Sao Tome and Principe vs Vanuatu: Fertility rate, total
Sao Tome and Principe
3.6 births per woman
in 2024
Vanuatu
3.57 births per woman
in 2024
Sao Tome and Principe rank
39th
Vanuatu rank
42nd
Fertility rate, total over time
- Sao Tome and Principe
- Vanuatu
How they compare
Sao Tome and Principe currently reports 3.6 births per woman against 3.57 births per woman in Vanuatu, a difference of 0.03 births per woman.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 65 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Vanuatu ahead.
Sao Tome and Principe ranks 39th and Vanuatu ranks 42nd of 218 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Sao Tome and Principe averaged higher in 6 and Vanuatu in 1.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Sao Tome and Principe | Vanuatu | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 6.34 births per woman | 6.58 births per woman | 0.2394 births per woman | Vanuatu |
| 1970s | 6.5 births per woman | 6.02 births per woman | 0.4753 births per woman | Sao Tome and Principe |
| 1980s | 6.13 births per woman | 5.46 births per woman | 0.6726 births per woman | Sao Tome and Principe |
| 1990s | 5.55 births per woman | 4.88 births per woman | 0.6689 births per woman | Sao Tome and Principe |
| 2000s | 4.99 births per woman | 4.26 births per woman | 0.7277 births per woman | Sao Tome and Principe |
| 2010s | 4.37 births per woman | 3.97 births per woman | 0.4041 births per woman | Sao Tome and Principe |
| 2020s | 3.7 births per woman | 3.65 births per woman | 0.055 births per woman | Sao Tome and Principe |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher fertility rate, total, Sao Tome and Principe or Vanuatu?
- Sao Tome and Principe, at 3.6 births per woman against 3.57 births per woman in Vanuatu as of 2024.
- What is the difference in fertility rate, total between Sao Tome and Principe and Vanuatu?
- 0.03 births per woman, with Sao Tome and Principe ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Sao Tome and Principe and Vanuatu?
- 65 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2024.
- How do Sao Tome and Principe and Vanuatu rank globally for fertility rate, total?
- Sao Tome and Principe ranks 39th and Vanuatu ranks 42nd 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.
Individual pages
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.