STATISTICS: SAO TOME AND PRINCIPE

So Tom and Prncipe Official name: Repblica democrtica de So Tom e Prncipe (Democratic Republic of So Tom and Prncipe). Form of government: Multiparty republic with one legislative house (National Assembly ). Chief of state: President. Head of government: Prime Minister. Capital: So Tom. Official language: Portuguese. Official religion: none. Monetary unit: 1 dobra (Db) = 100 cntimos; valuation (Sept. 25, 1998) 1 U.S.$ = Db 2,390; 1 = Db 4,069. Demography Population (1998): 136,000. Density (1998): persons per sq km 352.3, persons per sq km 135.9. Urban-rural (1994): urban 44.1%; rural 55.9%. Sex distribution (1997): male 49.24%, female 50.76%. Age breakdown (1997): under 15, 47.5%; 15-29, 27.1%; 30-44, 12.5%; 45-59, 6.7%; 60-74, 4.9%; 75 and over, 1.3%. Population projection: (2000) 141,000; (2010) 169,000. Doubling time: 23 years. Ethnolinguistic composition: mestios, angolares (descendants of Angolan slaves), forros (descendants of freed slaves), serviais (alien contract labourers), and tongas (children of serviais) speak Portuguese; non-Portuguese-speaking Europeans speak French and Spanish. Religious affiliation (1995): Roman Catholic, about 89.5%; remainder mostly Protestant, predominantly Seventh-day Adventist and an indigenous Evangelical Church. Major cities (1991): So Tom 43,420; Trindade 11,388{1}; Santana 6,190{1}; Neves 5,919{1}; Santo Amaro 5,878{1}. Vital statistics Birth rate per 1,000 population (1995): 34.9 (world avg. 25.0); (1977) legitimate 9.8%; illegitimate 90.2%. Death rate per 1,000 population (1995): 8.7 (world avg. 9.3). Natural increase rate per 1,000 population (1995): 26.2 (world avg. 15.7). Total fertility rate (avg. births per childbearing woman; 1995): 4.4. Marriage rate per 1,000 population: n.a. Divorce rate per 1,000 population: n.a. Life expectancy at birth (1995): male 61.8 years; females 65.6 years. Major causes of death per 100,000 population (1987): malaria 160.6; direct obstetric causes 76.7; pneumonia 74.0; influenza 61.5; anemias 47.3; hypertensive disease 32.1. National economy Budget (1996). Revenue: Db 36,547,000,000 (grants 63.6%; indirect taxes 16.7%, of which import taxes 7.0%, sales taxes 6.0%; nontax revenue 12.0%; direct taxes 7.7%). Expenditures: Db 68,387,000,000 (capital 60.8%; recurrent expenditure 39.2%, of which debt service 14.3%, personnel costs 6.1%, goods and services 5.0%). Public debt (external, outstanding; 1996): U.S.$229,500,000. Tourism (1990): receipts from visitors U.S.$2,000,000; expenditures by nationals abroad U.S.$2,000,000. Production (metric tons except as noted). Agriculture, forestry, fishing (1996): coconuts 26,000, bananas 14,000, taro 7,000, vegetables and melons 3,300, corn (maize) 3,200, cacao 3,000, cereals 3,000, palm kernels 3,000, palmetto 3,000{2}, cassava 2,600, fruits (other than melon) 1,900, copra 1,000{3}; livestock (number of live animals) 4,600 goats, 3,900 cattle, 2,400 sheep, 2,000 pigs; roundwood (1995) 9,000 cu m; fish catch (1995) 2,200, principally marine fish and shellfish. Mining and quarrying: some quarrying to support local construction industry. Manufacturing (value in Db; 1995): beer 880,000; clothing 679,000; lumber 369,000; bakery products 350,000; palm oil 228,000; soap 133,000; ceramics 87,000. Construction (1972): buildings authorized 44 (5,561 sq m, of which residential 3,698, mixed residential-commercial 1,361, commercial 502). Energy production (consumption): electricity (kW-hr; 1995) 18,664,000 (11,931,000); coal, none (n.a.); crude petroleum, none (n.a.); petroleum products (metric tons; 1994) none (25,000); natural gas, none (n.a.). Household income and expenditure. Average household size (1981): 4.0; income per household: n.a.; sources of income: n.a.; expenditure (1995){4}: food 71.9%, housing and energy 10.2%, transportation and communications 6.4%, clothing and other items 5.3%, household durable goods 2.8%, education and health 1.7%. Population economically active (1991): total 49,216; activity rate of total population 41.0% (participation rates : ages 15-64, 61.1%; female 32.4%; unemployed 22.0%). Gross national product (at current market prices; 1996): U.S.$45,000,000 (U.S.$330 per capita). Land use (1994): meadows and pastures 1.3%; agricultural and under permanent cultivation 54.0%, forest, built-on, wasteland, and other 44.7%. Foreign trade{6} Imports (1995): U.S.$24,800,000 (capital goods 29.8%), food and other agricultural products 23.8%, petroleum products 15.4%). Major import sources (1996): Portugal 29.0%; Angola 13.3%; Belgium 10.1%; Japan 10.1%; France 8.1%; United Kingdom 4.4%; Italy 2.8%; Germany 1.2%; The Netherlands 0.8%; Gabon 0.4%. Exports (1996): U.S.$4,900,000 (cocoa 96.4%). Major export destinations (1996): The Netherlands 63.9%; Germany 20.9%; Portugal 2.0%. Transport Transport. Railroads: none. Roads (1994): total length 236 mi, 380 km (paved 66%). Vehicles (1994): passenger cars 4,581; trucks and buses 561. Merchant marine (1992): vessels (100 gross tons and over) 4; total deadweight tonnage 2,277. Air transport (1994): passenger-mi 5,000,000, passenger-km 8,000,000; short ton-mi cargo 700,000, short ton-km cargo 1,000,000; airports (1997) with scheduled flights 2. Education and health Educational attainment (1981). Percentage of population age 25 and over having: no formal schooling 56.6%; incomplete primary education 18.0%; primary 19.2%; incomplete secondary 4.6%; complete secondary 1.3%; postsecondary 0.3%. Literacy (1981): total population age 15 and over literate 28,114 (54.2%); males literate 17,689 (70.2%); females literate 10,425 (39.1%). Health: physicians (1989) 61 (1 per 1,881 persons); hospital beds (1983) 640 (1 per 158 persons); infant mortality rate per 1,000 live births (1995) 62.1. Food (1995): daily per capita caloric intake 2,156 (vegetable products 96%, animal products 4%); 92% of FAO recommended minimum requirement. Military Total active duty personnel: a gendarmerie of about 900 men was to be established in the early 1900s. Military expenditure as percentage of GNP (1980): 1.6% (world 5.4%); per capita expenditure U.S.$6. {1} 1981. {2} 1988. {3} 1994. {4} Weights based on CPI components. {5} First 10 months. {6} Import figures are c.i.f.