| Population: |
199,579 (July 2007 est.) |
| Age structure: |
0-14 years: 47.3% (male 47,796/female 46,589)
15-64 years: 49% (male 47,386/female 50,412)
65 years and over: 3.7% (male 3,383/female 4,013) (2007 est.) |
| Population growth rate: |
3.13% (2007 est.) |
| Birth rate: |
39.72 births/1,000 population (2007 est.) |
| Death rate: |
6.28 deaths/1,000 population (2007 est.) |
| Net migration rate: |
-2.14 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2007 est.) |
| Sex ratio: |
at birth: 1.03 male(s)/female
under 15 years: 1.026 male(s)/female
15-64 years: 0.94 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 0.843 male(s)/female
total population: 0.976 male(s)/female (2007 est.) |
| Infant mortality rate: |
total: 40.54 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 42.42 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 38.61 deaths/1,000 live births (2007 est.) |
| Life expectancy at birth: |
total population: 67.64 years
male: 66.03 years
female: 69.3 years (2007 est.) |
| Total fertility rate: |
5.53 children born/woman (2007 est.) |
| HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate: |
NA |
| HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS: |
NA |
| HIV/AIDS - deaths: |
NA |
| Major infectious diseases: |
degree of risk: high
food or waterborne diseases: bacterial diarrhea, hepatitis A, and typhoid fever
vectorborne disease: malaria (2007) |
| 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: |
Catholic 70.3%, Evangelical 3.4%, New Apostolic 2%, Adventist 1.8%, other 3.1%, none 19.4% (2001 census) |
| Languages: |
Portuguese (official) |
| Literacy: |
definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 84.9%
male: 92.2%
female: 77.9% (2001 census) |
