Fertility & birth rates in Namibia and Sao Tome and Principe

Fertility rate in Namibia vs Sao Tome and Principe chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in Namibia was 3.21 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 Namibia 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
	Namibia	Sao Tome
1960	6.24	6.24
1961	6.29	6.26
1962	6.35	6.28
1963	6.41	6.31
1964	6.43	6.33
1965	6.45	6.35
1966	6.47	6.37
1967	6.49	6.39
1968	6.5	6.42
1969	6.51	6.44
1970	6.52	6.47
1971	6.52	6.49
1972	6.53	6.51
1973	6.54	6.53
1974	6.55	6.53
1975	6.53	6.53
1976	6.49	6.52
1977	6.44	6.5
1978	6.38	6.47
1979	6.31	6.43
1980	6.24	6.39
1981	6.16	6.33
1982	6.08	6.28
1983	6	6.22
1984	5.94	6.16
1985	5.88	6.1
1986	5.79	6.05
1987	5.7	5.99
1988	5.61	5.94
1989	5.52	5.88
1990	5.4	5.83
1991	5.29	5.77
1992	5.11	5.7
1993	4.91	5.64
1994	4.68	5.56
1995	4.42	5.55
1996	4.2	5.47
1997	4.17	5.4
1998	4.18	5.3
1999	4.14	5.23
2000	3.99	5.16
2001	3.83	5.1
2002	3.69	5.06
2003	3.58	5.01
2004	3.55	4.96
2005	3.57	4.94
2006	3.6	4.93
2007	3.61	4.96
2008	3.62	4.91
2009	3.63	4.84
2010	3.66	4.77
2011	3.66	4.72
2012	3.68	4.66
2013	3.65	4.58
2014	3.64	4.49
2015	3.6	4.35
2016	3.57	4.2
2017	3.51	4.07
2018	3.46	3.98
2019	3.4	3.9
2020	3.35	3.83
2021	3.3	3.76
2022	3.25	3.7
2023	3.21	3.64
2024	3.21	3.6
2025	3.17	3.53
2026	3.13	3.47
2027	3.09	3.42
2028	3.06	3.36
2029	3.02	3.32
2030	2.98	3.26
2031	2.94	3.21
2032	2.91	3.17
2033	2.88	3.13
2034	2.84	3.09
2035	2.81	3.04
2036	2.78	3.01
2037	2.75	2.97
2038	2.72	2.94
2039	2.68	2.9
2040	2.66	2.87
2041	2.63	2.83
2042	2.6	2.8
2043	2.58	2.78
2044	2.56	2.75
2045	2.53	2.73
2046	2.51	2.7
2047	2.49	2.67
2048	2.47	2.64
2049	2.45	2.62
2050	2.43	2.59

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Namibia	Sao Tome
1960	42.2%	32.9%
1961	42.4%	34.3%
1962	42.6%	36.6%
1963	42.7%	38.5%
1964	42.9%	40.2%
1965	43%	41.6%
1966	43.2%	42.9%
1967	43.3%	44%
1968	43.5%	44.9%
1969	43.6%	45.8%
1970	43.8%	46.2%
1971	43.9%	46.1%
1972	44.1%	45.9%
1973	44.3%	45.7%
1974	44.6%	45.6%
1975	44.8%	45.5%
1976	45%	45.4%
1977	45.3%	45.3%
1978	45.9%	45.2%
1979	46.3%	45.1%
1980	46.6%	44.9%
1981	47.1%	44.7%
1982	47.2%	44.5%
1983	46.9%	44.5%
1984	46.6%	44.4%
1985	46.2%	44.5%
1986	45.8%	44.7%
1987	45.3%	44.9%
1988	44.8%	45%
1989	43.4%	45%
1990	42.3%	45.1%
1991	42.2%	45.1%
1992	42.2%	45.2%
1993	42.2%	45.2%
1994	42.2%	45.1%
1995	42.1%	44.9%
1996	42%	44.7%
1997	41.9%	44.3%
1998	41.8%	43.9%
1999	41.7%	43.4%
2000	41.5%	42.8%
2001	41.3%	42.5%
2002	41%	42.3%
2003	40.5%	42.2%
2004	40%	42.1%
2005	39.4%	42%
2006	38.7%	42%
2007	38.1%	42%
2008	37.5%	42.1%
2009	37.1%	42.1%
2010	36.8%	42.1%
2011	36.7%	42%
2012	36.6%	42%
2013	36.6%	42%
2014	36.5%	42%
2015	36.5%	41.9%
2016	36.5%	41.7%
2017	36.7%	41.4%
2018	36.8%	40.9%
2019	37%	40.5%
2020	37.1%	39.9%
2021	37.4%	39.4%
2022	37.5%	38.8%
2023	37.3%	38.3%
2024	37%	37.8%
2025	36.7%	37.5%
2026	36.3%	37.2%
2027	35.9%	36.8%
2028	35.5%	36.4%
2029	35.1%	36%
2030	34.6%	35.6%
2031	34%	35.4%
2032	33.5%	35.2%
2033	32.9%	35%
2034	32.4%	34.8%
2035	31.8%	34.7%
2036	31.1%	34.5%
2037	30.6%	34.2%
2038	30.3%	34%
2039	30%	33.8%
2040	29.7%	33.5%
2041	29.5%	33.2%
2042	29.2%	32.9%
2043	29%	32.6%
2044	28.8%	32.3%
2045	28.5%	32%
2046	28.3%	31.6%
2047	28.1%	31.3%
2048	27.9%	31%
2049	27.7%	30.6%
2050	27.5%	30.2%

Children aged 0-14 make up 37% of the population in Namibia and 37.8% in Sao Tome and Principe in 2024, compared to 42.3% and 45.1% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Namibia and Sao Tome and Principe compared.

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

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +2.04% in Namibia 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
	Namibia	Sao Tome
1960	14,307	1,547
1961	14,936	1,657
1962	15,656	1,625
1963	16,430	1,609
1964	17,134	1,600
1965	17,902	1,611
1966	18,635	1,642
1967	19,498	1,693
1968	20,470	1,767
1969	21,387	1,862
1970	22,414	1,980
1971	23,467	2,127
1972	24,606	2,232
1973	25,754	2,329
1974	26,844	2,422
1975	27,882	2,515
1976	28,785	2,608
1977	29,241	2,705
1978	29,821	2,800
1979	28,930	2,893
1980	28,142	2,965
1981	27,938	3,015
1982	27,474	3,047
1983	28,307	3,100
1984	29,395	3,163
1985	30,575	3,242
1986	31,764	3,180
1987	33,340	3,440
1988	34,798	3,544
1989	37,715	3,576
1990	43,956	3,719
1991	44,523	3,801
1992	43,945	3,822
1993	42,861	3,841
1994	41,316	3,860
1995	39,119	3,948
1996	37,177	3,993
1997	37,256	4,041
1998	37,500	4,120
1999	37,233	4,221
2000	35,280	4,334
2001	32,942	4,471
2002	31,947	4,591
2003	31,115	4,702
2004	31,478	4,810
2005	32,909	4,897
2006	34,690	5,057
2007	36,430	5,226
2008	38,147	5,297
2009	39,942	5,349
2010	42,046	5,391
2011	43,557	5,445
2012	46,204	5,501
2013	47,801	5,449
2014	49,581	5,381
2015	50,846	5,269
2016	52,228	5,125
2017	52,975	5,007
2018	53,970	4,957
2019	54,769	4,932
2020	55,034	4,874
2021	50,160	4,954
2022	54,534	5,102
2023	58,435	5,221

Maternal mortality chart: Namibia 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 139 deaths per 100,000 live births in Namibia, compared to 75 deaths in Sao Tome and Principe.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Namibia	Sao Tome
1985	354	159
1986	348	175
1987	336	161
1988	342	157
1989	306	167
1990	325	164
1991	337	166
1992	346	164
1993	354	166
1994	367	168
1995	369	172
1996	387	171
1997	383	173
1998	396	175
1999	371	179
2000	384	180
2001	376	178
2002	313	179
2003	290	178
2004	282	177
2005	344	181
2006	408	177
2007	489	174
2008	537	174
2009	547	172
2010	531	170
2011	498	164
2012	439	158
2013	402	150
2014	369	138
2015	307	128
2016	250	119
2017	213	110
2018	198	100
2019	175	95
2020	143	92
2021	254	98
2022	127	82
2023	139	75

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 4.07% in Namibia 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
	Namibia	Sao Tome
1965	-	9.56%
1966	-	9.29%
1967	9.66%	9.04%
1968	9.64%	8.85%
1969	9.65%	8.71%
1970	9.65%	8.64%
1971	9.67%	8.63%
1972	9.68%	8.67%
1973	9.73%	8.73%
1974	9.79%	8.79%
1975	9.89%	8.85%
1976	10%	8.89%
1977	10.2%	8.93%
1978	10.3%	8.96%
1979	10.3%	9.02%
1980	10.3%	9.1%
1981	10.2%	9.21%
1982	9.93%	9.37%
1983	9.61%	9.56%
1984	9.22%	9.77%
1985	8.81%	9.99%
1986	8.43%	11.4%
1987	8.09%	10.4%
1988	7.81%	10.6%
1989	7.57%	10.7%
1990	7.39%	10.8%
1991	7.24%	10.9%
1992	7.14%	10.9%
1993	7.1%	10.8%
1994	7.13%	10.7%
1995	7.24%	10.4%
1996	7.39%	10.1%
1997	7.56%	9.73%
1998	7.7%	9.26%
1999	7.79%	8.76%
2000	7.79%	8.21%
2001	7.71%	7.66%
2002	7.61%	7.1%
2003	7.51%	6.57%
2004	7.41%	6.05%
2005	7.05%	5.56%
2006	6.49%	5.11%
2007	6.06%	4.68%
2008	5.64%	4.3%
2009	5.29%	3.95%
2010	5.08%	3.63%
2011	5.16%	3.33%
2012	5.51%	3.04%
2013	5.4%	2.77%
2014	5.31%	2.54%
2015	5.5%	2.31%
2016	5.42%	2.11%
2017	5.19%	1.95%
2018	5.01%	1.81%
2019	4.78%	1.7%
2020	4.57%	1.6%
2021	4.38%	1.53%
2022	4.2%	1.46%
2023	4.07%	1.39%