Sao Tome and Principe - Life expectancy at birth 2023

Life expectancy improves in Sao Tome and Principe

In 2023 the life expectancy in Sao Tome and Principe increased to 69.72 years.

That year, the life expectancy for women was 73.73 years and for men 66.24 years.

Sao Tome and Principe’s position improvened with respect to the 195 countries we publish life expectancy, dropping from the 134th in 2022 to 132th in 2023.

If we look at the change in life expectancy in Sao Tome and Principe over the past several years, we find that it is higher than in 2022, when it was 69.24 years, which is the same of what happens compared to 2013, when it was 64.93 years.

In this page we show you the progression of the life expectancy in Sao Tome and Principe. You can see the life expectancy in other countries in life expectancy and see all the information about Sao Tome and Principe in São Toméan economy.

Sao Tome and Principe - Life expectancy at birth

Date	Life expectancy - Women	Life expectancy - Men	Life expectancy
2023	73.73	66.24	69.72
2022	73.29	65.75	69.24
2021	71.98	64.66	68.03
2020	72.05	64.59	67.98
2019	71.87	64.78	68.04
2018	71.34	64.40	67.60
2017	70.63	64.00	67.07
2016	69.99	63.58	66.56
2015	69.31	63.13	66.02
2014	68.64	62.68	65.48
2013	67.98	62.21	64.93
2012	67.41	61.88	64.51
2011	66.90	61.58	64.12
2010	66.53	61.40	63.87
2009	66.28	61.24	63.67
2008	65.93	61.11	63.45
2007	65.72	61.07	63.34
2006	65.28	60.89	63.04
2005	64.57	60.37	62.43
2004	64.65	60.53	62.56
2003	64.21	60.16	62.16
2002	63.88	59.82	61.83
2001	63.56	59.49	61.50
2000	63.30	59.18	61.21
1999	63.09	58.94	60.98
1998	62.92	58.73	60.79
1997	62.79	58.58	60.65
1996	62.70	58.53	60.58
1995	62.64	58.52	60.54
1994	62.61	58.58	60.55
1993	62.62	58.70	60.62
1992	62.66	58.84	60.71
1991	62.69	58.97	60.79
1990	62.55	58.94	60.71
1989	61.48	58.05	59.73
1988	62.60	59.09	60.81
1987	62.46	58.93	60.66
1986	59.30	55.98	57.61
1985	62.02	58.33	60.14
1984	61.85	58.03	59.89
1983	61.67	57.78	59.68
1982	61.51	57.65	59.53
1981	61.39	57.58	59.43
1980	61.29	57.53	59.36
1979	61.19	57.46	59.27
1978	61.11	57.28	59.14
1977	61.04	57.05	58.98
1976	60.95	56.77	58.78
1975	60.89	56.42	58.56
1974	60.71	56.02	58.26
1973	60.42	55.61	57.90
1972	60.00	55.15	57.45
1971	59.51	54.67	56.97
1970	58.65	54.12	56.27
1969	57.61	53.43	55.40
1968	56.51	52.69	54.49
1967	55.28	51.81	53.45
1966	54.05	50.75	52.31
1965	52.74	49.57	51.07
1964	51.34	48.30	49.74
1963	49.93	47.02	48.40
1962	48.40	45.45	46.84
1961	46.70	43.85	45.19
1960	45.00	42.28	43.56

Sao Tome and Principe - Life expectancy at birth