Fertility & birth rates in Armenia and Sao Tome and Principe

Fertility rate in Armenia vs Sao Tome and Principe chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in Armenia was 1.9 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
	Armenia	Sao Tome
1960	4.79	6.24
1961	4.67	6.26
1962	4.52	6.28
1963	4.35	6.31
1964	4.15	6.33
1965	3.99	6.35
1966	3.83	6.37
1967	3.73	6.39
1968	3.62	6.42
1969	3.49	6.44
1970	3.33	6.47
1971	3.29	6.49
1972	3.2	6.51
1973	3.08	6.53
1974	2.98	6.53
1975	2.92	6.53
1976	2.84	6.52
1977	2.74	6.5
1978	2.62	6.47
1979	2.53	6.43
1980	2.48	6.39
1981	2.48	6.33
1982	2.5	6.28
1983	2.56	6.22
1984	2.6	6.16
1985	2.64	6.1
1986	2.66	6.05
1987	2.66	5.99
1988	2.68	5.94
1989	2.71	5.88
1990	2.71	5.83
1991	2.64	5.77
1992	2.5	5.7
1993	2.29	5.64
1994	2.08	5.56
1995	2.07	5.55
1996	2.06	5.47
1997	1.9	5.4
1998	1.81	5.3
1999	1.53	5.23
2000	1.3	5.16
2001	1.2	5.1
2002	1.2	5.06
2003	1.3	5.01
2004	1.4	4.96
2005	1.3	4.94
2006	1.3	4.93
2007	1.4	4.96
2008	1.4	4.91
2009	1.5	4.84
2010	1.5	4.77
2011	1.5	4.72
2012	1.6	4.66
2013	1.6	4.58
2014	1.7	4.49
2015	1.6	4.35
2016	1.6	4.2
2017	1.6	4.07
2018	1.6	3.98
2019	1.6	3.9
2020	1.7	3.83
2021	1.7	3.76
2022	1.7	3.7
2023	1.9	3.64
2024	1.9	3.6
2025	1.9	3.53
2026	1.9	3.47
2027	1.9	3.42
2028	1.89	3.36
2029	1.89	3.32
2030	1.89	3.26
2031	1.89	3.21
2032	1.89	3.17
2033	1.89	3.13
2034	1.89	3.09
2035	1.89	3.04
2036	1.89	3.01
2037	1.88	2.97
2038	1.88	2.94
2039	1.88	2.9
2040	1.88	2.87
2041	1.88	2.83
2042	1.88	2.8
2043	1.88	2.78
2044	1.88	2.75
2045	1.88	2.73
2046	1.87	2.7
2047	1.87	2.67
2048	1.87	2.64
2049	1.87	2.62
2050	1.87	2.59

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Armenia	Sao Tome
1960	37.5%	32.9%
1961	38.7%	34.3%
1962	39.6%	36.6%
1963	40%	38.5%
1964	40.2%	40.2%
1965	40.3%	41.6%
1966	40.2%	42.9%
1967	39.9%	44%
1968	39.6%	44.9%
1969	39.1%	45.8%
1970	38.5%	46.2%
1971	37.7%	46.1%
1972	36.8%	45.9%
1973	35.9%	45.7%
1974	34.9%	45.6%
1975	33.8%	45.5%
1976	32.8%	45.4%
1977	32.1%	45.3%
1978	31.5%	45.2%
1979	31%	45.1%
1980	30.5%	44.9%
1981	30.2%	44.7%
1982	30.1%	44.5%
1983	30.1%	44.5%
1984	30.2%	44.4%
1985	30.3%	44.5%
1986	30.4%	44.7%
1987	30.5%	44.9%
1988	30.6%	45%
1989	30.4%	45%
1990	30.3%	45.1%
1991	30.4%	45.1%
1992	31%	45.2%
1993	31.7%	45.2%
1994	32%	45.1%
1995	31.8%	44.9%
1996	31.3%	44.7%
1997	30.8%	44.3%
1998	29.6%	43.9%
1999	27.9%	43.4%
2000	26.3%	42.8%
2001	24.9%	42.5%
2002	23.8%	42.3%
2003	22.9%	42.2%
2004	22.1%	42.1%
2005	21.2%	42%
2006	20.4%	42%
2007	19.8%	42%
2008	19.4%	42.1%
2009	19.3%	42.1%
2010	19.3%	42.1%
2011	19.4%	42%
2012	19.5%	42%
2013	19.7%	42%
2014	19.9%	42%
2015	20.1%	41.9%
2016	20.3%	41.7%
2017	20.5%	41.4%
2018	20.5%	40.9%
2019	20.3%	40.5%
2020	20.2%	39.9%
2021	20%	39.4%
2022	19.9%	38.8%
2023	19.5%	38.3%
2024	19.2%	37.8%
2025	19%	37.5%
2026	18.7%	37.2%
2027	18.4%	36.8%
2028	18%	36.4%
2029	17.7%	36%
2030	17.3%	35.6%
2031	17%	35.4%
2032	16.7%	35.2%
2033	16.4%	35%
2034	16.1%	34.8%
2035	15.9%	34.7%
2036	15.7%	34.5%
2037	15.5%	34.2%
2038	15.3%	34%
2039	15.1%	33.8%
2040	15%	33.5%
2041	14.8%	33.2%
2042	14.7%	32.9%
2043	14.7%	32.6%
2044	14.6%	32.3%
2045	14.6%	32%
2046	14.6%	31.6%
2047	14.6%	31.3%
2048	14.6%	31%
2049	14.6%	30.6%
2050	14.6%	30.2%

Children aged 0-14 make up 19.2% of the population in Armenia and 37.8% in Sao Tome and Principe in 2024, compared to 30.3% and 45.1% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Armenia and Sao Tome and Principe compared.

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

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +0.33% in Armenia 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
	Armenia	Sao Tome
1960	51,675	1,547
1961	51,957	1,657
1962	50,461	1,625
1963	48,058	1,609
1964	44,886	1,600
1965	42,271	1,611
1966	39,842	1,642
1967	38,674	1,693
1968	38,118	1,767
1969	37,333	1,862
1970	36,045	1,980
1971	36,590	2,127
1972	36,943	2,232
1973	37,355	2,329
1974	38,392	2,422
1975	40,217	2,515
1976	41,948	2,608
1977	45,320	2,705
1978	48,326	2,800
1979	52,452	2,893
1980	54,128	2,965
1981	56,323	3,015
1982	58,617	3,047
1983	61,028	3,100
1984	62,124	3,163
1985	62,499	3,242
1986	61,771	3,180
1987	60,176	3,440
1988	33,232	3,544
1989	57,520	3,576
1990	59,893	3,719
1991	56,269	3,801
1992	50,346	3,822
1993	35,818	3,841
1994	26,271	3,860
1995	22,452	3,948
1996	21,092	3,993
1997	16,685	4,041
1998	14,357	4,120
1999	10,452	4,221
2000	9,985	4,334
2001	8,030	4,471
2002	6,719	4,591
2003	9,866	4,702
2004	11,710	4,810
2005	11,013	4,897
2006	10,320	5,057
2007	13,362	5,226
2008	13,583	5,297
2009	16,863	5,349
2010	16,746	5,391
2011	15,442	5,445
2012	14,818	5,501
2013	14,505	5,449
2014	15,371	5,381
2015	13,821	5,269
2016	12,269	5,125
2017	10,428	5,007
2018	10,688	4,957
2019	10,072	4,932
2020	296	4,874
2021	2,370	4,954
2022	9,799	5,102
2023	12,153	5,221

Maternal mortality chart: Armenia 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 19 deaths per 100,000 live births in Armenia, compared to 75 deaths in Sao Tome and Principe.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Armenia	Sao Tome
1985	55	159
1986	54	175
1987	52	161
1988	55	157
1989	46	167
1990	47	164
1991	47	166
1992	50	164
1993	50	166
1994	51	168
1995	50	172
1996	49	171
1997	48	173
1998	45	175
1999	42	179
2000	40	180
2001	38	178
2002	36	179
2003	35	178
2004	34	177
2005	32	181
2006	31	177
2007	30	174
2008	29	174
2009	29	172
2010	28	170
2011	27	164
2012	27	158
2013	26	150
2014	26	138
2015	25	128
2016	25	119
2017	24	110
2018	24	100
2019	23	95
2020	43	92
2021	57	98
2022	27	82
2023	19	75

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 1% in Armenia 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
	Armenia	Sao Tome
1965	-	9.56%
1966	-	9.29%
1967	-	9.04%
1968	-	8.85%
1969	-	8.71%
1970	-	8.64%
1971	-	8.63%
1972	-	8.67%
1973	-	8.73%
1974	-	8.79%
1975	-	8.85%
1976	8.67%	8.89%
1977	8.32%	8.93%
1978	7.98%	8.96%
1979	7.67%	9.02%
1980	7.36%	9.1%
1981	7.06%	9.21%
1982	6.78%	9.37%
1983	6.52%	9.56%
1984	6.26%	9.77%
1985	6.01%	9.99%
1986	5.78%	11.4%
1987	5.55%	10.4%
1988	9.93%	10.6%
1989	5.11%	10.7%
1990	4.9%	10.8%
1991	4.69%	10.9%
1992	4.49%	10.9%
1993	4.29%	10.8%
1994	4.09%	10.7%
1995	3.9%	10.4%
1996	3.72%	10.1%
1997	3.55%	9.73%
1998	3.39%	9.26%
1999	3.23%	8.76%
2000	3.08%	8.21%
2001	2.93%	7.66%
2002	2.79%	7.1%
2003	2.65%	6.57%
2004	2.52%	6.05%
2005	2.4%	5.56%
2006	2.28%	5.11%
2007	2.17%	4.68%
2008	2.06%	4.3%
2009	1.97%	3.95%
2010	1.87%	3.63%
2011	1.78%	3.33%
2012	1.7%	3.04%
2013	1.62%	2.77%
2014	1.54%	2.54%
2015	1.46%	2.31%
2016	1.4%	2.11%
2017	1.33%	1.95%
2018	1.27%	1.81%
2019	1.21%	1.7%
2020	1.16%	1.6%
2021	1.1%	1.53%
2022	1.05%	1.46%
2023	1%	1.39%