Malawi vs Sao Tome and Principe: Fertility rate, total
Malawi
3.59 births per woman
in 2024
Sao Tome and Principe
3.6 births per woman
in 2024
Malawi rank
41st
Sao Tome and Principe rank
39th
Fertility rate, total over time
- Malawi
- Sao Tome and Principe
How they compare
Sao Tome and Principe currently reports 3.6 births per woman against 3.59 births per woman in Malawi, a difference of 0.01 births per woman.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 65 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Malawi ahead.
Malawi ranks 41st and Sao Tome and Principe ranks 39th of 218 countries.
Malawi has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Malawi | Sao Tome and Principe | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 7.15 births per woman | 6.34 births per woman | 0.8095 births per woman | Malawi |
| 1970s | 7.37 births per woman | 6.5 births per woman | 0.8671 births per woman | Malawi |
| 1980s | 7.2 births per woman | 6.13 births per woman | 1.06 births per woman | Malawi |
| 1990s | 6.43 births per woman | 5.55 births per woman | 0.8895 births per woman | Malawi |
| 2000s | 5.8 births per woman | 4.99 births per woman | 0.8159 births per woman | Malawi |
| 2010s | 4.53 births per woman | 4.37 births per woman | 0.1539 births per woman | Malawi |
| 2020s | 3.73 births per woman | 3.7 births per woman | 0.021 births per woman | Malawi |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher fertility rate, total, Malawi or Sao Tome and Principe?
- Sao Tome and Principe, at 3.6 births per woman against 3.59 births per woman in Malawi as of 2024.
- What is the difference in fertility rate, total between Malawi and Sao Tome and Principe?
- 0.01 births per woman, with Sao Tome and Principe ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Malawi and Sao Tome and Principe?
- 65 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2024.
- How do Malawi and Sao Tome and Principe rank globally for fertility rate, total?
- Malawi ranks 41st and Sao Tome and Principe ranks 39th of 218 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN), publisher: UN Population Division, published as Fertility rate, total (births per woman). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Total fertility rate represents the number of children that would be born to a woman if she were to live to the end of her childbearing years and bear children in accordance with age-specific fertility rates of the specified year.