
	Argentina	Sao Tome
1960	315,943	1,547
1961	317,816	1,657
1962	316,952	1,625
1963	317,041	1,609
1964	311,020	1,600
1965	304,734	1,611
1966	303,981	1,642
1967	308,904	1,693
1968	312,440	1,767
1969	319,108	1,862
1970	339,096	1,980
1971	344,889	2,127
1972	357,835	2,232
1973	370,856	2,329
1974	388,107	2,422
1975	409,561	2,515
1976	422,330	2,608
1977	441,647	2,705
1978	448,413	2,800
1979	449,952	2,893
1980	443,732	2,965
1981	442,501	3,015
1982	431,926	3,047
1983	426,145	3,100
1984	423,279	3,163
1985	428,866	3,242
1986	436,760	3,180
1987	443,404	3,440
1988	455,701	3,544
1989	460,991	3,576
1990	466,640	3,719
1991	474,960	3,801
1992	473,226	3,822
1993	474,791	3,841
1994	481,958	3,860
1995	469,658	3,948
1996	458,199	3,993
1997	450,930	4,041
1998	440,184	4,120
1999	444,038	4,221
2000	437,562	4,334
2001	430,579	4,471
2002	424,825	4,591
2003	410,141	4,702
2004	417,970	4,810
2005	428,247	4,897
2006	424,591	5,057
2007	402,889	5,226
2008	442,442	5,297
2009	439,271	5,349
2010	441,335	5,391
2011	448,730	5,445
2012	411,540	5,501
2013	421,694	5,449
2014	450,462	5,381
2015	444,161	5,269
2016	391,767	5,125
2017	375,260	5,007
2018	346,031	4,957
2019	280,005	4,932
2020	151,347	4,874
2021	88,677	4,954
2022	96,673	5,102
2023	154,648	5,221

Maternal mortality chart: Argentina vs Sao Tome and Principe

The maternal mortality rate, which is the probability of dying during childbirth or within 42 days of pregnancy termination, is 33 deaths per 100,000 live births in Argentina, compared to 75 deaths in Sao Tome and Principe.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Argentina	Sao Tome
1985	80	159
1986	76	175
1987	73	161
1988	70	157
1989	68	167
1990	68	164
1991	67	166
1992	65	164
1993	62	166
1994	62	168
1995	60	172
1996	59	171
1997	60	173
1998	57	175
1999	57	179
2000	58	180
2001	60	178
2002	59	179
2003	61	178
2004	58	177
2005	57	181
2006	60	177
2007	62	174
2008	59	174
2009	62	172
2010	55	170
2011	48	164
2012	49	158
2013	47	150
2014	43	138
2015	39	128
2016	40	119
2017	38	110
2018	38	100
2019	36	95
2020	40	92
2021	76	98
2022	39	82
2023	33	75

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 0.96% in Argentina and 1.39% in Sao Tome and Principe. Below is the historical data on under-five mortality rates.

Table

Year	Mortality rate before reaching 5 years of age, per 1,000 live births
	Argentina	Sao Tome
1965	-	9.56%
1966	-	9.29%
1967	-	9.04%
1968	-	8.85%
1969	7.25%	8.71%
1970	7.17%	8.64%
1971	7.08%	8.63%
1972	6.97%	8.67%
1973	6.82%	8.73%
1974	6.61%	8.79%
1975	6.33%	8.85%
1976	5.98%	8.89%
1977	5.56%	8.93%
1978	5.12%	8.96%
1979	4.68%	9.02%
1980	4.28%	9.1%
1981	3.94%	9.21%
1982	3.65%	9.37%
1983	3.41%	9.56%
1984	3.21%	9.77%
1985	3.06%	9.99%
1986	2.96%	11.4%
1987	2.91%	10.4%
1988	2.9%	10.6%
1989	2.89%	10.7%
1990	2.88%	10.8%
1991	2.84%	10.9%
1992	2.76%	10.9%
1993	2.66%	10.8%
1994	2.54%	10.7%
1995	2.42%	10.4%
1996	2.31%	10.1%
1997	2.19%	9.73%
1998	2.09%	9.26%
1999	2.01%	8.76%
2000	1.94%	8.21%
2001	1.88%	7.66%
2002	1.83%	7.1%
2003	1.78%	6.57%
2004	1.73%	6.05%
2005	1.67%	5.56%
2006	1.62%	5.11%
2007	1.58%	4.68%
2008	1.54%	4.3%
2009	1.49%	3.95%
2010	1.44%	3.63%
2011	1.39%	3.33%
2012	1.33%	3.04%
2013	1.27%	2.77%
2014	1.22%	2.54%
2015	1.17%	2.31%
2016	1.14%	2.11%
2017	1.1%	1.95%
2018	1.07%	1.81%
2019	1.05%	1.7%
2020	1.03%	1.6%
2021	1%	1.53%
2022	0.98%	1.46%
2023	0.96%	1.39%