Life expectancy in Sao Tome and Principe
Sao Tome and Principe: Life expectancy was 69.72 years in 2023. ▲ Rising
Life expectancy in Sao Tome and Principe, 1950–2023
Source: Riley (2005); Zijdeman et al. (2015); HMD (2025); UN WPP (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in years.
Analysis
Sao Tome and Principe recorded 69.72 years for life expectancy in 2023. That is the highest value across all 74 years on record.
The figure is up 0.7% on the previous year and up 7.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, life expectancy in Sao Tome and Principe peaked at 69.72 years in 2023 and was at its lowest, 39.12 years, in 1953.
Sao Tome and Principe ranks 173rd of 236 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 74 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 39.77 years | 39.12 years | 42.11 years | 10 |
| 1960s | 50.05 years | 43.56 years | 55.4 years | 10 |
| 1970s | 58.16 years | 56.27 years | 59.27 years | 10 |
| 1980s | 59.68 years | 57.6 years | 60.81 years | 10 |
| 1990s | 60.69 years | 60.54 years | 60.98 years | 10 |
| 2000s | 62.52 years | 61.21 years | 63.67 years | 10 |
| 2010s | 65.82 years | 63.87 years | 68.04 years | 10 |
| 2020s | 68.74 years | 67.98 years | 69.72 years | 4 |
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More health data for Sao Tome and Principe
- Age population, age 17, male, interpolated 2,806 (2025)
- Age population, age 19, male, interpolated 2,671 (2025)
- Age population, age 19, female, interpolated 2,702 (2025)
- Age population, age 18, male, interpolated 2,763 (2025)
- Age population, age 18, female, interpolated 2,784 (2025)
- Population ages 15-64, male 58.5% (2025)
- Age population, age 16, female, interpolated 2,813 (2025)
- Age population, age 16, male, interpolated 2,799 (2025)
- Population ages 15-64, total 140,789 (2025)
- Age population, age 17, female, interpolated 2,823 (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is life expectancy in Sao Tome and Principe?
- Life expectancy in Sao Tome and Principe was 69.72 years in 2023, according to Riley (2005); Zijdeman et al. (2015); HMD (2025); UN WPP (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest life expectancy recorded in Sao Tome and Principe?
- The highest recorded value was 69.72 years in 2023.
- What is the lowest life expectancy recorded in Sao Tome and Principe?
- The lowest recorded value was 39.12 years in 1953.
- How does Sao Tome and Principe rank for life expectancy?
- Sao Tome and Principe ranks 173rd out of 236 countries with data for 2023.
- Is life expectancy rising or falling in Sao Tome and Principe?
- Over the last ten years it is up 7.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Sao Tome and Principe data come from?
- The figures come from Riley (2005); Zijdeman et al. (2015); HMD (2025); UN WPP (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Life expectancy. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Period life expectancy is the number of years the average person born in a certain year would live if they experienced the same chances of dying at each age as people did that year.