Infant mortality rate: 61.1 deaths/1,000 live births (1996 est.)
Life expectancy at birth: total population: 63.87 years male: 61.95 years female: 65.83 years (1996 est.)
Total fertility rate: 4.33 children born/woman (1996 est.)
Nationality: noun: Sao Tomean(s) adjective: Sao Tomean
Ethnic divisions: 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: Roman Catholic, Evangelical Protestant, Seventh-Day
Adventist
Languages: Portuguese (official)
Literacy: age 15 and over can read and write (1991 est.)
total population: 73%
male: 85%
female: 62%
Government —————
Name of country:
conventional long form: Democratic Republic of Sao Tome and Principe
conventional short form: Sao Tome and Principe
local long form: Republica Democratica de Sao Tome e Principe
local short form: Sao Tome e Principe