Fertility & birth rates in Sao Tome and Principe and Togo

Fertility rate in Sao Tome and Principe vs Togo chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in Sao Tome and Principe was 3.64 children per woman in 2023, compared to 4.19 in Togo in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Sao Tome and Principe vs Togo population clock for a dynamic visualization of the changing population.

The chart below showcases historical changes in the birth rates.

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Sao Tome	Togo
1960	6.24	6.8
1961	6.26	6.82
1962	6.28	6.86
1963	6.31	6.89
1964	6.33	6.92
1965	6.35	6.94
1966	6.37	6.96
1967	6.39	6.96
1968	6.42	6.97
1969	6.44	7.02
1970	6.47	7.04
1971	6.49	7.06
1972	6.51	7.07
1973	6.53	7.08
1974	6.53	7.09
1975	6.53	7.09
1976	6.52	7.06
1977	6.5	7.03
1978	6.47	6.98
1979	6.43	6.94
1980	6.39	6.88
1981	6.33	6.81
1982	6.28	6.73
1983	6.22	6.63
1984	6.16	6.54
1985	6.1	6.46
1986	6.05	6.38
1987	5.99	6.3
1988	5.94	6.23
1989	5.88	6.15
1990	5.83	6.07
1991	5.77	5.99
1992	5.7	5.89
1993	5.64	5.78
1994	5.56	5.67
1995	5.55	5.57
1996	5.47	5.46
1997	5.4	5.36
1998	5.3	5.29
1999	5.23	5.23
2000	5.16	5.17
2001	5.1	5.13
2002	5.06	5.09
2003	5.01	5.05
2004	4.96	5
2005	4.94	5.04
2006	4.93	5.08
2007	4.96	5.1
2008	4.91	5.1
2009	4.84	5.1
2010	4.77	5.09
2011	4.72	4.98
2012	4.66	4.85
2013	4.58	4.75
2014	4.49	4.7
2015	4.35	4.66
2016	4.2	4.63
2017	4.07	4.58
2018	3.98	4.51
2019	3.9	4.45
2020	3.83	4.39
2021	3.76	4.32
2022	3.7	4.25
2023	3.64	4.19
2024	3.6	4.12
2025	3.53	4.07
2026	3.47	4.01
2027	3.42	3.95
2028	3.36	3.89
2029	3.32	3.84
2030	3.26	3.79
2031	3.21	3.75
2032	3.17	3.7
2033	3.13	3.65
2034	3.09	3.61
2035	3.04	3.56
2036	3.01	3.52
2037	2.97	3.48
2038	2.94	3.44
2039	2.9	3.4
2040	2.87	3.37
2041	2.83	3.33
2042	2.8	3.3
2043	2.78	3.27
2044	2.75	3.23
2045	2.73	3.2
2046	2.7	3.16
2047	2.67	3.13
2048	2.64	3.1
2049	2.62	3.07
2050	2.59	3.04

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Sao Tome	Togo
1960	32.9%	44%
1961	34.3%	44.1%
1962	36.6%	44.2%
1963	38.5%	44.4%
1964	40.2%	44.5%
1965	41.6%	44.6%
1966	42.9%	44.7%
1967	44%	44.8%
1968	44.9%	44.9%
1969	45.8%	45%
1970	46.2%	45.1%
1971	46.1%	45.2%
1972	45.9%	45.4%
1973	45.7%	45.5%
1974	45.6%	45.6%
1975	45.5%	45.8%
1976	45.4%	45.9%
1977	45.3%	46%
1978	45.2%	46.1%
1979	45.1%	46.2%
1980	44.9%	46.2%
1981	44.7%	46.2%
1982	44.5%	46.2%
1983	44.5%	46.1%
1984	44.4%	46%
1985	44.5%	45.9%
1986	44.7%	45.8%
1987	44.9%	45.7%
1988	45%	45.5%
1989	45%	45.3%
1990	45.1%	45.2%
1991	45.1%	44.9%
1992	45.2%	44.7%
1993	45.2%	44.5%
1994	45.1%	44.2%
1995	44.9%	44%
1996	44.7%	43.8%
1997	44.3%	43.5%
1998	43.9%	43.2%
1999	43.4%	42.9%
2000	42.8%	42.6%
2001	42.5%	42.4%
2002	42.3%	42.3%
2003	42.2%	42.2%
2004	42.1%	42%
2005	42%	41.9%
2006	42%	41.8%
2007	42%	41.6%
2008	42.1%	41.6%
2009	42.1%	41.5%
2010	42.1%	41.6%
2011	42%	41.6%
2012	42%	41.6%
2013	42%	41.6%
2014	42%	41.5%
2015	41.9%	41.5%
2016	41.7%	41.4%
2017	41.4%	41.2%
2018	40.9%	41.1%
2019	40.5%	40.9%
2020	39.9%	40.7%
2021	39.4%	40.5%
2022	38.8%	40.2%
2023	38.3%	39.9%
2024	37.8%	39.5%
2025	37.5%	39.2%
2026	37.2%	38.8%
2027	36.8%	38.4%
2028	36.4%	38.1%
2029	36%	37.8%
2030	35.6%	37.5%
2031	35.4%	37.2%
2032	35.2%	36.9%
2033	35%	36.6%
2034	34.8%	36.4%
2035	34.7%	36.1%
2036	34.5%	35.9%
2037	34.2%	35.6%
2038	34%	35.4%
2039	33.8%	35.2%
2040	33.5%	35%
2041	33.2%	34.8%
2042	32.9%	34.6%
2043	32.6%	34.4%
2044	32.3%	34.2%
2045	32%	33.9%
2046	31.6%	33.7%
2047	31.3%	33.5%
2048	31%	33.2%
2049	30.6%	33%
2050	30.2%	32.8%

Children aged 0-14 make up 37.8% of the population in Sao Tome and Principe and 39.5% in Togo in 2024, compared to 45.1% and 45.2% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Sao Tome and Principe and Togo compared.

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

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +2.4% in Sao Tome and Principe and +2.46% in Togo. 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
	Sao Tome	Togo
1960	1,547	43,307
1961	1,657	44,623
1962	1,625	46,201
1963	1,609	47,869
1964	1,600	49,449
1965	1,611	51,323
1966	1,642	53,640
1967	1,693	56,128
1968	1,767	59,110
1969	1,862	62,589
1970	1,980	65,851
1971	2,127	69,206
1972	2,232	72,008
1973	2,329	74,713
1974	2,422	77,347
1975	2,515	79,831
1976	2,608	82,321
1977	2,705	84,572
1978	2,800	86,950
1979	2,893	89,148
1980	2,965	91,445
1981	3,015	94,318
1982	3,047	97,003
1983	3,100	99,817
1984	3,163	102,425
1985	3,242	104,949
1986	3,180	107,957
1987	3,440	110,739
1988	3,544	112,915
1989	3,576	114,432
1990	3,719	116,200
1991	3,801	117,409
1992	3,822	118,876
1993	3,841	119,938
1994	3,860	113,074
1995	3,948	116,314
1996	3,993	119,418
1997	4,041	122,109
1998	4,120	125,392
1999	4,221	129,832
2000	4,334	133,873
2001	4,471	137,808
2002	4,591	141,643
2003	4,702	144,900
2004	4,810	147,574
2005	4,897	154,117
2006	5,057	160,671
2007	5,226	168,144
2008	5,297	173,677
2009	5,349	180,111
2010	5,391	185,294
2011	5,445	186,406
2012	5,501	186,061
2013	5,449	187,309
2014	5,381	190,667
2015	5,269	194,768
2016	5,125	199,364
2017	5,007	202,307
2018	4,957	204,942
2019	4,932	207,608
2020	4,874	208,663
2021	4,954	210,613
2022	5,102	215,090
2023	5,221	218,093

Maternal mortality chart: Sao Tome and Principe vs Togo

The maternal mortality rate, which is the probability of dying during childbirth or within 42 days of pregnancy termination, is 75 deaths per 100,000 live births in Sao Tome and Principe, compared to 349 deaths in Togo.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Sao Tome	Togo
1985	159	668
1986	175	649
1987	161	636
1988	157	628
1989	167	644
1990	164	657
1991	166	676
1992	164	692
1993	166	728
1994	168	688
1995	172	663
1996	171	627
1997	173	600
1998	175	570
1999	179	529
2000	180	496
2001	178	478
2002	179	447
2003	178	431
2004	177	431
2005	181	434
2006	177	453
2007	174	448
2008	174	457
2009	172	471
2010	170	497
2011	164	501
2012	158	506
2013	150	500
2014	138	490
2015	128	470
2016	119	460
2017	110	443
2018	100	435
2019	95	416
2020	92	398
2021	98	397
2022	82	362
2023	75	349

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 1.39% in Sao Tome and Principe and 5.83% in Togo. 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
	Sao Tome	Togo
1960	-	26%
1961	-	25.8%
1962	-	25.5%
1963	-	25.2%
1964	-	24.9%
1965	9.56%	24.6%
1966	9.29%	24.2%
1967	9.04%	23.8%
1968	8.85%	23.4%
1969	8.71%	23%
1970	8.64%	22.5%
1971	8.63%	22.1%
1972	8.67%	21.6%
1973	8.73%	21.1%
1974	8.79%	20.7%
1975	8.85%	20.2%
1976	8.89%	19.7%
1977	8.93%	19.2%
1978	8.96%	18.8%
1979	9.02%	18.3%
1980	9.1%	17.9%
1981	9.21%	17.5%
1982	9.37%	17.1%
1983	9.56%	16.7%
1984	9.77%	16.3%
1985	9.99%	16%
1986	11.4%	15.7%
1987	10.4%	15.4%
1988	10.6%	15.2%
1989	10.7%	14.9%
1990	10.8%	14.7%
1991	10.9%	14.5%
1992	10.9%	14.3%
1993	10.8%	14.1%
1994	10.7%	13.9%
1995	10.4%	13.6%
1996	10.1%	13.3%
1997	9.73%	13%
1998	9.26%	12.7%
1999	8.76%	12.3%
2000	8.21%	12%
2001	7.66%	11.6%
2002	7.1%	11.3%
2003	6.57%	10.9%
2004	6.05%	10.6%
2005	5.56%	10.3%
2006	5.11%	9.97%
2007	4.68%	9.69%
2008	4.3%	9.41%
2009	3.95%	9.14%
2010	3.63%	8.87%
2011	3.33%	8.59%
2012	3.04%	8.33%
2013	2.77%	8.07%
2014	2.54%	7.81%
2015	2.31%	7.56%
2016	2.11%	7.32%
2017	1.95%	7.09%
2018	1.81%	6.86%
2019	1.7%	6.63%
2020	1.6%	6.43%
2021	1.53%	6.22%
2022	1.46%	6.02%
2023	1.39%	5.83%