Fertility & birth rates in Libya and Sao Tome and Principe

Fertility rate in Libya vs Sao Tome and Principe chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in Libya was 2.36 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
	Libya	Sao Tome
1960	7.51	6.24
1961	7.56	6.26
1962	7.61	6.28
1963	7.69	6.31
1964	7.75	6.33
1965	7.82	6.35
1966	7.89	6.37
1967	7.93	6.39
1968	7.97	6.42
1969	8.01	6.44
1970	8.05	6.47
1971	8.1	6.49
1972	8.07	6.51
1973	8.05	6.53
1974	8.02	6.53
1975	7.98	6.53
1976	7.93	6.52
1977	7.87	6.5
1978	7.79	6.47
1979	7.68	6.43
1980	7.54	6.39
1981	7.37	6.33
1982	7.16	6.28
1983	6.91	6.22
1984	6.62	6.16
1985	6.33	6.1
1986	6.02	6.05
1987	5.72	5.99
1988	5.41	5.94
1989	5.09	5.88
1990	4.78	5.83
1991	4.46	5.77
1992	4.16	5.7
1993	3.88	5.64
1994	3.65	5.56
1995	3.44	5.55
1996	3.26	5.47
1997	3.13	5.4
1998	3.04	5.3
1999	2.97	5.23
2000	2.91	5.16
2001	2.87	5.1
2002	2.83	5.06
2003	2.8	5.01
2004	2.77	4.96
2005	2.77	4.94
2006	2.7	4.93
2007	2.65	4.96
2008	2.6	4.91
2009	2.56	4.84
2010	2.6	4.77
2011	2.65	4.72
2012	2.68	4.66
2013	2.72	4.58
2014	2.75	4.49
2015	2.71	4.35
2016	2.67	4.2
2017	2.63	4.07
2018	2.58	3.98
2019	2.54	3.9
2020	2.51	3.83
2021	2.46	3.76
2022	2.4	3.7
2023	2.36	3.64
2024	2.3	3.6
2025	2.25	3.53
2026	2.21	3.47
2027	2.18	3.42
2028	2.14	3.36
2029	2.11	3.32
2030	2.08	3.26
2031	2.06	3.21
2032	2.03	3.17
2033	2.01	3.13
2034	1.99	3.09
2035	1.97	3.04
2036	1.95	3.01
2037	1.94	2.97
2038	1.92	2.94
2039	1.91	2.9
2040	1.9	2.87
2041	1.89	2.83
2042	1.88	2.8
2043	1.87	2.78
2044	1.86	2.75
2045	1.85	2.73
2046	1.84	2.7
2047	1.83	2.67
2048	1.83	2.64
2049	1.82	2.62
2050	1.82	2.59

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Libya	Sao Tome
1960	43.6%	32.9%
1961	44.2%	34.3%
1962	44.8%	36.6%
1963	45.5%	38.5%
1964	46.1%	40.2%
1965	47%	41.6%
1966	48.4%	42.9%
1967	49.5%	44%
1968	50.3%	44.9%
1969	50.7%	45.8%
1970	50.9%	46.2%
1971	50.9%	46.1%
1972	50.9%	45.9%
1973	50.2%	45.7%
1974	49.3%	45.6%
1975	48.9%	45.5%
1976	48.6%	45.4%
1977	48.2%	45.3%
1978	48%	45.2%
1979	47.9%	45.1%
1980	47.7%	44.9%
1981	47.5%	44.7%
1982	47.3%	44.5%
1983	46.8%	44.5%
1984	46.1%	44.4%
1985	45.5%	44.5%
1986	44.8%	44.7%
1987	44.1%	44.9%
1988	43.4%	45%
1989	42.6%	45%
1990	41.7%	45.1%
1991	40.7%	45.1%
1992	39.7%	45.2%
1993	38.6%	45.2%
1994	37.4%	45.1%
1995	36.3%	44.9%
1996	35.2%	44.7%
1997	34.2%	44.3%
1998	33.3%	43.9%
1999	32.5%	43.4%
2000	32%	42.8%
2001	31.7%	42.5%
2002	31.5%	42.3%
2003	31.3%	42.2%
2004	31.2%	42.1%
2005	31.1%	42%
2006	30.9%	42%
2007	30.6%	42%
2008	30.3%	42.1%
2009	30.1%	42.1%
2010	29.9%	42.1%
2011	30.7%	42%
2012	31.5%	42%
2013	31.3%	42%
2014	31.1%	42%
2015	31%	41.9%
2016	30.9%	41.7%
2017	30.6%	41.4%
2018	30.3%	40.9%
2019	29.9%	40.5%
2020	29.5%	39.9%
2021	29%	39.4%
2022	28.5%	38.8%
2023	28%	38.3%
2024	27.4%	37.8%
2025	26.8%	37.5%
2026	26.2%	37.2%
2027	25.6%	36.8%
2028	25.1%	36.4%
2029	24.5%	36%
2030	23.9%	35.6%
2031	23.4%	35.4%
2032	23%	35.2%
2033	22.5%	35%
2034	22.1%	34.8%
2035	21.8%	34.7%
2036	21.5%	34.5%
2037	21.3%	34.2%
2038	21%	34%
2039	20.9%	33.8%
2040	20.7%	33.5%
2041	20.6%	33.2%
2042	20.5%	32.9%
2043	20.4%	32.6%
2044	20.3%	32.3%
2045	20.2%	32%
2046	20.1%	31.6%
2047	20%	31.3%
2048	19.9%	31%
2049	19.8%	30.6%
2050	19.6%	30.2%

Children aged 0-14 make up 27.4% of the population in Libya and 37.8% in Sao Tome and Principe in 2024, compared to 41.7% and 45.1% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Libya and Sao Tome and Principe compared.

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

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +1.43% in Libya 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
	Libya	Sao Tome
1960	38,391	1,547
1961	42,167	1,657
1962	46,252	1,625
1963	50,421	1,609
1964	55,227	1,600
1965	59,134	1,611
1966	60,394	1,642
1967	61,889	1,693
1968	63,971	1,767
1969	66,782	1,862
1970	70,488	1,980
1971	74,934	2,127
1972	77,864	2,232
1973	81,256	2,329
1974	89,337	2,422
1975	94,862	2,515
1976	101,146	2,608
1977	107,769	2,705
1978	114,669	2,800
1979	121,469	2,893
1980	128,034	2,965
1981	130,233	3,015
1982	133,511	3,047
1983	122,183	3,100
1984	110,028	3,163
1985	110,194	3,242
1986	109,325	3,180
1987	107,761	3,440
1988	105,469	3,544
1989	102,823	3,576
1990	99,898	3,719
1991	96,582	3,801
1992	93,568	3,822
1993	90,553	3,841
1994	88,765	3,860
1995	87,661	3,948
1996	86,945	3,993
1997	86,899	4,041
1998	87,613	4,120
1999	88,743	4,221
2000	89,814	4,334
2001	93,370	4,471
2002	97,598	4,591
2003	102,144	4,702
2004	107,144	4,810
2005	112,823	4,897
2006	115,645	5,057
2007	116,704	5,226
2008	117,481	5,297
2009	118,102	5,349
2010	122,926	5,391
2011	121,016	5,445
2012	108,855	5,501
2013	110,772	5,449
2014	110,420	5,381
2015	108,096	5,269
2016	105,265	5,125
2017	103,891	5,007
2018	101,619	4,957
2019	97,842	4,932
2020	92,950	4,874
2021	88,005	4,954
2022	91,951	5,102
2023	75,760	5,221

Maternal mortality chart: Libya 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 59 deaths per 100,000 live births in Libya, compared to 75 deaths in Sao Tome and Principe.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Libya	Sao Tome
1985	86	159
1986	82	175
1987	77	161
1988	74	157
1989	70	167
1990	67	164
1991	64	166
1992	61	164
1993	60	166
1994	59	168
1995	59	172
1996	61	171
1997	64	173
1998	67	175
1999	69	179
2000	71	180
2001	71	178
2002	69	179
2003	68	178
2004	67	177
2005	66	181
2006	66	177
2007	67	174
2008	68	174
2009	70	172
2010	71	170
2011	81	164
2012	74	158
2013	75	150
2014	77	138
2015	76	128
2016	74	119
2017	69	110
2018	66	100
2019	65	95
2020	71	92
2021	98	98
2022	60	82
2023	59	75

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 3.08% in Libya 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
	Libya	Sao Tome
1960	27.7%	-
1961	26%	-
1962	24.3%	-
1963	22.7%	-
1964	21.2%	-
1965	19.7%	9.56%
1966	18.3%	9.29%
1967	17%	9.04%
1968	15.8%	8.85%
1969	14.7%	8.71%
1970	13.6%	8.64%
1971	12.6%	8.63%
1972	11.7%	8.67%
1973	10.9%	8.73%
1974	10.2%	8.79%
1975	9.5%	8.85%
1976	8.91%	8.89%
1977	8.39%	8.93%
1978	7.92%	8.96%
1979	7.5%	9.02%
1980	7.11%	9.1%
1981	6.76%	9.21%
1982	6.42%	9.37%
1983	6.1%	9.56%
1984	5.79%	9.77%
1985	5.5%	9.99%
1986	5.21%	11.4%
1987	4.94%	10.4%
1988	4.67%	10.6%
1989	4.42%	10.7%
1990	4.19%	10.8%
1991	3.98%	10.9%
1992	3.78%	10.9%
1993	3.61%	10.8%
1994	3.46%	10.7%
1995	3.32%	10.4%
1996	3.2%	10.1%
1997	3.09%	9.73%
1998	2.99%	9.26%
1999	2.9%	8.76%
2000	2.81%	8.21%
2001	2.73%	7.66%
2002	2.65%	7.1%
2003	2.55%	6.57%
2004	2.44%	6.05%
2005	2.31%	5.56%
2006	2.17%	5.11%
2007	2.02%	4.68%
2008	1.88%	4.3%
2009	1.76%	3.95%
2010	1.66%	3.63%
2011	1.96%	3.33%
2012	1.51%	3.04%
2013	1.45%	2.77%
2014	1.39%	2.54%
2015	1.33%	2.31%
2016	1.28%	2.11%
2017	1.24%	1.95%
2018	1.19%	1.81%
2019	1.16%	1.7%
2020	1.12%	1.6%
2021	1.08%	1.53%
2022	1.05%	1.46%
2023	3.08%	1.39%