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Sao Tome and Principe People 1996

Population:

140,423 (July 1995 est.)

Age structure:

0-14 years:

40% (female 27,995; male 28,452)

15-64 years:

55% (female 38,846; male 38,619)

65 years and over:

5% (female 3,615; male 2,896) (July 1995 est.)

Population growth rate:

2.62% (1995 est.)

Birth rate:

34.94 births/1,000 population (1995 est.)

Death rate:

8.7 deaths/1,000 population (1995 est.)

Net migration rate:

0 migrant(s)/1,000 population (1995 est.)

Infant mortality rate:

62.1 deaths/1,000 live births (1995 est.)

Life expectancy at birth:

total population:

63.65 years

male:

61.76 years

female:

65.59 years (1995 est.)

Total fertility rate:

4.44 children born/woman (1995 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 (1991)

total population:

73%

male:

85%

female:

62%

Labor force:

most of population mainly engaged in subsistence agriculture and fishing; labor shortages on plantations and of skilled workers

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