Fertility & birth rates in Equatorial Guinea and Sao Tome and Principe

Fertility rate in Equatorial Guinea vs Sao Tome and Principe chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in Equatorial Guinea was 4.08 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.

Check Equatorial Guinea vs Sao Tome and Principe population clock for a dynamic visualization of the changing population.

The chart below showcases historical changes in the birth rates.

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Equatorial Guinea	Sao Tome
1960	5.65	6.24
1961	5.66	6.26
1962	5.67	6.28
1963	5.69	6.31
1964	5.71	6.33
1965	5.73	6.35
1966	5.76	6.37
1967	5.78	6.39
1968	5.79	6.42
1969	5.8	6.44
1970	5.81	6.47
1971	5.81	6.49
1972	5.81	6.51
1973	5.8	6.53
1974	5.8	6.53
1975	5.79	6.53
1976	5.79	6.52
1977	5.8	6.5
1978	5.8	6.47
1979	5.82	6.43
1980	5.84	6.39
1981	5.86	6.33
1982	5.88	6.28
1983	5.9	6.22
1984	5.93	6.16
1985	5.95	6.1
1986	5.96	6.05
1987	5.97	5.99
1988	5.98	5.94
1989	5.99	5.88
1990	5.99	5.83
1991	5.99	5.77
1992	5.98	5.7
1993	5.98	5.64
1994	5.98	5.56
1995	5.97	5.55
1996	5.96	5.47
1997	5.94	5.4
1998	5.91	5.3
1999	5.88	5.23
2000	5.83	5.16
2001	5.79	5.1
2002	5.73	5.06
2003	5.68	5.01
2004	5.62	4.96
2005	5.56	4.94
2006	5.5	4.93
2007	5.43	4.96
2008	5.36	4.91
2009	5.29	4.84
2010	5.21	4.77
2011	5.13	4.72
2012	5.04	4.66
2013	4.95	4.58
2014	4.86	4.49
2015	4.77	4.35
2016	4.69	4.2
2017	4.6	4.07
2018	4.51	3.98
2019	4.43	3.9
2020	4.35	3.83
2021	4.27	3.76
2022	4.17	3.7
2023	4.08	3.64
2024	4.12	3.6
2025	4.04	3.53
2026	3.95	3.47
2027	3.87	3.42
2028	3.8	3.36
2029	3.72	3.32
2030	3.65	3.26
2031	3.59	3.21
2032	3.52	3.17
2033	3.46	3.13
2034	3.4	3.09
2035	3.34	3.04
2036	3.29	3.01
2037	3.23	2.97
2038	3.18	2.94
2039	3.12	2.9
2040	3.08	2.87
2041	3.03	2.83
2042	2.98	2.8
2043	2.94	2.78
2044	2.9	2.75
2045	2.86	2.73
2046	2.83	2.7
2047	2.79	2.67
2048	2.76	2.64
2049	2.72	2.62
2050	2.69	2.59

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Equatorial Guinea	Sao Tome
1960	38.5%	32.9%
1961	38.7%	34.3%
1962	39%	36.6%
1963	39.2%	38.5%
1964	39.3%	40.2%
1965	39.2%	41.6%
1966	39.1%	42.9%
1967	39.1%	44%
1968	39.1%	44.9%
1969	39.2%	45.8%
1970	39.5%	46.2%
1971	39.7%	46.1%
1972	39.9%	45.9%
1973	40%	45.7%
1974	40.2%	45.6%
1975	40.5%	45.5%
1976	40.8%	45.4%
1977	41%	45.3%
1978	41.2%	45.2%
1979	41.5%	45.1%
1980	41.7%	44.9%
1981	41.8%	44.7%
1982	42%	44.5%
1983	41.6%	44.5%
1984	40.8%	44.4%
1985	40.4%	44.5%
1986	40.4%	44.7%
1987	40.6%	44.9%
1988	40.9%	45%
1989	41.3%	45%
1990	41.6%	45.1%
1991	42%	45.1%
1992	42.3%	45.2%
1993	42.6%	45.2%
1994	42.8%	45.1%
1995	43%	44.9%
1996	43.1%	44.7%
1997	43.1%	44.3%
1998	43.1%	43.9%
1999	43%	43.4%
2000	42.7%	42.8%
2001	42.2%	42.5%
2002	41.5%	42.3%
2003	40.8%	42.2%
2004	40.1%	42.1%
2005	39.5%	42%
2006	39.2%	42%
2007	38.9%	42%
2008	38.7%	42.1%
2009	38.5%	42.1%
2010	38.3%	42.1%
2011	38.3%	42%
2012	38.3%	42%
2013	38.3%	42%
2014	38.3%	42%
2015	38.3%	41.9%
2016	38.3%	41.7%
2017	38.3%	41.4%
2018	38.2%	40.9%
2019	38%	40.5%
2020	37.9%	39.9%
2021	37.8%	39.4%
2022	37.7%	38.8%
2023	37.5%	38.3%
2024	37.3%	37.8%
2025	37.1%	37.5%
2026	36.9%	37.2%
2027	36.6%	36.8%
2028	36.3%	36.4%
2029	36.1%	36%
2030	35.8%	35.6%
2031	35.5%	35.4%
2032	35.2%	35.2%
2033	34.9%	35%
2034	34.7%	34.8%
2035	34.4%	34.7%
2036	34.2%	34.5%
2037	33.9%	34.2%
2038	33.7%	34%
2039	33.5%	33.8%
2040	33.2%	33.5%
2041	33%	33.2%
2042	32.7%	32.9%
2043	32.5%	32.6%
2044	32.3%	32.3%
2045	32%	32%
2046	31.8%	31.6%
2047	31.5%	31.3%
2048	31.3%	31%
2049	31%	30.6%
2050	30.8%	30.2%

Children aged 0-14 make up 37.3% of the population in Equatorial Guinea and 37.8% in Sao Tome and Principe in 2024, compared to 41.6% and 45.1% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Equatorial Guinea and Sao Tome and Principe compared.

Natural population change in Equatorial Guinea vs Sao Tome and Principe by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +2.35% in Equatorial Guinea 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
	Equatorial Guinea	Sao Tome
1960	4,727	1,547
1961	4,858	1,657
1962	5,013	1,625
1963	5,192	1,609
1964	5,393	1,600
1965	5,618	1,611
1966	5,868	1,642
1967	6,135	1,693
1968	6,417	1,767
1969	2,593	1,862
1970	2,715	1,980
1971	4,822	2,127
1972	6,572	2,232
1973	6,508	2,329
1974	5,697	2,422
1975	4,580	2,515
1976	2,451	2,608
1977	5,550	2,705
1978	5,635	2,800
1979	5,786	2,893
1980	7,142	2,965
1981	7,573	3,015
1982	8,182	3,047
1983	8,886	3,100
1984	10,076	3,163
1985	11,179	3,242
1986	12,061	3,180
1987	12,727	3,440
1988	13,266	3,544
1989	13,724	3,576
1990	14,158	3,719
1991	14,581	3,801
1992	15,010	3,822
1993	15,459	3,841
1994	15,937	3,860
1995	16,345	3,948
1996	16,802	3,993
1997	17,305	4,041
1998	17,854	4,120
1999	18,465	4,221
2000	19,132	4,334
2001	20,376	4,471
2002	21,744	4,591
2003	23,168	4,702
2004	24,666	4,810
2005	26,116	4,897
2006	27,404	5,057
2007	28,672	5,226
2008	29,941	5,297
2009	31,184	5,349
2010	32,368	5,391
2011	33,502	5,445
2012	34,347	5,501
2013	35,158	5,449
2014	35,889	5,381
2015	36,543	5,269
2016	37,180	5,125
2017	37,740	5,007
2018	38,332	4,957
2019	38,894	4,932
2020	38,994	4,874
2021	39,160	4,954
2022	39,873	5,102
2023	40,140	5,221

Maternal mortality chart: Equatorial Guinea 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 174 deaths per 100,000 live births in Equatorial Guinea, compared to 75 deaths in Sao Tome and Principe.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Equatorial Guinea	Sao Tome
1985	658	159
1986	666	175
1987	672	161
1988	675	157
1989	688	167
1990	689	164
1991	688	166
1992	682	164
1993	668	166
1994	639	168
1995	587	172
1996	544	171
1997	507	173
1998	476	175
1999	442	179
2000	406	180
2001	388	178
2002	364	179
2003	343	178
2004	323	177
2005	312	181
2006	299	177
2007	289	174
2008	276	174
2009	267	172
2010	259	170
2011	254	164
2012	245	158
2013	236	150
2014	227	138
2015	222	128
2016	216	119
2017	212	110
2018	204	100
2019	198	95
2020	196	92
2021	202	98
2022	183	82
2023	174	75

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 7.06% in Equatorial Guinea 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
	Equatorial Guinea	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	-	8.89%
1977	-	8.93%
1978	-	8.96%
1979	-	9.02%
1980	-	9.1%
1981	-	9.21%
1982	20.1%	9.37%
1983	19.7%	9.56%
1984	19.3%	9.77%
1985	18.9%	9.99%
1986	18.6%	11.4%
1987	18.4%	10.4%
1988	18.2%	10.6%
1989	18%	10.7%
1990	17.9%	10.8%
1991	17.7%	10.9%
1992	17.6%	10.9%
1993	17.5%	10.8%
1994	17.3%	10.7%
1995	17.1%	10.4%
1996	16.9%	10.1%
1997	16.7%	9.73%
1998	16.4%	9.26%
1999	16%	8.76%
2000	15.6%	8.21%
2001	15.2%	7.66%
2002	14.7%	7.1%
2003	14.3%	6.57%
2004	13.8%	6.05%
2005	13.3%	5.56%
2006	12.9%	5.11%
2007	12.4%	4.68%
2008	11.9%	4.3%
2009	11.5%	3.95%
2010	11.1%	3.63%
2011	10.7%	3.33%
2012	10.3%	3.04%
2013	9.99%	2.77%
2014	9.66%	2.54%
2015	9.33%	2.31%
2016	8.99%	2.11%
2017	8.7%	1.95%
2018	8.42%	1.81%
2019	8.17%	1.7%
2020	7.88%	1.6%
2021	7.61%	1.53%
2022	7.34%	1.46%
2023	7.06%	1.39%