Population: 136,780 (July 1994 est.)

Population growth rate: 2.63% (1994 est.)

Birth rate: 35.2 births/1,000 population (1994 est.)

Death rate: 8.88 deaths/1,000 population (1994 est.)

Net migration rate: 0 migrant(s)/1,000 population (1994 est.)

Infant mortality rate: 63.5 deaths/1,000 live births (1994 est.)

Life expectancy at birth:
total population: 63.33 years
male: 61.48 years
female: 65.24 years (1994 est.)

Total fertility rate: 4.52 children born/woman (1994 est.)

Nationality:
noun: Sao Tomean(s)
adjective: Sao Tomean

Ethnic divisions: mestico, angolares (descendents of Angolan slaves), forros (descendents of freed slaves), servicais (contract laborers from Angola, Mozambique, and Cape Verde), tongas (children of servicais born on the islands), Europeans (primarily Portuguese)

Religions: Roman Catholic, Evangelical Protestant, Seventh-Day Adventist

Languages: Portuguese (official)

Literacy: age 15 and over can read and write (1981)
total population: 57%
male: 73%
female: 42%
Labor force: 21,096 (1981); most of population engaged in subsistence agriculture and fishing; labor shortages on plantations and of skilled workers; 56% of population of working age (1983)

NOTE: The information regarding Sao Tome and Principe on this page is re-published from the 1995 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Sao Tome and Principe People 1995 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Sao Tome and Principe People 1995 should be addressed to the CIA.