Fertility & birth rates in Sao Tome and Principe and Uzbekistan

Fertility rate in Sao Tome and Principe vs Uzbekistan 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 3.5 in Uzbekistan in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Sao Tome and Principe vs Uzbekistan 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	Uzbekistan
1960	6.24	6.61
1961	6.26	6.75
1962	6.28	6.88
1963	6.31	6.81
1964	6.33	6.82
1965	6.35	6.81
1966	6.37	6.66
1967	6.39	6.57
1968	6.42	6.39
1969	6.44	6.34
1970	6.47	6.31
1971	6.49	6.28
1972	6.51	6.25
1973	6.53	6.16
1974	6.53	6.05
1975	6.53	5.92
1976	6.52	5.75
1977	6.5	5.54
1978	6.47	5.28
1979	6.43	5.16
1980	6.39	5.04
1981	6.33	4.91
1982	6.28	4.82
1983	6.22	4.71
1984	6.16	4.73
1985	6.1	4.69
1986	6.05	4.68
1987	5.99	4.53
1988	5.94	4.26
1989	5.88	4.1
1990	5.83	4.12
1991	5.77	4.19
1992	5.7	4.06
1993	5.64	3.86
1994	5.56	3.66
1995	5.55	3.57
1996	5.47	3.39
1997	5.4	3.19
1998	5.3	2.99
1999	5.23	2.83
2000	5.16	2.7
2001	5.1	2.61
2002	5.06	2.58
2003	5.01	2.5
2004	4.96	2.5
2005	4.94	2.44
2006	4.93	2.46
2007	4.96	2.57
2008	4.91	2.64
2009	4.84	2.56
2010	4.77	2.44
2011	4.72	2.35
2012	4.66	2.34
2013	4.58	2.44
2014	4.49	2.55
2015	4.35	2.58
2016	4.2	2.56
2017	4.07	2.57
2018	3.98	2.71
2019	3.9	2.87
2020	3.83	3.06
2021	3.76	3.27
2022	3.7	3.4
2023	3.64	3.5
2024	3.6	3.49
2025	3.53	3.45
2026	3.47	3.4
2027	3.42	3.36
2028	3.36	3.31
2029	3.32	3.27
2030	3.26	3.22
2031	3.21	3.18
2032	3.17	3.13
2033	3.13	3.09
2034	3.09	3.05
2035	3.04	3.01
2036	3.01	2.98
2037	2.97	2.94
2038	2.94	2.91
2039	2.9	2.87
2040	2.87	2.84
2041	2.83	2.81
2042	2.8	2.78
2043	2.78	2.75
2044	2.75	2.72
2045	2.73	2.69
2046	2.7	2.66
2047	2.67	2.63
2048	2.64	2.6
2049	2.62	2.58
2050	2.59	2.55

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Sao Tome	Uzbekistan
1960	32.9%	39.8%
1961	34.3%	41.2%
1962	36.6%	42.4%
1963	38.5%	43.4%
1964	40.2%	44.2%
1965	41.6%	44.7%
1966	42.9%	44.8%
1967	44%	44.9%
1968	44.9%	44.8%
1969	45.8%	44.7%
1970	46.2%	44.6%
1971	46.1%	44.4%
1972	45.9%	44.3%
1973	45.7%	44%
1974	45.6%	43.7%
1975	45.5%	43.3%
1976	45.4%	42.8%
1977	45.3%	42.3%
1978	45.2%	41.7%
1979	45.1%	41.2%
1980	44.9%	40.8%
1981	44.7%	40.5%
1982	44.5%	40.3%
1983	44.5%	40.1%
1984	44.4%	40.1%
1985	44.5%	40.1%
1986	44.7%	40.1%
1987	44.9%	40.1%
1988	45%	40%
1989	45%	39.9%
1990	45.1%	39.9%
1991	45.1%	39.9%
1992	45.2%	39.8%
1993	45.2%	39.8%
1994	45.1%	39.7%
1995	44.9%	39.4%
1996	44.7%	39.2%
1997	44.3%	38.8%
1998	43.9%	38.2%
1999	43.4%	37.5%
2000	42.8%	36.7%
2001	42.5%	35.8%
2002	42.3%	34.9%
2003	42.2%	34%
2004	42.1%	33.1%
2005	42%	32.3%
2006	42%	31.4%
2007	42%	30.6%
2008	42.1%	29.9%
2009	42.1%	29.4%
2010	42.1%	28.9%
2011	42%	28.5%
2012	42%	28.2%
2013	42%	28.1%
2014	42%	28.1%
2015	41.9%	28.3%
2016	41.7%	28.5%
2017	41.4%	28.8%
2018	40.9%	29%
2019	40.5%	29.3%
2020	39.9%	29.7%
2021	39.4%	30.2%
2022	38.8%	30.6%
2023	38.3%	30.9%
2024	37.8%	31.1%
2025	37.5%	31.3%
2026	37.2%	31.5%
2027	36.8%	31.6%
2028	36.4%	31.6%
2029	36%	31.6%
2030	35.6%	31.4%
2031	35.4%	31.3%
2032	35.2%	31.1%
2033	35%	30.9%
2034	34.8%	30.6%
2035	34.7%	30.3%
2036	34.5%	29.8%
2037	34.2%	29.3%
2038	34%	28.8%
2039	33.8%	28.3%
2040	33.5%	28%
2041	33.2%	27.6%
2042	32.9%	27.4%
2043	32.6%	27.2%
2044	32.3%	27%
2045	32%	26.9%
2046	31.6%	26.8%
2047	31.3%	26.8%
2048	31%	26.7%
2049	30.6%	26.7%
2050	30.2%	26.7%

Children aged 0-14 make up 37.8% of the population in Sao Tome and Principe and 31.1% in Uzbekistan in 2024, compared to 45.1% and 39.9% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Sao Tome and Principe and Uzbekistan compared.

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

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +2.4% in Sao Tome and Principe and +1.87% in Uzbekistan. 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	Uzbekistan
1960	1,547	267,165
1961	1,657	279,841
1962	1,625	292,788
1963	1,609	293,432
1964	1,600	298,790
1965	1,611	302,264
1966	1,642	297,844
1967	1,693	298,350
1968	1,767	295,651
1969	1,862	302,833
1970	1,980	313,216
1971	2,127	323,171
1972	2,232	333,230
1973	2,329	341,807
1974	2,422	350,422
1975	2,515	357,382
1976	2,608	363,110
1977	2,705	369,572
1978	2,800	372,068
1979	2,893	387,754
1980	2,965	401,557
1981	3,015	413,897
1982	3,047	431,389
1983	3,100	454,464
1984	3,163	485,617
1985	3,242	508,893
1986	3,180	533,234
1987	3,440	537,292
1988	3,544	525,126
1989	3,576	522,323
1990	3,719	540,581
1991	3,801	557,886
1992	3,822	548,793
1993	3,841	527,557
1994	3,860	502,279
1995	3,948	493,966
1996	3,993	471,010
1997	4,041	441,631
1998	4,120	408,532
1999	4,221	385,448
2000	4,334	365,138
2001	4,471	356,483
2002	4,591	359,231
2003	4,702	355,098
2004	4,810	363,994
2005	4,897	363,462
2006	5,057	383,265
2007	5,226	426,880
2008	5,297	461,665
2009	5,349	471,839
2010	5,391	461,293
2011	5,445	454,858
2012	5,501	463,333
2013	5,449	501,742
2014	5,381	536,881
2015	5,269	552,781
2016	5,125	549,045
2017	5,007	548,372
2018	4,957	585,119
2019	4,932	618,154
2020	4,874	643,750
2021	4,954	689,325
2022	5,102	715,410
2023	5,221	722,280

Maternal mortality chart: Sao Tome and Principe vs Uzbekistan

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 26 deaths in Uzbekistan.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Sao Tome	Uzbekistan
1985	159	72
1986	175	69
1987	161	63
1988	157	58
1989	167	53
1990	164	50
1991	166	47
1992	164	46
1993	166	47
1994	168	49
1995	172	46
1996	171	44
1997	173	42
1998	175	42
1999	179	43
2000	180	42
2001	178	42
2002	179	41
2003	178	40
2004	177	39
2005	181	39
2006	177	38
2007	174	37
2008	174	35
2009	172	34
2010	170	34
2011	164	33
2012	158	33
2013	150	32
2014	138	32
2015	128	31
2016	119	31
2017	110	30
2018	100	29
2019	95	29
2020	92	29
2021	98	28
2022	82	27
2023	75	26

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 1.33% in Uzbekistan. 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	Uzbekistan
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	8.85%	-
1976	8.89%	-
1977	8.93%	-
1978	8.96%	-
1979	9.02%	12.5%
1980	9.1%	11.7%
1981	9.21%	10.9%
1982	9.37%	10.2%
1983	9.56%	9.5%
1984	9.77%	8.91%
1985	9.99%	8.4%
1986	11.4%	7.96%
1987	10.4%	7.59%
1988	10.6%	7.31%
1989	10.7%	7.13%
1990	10.8%	7.04%
1991	10.9%	7.01%
1992	10.9%	7.01%
1993	10.8%	6.99%
1994	10.7%	6.95%
1995	10.4%	6.91%
1996	10.1%	6.83%
1997	9.73%	6.72%
1998	9.26%	6.57%
1999	8.76%	6.38%
2000	8.21%	6.15%
2001	7.66%	5.88%
2002	7.1%	5.57%
2003	6.57%	5.25%
2004	6.05%	4.92%
2005	5.56%	4.57%
2006	5.11%	4.24%
2007	4.68%	3.9%
2008	4.3%	3.59%
2009	3.95%	3.29%
2010	3.63%	3.01%
2011	3.33%	2.75%
2012	3.04%	2.52%
2013	2.77%	2.32%
2014	2.54%	2.14%
2015	2.31%	1.98%
2016	2.11%	1.85%
2017	1.95%	1.73%
2018	1.81%	1.64%
2019	1.7%	1.56%
2020	1.6%	1.5%
2021	1.53%	1.44%
2022	1.46%	1.38%
2023	1.39%	1.33%