Fertility & birth rates in Palestine and Sao Tome and Principe

Fertility rate in Palestine vs Sao Tome and Principe chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in Palestine was 3.31 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 Palestine 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
	Palestine	Sao Tome
1960	-	6.24
1961	-	6.26
1962	-	6.28
1963	-	6.31
1964	-	6.33
1965	-	6.35
1966	-	6.37
1967	-	6.39
1968	-	6.42
1969	-	6.44
1970	-	6.47
1971	-	6.49
1972	-	6.51
1973	-	6.53
1974	-	6.53
1975	-	6.53
1976	-	6.52
1977	-	6.5
1978	-	6.47
1979	-	6.43
1980	-	6.39
1981	-	6.33
1982	-	6.28
1983	-	6.22
1984	-	6.16
1985	-	6.1
1986	-	6.05
1987	-	5.99
1988	-	5.94
1989	-	5.88
1990	6.81	5.83
1991	6.75	5.77
1992	6.65	5.7
1993	6.5	5.64
1994	6.33	5.56
1995	6.16	5.55
1996	5.99	5.47
1997	5.82	5.4
1998	5.69	5.3
1999	5.58	5.23
2000	5.46	5.16
2001	5.34	5.1
2002	5.22	5.06
2003	5.06	5.01
2004	4.97	4.96
2005	4.87	4.94
2006	4.74	4.93
2007	4.63	4.96
2008	4.51	4.91
2009	4.44	4.84
2010	4.43	4.77
2011	4.31	4.72
2012	4.15	4.66
2013	4.05	4.58
2014	4	4.49
2015	3.98	4.35
2016	3.89	4.2
2017	3.77	4.07
2018	3.67	3.98
2019	3.59	3.9
2020	3.51	3.83
2021	3.44	3.76
2022	3.38	3.7
2023	3.31	3.64
2024	3.25	3.6
2025	3.19	3.53
2026	3.13	3.47
2027	3.07	3.42
2028	3.02	3.36
2029	2.97	3.32
2030	2.93	3.26
2031	2.89	3.21
2032	2.85	3.17
2033	2.81	3.13
2034	2.78	3.09
2035	2.75	3.04
2036	2.71	3.01
2037	2.68	2.97
2038	2.65	2.94
2039	2.62	2.9
2040	2.59	2.87
2041	2.56	2.83
2042	2.53	2.8
2043	2.51	2.78
2044	2.48	2.75
2045	2.45	2.73
2046	2.43	2.7
2047	2.41	2.67
2048	2.38	2.64
2049	2.36	2.62
2050	2.34	2.59

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Palestine	Sao Tome
1960	-	32.9%
1961	-	34.3%
1962	-	36.6%
1963	-	38.5%
1964	-	40.2%
1965	-	41.6%
1966	-	42.9%
1967	-	44%
1968	-	44.9%
1969	-	45.8%
1970	-	46.2%
1971	-	46.1%
1972	-	45.9%
1973	-	45.7%
1974	-	45.6%
1975	-	45.5%
1976	-	45.4%
1977	-	45.3%
1978	-	45.2%
1979	-	45.1%
1980	-	44.9%
1981	-	44.7%
1982	-	44.5%
1983	-	44.5%
1984	-	44.4%
1985	-	44.5%
1986	-	44.7%
1987	-	44.9%
1988	-	45%
1989	-	45%
1990	49.1%	45.1%
1991	49.1%	45.1%
1992	49%	45.2%
1993	49%	45.2%
1994	48.9%	45.1%
1995	48.8%	44.9%
1996	48.6%	44.7%
1997	48.4%	44.3%
1998	48.1%	43.9%
1999	47.8%	43.4%
2000	47.4%	42.8%
2001	47.1%	42.5%
2002	46.6%	42.3%
2003	46.1%	42.2%
2004	45.6%	42.1%
2005	45%	42%
2006	44.3%	42%
2007	43.7%	42%
2008	43%	42.1%
2009	42.4%	42.1%
2010	41.9%	42.1%
2011	41.5%	42%
2012	41.1%	42%
2013	40.7%	42%
2014	40.4%	42%
2015	40.1%	41.9%
2016	39.9%	41.7%
2017	39.7%	41.4%
2018	39.6%	40.9%
2019	39.5%	40.5%
2020	39.3%	39.9%
2021	39%	39.4%
2022	38.7%	38.8%
2023	38.4%	38.3%
2024	38%	37.8%
2025	37.6%	37.5%
2026	37%	37.2%
2027	36.5%	36.8%
2028	35.9%	36.4%
2029	35.3%	36%
2030	34.7%	35.6%
2031	34%	35.4%
2032	33.4%	35.2%
2033	32.8%	35%
2034	32.3%	34.8%
2035	31.8%	34.7%
2036	31.4%	34.5%
2037	31%	34.2%
2038	30.6%	34%
2039	30.3%	33.8%
2040	30%	33.5%
2041	29.7%	33.2%
2042	29.4%	32.9%
2043	29.2%	32.6%
2044	28.9%	32.3%
2045	28.6%	32%
2046	28.4%	31.6%
2047	28.1%	31.3%
2048	27.8%	31%
2049	27.5%	30.6%
2050	27.2%	30.2%

Children aged 0-14 make up 38% of the population in Palestine and 37.8% in Sao Tome and Principe in 2024, compared to 49.1% and 45.1% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Palestine and Sao Tome and Principe compared.

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

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +2.64% in Palestine 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
	Palestine	Sao Tome
1960	-	1,547
1961	-	1,657
1962	-	1,625
1963	-	1,609
1964	-	1,600
1965	-	1,611
1966	-	1,642
1967	-	1,693
1968	-	1,767
1969	-	1,862
1970	-	1,980
1971	-	2,127
1972	-	2,232
1973	-	2,329
1974	-	2,422
1975	-	2,515
1976	-	2,608
1977	-	2,705
1978	-	2,800
1979	-	2,893
1980	-	2,965
1981	-	3,015
1982	-	3,047
1983	-	3,100
1984	-	3,163
1985	-	3,242
1986	-	3,180
1987	-	3,440
1988	-	3,544
1989	-	3,576
1990	76,163	3,719
1991	79,444	3,801
1992	82,865	3,822
1993	86,434	3,841
1994	90,156	3,860
1995	94,037	3,948
1996	98,085	3,993
1997	102,307	4,041
1998	103,566	4,120
1999	104,823	4,221
2000	106,367	4,334
2001	107,320	4,471
2002	108,560	4,591
2003	109,162	4,702
2004	110,045	4,810
2005	110,569	4,897
2006	111,728	5,057
2007	112,453	5,226
2008	108,395	5,297
2009	111,724	5,349
2010	117,674	5,391
2011	119,021	5,445
2012	119,185	5,501
2013	120,503	5,449
2014	120,724	5,381
2015	126,189	5,269
2016	126,698	5,125
2017	125,688	5,007
2018	124,791	4,957
2019	124,508	4,932
2020	122,416	4,874
2021	120,396	4,954
2022	123,987	5,102
2023	102,613	5,221

Maternal mortality chart: Palestine 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 16 deaths per 100,000 live births in Palestine, compared to 75 deaths in Sao Tome and Principe.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Palestine	Sao Tome
1985	102	159
1986	96	175
1987	87	161
1988	85	157
1989	82	167
1990	78	164
1991	75	166
1992	73	164
1993	69	166
1994	66	168
1995	64	172
1996	61	171
1997	60	173
1998	59	175
1999	58	179
2000	59	180
2001	60	178
2002	58	179
2003	56	178
2004	55	177
2005	52	181
2006	51	177
2007	49	174
2008	49	174
2009	48	172
2010	42	170
2011	39	164
2012	36	158
2013	32	150
2014	29	138
2015	26	128
2016	23	119
2017	21	110
2018	19	100
2019	18	95
2020	20	92
2021	29	98
2022	17	82
2023	16	75

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 2.63% in Palestine 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
	Palestine	Sao Tome
1965	-	9.56%
1966	-	9.29%
1967	-	9.04%
1968	-	8.85%
1969	-	8.71%
1970	-	8.64%
1971	-	8.63%
1972	-	8.67%
1973	-	8.73%
1974	-	8.79%
1975	10.8%	8.85%
1976	10.2%	8.89%
1977	9.55%	8.93%
1978	8.98%	8.96%
1979	8.45%	9.02%
1980	7.95%	9.1%
1981	7.48%	9.21%
1982	7.04%	9.37%
1983	6.63%	9.56%
1984	6.25%	9.77%
1985	5.89%	9.99%
1986	5.56%	11.4%
1987	5.25%	10.4%
1988	4.97%	10.6%
1989	4.72%	10.7%
1990	4.49%	10.8%
1991	4.28%	10.9%
1992	4.09%	10.9%
1993	3.92%	10.8%
1994	3.77%	10.7%
1995	3.62%	10.4%
1996	3.49%	10.1%
1997	3.36%	9.73%
1998	3.24%	9.26%
1999	3.13%	8.76%
2000	3.03%	8.21%
2001	2.94%	7.66%
2002	2.85%	7.1%
2003	2.77%	6.57%
2004	2.68%	6.05%
2005	2.6%	5.56%
2006	2.52%	5.11%
2007	2.43%	4.68%
2008	2.35%	4.3%
2009	2.28%	3.95%
2010	2.2%	3.63%
2011	2.12%	3.33%
2012	2.04%	3.04%
2013	1.97%	2.77%
2014	2.2%	2.54%
2015	1.83%	2.31%
2016	1.76%	2.11%
2017	1.69%	1.95%
2018	1.63%	1.81%
2019	1.57%	1.7%
2020	1.52%	1.6%
2021	1.47%	1.53%
2022	1.42%	1.46%
2023	2.63%	1.39%