Fertility & birth rates in Myanmar and Sao Tome and Principe

Fertility rate in Myanmar vs Sao Tome and Principe chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in Myanmar was 2.12 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
	Myanmar	Sao Tome
1960	5.9	6.24
1961	5.9	6.26
1962	5.9	6.28
1963	5.91	6.31
1964	5.91	6.33
1965	5.91	6.35
1966	5.88	6.37
1967	5.84	6.39
1968	5.8	6.42
1969	5.75	6.44
1970	5.68	6.47
1971	5.62	6.49
1972	5.53	6.51
1973	5.44	6.53
1974	5.34	6.53
1975	5.25	6.53
1976	5.16	6.52
1977	5.07	6.5
1978	4.99	6.47
1979	4.9	6.43
1980	4.79	6.39
1981	4.69	6.33
1982	4.66	6.28
1983	4.63	6.22
1984	4.52	6.16
1985	4.32	6.1
1986	4.08	6.05
1987	3.86	5.99
1988	3.67	5.94
1989	3.59	5.88
1990	3.5	5.83
1991	3.43	5.77
1992	3.35	5.7
1993	3.28	5.64
1994	3.2	5.56
1995	3.13	5.55
1996	3.06	5.47
1997	2.99	5.4
1998	2.91	5.3
1999	2.85	5.23
2000	2.81	5.16
2001	2.79	5.1
2002	2.77	5.06
2003	2.68	5.01
2004	2.59	4.96
2005	2.52	4.94
2006	2.47	4.93
2007	2.45	4.96
2008	2.4	4.91
2009	2.37	4.84
2010	2.34	4.77
2011	2.31	4.72
2012	2.28	4.66
2013	2.26	4.58
2014	2.25	4.49
2015	2.27	4.35
2016	2.27	4.2
2017	2.25	4.07
2018	2.23	3.98
2019	2.21	3.9
2020	2.18	3.83
2021	2.16	3.76
2022	2.13	3.7
2023	2.12	3.64
2024	2.1	3.6
2025	2.08	3.53
2026	2.06	3.47
2027	2.04	3.42
2028	2.02	3.36
2029	2.01	3.32
2030	2	3.26
2031	1.98	3.21
2032	1.97	3.17
2033	1.96	3.13
2034	1.94	3.09
2035	1.93	3.04
2036	1.92	3.01
2037	1.92	2.97
2038	1.91	2.94
2039	1.9	2.9
2040	1.89	2.87
2041	1.89	2.83
2042	1.88	2.8
2043	1.87	2.78
2044	1.86	2.75
2045	1.86	2.73
2046	1.85	2.7
2047	1.85	2.67
2048	1.84	2.64
2049	1.83	2.62
2050	1.83	2.59

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Myanmar	Sao Tome
1960	39.9%	32.9%
1961	40.2%	34.3%
1962	40.6%	36.6%
1963	40.9%	38.5%
1964	41%	40.2%
1965	41.1%	41.6%
1966	41.1%	42.9%
1967	41%	44%
1968	40.9%	44.9%
1969	40.8%	45.8%
1970	40.7%	46.2%
1971	40.6%	46.1%
1972	40.5%	45.9%
1973	40.3%	45.7%
1974	40.2%	45.6%
1975	40.1%	45.5%
1976	40%	45.4%
1977	39.8%	45.3%
1978	39.6%	45.2%
1979	39.4%	45.1%
1980	39.2%	44.9%
1981	39%	44.7%
1982	38.8%	44.5%
1983	38.6%	44.5%
1984	38.3%	44.4%
1985	38.1%	44.5%
1986	37.8%	44.7%
1987	37.4%	44.9%
1988	37%	45%
1989	36.6%	45%
1990	36.2%	45.1%
1991	35.8%	45.1%
1992	35.4%	45.2%
1993	35.1%	45.2%
1994	34.7%	45.1%
1995	34.2%	44.9%
1996	33.8%	44.7%
1997	33.3%	44.3%
1998	32.8%	43.9%
1999	32.3%	43.4%
2000	31.8%	42.8%
2001	31.4%	42.5%
2002	31%	42.3%
2003	30.7%	42.2%
2004	30.4%	42.1%
2005	30.1%	42%
2006	29.7%	42%
2007	29.4%	42%
2008	29%	42.1%
2009	28.6%	42.1%
2010	28.2%	42.1%
2011	27.9%	42%
2012	27.5%	42%
2013	27.1%	42%
2014	26.8%	42%
2015	26.5%	41.9%
2016	26.2%	41.7%
2017	25.9%	41.4%
2018	25.6%	40.9%
2019	25.4%	40.5%
2020	25.1%	39.9%
2021	24.9%	39.4%
2022	24.7%	38.8%
2023	24.5%	38.3%
2024	24.3%	37.8%
2025	24.1%	37.5%
2026	23.9%	37.2%
2027	23.6%	36.8%
2028	23.4%	36.4%
2029	23.2%	36%
2030	23%	35.6%
2031	22.7%	35.4%
2032	22.4%	35.2%
2033	22.2%	35%
2034	21.9%	34.8%
2035	21.7%	34.7%
2036	21.4%	34.5%
2037	21.2%	34.2%
2038	21%	34%
2039	20.8%	33.8%
2040	20.6%	33.5%
2041	20.4%	33.2%
2042	20.2%	32.9%
2043	20.1%	32.6%
2044	19.9%	32.3%
2045	19.8%	32%
2046	19.6%	31.6%
2047	19.5%	31.3%
2048	19.4%	31%
2049	19.2%	30.6%
2050	19.1%	30.2%

Children aged 0-14 make up 24.3% of the population in Myanmar and 37.8% in Sao Tome and Principe in 2024, compared to 36.2% and 45.1% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Myanmar and Sao Tome and Principe compared.

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

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +0.88% in Myanmar 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
	Myanmar	Sao Tome
1960	465,049	1,547
1961	474,818	1,657
1962	487,925	1,625
1963	501,548	1,609
1964	516,334	1,600
1965	533,443	1,611
1966	546,378	1,642
1967	559,577	1,693
1968	571,123	1,767
1969	584,979	1,862
1970	595,337	1,980
1971	608,784	2,127
1972	616,411	2,232
1973	624,619	2,329
1974	628,458	2,422
1975	635,005	2,515
1976	642,829	2,608
1977	649,915	2,705
1978	658,068	2,800
1979	669,338	2,893
1980	673,815	2,965
1981	679,851	3,015
1982	701,212	3,047
1983	719,710	3,100
1984	723,623	3,163
1985	705,905	3,242
1986	679,467	3,180
1987	652,960	3,440
1988	630,392	3,544
1989	636,610	3,576
1990	636,081	3,719
1991	637,622	3,801
1992	634,484	3,822
1993	633,576	3,841
1994	626,411	3,860
1995	620,376	3,948
1996	619,488	3,993
1997	613,103	4,041
1998	606,110	4,120
1999	597,916	4,221
2000	596,979	4,334
2001	601,524	4,471
2002	602,873	4,591
2003	582,173	4,702
2004	556,494	4,810
2005	537,429	4,897
2006	527,165	5,057
2007	523,745	5,226
2008	373,287	5,297
2009	505,144	5,349
2010	497,745	5,391
2011	492,271	5,445
2012	487,210	5,501
2013	487,648	5,449
2014	488,114	5,381
2015	495,769	5,269
2016	499,508	5,125
2017	492,276	5,007
2018	482,316	4,957
2019	469,924	4,932
2020	448,626	4,874
2021	394,104	4,954
2022	415,647	5,102
2023	408,331	5,221

Maternal mortality chart: Myanmar 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 185 deaths per 100,000 live births in Myanmar, compared to 75 deaths in Sao Tome and Principe.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Myanmar	Sao Tome
1985	674	159
1986	652	175
1987	631	161
1988	616	157
1989	603	167
1990	586	164
1991	566	166
1992	542	164
1993	522	166
1994	498	168
1995	472	172
1996	442	171
1997	416	173
1998	398	175
1999	388	179
2000	375	180
2001	361	178
2002	347	179
2003	335	178
2004	324	177
2005	312	181
2006	301	177
2007	290	174
2008	286	174
2009	268	172
2010	259	170
2011	249	164
2012	243	158
2013	237	150
2014	228	138
2015	222	128
2016	215	119
2017	209	110
2018	201	100
2019	195	95
2020	198	92
2021	231	98
2022	193	82
2023	185	75

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 3.87% in Myanmar 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
	Myanmar	Sao Tome
1965	-	9.56%
1966	-	9.29%
1967	-	9.04%
1968	18%	8.85%
1969	17.7%	8.71%
1970	17.4%	8.64%
1971	17%	8.63%
1972	16.7%	8.67%
1973	16.3%	8.73%
1974	16%	8.79%
1975	15.6%	8.85%
1976	15.3%	8.89%
1977	14.9%	8.93%
1978	14.6%	8.96%
1979	14.3%	9.02%
1980	14%	9.1%
1981	13.7%	9.21%
1982	13.4%	9.37%
1983	13.1%	9.56%
1984	12.9%	9.77%
1985	12.7%	9.99%
1986	12.5%	11.4%
1987	12.2%	10.4%
1988	12%	10.6%
1989	11.8%	10.7%
1990	11.5%	10.8%
1991	11.3%	10.9%
1992	11%	10.9%
1993	10.7%	10.8%
1994	10.5%	10.7%
1995	10.2%	10.4%
1996	9.94%	10.1%
1997	9.68%	9.73%
1998	9.43%	9.26%
1999	9.19%	8.76%
2000	8.95%	8.21%
2001	8.71%	7.66%
2002	8.47%	7.1%
2003	8.22%	6.57%
2004	7.97%	6.05%
2005	7.71%	5.56%
2006	7.44%	5.11%
2007	7.16%	4.68%
2008	10.1%	4.3%
2009	6.6%	3.95%
2010	6.32%	3.63%
2011	6.05%	3.33%
2012	5.8%	3.04%
2013	5.56%	2.77%
2014	5.34%	2.54%
2015	5.13%	2.31%
2016	4.95%	2.11%
2017	4.77%	1.95%
2018	4.6%	1.81%
2019	4.44%	1.7%
2020	4.29%	1.6%
2021	4.14%	1.53%
2022	4%	1.46%
2023	3.87%	1.39%