São Tomé and Principe - Birth Rate 2023
28.2
−0.1 from 2022
São Tomé and Principe's birth rate was 28.2 in 2023, decreased +0.1 from 28.3 in 2022. This was the 179th highest globally.
Global Ranking - 2023▾
| Rank | Country | Value | YoY |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Hong Kong SAR, China | 4.4 | 0.0% |
| 2nd | Korea | 4.5 | -8.2% |
| 3rd | Macao SAR, China | 5.5 | -14.1% |
| 4th | San Marino | 5.6 | -8.2% |
| 5th | Ukraine | 5.6 | -1.0% |
| 6th | Puerto Rico (US) | 5.8 | -1.7% |
| 7th | Japan | 6.0 | -4.8% |
| 8th | China | 6.4 | -5.6% |
| 9th | Italy | 6.4 | -4.5% |
| 10th | Spain | 6.7 | -2.9% |
| 11th | Greece | 6.8 | -6.8% |
| 12th | Andorra | 6.9 | 0.1% |
| 13th | Belarus | 7.1 | -11.5% |
| 14th | Lithuania | 7.2 | -7.7% |
| 15th | Poland | 7.4 | -10.8% |
| 16th | Singapore | 7.4 | -6.3% |
| 17th | Curaçao | 7.5 | -8.5% |
| 18th | Latvia | 7.7 | -9.4% |
| 19th | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 7.7 | -0.4% |
| 20th | Finland | 7.8 | -3.7% |
| 21st | Aruba | 8.0 | -6.5% |
| 22nd | Estonia | 8.0 | -7.0% |
| 23rd | Romania | 8.0 | -14.9% |
| 24th | Slovenia | 8.0 | -3.6% |
| 25th | Bermuda | 8.0 | -1.7% |
| 26th | Malta | 8.1 | 0.0% |
| 27th | Portugal | 8.1 | 1.3% |
| 28th | European Union | 8.2 | -6.0% |
| 29th | Channel Islands | 8.2 | 0.0% |
| 30th | Thailand | 8.2 | -1.6% |
| 31st | Germany | 8.3 | -5.7% |
| 32nd | Croatia | 8.3 | -5.7% |
| 33rd | British Virgin Islands | 8.3 | -1.0% |
| 34th | Isle of Man | 8.3 | -1.1% |
| 35th | Czechia | 8.4 | -11.6% |
| 36th | Austria | 8.5 | -6.6% |
| 37th | Russian Federation | 8.6 | -3.4% |
| 38th | Cuba | 8.7 | 0.5% |
| 39th | Canada | 8.8 | -2.2% |
| 40th | Bulgaria | 8.9 | 1.1% |
| 41st | Chile | 9.0 | -7.3% |
| 42nd | Switzerland | 9.0 | -4.3% |
| 43rd | Slovak Republic | 9.0 | -7.2% |
| 44th | Hungary | 9.1 | -2.2% |
| 45th | Liechtenstein | 9.1 | -1.1% |
| 46th | Sint Maarten (Dutch part) | 9.1 | -0.8% |
| 47th | North Macedonia | 9.2 | -7.1% |
| 48th | Netherlands | 9.2 | -3.2% |
| 49th | Serbia | 9.2 | -1.1% |
| 50th | Belgium | 9.4 | -4.1% |
| 51st | Norway | 9.4 | 0.0% |
| 52nd | Monaco | 9.4 | 8.7% |
| 53rd | Luxembourg | 9.5 | -4.0% |
| 54th | Sweden | 9.5 | -5.0% |
| 55th | Denmark | 9.7 | -2.0% |
| 56th | United Arab Emirates | 9.8 | 5.2% |
| 57th | Uruguay | 9.9 | -0.9% |
| 58th | France | 9.9 | -7.5% |
| 59th | Qatar | 9.9 | -1.9% |
| 60th | United Kingdom | 10.0 | -0.8% |
| 61st | Costa Rica | 10.2 | -1.4% |
| 62nd | Mauritius | 10.2 | 6.3% |
| 63rd | Albania | 10.2 | -0.6% |
| 64th | Ireland | 10.3 | -1.0% |
| 65th | Kuwait | 10.3 | -5.0% |
| 66th | Faroe Islands | 10.6 | -10.2% |
| 67th | United States | 10.7 | -2.7% |
| 68th | Trinidad and Tobago | 10.7 | -2.5% |
| 69th | Turks and Caicos Islands | 10.7 | -2.2% |
| 70th | Moldova | 10.8 | 2.0% |
| 71st | Cyprus | 10.8 | -2.3% |
| 72nd | Australia | 10.8 | -6.9% |
| 73rd | Bahamas, The | 10.9 | -0.8% |
| 74th | New Zealand | 10.9 | -5.5% |
| 75th | Palau | 10.9 | -2.0% |
| 76th | French Polynesia | 10.9 | -2.2% |
| 77th | Iceland | 11.0 | -4.3% |
| 78th | Maldives | 11.0 | -3.3% |
| 79th | Argentina | 11.1 | 1.3% |
| 80th | Dominica | 11.1 | -0.5% |
| 81st | Azerbaijan | 11.1 | -8.3% |
| 82nd | Barbados | 11.2 | -0.7% |
| 83rd | Sri Lanka | 11.2 | -9.7% |
| 84th | Montenegro | 11.2 | -0.9% |
| 85th | Türkiye | 11.2 | -8.2% |
| 86th | St. Lucia | 11.3 | -1.4% |
| 87th | Virgin Islands (US) | 11.4 | -1.7% |
| 88th | Georgia | 11.5 | -1.0% |
| 89th | Jamaica | 11.6 | -2.0% |
| 90th | Grenada | 11.7 | -1.9% |
| 91st | St. Kitts and Nevis | 11.7 | -1.8% |
| 92nd | Cayman Islands | 11.8 | -2.9% |
| 93rd | Antigua and Barbuda | 11.8 | -1.3% |
| 94th | Kosovo | 12.1 | -1.7% |
| 95th | Gibraltar | 12.1 | 0.4% |
| 96th | St. Vincent and the Grenadines | 12.2 | -1.9% |
| 97th | Armenia | 12.3 | 0.0% |
| 98th | Brazil | 12.3 | -1.9% |
| 99th | Cabo Verde | 12.3 | -0.9% |
| 100th | Malaysia | 12.4 | 0.1% |
| 101st | Bahrain | 12.5 | -6.2% |
| 102nd | Greenland | 12.6 | -4.5% |
| 103rd | Bhutan | 12.7 | -1.1% |
| 104th | Northern Mariana Islands | 12.9 | -6.4% |
| 105th | Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of | 12.9 | -1.5% |
| 106th | Iran, Islamic Republic of | 13.0 | -2.7% |
| 107th | Seychelles | 13.0 | -0.8% |
| 108th | Colombia | 13.5 | -1.9% |
| 109th | Brunei Darussalam | 13.6 | -1.9% |
| 110th | Tunisia | 13.7 | -2.7% |
| 111th | Viet Nam | 13.8 | -3.1% |
| 112th | New Caledonia | 14.3 | -1.6% |
| 113th | Ecuador | 15.0 | -2.5% |
| 114th | American Samoa | 15.4 | -0.9% |
| 115th | Mexico | 15.7 | -2.1% |
| 116th | El Salvador | 15.8 | -1.0% |
| 117th | Indonesia | 15.9 | -1.6% |
| 118th | Peru | 15.9 | -1.5% |
| 119th | Philippines | 16.0 | -0.2% |
| 120th | Panama | 16.0 | -1.3% |
| 121st | Lebanon | 16.1 | -1.4% |
| 122nd | India | 16.1 | -1.2% |
| 123rd | Saudi Arabia | 16.4 | 7.9% |
| 124th | Myanmar | 16.7 | -1.3% |
| 125th | Morocco | 16.7 | -2.0% |
| 126th | Oman | 16.8 | 3.0% |
| 127th | Libya | 17.0 | -2.9% |
| 128th | St. Martin (French part) | 17.1 | -1.5% |
| 129th | Suriname | 17.3 | -1.0% |
| 130th | Guam | 17.7 | -1.9% |
| 131st | Dominican Republic | 17.9 | -1.8% |
| 132nd | Fiji | 18.0 | -1.3% |
| 133rd | Belize | 18.0 | 3.6% |
| 134th | Israel | 18.6 | -2.1% |
| 135th | South Africa | 18.8 | -1.6% |
| 136th | Mongolia | 19.0 | -2.6% |
| 137th | Nepal | 19.3 | -1.5% |
| 138th | Nicaragua | 19.4 | -1.6% |
| 139th | Algeria | 19.6 | -4.2% |
| 140th | Paraguay | 20.0 | -1.8% |
| 141st | Kazakhstan | 20.1 | -3.3% |
| 142nd | Guyana | 20.3 | -2.2% |
| 143rd | Bangladesh | 20.4 | -1.1% |
| 144th | Kyrgyz Republic | 20.6 | -4.2% |
| 145th | Jordan | 20.6 | -1.5% |
| 146th | Cambodia | 20.8 | -2.5% |
| 147th | Djibouti | 20.8 | -1.3% |
| 148th | Guatemala | 20.8 | -1.2% |
| 149th | Egypt, Arab Republic of | 21.0 | -0.4% |
| 150th | Marshall Islands | 21.1 | -3.9% |
| 151st | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 21.2 | -1.5% |
| 152nd | Lao PDR | 21.3 | -1.9% |
| 153rd | Turkmenistan | 21.7 | -4.0% |
| 154th | Honduras | 22.0 | -1.3% |
| 155th | Timor-Leste | 22.1 | -1.5% |
| 156th | Syrian Arab Republic | 22.1 | 4.1% |
| 157th | Haiti | 22.2 | -1.5% |
| 158th | Micronesia, Federated States of | 22.3 | -0.9% |
| 159th | Tuvalu | 23.1 | -4.2% |
| 160th | Tonga | 23.1 | -1.0% |
| 161st | Eswatini | 24.1 | -2.2% |
| 162nd | Lesotho | 24.1 | -1.2% |
| 163rd | Papua New Guinea | 24.6 | -2.3% |
| 164th | Botswana | 24.7 | -2.1% |
| 165th | Samoa | 25.4 | -2.7% |
| 166th | Nauru | 25.5 | -4.2% |
| 167th | Iraq | 25.7 | -1.1% |
| 168th | Kiribati | 25.8 | -2.2% |
| 169th | Namibia | 25.9 | -1.7% |
| 170th | Tajikistan | 26.1 | -3.4% |
| 171st | Ghana | 26.3 | -1.1% |
| 172nd | Uzbekistan | 26.5 | -0.2% |
| 173rd | Solomon Islands | 26.9 | -1.3% |
| 174th | West Bank and Gaza | 27.1 | -1.9% |
| 175th | Kenya | 27.1 | -0.9% |
| 176th | Gabon | 27.7 | -2.2% |
| 177th | Pakistan | 27.8 | -1.2% |
| 178th | Vanuatu | 28.1 | -2.2% |
| 179th | São Tomé and Principe | 28.2 | -0.3% |
| 180th | Rwanda | 28.3 | -1.8% |
| 181st | Eritrea | 28.5 | -0.5% |
| 182nd | South Sudan | 28.6 | -1.6% |
| 183rd | Comoros | 28.7 | -1.4% |
| 184th | Senegal | 29.4 | -0.1% |
| 185th | Equatorial Guinea | 29.6 | -1.7% |
| 186th | Guinea-Bissau | 30.0 | -1.4% |
| 187th | Zimbabwe | 30.4 | -1.5% |
| 188th | Gambia, The | 30.4 | -1.1% |
| 189th | Sierra Leone | 30.6 | -1.5% |
| 190th | Congo, Republic of | 30.6 | -1.0% |
| 191st | Liberia | 31.0 | -0.7% |
| 192nd | Togo | 31.1 | -1.2% |
| 193rd | Malawi | 31.4 | -1.1% |
| 194th | Burkina Faso | 31.6 | -1.2% |
| 195th | Côte d'Ivoire | 32.0 | -1.6% |
| 196th | Madagascar | 32.1 | -1.2% |
| 197th | Nigeria | 33.0 | -0.7% |
| 198th | Zambia | 33.1 | -1.4% |
| 199th | Sudan | 33.6 | 0.2% |
| 200th | Burundi | 33.7 | -1.9% |
| 201st | Cameroon | 33.7 | -1.5% |
| 202nd | Guinea | 33.8 | -1.6% |
| 203rd | Benin | 33.9 | -1.4% |
| 204th | Mauritania | 34.4 | -1.2% |
| 205th | Uganda | 35.2 | -1.7% |
| 206th | Yemen, Republic of | 35.2 | -0.6% |
| 207th | Tanzania | 35.2 | -1.2% |
| 208th | Afghanistan | 35.4 | -1.7% |
| 209th | Mozambique | 37.5 | -1.3% |
| 210th | Angola | 37.6 | -1.3% |
| 211th | Mali | 40.0 | -0.8% |
| 212th | Congo, Democratic Republic of | 41.3 | -0.8% |
| 213th | Niger | 41.9 | -0.1% |
| 214th | Chad | 42.4 | -2.2% |
| 215th | Somalia, Fed. Rep. | 43.0 | -1.9% |
| 216th | Central African Republic | 46.4 | 2.1% |
FAQ
What was São Tomé and Principe's birth rate in 2023?▾
São Tomé and Principe's birth rate in 2023 was 28.2. This ranked 179th globally.
How did São Tomé and Principe's birth rate change in 2023?▾
São Tomé and Principe's birth rate decreased by 0.3% in 2023 compared to 2022.
Which country had the highest birth rate in 2023?▾
Central African Republic had the highest birth rate in 2023 at 46.4.
What is the birth rate of São Tomé and Principe in 2023?▾
The birth rate of São Tomé and Principe in 2023 was 28.2. This ranked 179th globally.
How does 2023 compare to 2022 for São Tomé and Principe's birth rate?▾
São Tomé and Principe's birth rate went from 28.3 in 2022 to 28.2 in 2023, a 0.3% decrease.
HistorySaid - pattern alert
São Tomé and Principe matched the Fiscal Dominance Trap pattern in 2023. Historically: 386 occurrences, 278 successful (72%). View full analysis →
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