Rwanda vs Sao Tome and Principe: Fertility rate, total
Rwanda
3.65 births per woman
in 2024
Sao Tome and Principe
3.6 births per woman
in 2024
Rwanda rank
38th
Sao Tome and Principe rank
39th
Fertility rate, total over time
- Rwanda
- Sao Tome and Principe
How they compare
Rwanda currently reports 3.65 births per woman against 3.6 births per woman in Sao Tome and Principe, a difference of 0.05 births per woman.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 65 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Rwanda ahead.
Rwanda ranks 38th and Sao Tome and Principe ranks 39th of 218 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Rwanda averaged higher in 6 and Sao Tome and Principe in 1.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Rwanda | Sao Tome and Principe | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 8.24 births per woman | 6.34 births per woman | 1.9 births per woman | Rwanda |
| 1970s | 8.12 births per woman | 6.5 births per woman | 1.62 births per woman | Rwanda |
| 1980s | 7.73 births per woman | 6.13 births per woman | 1.6 births per woman | Rwanda |
| 1990s | 6.4 births per woman | 5.55 births per woman | 0.8503 births per woman | Rwanda |
| 2000s | 5.47 births per woman | 4.99 births per woman | 0.4794 births per woman | Rwanda |
| 2010s | 4.16 births per woman | 4.37 births per woman | 0.2085 births per woman | Sao Tome and Principe |
| 2020s | 3.77 births per woman | 3.7 births per woman | 0.0708 births per woman | Rwanda |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher fertility rate, total, Rwanda or Sao Tome and Principe?
- Rwanda, at 3.65 births per woman against 3.6 births per woman in Sao Tome and Principe as of 2024.
- What is the difference in fertility rate, total between Rwanda and Sao Tome and Principe?
- 0.05 births per woman, with Rwanda ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Rwanda and Sao Tome and Principe?
- 65 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2024.
- How do Rwanda and Sao Tome and Principe rank globally for fertility rate, total?
- Rwanda ranks 38th 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.