Fertility & birth rates in Jordan and Sao Tome and Principe

Fertility rate in Jordan vs Sao Tome and Principe chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in Jordan was 2.64 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
	Jordan	Sao Tome
1960	7.6	6.24
1961	7.7	6.26
1962	7.79	6.28
1963	7.85	6.31
1964	7.91	6.33
1965	7.93	6.35
1966	7.99	6.37
1967	8.06	6.39
1968	8.14	6.42
1969	8.19	6.44
1970	8.18	6.47
1971	8.15	6.49
1972	8.12	6.51
1973	8.06	6.53
1974	8	6.53
1975	7.93	6.53
1976	7.83	6.52
1977	7.72	6.5
1978	7.59	6.47
1979	7.45	6.43
1980	7.29	6.39
1981	7.12	6.33
1982	6.96	6.28
1983	6.81	6.22
1984	6.67	6.16
1985	6.53	6.1
1986	6.39	6.05
1987	6.2	5.99
1988	6.01	5.94
1989	5.8	5.88
1990	5.54	5.83
1991	5.33	5.77
1992	5.14	5.7
1993	4.97	5.64
1994	4.82	5.56
1995	4.68	5.55
1996	4.51	5.47
1997	4.32	5.4
1998	4.11	5.3
1999	3.97	5.23
2000	3.86	5.16
2001	3.8	5.1
2002	3.81	5.06
2003	3.82	5.01
2004	3.73	4.96
2005	3.65	4.94
2006	3.71	4.93
2007	3.8	4.96
2008	3.88	4.91
2009	3.84	4.84
2010	3.78	4.77
2011	3.69	4.72
2012	3.57	4.66
2013	3.45	4.58
2014	3.3	4.49
2015	3.14	4.35
2016	3.07	4.2
2017	2.99	4.07
2018	2.92	3.98
2019	2.86	3.9
2020	2.79	3.83
2021	2.74	3.76
2022	2.68	3.7
2023	2.64	3.64
2024	2.6	3.6
2025	2.57	3.53
2026	2.54	3.47
2027	2.51	3.42
2028	2.48	3.36
2029	2.44	3.32
2030	2.42	3.26
2031	2.39	3.21
2032	2.36	3.17
2033	2.33	3.13
2034	2.3	3.09
2035	2.27	3.04
2036	2.25	3.01
2037	2.23	2.97
2038	2.21	2.94
2039	2.19	2.9
2040	2.16	2.87
2041	2.14	2.83
2042	2.12	2.8
2043	2.1	2.78
2044	2.08	2.75
2045	2.07	2.73
2046	2.05	2.7
2047	2.04	2.67
2048	2.02	2.64
2049	2.01	2.62
2050	1.99	2.59

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Jordan	Sao Tome
1960	46.1%	32.9%
1961	46.6%	34.3%
1962	47.2%	36.6%
1963	47.7%	38.5%
1964	48.2%	40.2%
1965	48.7%	41.6%
1966	49.1%	42.9%
1967	49.4%	44%
1968	49.8%	44.9%
1969	50%	45.8%
1970	50.3%	46.2%
1971	50.4%	46.1%
1972	50.6%	45.9%
1973	50.6%	45.7%
1974	50.6%	45.6%
1975	50.6%	45.5%
1976	50.5%	45.4%
1977	50.4%	45.3%
1978	50.2%	45.2%
1979	50%	45.1%
1980	49.7%	44.9%
1981	49.5%	44.7%
1982	49.2%	44.5%
1983	48.9%	44.5%
1984	48.6%	44.4%
1985	48.2%	44.5%
1986	47.9%	44.7%
1987	47.6%	44.9%
1988	47.2%	45%
1989	46.8%	45%
1990	45%	45.1%
1991	43.1%	45.1%
1992	42.2%	45.2%
1993	41.5%	45.2%
1994	40.9%	45.1%
1995	40.5%	44.9%
1996	40.4%	44.7%
1997	40.4%	44.3%
1998	40.3%	43.9%
1999	40.2%	43.4%
2000	40.1%	42.8%
2001	39.8%	42.5%
2002	39.5%	42.3%
2003	39.2%	42.2%
2004	38.8%	42.1%
2005	38.4%	42%
2006	38%	42%
2007	37.5%	42%
2008	37%	42.1%
2009	36.5%	42.1%
2010	36%	42.1%
2011	35.5%	42%
2012	35.1%	42%
2013	34.9%	42%
2014	34.9%	42%
2015	34.8%	41.9%
2016	34.5%	41.7%
2017	34.1%	41.4%
2018	33.7%	40.9%
2019	33.3%	40.5%
2020	32.8%	39.9%
2021	32.4%	39.4%
2022	31.9%	38.8%
2023	31.2%	38.3%
2024	30.7%	37.8%
2025	30.2%	37.5%
2026	29.6%	37.2%
2027	29%	36.8%
2028	28.4%	36.4%
2029	27.8%	36%
2030	27.3%	35.6%
2031	26.9%	35.4%
2032	26.6%	35.2%
2033	26.2%	35%
2034	25.9%	34.8%
2035	25.7%	34.7%
2036	25.4%	34.5%
2037	25.2%	34.2%
2038	25%	34%
2039	24.9%	33.8%
2040	24.7%	33.5%
2041	24.6%	33.2%
2042	24.4%	32.9%
2043	24.3%	32.6%
2044	24.1%	32.3%
2045	23.9%	32%
2046	23.7%	31.6%
2047	23.5%	31.3%
2048	23.3%	31%
2049	23.1%	30.6%
2050	22.8%	30.2%

Children aged 0-14 make up 30.7% of the population in Jordan and 37.8% in Sao Tome and Principe in 2024, compared to 45% and 45.1% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Jordan and Sao Tome and Principe compared.

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

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +1.92% in Jordan 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
	Jordan	Sao Tome
1960	29,491	1,547
1961	32,143	1,657
1962	34,598	1,625
1963	36,858	1,609
1964	39,205	1,600
1965	41,635	1,611
1966	44,580	1,642
1967	48,791	1,693
1968	53,336	1,767
1969	57,431	1,862
1970	60,321	1,980
1971	64,763	2,127
1972	67,707	2,232
1973	70,058	2,329
1974	72,212	2,422
1975	74,392	2,515
1976	75,981	2,608
1977	78,101	2,705
1978	79,908	2,800
1979	82,076	2,893
1980	84,508	2,965
1981	86,751	3,015
1982	89,473	3,047
1983	92,863	3,100
1984	96,092	3,163
1985	99,801	3,242
1986	103,551	3,180
1987	106,536	3,440
1988	109,754	3,544
1989	112,608	3,576
1990	114,912	3,719
1991	129,642	3,801
1992	134,241	3,822
1993	139,467	3,841
1994	144,199	3,860
1995	147,652	3,948
1996	147,852	3,993
1997	145,358	4,041
1998	140,696	4,120
1999	138,201	4,221
2000	136,414	4,334
2001	136,450	4,471
2002	139,250	4,591
2003	142,443	4,702
2004	141,752	4,810
2005	141,816	4,897
2006	147,643	5,057
2007	167,574	5,226
2008	175,048	5,297
2009	177,651	5,349
2010	177,748	5,391
2011	177,076	5,445
2012	175,437	5,501
2013	170,473	5,449
2014	184,169	5,381
2015	195,495	5,269
2016	205,891	5,125
2017	205,903	5,007
2018	205,333	4,957
2019	204,933	4,932
2020	198,138	4,874
2021	190,795	4,954
2022	199,900	5,102
2023	200,895	5,221

Maternal mortality chart: Jordan 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 31 deaths per 100,000 live births in Jordan, compared to 75 deaths in Sao Tome and Principe.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Jordan	Sao Tome
1985	100	159
1986	93	175
1987	87	161
1988	82	157
1989	79	167
1990	72	164
1991	74	166
1992	72	164
1993	71	166
1994	70	168
1995	70	172
1996	69	171
1997	67	173
1998	65	175
1999	63	179
2000	61	180
2001	60	178
2002	58	179
2003	56	178
2004	54	177
2005	53	181
2006	49	177
2007	50	174
2008	50	174
2009	49	172
2010	48	170
2011	47	164
2012	47	158
2013	44	150
2014	43	138
2015	41	128
2016	40	119
2017	38	110
2018	36	100
2019	35	95
2020	41	92
2021	79	98
2022	35	82
2023	31	75

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 1.32% in Jordan 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
	Jordan	Sao Tome
1960	15.5%	-
1961	14.6%	-
1962	13.8%	-
1963	13%	-
1964	12.3%	-
1965	11.6%	9.56%
1966	11%	9.29%
1967	10.4%	9.04%
1968	9.87%	8.85%
1969	9.38%	8.71%
1970	8.91%	8.64%
1971	8.48%	8.63%
1972	8.06%	8.67%
1973	7.67%	8.73%
1974	7.31%	8.79%
1975	6.96%	8.85%
1976	6.63%	8.89%
1977	6.31%	8.93%
1978	6.02%	8.96%
1979	5.74%	9.02%
1980	5.48%	9.1%
1981	5.22%	9.21%
1982	4.99%	9.37%
1983	4.76%	9.56%
1984	4.55%	9.77%
1985	4.34%	9.99%
1986	4.16%	11.4%
1987	3.98%	10.4%
1988	3.82%	10.6%
1989	3.68%	10.7%
1990	3.54%	10.8%
1991	3.42%	10.9%
1992	3.31%	10.9%
1993	3.2%	10.8%
1994	3.1%	10.7%
1995	3.01%	10.4%
1996	2.91%	10.1%
1997	2.83%	9.73%
1998	2.74%	9.26%
1999	2.66%	8.76%
2000	2.58%	8.21%
2001	2.5%	7.66%
2002	2.42%	7.1%
2003	2.35%	6.57%
2004	2.27%	6.05%
2005	2.2%	5.56%
2006	2.13%	5.11%
2007	2.07%	4.68%
2008	2%	4.3%
2009	1.94%	3.95%
2010	1.89%	3.63%
2011	1.83%	3.33%
2012	1.78%	3.04%
2013	1.74%	2.77%
2014	1.69%	2.54%
2015	1.65%	2.31%
2016	1.6%	2.11%
2017	1.56%	1.95%
2018	1.52%	1.81%
2019	1.48%	1.7%
2020	1.44%	1.6%
2021	1.4%	1.53%
2022	1.36%	1.46%
2023	1.32%	1.39%