# Life expectancy at birth in São Tomé and Príncipe

Life expectancy at birth in São Tomé and Príncipe was 69.91 years in 2024. Source: World Bank.

- Indicator id: `life_expectancy`
- Place id: `st`
- Unit: years
- Definition: Average number of years a newborn would live at current age-specific mortality, both sexes.
- Note: United States: NCHS period life tables. National figures from 1900 to 1932 cover only the states then in the death registration area. State figures are available for 2018 to 2021.
- Source: World Bank, Life expectancy at birth, total, years (SP.DYN.LE00.IN) (https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SP.DYN.LE00.IN)
- Retrieved: 2026-10-09
- License: CC BY 4.0 (commercial and non-commercial reuse, attribution required)
- Citation: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Life expectancy at birth, total, years (SP.DYN.LE00.IN). https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SP.DYN.LE00.IN. Retrieved 2026-10-09.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/en/life-expectancy/sao-tome-and-principe
- CSV: https://invokely.ai/download/life-expectancy/sao-tome-and-principe.csv
- API: https://invokely.ai/api/v1/series?indicator=life_expectancy&place=st

| Period | years |
|---|---:|
| 2024 | 69.91 |
| 2023 | 69.72 |
| 2022 | 69.24 |
| 2021 | 68.03 |
| 2020 | 67.98 |
| 2019 | 68.04 |
| 2018 | 67.6 |
| 2017 | 67.07 |
| 2016 | 66.56 |
| 2015 | 66.02 |
| 2014 | 65.48 |
| 2013 | 64.93 |
| 2012 | 64.51 |
| 2011 | 64.12 |
| 2010 | 63.87 |
| 2009 | 63.67 |
| 2008 | 63.45 |
| 2007 | 63.34 |
| 2006 | 63.04 |
| 2005 | 62.43 |
| 2004 | 62.56 |
| 2003 | 62.16 |
| 2002 | 61.83 |
| 2001 | 61.5 |
| 2000 | 61.21 |
| 1999 | 60.98 |
| 1998 | 60.79 |
| 1997 | 60.65 |
| 1996 | 60.58 |
| 1995 | 60.54 |
| 1994 | 60.55 |
| 1993 | 60.62 |
| 1992 | 60.71 |
| 1991 | 60.79 |
| 1990 | 60.71 |
| 1989 | 59.73 |
| 1988 | 60.81 |
| 1987 | 60.66 |
| 1986 | 57.61 |
| 1985 | 60.14 |
| 1984 | 59.89 |
| 1983 | 59.68 |
| 1982 | 59.53 |
| 1981 | 59.43 |
| 1980 | 59.36 |
| 1979 | 59.27 |
| 1978 | 59.14 |
| 1977 | 58.98 |
| 1976 | 58.78 |
| 1975 | 58.56 |
| 1974 | 58.26 |
| 1973 | 57.9 |
| 1972 | 57.45 |
| 1971 | 56.97 |
| 1970 | 56.27 |
| 1969 | 55.4 |
| 1968 | 54.49 |
| 1967 | 53.45 |
| 1966 | 52.31 |
| 1965 | 51.07 |
| 1964 | 49.74 |
| 1963 | 48.4 |
| 1962 | 46.84 |
| 1961 | 45.19 |
| 1960 | 43.56 |