OECD members vs Sao Tome and Principe: Birth rate, crude

OECD members
9.65 per 1,000 people
in 2024
Sao Tome and Principe
28.09 per 1,000 people
in 2024
OECD members rank
38th
Sao Tome and Principe rank
38th

Birth rate, crude over time

  • OECD members
  • Sao Tome and Principe
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How they compare

Sao Tome and Principe currently reports 28.09 per 1,000 people against 9.65 per 1,000 people in OECD members, a difference of 18.44 per 1,000 people.

That makes Sao Tome and Principe's figure about 2.9 times OECD members's.

Across all 65 years both countries report, Sao Tome and Principe has been ahead every year.

OECD members ranks 38th and Sao Tome and Principe ranks 38th of 47 groups.

Sao Tome and Principe has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade OECD members Sao Tome and Principe Difference Ahead
1960s 22.25 per 1,000 people 40.3 per 1,000 people 18.05 per 1,000 people Sao Tome and Principe
1970s 18.84 per 1,000 people 40.54 per 1,000 people 21.7 per 1,000 people Sao Tome and Principe
1980s 16.54 per 1,000 people 41.16 per 1,000 people 24.62 per 1,000 people Sao Tome and Principe
1990s 14.76 per 1,000 people 39.76 per 1,000 people 24.99 per 1,000 people Sao Tome and Principe
2000s 13.19 per 1,000 people 39.14 per 1,000 people 25.95 per 1,000 people Sao Tome and Principe
2010s 11.87 per 1,000 people 33.45 per 1,000 people 21.58 per 1,000 people Sao Tome and Principe
2020s 10.14 per 1,000 people 28.34 per 1,000 people 18.2 per 1,000 people Sao Tome and Principe

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher birth rate, crude, OECD members or Sao Tome and Principe?
Sao Tome and Principe, at 28.09 per 1,000 people against 9.65 per 1,000 people in OECD members as of 2024.
What is the difference in birth rate, crude between OECD members and Sao Tome and Principe?
18.44 per 1,000 people, with Sao Tome and Principe ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for OECD members and Sao Tome and Principe?
65 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2024.
How do OECD members and Sao Tome and Principe rank globally for birth rate, crude?
OECD members ranks 38th and Sao Tome and Principe ranks 38th of 47 groups.
Where does this data come from?
World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN), publisher: UN Population Division, published as Birth rate, crude (per 1,000 people). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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About this data

Indicator
Birth rate, crude (per 1,000 people)
Unit
per 1,000 people
Source
World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN), publisher: UN Population Division
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
266 places, 17,260 data points, 1960–2024
Last refreshed

Crude birth rate indicates the number of live births occurring during the year, per 1,000 population estimated at midyear. Subtracting the crude death rate from the crude birth rate provides the rate of natural increase, which is equal to the rate of population change in the absence of migration.