Fertility & birth rates in Guyana and Sao Tome and Principe

Fertility rate in Guyana vs Sao Tome and Principe chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in Guyana was 2.41 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 Guyana 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
	Guyana	Sao Tome
1960	6.33	6.24
1961	6.34	6.26
1962	6.33	6.28
1963	6.31	6.31
1964	6.23	6.33
1965	6.14	6.35
1966	6.02	6.37
1967	5.89	6.39
1968	5.75	6.42
1969	5.58	6.44
1970	5.41	6.47
1971	5.26	6.49
1972	5.08	6.51
1973	4.87	6.53
1974	4.64	6.53
1975	4.45	6.53
1976	4.28	6.52
1977	4.12	6.5
1978	3.97	6.47
1979	3.86	6.43
1980	3.77	6.39
1981	3.72	6.33
1982	3.68	6.28
1983	3.64	6.22
1984	3.54	6.16
1985	3.47	6.1
1986	3.38	6.05
1987	3.31	5.99
1988	3.23	5.94
1989	3.19	5.88
1990	3.18	5.83
1991	3.18	5.77
1992	3.19	5.7
1993	3.2	5.64
1994	3.23	5.56
1995	3.24	5.55
1996	3.23	5.47
1997	3.22	5.4
1998	3.18	5.3
1999	3.13	5.23
2000	3.06	5.16
2001	2.96	5.1
2002	2.84	5.06
2003	2.75	5.01
2004	2.68	4.96
2005	2.65	4.94
2006	2.66	4.93
2007	2.68	4.96
2008	2.7	4.91
2009	2.69	4.84
2010	2.68	4.77
2011	2.69	4.72
2012	2.7	4.66
2013	2.71	4.58
2014	2.7	4.49
2015	2.67	4.35
2016	2.63	4.2
2017	2.59	4.07
2018	2.55	3.98
2019	2.52	3.9
2020	2.49	3.83
2021	2.46	3.76
2022	2.44	3.7
2023	2.41	3.64
2024	2.39	3.6
2025	2.37	3.53
2026	2.35	3.47
2027	2.32	3.42
2028	2.3	3.36
2029	2.28	3.32
2030	2.26	3.26
2031	2.23	3.21
2032	2.21	3.17
2033	2.2	3.13
2034	2.18	3.09
2035	2.16	3.04
2036	2.15	3.01
2037	2.13	2.97
2038	2.12	2.94
2039	2.11	2.9
2040	2.1	2.87
2041	2.09	2.83
2042	2.07	2.8
2043	2.06	2.78
2044	2.05	2.75
2045	2.03	2.73
2046	2.02	2.7
2047	2.01	2.67
2048	2	2.64
2049	1.98	2.62
2050	1.98	2.59

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Guyana	Sao Tome
1960	46.8%	32.9%
1961	47%	34.3%
1962	47.4%	36.6%
1963	47.6%	38.5%
1964	47.7%	40.2%
1965	47.8%	41.6%
1966	47.7%	42.9%
1967	47.5%	44%
1968	47.3%	44.9%
1969	46.9%	45.8%
1970	46.6%	46.2%
1971	46.3%	46.1%
1972	46%	45.9%
1973	45.7%	45.7%
1974	45.3%	45.6%
1975	44.9%	45.5%
1976	44.4%	45.4%
1977	43.9%	45.3%
1978	43.4%	45.2%
1979	42.9%	45.1%
1980	42.5%	44.9%
1981	41.9%	44.7%
1982	41.2%	44.5%
1983	40.5%	44.5%
1984	39.9%	44.4%
1985	39.2%	44.5%
1986	38.6%	44.7%
1987	38%	44.9%
1988	37.5%	45%
1989	37.2%	45%
1990	36.9%	45.1%
1991	36.7%	45.1%
1992	36.5%	45.2%
1993	36.4%	45.2%
1994	36.4%	45.1%
1995	36.4%	44.9%
1996	36.4%	44.7%
1997	36.5%	44.3%
1998	36.6%	43.9%
1999	36.6%	43.4%
2000	36.6%	42.8%
2001	36.5%	42.5%
2002	36.4%	42.3%
2003	36.1%	42.2%
2004	35.8%	42.1%
2005	35.3%	42%
2006	34.7%	42%
2007	34.1%	42%
2008	33.5%	42.1%
2009	32.9%	42.1%
2010	32.2%	42.1%
2011	31.6%	42%
2012	31.1%	42%
2013	30.8%	42%
2014	30.5%	42%
2015	30.3%	41.9%
2016	30.1%	41.7%
2017	30%	41.4%
2018	29.5%	40.9%
2019	29.3%	40.5%
2020	29.5%	39.9%
2021	29.4%	39.4%
2022	29.4%	38.8%
2023	29.3%	38.3%
2024	29.2%	37.8%
2025	28.9%	37.5%
2026	28.7%	37.2%
2027	28.4%	36.8%
2028	28.1%	36.4%
2029	27.8%	36%
2030	27.4%	35.6%
2031	27%	35.4%
2032	26.7%	35.2%
2033	26.3%	35%
2034	26%	34.8%
2035	25.6%	34.7%
2036	25.2%	34.5%
2037	24.9%	34.2%
2038	24.6%	34%
2039	24.3%	33.8%
2040	24.1%	33.5%
2041	23.9%	33.2%
2042	23.6%	32.9%
2043	23.4%	32.6%
2044	23.3%	32.3%
2045	23.1%	32%
2046	22.9%	31.6%
2047	22.7%	31.3%
2048	22.6%	31%
2049	22.4%	30.6%
2050	22.2%	30.2%

Children aged 0-14 make up 29.2% of the population in Guyana and 37.8% in Sao Tome and Principe in 2024, compared to 36.9% and 45.1% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Guyana and Sao Tome and Principe compared.

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

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +1.36% in Guyana 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
	Guyana	Sao Tome
1960	17,867	1,547
1961	18,092	1,657
1962	18,344	1,625
1963	18,606	1,609
1964	18,729	1,600
1965	18,791	1,611
1966	18,862	1,642
1967	18,933	1,693
1968	19,035	1,767
1969	19,133	1,862
1970	19,233	1,980
1971	19,273	2,127
1972	19,219	2,232
1973	18,991	2,329
1974	18,589	2,422
1975	18,317	2,515
1976	18,083	2,608
1977	17,805	2,705
1978	17,539	2,800
1979	17,402	2,893
1980	17,298	2,965
1981	17,471	3,015
1982	17,644	3,047
1983	17,753	3,100
1984	17,466	3,163
1985	17,292	3,242
1986	16,940	3,180
1987	16,600	3,440
1988	16,189	3,544
1989	15,947	3,576
1990	15,917	3,719
1991	15,896	3,801
1992	15,990	3,822
1993	16,099	3,841
1994	16,185	3,860
1995	15,991	3,948
1996	15,768	3,993
1997	15,568	4,041
1998	15,292	4,120
1999	14,763	4,221
2000	14,128	4,334
2001	13,307	4,471
2002	12,218	4,591
2003	11,344	4,702
2004	10,767	4,810
2005	10,455	4,897
2006	10,525	5,057
2007	10,741	5,226
2008	10,792	5,297
2009	10,758	5,349
2010	10,652	5,391
2011	10,713	5,445
2012	10,633	5,501
2013	10,887	5,449
2014	11,143	5,381
2015	11,199	5,269
2016	11,168	5,125
2017	11,108	5,007
2018	10,946	4,957
2019	11,665	4,932
2020	10,307	4,874
2021	8,125	4,954
2022	11,042	5,102
2023	10,716	5,221

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

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Guyana	Sao Tome
1985	241	159
1986	238	175
1987	234	161
1988	230	157
1989	227	167
1990	224	164
1991	219	166
1992	208	164
1993	205	166
1994	204	168
1995	207	172
1996	202	171
1997	195	173
1998	184	175
1999	178	179
2000	171	180
2001	163	178
2002	164	179
2003	164	178
2004	162	177
2005	166	181
2006	167	177
2007	158	174
2008	153	174
2009	146	172
2010	141	170
2011	135	164
2012	133	158
2013	128	150
2014	121	138
2015	117	128
2016	114	119
2017	110	110
2018	105	100
2019	107	95
2020	109	92
2021	189	98
2022	83	82
2023	75	75

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 2.57% in Guyana 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
	Guyana	Sao Tome
1960	9.19%	-
1961	8.81%	-
1962	8.49%	-
1963	8.21%	-
1964	7.99%	-
1965	7.8%	9.56%
1966	7.66%	9.29%
1967	7.56%	9.04%
1968	7.48%	8.85%
1969	7.43%	8.71%
1970	7.39%	8.64%
1971	7.37%	8.63%
1972	7.35%	8.67%
1973	7.33%	8.73%
1974	7.31%	8.79%
1975	7.27%	8.85%
1976	7.24%	8.89%
1977	7.19%	8.93%
1978	7.14%	8.96%
1979	7.08%	9.02%
1980	7.02%	9.1%
1981	6.96%	9.21%
1982	6.89%	9.37%
1983	6.82%	9.56%
1984	6.74%	9.77%
1985	6.66%	9.99%
1986	6.57%	11.4%
1987	6.47%	10.4%
1988	6.35%	10.6%
1989	6.22%	10.7%
1990	6.08%	10.8%
1991	5.92%	10.9%
1992	5.77%	10.9%
1993	5.6%	10.8%
1994	5.45%	10.7%
1995	5.3%	10.4%
1996	5.16%	10.1%
1997	5.02%	9.73%
1998	4.89%	9.26%
1999	4.77%	8.76%
2000	4.65%	8.21%
2001	4.53%	7.66%
2002	4.42%	7.1%
2003	4.32%	6.57%
2004	4.23%	6.05%
2005	4.14%	5.56%
2006	4.05%	5.11%
2007	3.97%	4.68%
2008	3.89%	4.3%
2009	3.81%	3.95%
2010	3.73%	3.63%
2011	3.65%	3.33%
2012	3.58%	3.04%
2013	3.49%	2.77%
2014	3.4%	2.54%
2015	3.31%	2.31%
2016	3.21%	2.11%
2017	3.11%	1.95%
2018	3.02%	1.81%
2019	2.93%	1.7%
2020	2.84%	1.6%
2021	2.75%	1.53%
2022	2.66%	1.46%
2023	2.57%	1.39%