Sao Tome and Principe's fertility rate is 3.60 as of 2024 — the average number of children a woman would have over her lifetime at current age-specific rates. That places Sao Tome and Principe 39 of 217 countries with recent data. The world figure for the same period is 2.19. In 1960 the figure was 6.24 — down 42% since then.
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Latest available fertility rate for every country. Full fertility rankings →
| # | Country | Fertility | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 🇹🇩Chad | 6.03 | 2024 |
| 2 | 🇸🇴Somalia, Fed. Rep. | 6.01 | 2024 |
| 3 |
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birthrate.io, "Sao Tome and Principe Fertility (2024)". https://birthrate.io/fertility/sao-tome-and-principe (accessed 25 August 2026). Underlying data: World Bank.
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| 5.98 |
| 2024 |
| 4 | 🇨🇫Central African Republic | 5.95 | 2024 |
| 5 | 🇳🇪Niger | 5.94 | 2024 |
| 6 | 🇲🇱Mali | 5.51 | 2024 |
| 7 | 🇦🇴Angola | 5.05 | 2024 |
| 8 | 🇧🇮Burundi | 4.79 | 2024 |
| 9 | 🇦🇫Afghanistan | 4.76 | 2024 |
| 10 | 🇲🇿Mozambique | 4.69 | 2024 |
| 11 | 🇲🇷Mauritania | 4.63 | 2024 |
| 12 | 🇹🇿Tanzania | 4.54 | 2024 |
