Sao Tome and Principe vs Zimbabwe: Fertility rate, total
Sao Tome and Principe
3.6 births per woman
in 2024
Zimbabwe
3.67 births per woman
in 2024
Sao Tome and Principe rank
39th
Zimbabwe rank
37th
Fertility rate, total over time
- Sao Tome and Principe
- Zimbabwe
How they compare
Zimbabwe currently reports 3.67 births per woman against 3.6 births per woman in Sao Tome and Principe, a difference of 0.07 births per woman.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 65 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Zimbabwe ahead.
Sao Tome and Principe ranks 39th and Zimbabwe ranks 37th of 218 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Sao Tome and Principe averaged higher in 4 and Zimbabwe in 3.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Sao Tome and Principe | Zimbabwe | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 6.34 births per woman | 7.18 births per woman | 0.8433 births per woman | Zimbabwe |
| 1970s | 6.5 births per woman | 6.82 births per woman | 0.3252 births per woman | Zimbabwe |
| 1980s | 6.13 births per woman | 5.89 births per woman | 0.2384 births per woman | Sao Tome and Principe |
| 1990s | 5.55 births per woman | 4.33 births per woman | 1.22 births per woman | Sao Tome and Principe |
| 2000s | 4.99 births per woman | 3.83 births per woman | 1.16 births per woman | Sao Tome and Principe |
| 2010s | 4.37 births per woman | 3.94 births per woman | 0.4302 births per woman | Sao Tome and Principe |
| 2020s | 3.7 births per woman | 3.74 births per woman | 0.0326 births per woman | Zimbabwe |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher fertility rate, total, Sao Tome and Principe or Zimbabwe?
- Zimbabwe, at 3.67 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 Sao Tome and Principe and Zimbabwe?
- 0.07 births per woman, with Zimbabwe ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Sao Tome and Principe and Zimbabwe?
- 65 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2024.
- How do Sao Tome and Principe and Zimbabwe rank globally for fertility rate, total?
- Sao Tome and Principe ranks 39th and Zimbabwe ranks 37th 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.