| People | Sao Tome and Principe |
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Population:
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179,506 (July 2011 est.) |
Population density:
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187 people per sq km land area |
Urbanization:
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urban population: 62% of total population (2010)
rate of urbanization: 2.8% annual rate of change (2010-15 est.) |
Major cities - population:
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SAO TOME (capital) 60,000 (2009) |
Age structure:
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0-14 years: 44.7% (male 40,777/female 39,386)
15-64 years: 52.2% (male 46,114/female 47,509)
65 years and over: 3.2% (male 2,634/female 3,086) (2011 est.) |
Median age:
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total: 17.5 years
male: 17.1 years
female: 18 years (2011 est.) |
Population growth rate:
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2.052% (2011 est.) |
Birth rate:
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38.03 births/1,000 population (2011 est.) |
Death rate:
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8.18 deaths/1,000 population (July 2011 est.) |
Net migration rate:
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-9.33 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2011 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: 0.97 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 0.86 male(s)/female
total population: 1 male(s)/female (2011 est.) |
Maternal mortality rate:
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void |
Infant mortality rate:
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total: 53.21 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 55.3 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 51.07 deaths/1,000 live births (2011 est.) |
Life expectancy at birth:
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total population: 63.11 years
male: 61.93 years
female: 64.33 years (2011 est.) |
Total fertility rate:
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5.08 children born/woman (2011 est.) |
Health expenditures:
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7.1% of GDP (2009) |
Physicians density:
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0.49 physicians/1,000 population (2004) |
Hospital bed density:
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3.2 beds/1,000 population (2006) |
Drinking water source:
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improved:
urban: 89% of population
rural: 88% of population
total: 89% of population
unimproved:
urban: 11% of population
rural: 12% of population
total: 11% of population (2008) |
Sanitation facility access:
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improved:
urban: 30% of population
rural: 19% of population
total: 26% of population
unimproved:
urban: 70% of population
rural: 81% of population
total: 74% of population (2008) |
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 |
Children under the age of 5 years underweight:
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13.1% (2009) |
Obesity - adult prevalence rate:
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void |
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: 11 years
male: 11 years
female: 11 years (2010) |
Education expenditures - percent of GDP:
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NA |
People - note:
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void |
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