Gabon vs Sao Tome and Principe: Fertility rate vs. average years of schooling
Gabon
3.59 live births per woman
in 2024
Sao Tome and Principe
3.6 live births per woman
in 2024
Gabon rank
41st
Sao Tome and Principe rank
40th
Fertility rate vs. average years of schooling over time
- Gabon
- Sao Tome and Principe
How they compare
Sao Tome and Principe currently reports 3.6 live births per woman against 3.59 live births per woman in Gabon, a difference of 0.01 live births per woman.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 75 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Sao Tome and Principe ahead.
Gabon ranks 41st and Sao Tome and Principe ranks 40th of 236 countries.
Across the 8 decades both report, Gabon averaged higher in 1 and Sao Tome and Principe in 7.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Gabon | Sao Tome and Principe | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 4.08 live births per woman | 6.2 live births per woman | 2.12 live births per woman | Sao Tome and Principe |
| 1960s | 4.75 live births per woman | 6.34 live births per woman | 1.59 live births per woman | Sao Tome and Principe |
| 1970s | 5.37 live births per woman | 6.5 live births per woman | 1.13 live births per woman | Sao Tome and Principe |
| 1980s | 5.69 live births per woman | 6.13 live births per woman | 0.4468 live births per woman | Sao Tome and Principe |
| 1990s | 4.97 live births per woman | 5.55 live births per woman | 0.5742 live births per woman | Sao Tome and Principe |
| 2000s | 4.26 live births per woman | 4.99 live births per woman | 0.7289 live births per woman | Sao Tome and Principe |
| 2010s | 3.99 live births per woman | 4.37 live births per woman | 0.3814 live births per woman | Sao Tome and Principe |
| 2020s | 3.71 live births per woman | 3.7 live births per woman | 0.0074 live births per woman | Gabon |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher fertility rate vs. average years of schooling, Gabon or Sao Tome and Principe?
- Sao Tome and Principe, at 3.6 live births per woman against 3.59 live births per woman in Gabon as of 2024.
- What is the difference in fertility rate vs. average years of schooling between Gabon and Sao Tome and Principe?
- 0.01 live births per woman, with Sao Tome and Principe ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Gabon and Sao Tome and Principe?
- 75 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2024.
- How do Gabon and Sao Tome and Principe rank globally for fertility rate vs. average years of schooling?
- Gabon ranks 41st and Sao Tome and Principe ranks 40th of 236 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Human Fertility Database (2025); UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as Fertility rate vs. average years of schooling. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Average number of live births a hypothetical cohort of women would have at the end of their reproductive period if they were subject during their whole lives to the fertility rates of a given period and if they were not subject to mortality.