| People | Sao Tome and Principe |
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Population:
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212,679 (July 2009 est.) |
Urbanization:
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urban population: 61% of total population (2008)
rate of urbanization: 3% annual rate of change (2005-10 est.) |
Population density:
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213 people per sq km land area |
Age structure:
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0-14 years: 46.9% (male 50,475/female 49,188)
15-64 years: 49.7% (male 51,325/female 54,289)
65 years and over: 3.5% (male 3,335/female 4,067) (2009 est.) |
Median age:
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total: 16.4 years
male: 15.9 years
female: 17 years (2009 est.) |
Population growth rate:
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3.093% (2009 est.) |
Birth rate:
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38.54 births/1,000 population (2009 est.) |
Death rate:
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5.98 deaths/1,000 population (2008 est.) |
Net migration rate:
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-1.81 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2009 est.) |
Sex ratio:
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at birth: 1.03 male(s)/female
under 15 years: 1.03 male(s)/female
15-64 years: 0.94 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 0.82 male(s)/female
total population: 0.98 male(s)/female (2009 est.) |
Infant mortality rate:
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total: 37.12 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 38.84 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 35.35 deaths/1,000 live births (2009 est.) |
Life expectancy at birth:
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total population: 68.32 years
male: 66.65 years
female: 70.04 years (2009 est.) |
Total fertility rate:
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5.33 children born/woman (2009 est.) |
Major infectious diseases:
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degree of risk: high
food or waterborne diseases: bacterial diarrhea, hepatitis A, and typhoid fever
vectorborne disease: malaria
animal contact disease: rabies (2009) |
HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate:
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NA |
HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS:
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NA |
HIV/AIDS - deaths:
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NA |
Nationality:
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noun: Sao Tomean(s)
adjective: Sao Tomean |
Ethnic groups:
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mestico, angolares (descendants of Angolan slaves), forros (descendants of freed slaves), servicais (contract laborers from Angola, Mozambique, and Cape Verde), tongas (children of servicais born on the islands), Europeans (primarily Portuguese) |
Religions:
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Catholic 70.3%, Evangelical 3.4%, New Apostolic 2%, Adventist 1.8%, other 3.1%, none 19.4% (2001 census) |
Languages:
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Portuguese (official) |
Literacy:
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definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 84.9%
male: 92.2%
female: 77.9% (2001 census) |
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education):
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total: 10 years
male: 10 years
female: 10 years (2006) |
Education expenditures - percent of GDP:
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NA |
People - note:
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void |
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