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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