Fertility & birth rates in Belarus and Sao Tome and Principe

Fertility rate in Belarus vs Sao Tome and Principe chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in Belarus was 1.21 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
	Belarus	Sao Tome
1960	2.67	6.24
1961	2.59	6.26
1962	2.5	6.28
1963	2.4	6.31
1964	2.31	6.33
1965	2.27	6.35
1966	2.29	6.37
1967	2.26	6.39
1968	2.22	6.42
1969	2.26	6.44
1970	2.31	6.47
1971	2.31	6.49
1972	2.28	6.51
1973	2.25	6.53
1974	2.21	6.53
1975	2.17	6.53
1976	2.12	6.52
1977	2.08	6.5
1978	2.06	6.47
1979	2.05	6.43
1980	2.03	6.39
1981	2.02	6.33
1982	2.05	6.28
1983	2.11	6.22
1984	2.11	6.16
1985	2.09	6.1
1986	2.09	6.05
1987	2.03	5.99
1988	2.03	5.94
1989	2.03	5.88
1990	1.91	5.83
1991	1.81	5.77
1992	1.76	5.7
1993	1.62	5.64
1994	1.53	5.56
1995	1.41	5.55
1996	1.34	5.47
1997	1.25	5.4
1998	1.3	5.3
1999	1.31	5.23
2000	1.32	5.16
2001	1.29	5.1
2002	1.24	5.06
2003	1.23	5.01
2004	1.23	4.96
2005	1.25	4.94
2006	1.34	4.93
2007	1.43	4.96
2008	1.49	4.91
2009	1.51	4.84
2010	1.49	4.77
2011	1.52	4.72
2012	1.62	4.66
2013	1.67	4.58
2014	1.7	4.49
2015	1.72	4.35
2016	1.73	4.2
2017	1.54	4.07
2018	1.45	3.98
2019	1.38	3.9
2020	1.37	3.83
2021	1.37	3.76
2022	1.33	3.7
2023	1.21	3.64
2024	1.22	3.6
2025	1.23	3.53
2026	1.23	3.47
2027	1.24	3.42
2028	1.25	3.36
2029	1.25	3.32
2030	1.26	3.26
2031	1.27	3.21
2032	1.28	3.17
2033	1.28	3.13
2034	1.29	3.09
2035	1.3	3.04
2036	1.31	3.01
2037	1.31	2.97
2038	1.32	2.94
2039	1.32	2.9
2040	1.33	2.87
2041	1.34	2.83
2042	1.34	2.8
2043	1.35	2.78
2044	1.35	2.75
2045	1.36	2.73
2046	1.36	2.7
2047	1.37	2.67
2048	1.37	2.64
2049	1.38	2.62
2050	1.38	2.59

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Belarus	Sao Tome
1960	30.8%	32.9%
1961	31.2%	34.3%
1962	31.2%	36.6%
1963	31.1%	38.5%
1964	30.8%	40.2%
1965	30.5%	41.6%
1966	30.2%	42.9%
1967	29.9%	44%
1968	29.6%	44.9%
1969	29.3%	45.8%
1970	28.7%	46.2%
1971	27.9%	46.1%
1972	27.2%	45.9%
1973	26.4%	45.7%
1974	25.7%	45.6%
1975	25%	45.5%
1976	24.4%	45.4%
1977	23.9%	45.3%
1978	23.5%	45.2%
1979	23.1%	45.1%
1980	22.9%	44.9%
1981	22.8%	44.7%
1982	22.7%	44.5%
1983	22.7%	44.5%
1984	22.8%	44.4%
1985	22.9%	44.5%
1986	23%	44.7%
1987	23%	44.9%
1988	23.1%	45%
1989	23.1%	45%
1990	23.1%	45.1%
1991	23%	45.1%
1992	22.8%	45.2%
1993	22.6%	45.2%
1994	22.2%	45.1%
1995	21.8%	44.9%
1996	21.3%	44.7%
1997	20.7%	44.3%
1998	20%	43.9%
1999	19.3%	43.4%
2000	18.6%	42.8%
2001	17.9%	42.5%
2002	17.3%	42.3%
2003	16.6%	42.2%
2004	16%	42.1%
2005	15.5%	42%
2006	15.2%	42%
2007	14.9%	42%
2008	14.8%	42.1%
2009	14.8%	42.1%
2010	14.8%	42.1%
2011	15%	42%
2012	15.3%	42%
2013	15.6%	42%
2014	15.9%	42%
2015	16.2%	41.9%
2016	16.5%	41.7%
2017	16.7%	41.4%
2018	16.9%	40.9%
2019	17%	40.5%
2020	17%	39.9%
2021	17.1%	39.4%
2022	17%	38.8%
2023	16.7%	38.3%
2024	16.3%	37.8%
2025	15.9%	37.5%
2026	15.5%	37.2%
2027	15%	36.8%
2028	14.4%	36.4%
2029	13.8%	36%
2030	13.2%	35.6%
2031	12.6%	35.4%
2032	12.1%	35.2%
2033	11.7%	35%
2034	11.5%	34.8%
2035	11.3%	34.7%
2036	11.1%	34.5%
2037	11%	34.2%
2038	11%	34%
2039	11.1%	33.8%
2040	11.2%	33.5%
2041	11.3%	33.2%
2042	11.5%	32.9%
2043	11.6%	32.6%
2044	11.8%	32.3%
2045	12%	32%
2046	12.2%	31.6%
2047	12.3%	31.3%
2048	12.5%	31%
2049	12.6%	30.6%
2050	12.7%	30.2%

Children aged 0-14 make up 16.3% of the population in Belarus and 37.8% in Sao Tome and Principe in 2024, compared to 23.1% and 45.1% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Belarus and Sao Tome and Principe compared.

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

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been -0.34% in Belarus 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
	Belarus	Sao Tome
1960	136,399	1,547
1961	134,490	1,657
1962	124,945	1,625
1963	113,160	1,609
1964	101,618	1,600
1965	90,611	1,611
1966	84,191	1,642
1967	81,136	1,693
1968	76,782	1,767
1969	74,567	1,862
1970	75,520	1,980
1971	77,464	2,127
1972	74,036	2,232
1973	70,911	2,329
1974	71,158	2,422
1975	65,494	2,515
1976	66,677	2,608
1977	67,434	2,705
1978	67,342	2,800
1979	64,481	2,893
1980	62,101	2,965
1981	65,057	3,015
1982	65,499	3,047
1983	75,791	3,100
1984	64,415	3,163
1985	58,852	3,242
1986	74,318	3,180
1987	62,689	3,440
1988	60,840	3,544
1989	49,833	3,576
1990	32,606	3,719
1991	18,349	3,801
1992	11,238	3,822
1993	-11,263	3,841
1994	-19,431	3,860
1995	-32,621	3,948
1996	-37,591	3,993
1997	-46,540	4,041
1998	-44,316	4,120
1999	-49,131	4,221
2000	-40,916	4,334
2001	-48,650	4,471
2002	-58,207	4,591
2003	-53,882	4,702
2004	-50,597	4,810
2005	-50,252	4,897
2006	-41,301	5,057
2007	-28,683	5,226
2008	-25,726	5,297
2009	-25,662	5,349
2010	-29,400	5,391
2011	-26,493	5,445
2012	-11,336	5,501
2013	-6,610	5,449
2014	-2,834	5,381
2015	-946	5,269
2016	-1,894	5,125
2017	-17,026	5,007
2018	-26,429	4,957
2019	-32,969	4,932
2020	-64,703	4,874
2021	-67,118	4,954
2022	-47,839	5,102
2023	-56,924	5,221

Maternal mortality chart: Belarus 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 1 deaths per 100,000 live births in Belarus, compared to 75 deaths in Sao Tome and Principe.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Belarus	Sao Tome
1985	30	159
1986	30	175
1987	30	161
1988	32	157
1989	33	167
1990	33	164
1991	32	166
1992	32	164
1993	31	166
1994	30	168
1995	29	172
1996	28	171
1997	27	173
1998	25	175
1999	23	179
2000	20	180
2001	18	178
2002	16	179
2003	14	178
2004	12	177
2005	9	181
2006	7	177
2007	6	174
2008	4	174
2009	4	172
2010	3	170
2011	2	164
2012	2	158
2013	2	150
2014	2	138
2015	1	128
2016	1	119
2017	1	110
2018	1	100
2019	1	95
2020	2	92
2021	2	98
2022	1	82
2023	1	75

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 0.24% in Belarus 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
	Belarus	Sao Tome
1960	4.49%	-
1961	4.05%	-
1962	3.68%	-
1963	3.36%	-
1964	3.1%	-
1965	2.88%	9.56%
1966	2.7%	9.29%
1967	2.56%	9.04%
1968	2.45%	8.85%
1969	2.37%	8.71%
1970	2.3%	8.64%
1971	2.25%	8.63%
1972	2.22%	8.67%
1973	2.2%	8.73%
1974	2.19%	8.79%
1975	2.18%	8.85%
1976	2.18%	8.89%
1977	2.16%	8.93%
1978	2.14%	8.96%
1979	2.11%	9.02%
1980	2.06%	9.1%
1981	2%	9.21%
1982	1.94%	9.37%
1983	1.88%	9.56%
1984	1.82%	9.77%
1985	1.76%	9.99%
1986	1.7%	11.4%
1987	1.64%	10.4%
1988	1.59%	10.6%
1989	1.55%	10.7%
1990	1.52%	10.8%
1991	1.52%	10.9%
1992	1.53%	10.9%
1993	1.55%	10.8%
1994	1.57%	10.7%
1995	1.57%	10.4%
1996	1.55%	10.1%
1997	1.51%	9.73%
1998	1.45%	9.26%
1999	1.37%	8.76%
2000	1.28%	8.21%
2001	1.18%	7.66%
2002	1.1%	7.1%
2003	1.02%	6.57%
2004	0.94%	6.05%
2005	0.87%	5.56%
2006	0.8%	5.11%
2007	0.73%	4.68%
2008	0.66%	4.3%
2009	0.61%	3.95%
2010	0.56%	3.63%
2011	0.52%	3.33%
2012	0.49%	3.04%
2013	0.46%	2.77%
2014	0.43%	2.54%
2015	0.41%	2.31%
2016	0.39%	2.11%
2017	0.36%	1.95%
2018	0.34%	1.81%
2019	0.31%	1.7%
2020	0.29%	1.6%
2021	0.27%	1.53%
2022	0.26%	1.46%
2023	0.24%	1.39%