Sao Tome And Principe

Facts

Population:  165,034 (July 2001 est.)
Age structure:  0-14 years:  47.7% (male 39,857; female 38,859) 15-64 years:  48.28% (male 38,430; female 41,246) 65 years and over:  4.02% (male 3,034; female 3,608) (2001 est.)
Population growth rate:  3.18% (2001 est.)
Birth rate:  42.74 births/1,000 population (2001 est.)
Death rate:  7.54 deaths/1,000 population (2001 est.)
Net migration rate:  -3.38 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2001 est.)
Sex ratio:  at birth:  1.03 male(s)/female under 15 years:  1.03 male(s)/female 15-64 years:  0.93 male(s)/female 65 years and over:  0.84 male(s)/female total population:  0.97 male(s)/female (2001 est.)
Infant mortality rate:  48.96 deaths/1,000 live births (2001 est.)
Life expectancy at birth:  total population:  65.59 years male:  64.15 years female:  67.07 years (2001 est.)
Total fertility rate:  6.02 children born/woman (2001 est.)
HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate:  NA%
HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS:  NA
HIV/AIDS - deaths:  NA
Nationality:  noun:  Sao Tomean(s) adjective:  Sao Tomean
Ethnic groups:  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:  Christian 80% (Roman Catholic, Evangelical Protestant, Seventh-Day Adventist)
Languages:  Portuguese (official)
Literacy:  definition:  age 15 and over can read and write total population:  73% male:  85% female:  62% (1991 est.)
GDP:  purchasing power parity - $178 million (2000 est.)
GDP - real growth rate:  3% (2000 est.)
GDP - per capita:  purchasing power parity - $1,100 (2000 est.)
GDP - composition by sector:  agriculture:  23% industry:  19% services:  58% (1997 est.)
Population below poverty line:  NA%
Household income or consumption by percentage share:  lowest 10%:  NA% highest 10%:  NA%
Inflation rate (consumer prices):  5% (2000 est.)
Labor force:  NA
Labor force - by occupation:  population mainly engaged in subsistence agriculture and fishing note:  shortages of skilled workers
Unemployment rate:  NA%
Budget:  revenues:  $58 million expenditures:  $114 million, including capital expenditures of $54 million (1993 est.)
Industries:  light construction, textiles, soap, beer; fish processing; timber
Industrial production growth rate:  NA%
Electricity - production:  17 million kWh (1999)
Electricity - production by source:  fossil fuel:  41.18% hydro:  58.82% nuclear:  0% other:  0% (1999)
Electricity - consumption:  15.8 million kWh (1999)
Electricity - exports:  0 kWh (1999)
Electricity - imports:  0 kWh (1999)
Agriculture - products:  cocoa, coconuts, palm kernels, copra, cinnamon, pepper, coffee, bananas, papayas, beans; poultry; fish
Exports:  $3.2 million (f.o.b., 2000 est.)
Exports - commodities:  cocoa 90%, copra, coffee, palm oil
Exports - partners:  Netherlands 18%, Germany 9%, Portugal 9% (1998)
Imports:  $40 million (f.o.b., 2000 est.)
Imports - commodities:  machinery and electrical equipment, food products, petroleum products
Imports - partners:  Portugal 42%, US 20%, South Africa 6% (1998)
Debt - external:  $268 million (2000)
Economic aid - recipient:  $200 million in December 2000 under the HIPC program
Currency:  dobra (STD)
Currency code:  STD
Exchange rates:  dobras per US dollar - 2390.04 (December 2000), 7,119.0 (1999), 6,883.2 (1998), 4,552.5 (1997), 2,203.2 (1996)
Fiscal year:  calendar year

Statistics: CIA World Factbook.