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class="infobox-above" style="background:#ddddff">Demographics of <a href="/wiki/S%C3%A3o_Tom%C3%A9_and_Pr%C3%ADncipe" title="São Tomé and Príncipe">São Tomé and Príncipe</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Sao_Tome_and_Principe_single_age_population_pyramid_2020.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7d/Sao_Tome_and_Principe_single_age_population_pyramid_2020.png/350px-Sao_Tome_and_Principe_single_age_population_pyramid_2020.png" decoding="async" width="350" height="281" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7d/Sao_Tome_and_Principe_single_age_population_pyramid_2020.png/525px-Sao_Tome_and_Principe_single_age_population_pyramid_2020.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7d/Sao_Tome_and_Principe_single_age_population_pyramid_2020.png/700px-Sao_Tome_and_Principe_single_age_population_pyramid_2020.png 2x" data-file-width="2212" data-file-height="1777" /></a></span><div class="infobox-caption">Population pyramid of Sao Tome and Principe in 2020</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Population</th><td class="infobox-data">217,164 (2022 est.)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Growth rate</th><td class="infobox-data">1.48% (2022 est.)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Birth rate</th><td class="infobox-data">28.19 births/1,000 population (2022 est.)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Death rate</th><td class="infobox-data">6.2 deaths/1,000 population (2022 est.)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Net migration rate</th><td class="infobox-data">-7.19 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2022 est.)</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background:#ddddff">Age structure</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">0–14 years</th><td class="infobox-data">39.77%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">65 and over</th><td class="infobox-data">2.87%</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background:#ddddff">Nationality</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Nationality</th><td class="infobox-data">Sao Tomean</td></tr></tbody></table> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Sao_Tome_and_Principe_Population_1950-2021_Forecast_2022-2032_UN_World_Population_Prospects_2022.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/53/Sao_Tome_and_Principe_Population_1950-2021_Forecast_2022-2032_UN_World_Population_Prospects_2022.svg/450px-Sao_Tome_and_Principe_Population_1950-2021_Forecast_2022-2032_UN_World_Population_Prospects_2022.svg.png" decoding="async" width="450" height="224" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/53/Sao_Tome_and_Principe_Population_1950-2021_Forecast_2022-2032_UN_World_Population_Prospects_2022.svg/675px-Sao_Tome_and_Principe_Population_1950-2021_Forecast_2022-2032_UN_World_Population_Prospects_2022.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/53/Sao_Tome_and_Principe_Population_1950-2021_Forecast_2022-2032_UN_World_Population_Prospects_2022.svg/900px-Sao_Tome_and_Principe_Population_1950-2021_Forecast_2022-2032_UN_World_Population_Prospects_2022.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1074" data-file-height="535" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Population" title="Population">Population</a>, <a href="/wiki/Fertility_rate" class="mw-redirect" title="Fertility rate">fertility rate</a> and <a href="/wiki/Net_reproduction_rate" title="Net reproduction rate">net reproduction rate</a>, United Nations estimates</figcaption></figure> <p><a href="/wiki/Demography" title="Demography">Demographic</a> features of the <a href="/wiki/Population" title="Population">population</a> of <a href="/wiki/S%C3%A3o_Tom%C3%A9_and_Pr%C3%ADncipe" title="São Tomé and Príncipe">São Tomé and Príncipe</a> include <a href="/wiki/Population_density" title="Population density">population density</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ethnic_group" class="mw-redirect" title="Ethnic group">ethnicity</a>, education level, health of the populace, economic status, religious affiliations and other aspects. </p><p>Of São Tomé and Príncipe's total population of some 201,800,<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> about 193,380 live on São Tomé and 8,420 on Príncipe. All are descended from various ethnic groups that have migrated to the islands since 1485. 70% of the people on São Tomé and Príncipe are black and 30% of the people are mixed race, mostly black and white. Six groups are identifiable: </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Luso-Africans" title="Luso-Africans">Luso-Africans</a>, or mixed-heritage, descendants of <a href="/wiki/Portuguese_people" title="Portuguese people">Portuguese</a> colonists, <a href="/wiki/Marrano" title="Marrano">Marranos</a><sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and <a href="/wiki/Africa" title="Africa">African</a> slaves brought to the islands during the early years of settlement from <a href="/wiki/Benin" title="Benin">Benin</a>, <a href="/wiki/Gabon" title="Gabon">Gabon</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Republic_of_the_Congo" title="Republic of the Congo">Republic of the Congo</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Democratic_Republic_of_the_Congo" title="Democratic Republic of the Congo">Democratic Republic of the Congo</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Angola" title="Angola">Angola</a> (these people also are known as <i>filhos da terra</i> or "children of the land");</li> <li><i>Angolares</i>, reputedly descendants of Angolan slaves who survived a 1540 shipwreck and now earn their livelihood fishing;</li> <li><i>Forros</i>, descendants of freed slaves when slavery was abolished;</li> <li><i>Serviçais</i>, contract laborers from Angola, <a href="/wiki/Mozambique" title="Mozambique">Mozambique</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Cape_Verde" title="Cape Verde">Cape Verde</a>, living temporarily on the islands;</li> <li><i>Tongas</i>, children of serviçais born on the islands; and</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Europe" title="Europe">Europeans</a>, primarily Portuguese.</li> <li>Asians, mostly <a href="/wiki/Overseas_Chinese" title="Overseas Chinese">Chinese</a> minority, including <a href="/wiki/Macanese_people" title="Macanese people">Macanese people</a> of mixed Portuguese and Chinese blood from <a href="/wiki/Macau" title="Macau">Macau</a>.</li></ul> <p>Although a small country, São Tomé and Príncipe has four national languages: <a href="/wiki/Portuguese_language" title="Portuguese language">Portuguese</a> (the official language, spoken by 95% of the population), and the <a href="/wiki/Portuguese-based_creole_languages" title="Portuguese-based creole languages">Portuguese-based creoles</a> <a href="/wiki/Forro_language" class="mw-redirect" title="Forro language">Forro</a> (85%), <a href="/wiki/Angolar_language" class="mw-redirect" title="Angolar language">Angolar</a> (3%) and <a href="/wiki/Principense_language" class="mw-redirect" title="Principense language">Principense</a> (0.1%). <a href="/wiki/French_language" title="French language">French</a> is also learned in schools, as the country is a member of <a href="/wiki/Francophonie" title="Francophonie">Francophonie</a>. </p><p>In the 1970s, there were two significant population movements—the exodus of most of the 4,000 Portuguese residents and the influx of several hundred São Toméan refugees from Angola. The islanders have been absorbed largely into a common Luso-African culture. Almost all belong to the <a href="/wiki/Roman_Catholic" class="mw-redirect" title="Roman Catholic">Roman Catholic</a>, <a href="/wiki/Evangelical_Protestant" class="mw-redirect" title="Evangelical Protestant">Evangelical Protestant</a>, or <a href="/wiki/Seventh-day_Adventist_Church" title="Seventh-day Adventist Church">Seventh-day Adventist</a> churches, which in turn retain close ties with churches in Portugal. There is a small but growing <a href="/wiki/Islam" title="Islam">Muslim</a> population. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Population">Population</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Demographics_of_S%C3%A3o_Tom%C3%A9_and_Pr%C3%ADncipe&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Population"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:S%C3%A3o_Tom%C3%A9_and_Pr%C3%ADncipe_population.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f7/S%C3%A3o_Tom%C3%A9_and_Pr%C3%ADncipe_population.svg/450px-S%C3%A3o_Tom%C3%A9_and_Pr%C3%ADncipe_population.svg.png" decoding="async" width="450" height="270" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f7/S%C3%A3o_Tom%C3%A9_and_Pr%C3%ADncipe_population.svg/675px-S%C3%A3o_Tom%C3%A9_and_Pr%C3%ADncipe_population.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f7/S%C3%A3o_Tom%C3%A9_and_Pr%C3%ADncipe_population.svg/900px-S%C3%A3o_Tom%C3%A9_and_Pr%C3%ADncipe_population.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="750" data-file-height="450" /></a><figcaption>São Tomé and Príncipe's population between 1960 and 2017.</figcaption></figure> <p>According to the 2022 revision of the world factbook the total population was 217,164 in 2022, compared to only 60,000 in 1950.<sup id="cite_ref-cia.gov_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-cia.gov-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The proportion of children below the age of 15 in 2020 was 39.8%, 57.4% was between 15 and 65 years of age, while 2.9% was 65 years or older.<sup id="cite_ref-cia.gov_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-cia.gov-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <table class="wikitable" style="text-align: right;"> <tbody><tr> <th> </th> <th width="80pt">Total population<sup id="cite_ref-cia.gov_3-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-cia.gov-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th> <th width="80pt">Population aged 0–14 (%) </th> <th width="80pt">Population aged 15–64 (%) </th> <th width="80pt">Population aged 65+ (%) </th></tr> <tr> <td>1950 </td> <td>60,000</td> <td>32.9</td> <td>63.1</td> <td>4.0 </td></tr> <tr> <td>1955 </td> <td>59,000</td> <td>32.9</td> <td>63.1</td> <td>4.0 </td></tr> <tr> <td>1960 </td> <td>64,000</td> <td>32.9</td> <td>63.2</td> <td>4.0 </td></tr> <tr> <td>1965 </td> <td>65,000</td> <td>41.1</td> <td>56.3</td> <td>2.6 </td></tr> <tr> <td>1970 </td> <td>74,000</td> <td>46.7</td> <td>48.4</td> <td>4.9 </td></tr> <tr> <td>1975 </td> <td>82,000</td> <td>47.0</td> <td>49.1</td> <td>3.9 </td></tr> <tr> <td>1980 </td> <td>95,000</td> <td>46.6</td> <td>48.6</td> <td>4.8 </td></tr> <tr> <td>1985 </td> <td>104,000</td> <td>46.6</td> <td>48.8</td> <td>4.7 </td></tr> <tr> <td>1990 </td> <td>116,000</td> <td>46.6</td> <td>49.0</td> <td>4.4 </td></tr> <tr> <td>1995 </td> <td>128,000</td> <td>44.8</td> <td>50.8</td> <td>4.4 </td></tr> <tr> <td>2000 </td> <td>141,000</td> <td>42.6</td> <td>53.1</td> <td>4.3 </td></tr> <tr> <td>2005 </td> <td>153,000</td> <td>41.6</td> <td>54.0</td> <td>4.4 </td></tr> <tr> <td>2010 </td> <td>165,000</td> <td>40.3</td> <td>55.8</td> <td>3.9 </td></tr> <tr> <td>2020 </td> <td>211,122</td> <td>39.8</td> <td>57.4</td> <td>2.9 </td></tr></tbody></table> <p>Population Estimates by Sex and Age Group (01.VII.2017): <sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th width="80pt">Age Group </th> <th width="80pt">Male </th> <th width="80pt">Female </th> <th width="80pt">Total </th> <th width="80pt">% </th></tr> <tr> <td align="right">Total </td> <td align="right">97 988 </td> <td align="right">99 712 </td> <td align="right">197 700 </td> <td align="right">100 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="right">0–4 </td> <td align="right">12 031 </td> <td align="right">12 102 </td> <td align="right">24 133 </td> <td align="right">12.21 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="right">5–9 </td> <td align="right">13 833 </td> <td align="right">13 667 </td> <td align="right">27 500 </td> <td align="right">13.91 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="right">10–14 </td> <td align="right">12 677 </td> <td align="right">12 714 </td> <td align="right">25 390 </td> <td align="right">12.84 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="right">15–19 </td> <td align="right">10 673 </td> <td align="right">10 672 </td> <td align="right">21 345 </td> <td align="right">10.80 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="right">20–24 </td> <td align="right">9 278 </td> <td align="right">9 062 </td> <td align="right">18 341 </td> <td align="right">9.28 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="right">25–29 </td> <td align="right">7 895 </td> <td align="right">7 946 </td> <td align="right">15 841 </td> <td align="right">8.01 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="right">30–34 </td> <td align="right">7 276 </td> <td align="right">7 389 </td> <td align="right">14 665 </td> <td align="right">7.42 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="right">35–39 </td> <td align="right">6 105 </td> <td align="right">6 252 </td> <td align="right">12 358 </td> <td align="right">6.25 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="right">40–44 </td> <td align="right">4 762 </td> <td align="right">4 784 </td> <td align="right">9 546 </td> <td align="right">4.83 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="right">45–49 </td> <td align="right">3 831 </td> <td align="right">3 822 </td> <td align="right">7 654 </td> <td align="right">3.87 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="right">50–54 </td> <td align="right">2 880 </td> <td align="right">3 153 </td> <td align="right">6 033 </td> <td align="right">3.05 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="right">55–59 </td> <td align="right">2 384 </td> <td align="right">2 620 </td> <td align="right">5 004 </td> <td align="right">2.53 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="right">60–64 </td> <td align="right">1 573 </td> <td align="right">1 858 </td> <td align="right">3 431 </td> <td align="right">1.74 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="right">65-69 </td> <td align="right">1 076 </td> <td align="right">1 173 </td> <td align="right">2 249 </td> <td align="right">1.14 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="right">70-74 </td> <td align="right">665 </td> <td align="right">835 </td> <td align="right">1 500 </td> <td align="right">0.76 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="right">75-79 </td> <td align="right">535 </td> <td align="right">777 </td> <td align="right">1 313 </td> <td align="right">0.66 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="right">80+ </td> <td align="right">514 </td> <td align="right">886 </td> <td align="right">1 400 </td> <td align="right">0.71 </td></tr> <tr> <th width="50">Age group </th> <th width="80pt">Male </th> <th width="80">Female </th> <th width="80">Total </th> <th width="50">Percent </th></tr> <tr> <td align="right">0–14 </td> <td align="right">38 541 </td> <td align="right">38 483 </td> <td align="right">77 024 </td> <td align="right">38.96 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="right">15–64 </td> <td align="right">56 657 </td> <td align="right">57 558 </td> <td align="right">114 215 </td> <td align="right">57.77 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="right">65+ </td> <td align="right">2 790 </td> <td align="right">3 671 </td> <td align="right">6 461 </td> <td align="right">3.27 </td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Vital_statistics">Vital statistics</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Demographics_of_S%C3%A3o_Tom%C3%A9_and_Pr%C3%ADncipe&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Vital statistics"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Registration of vital events is in São Tomé & Príncipe not available for recent years. The Population Departement of the United Nations prepared the following estimates. <sup id="cite_ref-WPP_2010_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-WPP_2010-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <table class="wikitable" style="text-align: right;"> <tbody><tr> <th width="70pt">Period </th> <th width="70pt">Live births per year </th> <th width="70pt">Deaths per year </th> <th width="70pt">Natural change per year </th> <th width="70pt">CBR* </th> <th width="70pt">CDR* </th> <th width="70pt">NC* </th> <th width="70pt">TFR* </th> <th width="70pt">IMR* </th></tr> <tr> <td>1950-1955</td> <td>3 000</td> <td>1 000</td> <td>2 000</td> <td>47.7</td> <td>21.0</td> <td>26.7</td> <td>6.20</td> <td>124 </td></tr> <tr> <td>1955-1960</td> <td>3 000</td> <td>1 000</td> <td>2 000</td> <td>47.7</td> <td>18.5</td> <td>29.2</td> <td>6.20</td> <td>112 </td></tr> <tr> <td>1960-1965</td> <td>3 000</td> <td>1 000</td> <td>2 000</td> <td>47.0</td> <td>16.8</td> <td>30.1</td> <td>6.30</td> <td>99 </td></tr> <tr> <td>1965-1970</td> <td>3 000</td> <td>1 000</td> <td>2 000</td> <td>42.7</td> <td>13.1</td> <td>29.6</td> <td>6.40</td> <td>88 </td></tr> <tr> <td>1970-1975</td> <td>3 000</td> <td>1 000</td> <td>2 000</td> <td>40.7</td> <td>13.2</td> <td>27.6</td> <td>6.52</td> <td>80 </td></tr> <tr> <td>1975-1980</td> <td>4 000</td> <td>1 000</td> <td>3 000</td> <td>41.1</td> <td>11.0</td> <td>30.1</td> <td>6.50</td> <td>70 </td></tr> <tr> <td>1980-1985</td> <td>4 000</td> <td>1 000</td> <td>3 000</td> <td>40.4</td> <td>11.5</td> <td>28.9</td> <td>6.24</td> <td>66 </td></tr> <tr> <td>1985-1990</td> <td>4 000</td> <td>1 000</td> <td>3 000</td> <td>38.8</td> <td>10.7</td> <td>28.1</td> <td>5.66</td> <td>63 </td></tr> <tr> <td>1990-1995</td> <td>5 000</td> <td>1 000</td> <td>3 000</td> <td>37.0</td> <td>9.8</td> <td>27.1</td> <td>5.16</td> <td>61 </td></tr> <tr> <td>1995-2000</td> <td>5 000</td> <td>1 000</td> <td>4 000</td> <td>35.9</td> <td>9.2</td> <td>26.7</td> <td>4.80</td> <td>58 </td></tr> <tr> <td>2000-2005</td> <td>5 000</td> <td>1 000</td> <td>4 000</td> <td>34.8</td> <td>8.8</td> <td>26.0</td> <td>4.34</td> <td>55 </td></tr> <tr> <td>2005-2010</td> <td>5 000</td> <td>1 000</td> <td>4 000</td> <td>32.4</td> <td>8.2</td> <td>24.2</td> <td>3.85</td> <td>52 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left" colspan="9">* <small> CBR = crude birth rate (per 1000); CDR = crude death rate (per 1000); NC = natural change (per 1000); IMR = infant mortality rate per 1000 births; TFR = total fertility rate (number of children per woman)</small> </td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Births and deaths</b> <sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th width="70">Year </th> <th width="70">Population </th> <th width="70">Live births </th> <th width="70">Deaths </th> <th width="70">Natural increase </th> <th width="70">Crude birth rate </th> <th width="70">Crude death rate </th> <th width="70">Rate of natural increase </th> <th width="70">TFR </th></tr> <tr> <td align="right">2012 </td> <td align="right"> </td> <td align="right">5 173 </td> <td align="right">1 287 </td> <td align="right">3 886 </td> <td align="right">27.6 </td> <td align="right">6.9 </td> <td align="right">20.7 </td> <td align="right"> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="right">2015 </td> <td align="right"> </td> <td align="right">5 022 </td> <td align="right">1 226 </td> <td align="right">3 796 </td> <td align="right"> </td> <td align="right"> </td> <td align="right"> </td> <td align="right"> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="right">2017 </td> <td align="right"> </td> <td align="right">5 190 </td> <td align="right">1 202 </td> <td align="right">3 988 </td> <td align="right">26.3 </td> <td align="right">6.1 </td> <td align="right">20.2 </td> <td align="right"> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Fertility_Rate_(The_Demographic_Health_Survey)"><span id="Fertility_Rate_.28The_Demographic_Health_Survey.29"></span>Fertility Rate (The Demographic Health Survey)</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Demographics_of_S%C3%A3o_Tom%C3%A9_and_Pr%C3%ADncipe&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Fertility Rate (The Demographic Health Survey)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <table class="wikitable"> <caption>Fertility Rate (TFR) (Wanted Fertility Rate) and CBR (Crude Birth Rate): </caption> <tbody><tr> <th rowspan="2">Year </th> <th colspan="2">Total </th> <th colspan="2">Urban </th> <th colspan="2">Rural </th></tr> <tr> <th>CBR</th> <th>TFR </th> <th>CBR</th> <th>TFR </th> <th>CBR</th> <th>TFR </th></tr> <tr> <td>2008-2009 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">34,5 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">4,9 (3,3) </td> <td style="text-align:right;">32,4 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">4,4 (3,0) </td> <td style="text-align:right;">36,7 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">5,5 (3,7) </td></tr> </tbody></table> <p>Fertility data as of 2008-2009 (DHS Program):<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <table class="wikitable sortable"> <tbody><tr> <th style="width:100pt;">Region </th> <th style="width:100pt;">Total fertility rate </th> <th style="width:100pt;">Percentage of women age 15-49 currently pregnant </th> <th style="width:100pt;">Mean number of children ever born to women age 40-49 </th></tr> <tr> <td>Centro</td> <td>4.6</td> <td>8.2</td> <td>5.5 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Sul</td> <td>5.4</td> <td>8.3</td> <td>6.2 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Norte</td> <td>5.7</td> <td>8.8</td> <td>6.7 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Príncipe</td> <td>5.0</td> <td>11.6</td> <td>6.1 </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Life_expectancy">Life expectancy</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Demographics_of_S%C3%A3o_Tom%C3%A9_and_Pr%C3%ADncipe&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Life expectancy"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"> <tbody><tr> <th>Period </th> <th>Life expectancy in <br /> Years<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th></tr> <tr> <td>1950–1955 </td> <td>46.40 </td></tr> <tr> <td>1955–1960 </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Increase"><img alt="Increase" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/11px-Increase2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/17px-Increase2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/22px-Increase2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> 48.89 </td></tr> <tr> <td>1960–1965 </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Increase"><img alt="Increase" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/11px-Increase2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/17px-Increase2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/22px-Increase2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> 51.86 </td></tr> <tr> <td>1965–1970 </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Increase"><img alt="Increase" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/11px-Increase2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/17px-Increase2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/22px-Increase2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> 54.42 </td></tr> <tr> <td>1970–1975 </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Increase"><img alt="Increase" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/11px-Increase2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/17px-Increase2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/22px-Increase2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> 57.36 </td></tr> <tr> <td>1975–1980 </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Increase"><img alt="Increase" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/11px-Increase2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/17px-Increase2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/22px-Increase2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> 60.21 </td></tr> <tr> <td>1980–1985 </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Increase"><img alt="Increase" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/11px-Increase2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/17px-Increase2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/22px-Increase2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> 60.59 </td></tr> <tr> <td>1985–1990 </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Increase"><img alt="Increase" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/11px-Increase2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/17px-Increase2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/22px-Increase2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> 61.40 </td></tr> <tr> <td>1990–1995 </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Increase"><img alt="Increase" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/11px-Increase2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/17px-Increase2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/22px-Increase2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> 62.22 </td></tr> <tr> <td>1995–2000 </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Increase"><img alt="Increase" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/11px-Increase2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/17px-Increase2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/22px-Increase2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> 63.01 </td></tr> <tr> <td>2000–2005 </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Increase"><img alt="Increase" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/11px-Increase2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/17px-Increase2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/22px-Increase2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> 63.80 </td></tr> <tr> <td>2005–2010 </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Increase"><img alt="Increase" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/11px-Increase2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/17px-Increase2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/22px-Increase2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> 65.47 </td></tr> <tr> <td>2010–2015 </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Increase"><img alt="Increase" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/11px-Increase2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/17px-Increase2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/22px-Increase2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> 66.14 </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Other_demographic_statistics">Other demographic statistics</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Demographics_of_S%C3%A3o_Tom%C3%A9_and_Pr%C3%ADncipe&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Other demographic statistics"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Demographic statistics according to the World Population Review in 2022.<sup id="cite_ref-WPR_2022_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-WPR_2022-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <ul><li>One birth every 76 minutes</li> <li>One death every 480 minutes</li> <li>One net migrant every 360 minutes</li> <li>Net gain of one person every 120 minutes</li></ul> <p>The following demographic are from the <a href="/wiki/CIA_World_Factbook" class="mw-redirect" title="CIA World Factbook">CIA World Factbook</a><sup id="cite_ref-.cia.gov_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-.cia.gov-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> unless otherwise indicated. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Population_2">Population</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Demographics_of_S%C3%A3o_Tom%C3%A9_and_Pr%C3%ADncipe&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Population"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <dl><dd>217,164 (2022 est.)</dd> <dd>204,454 (July 2018 est.)</dd></dl> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Religions">Religions</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Demographics_of_S%C3%A3o_Tom%C3%A9_and_Pr%C3%ADncipe&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Religions"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Catholic 55.7%, Adventist 4.1%, Assembly of God 3.4%, New Apostolic 2.9%, Mana 2.3%, Universal Kingdom of God 2%, Jehovah's Witness 1.2%, other 6.2%, none 21.2%, unspecified 1% (2012 est.) </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Age_structure">Age structure</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Demographics_of_S%C3%A3o_Tom%C3%A9_and_Pr%C3%ADncipe&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Age structure"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Sao_Tome_and_Principe_single_age_population_pyramid_2020.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7d/Sao_Tome_and_Principe_single_age_population_pyramid_2020.png/350px-Sao_Tome_and_Principe_single_age_population_pyramid_2020.png" decoding="async" width="350" height="281" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7d/Sao_Tome_and_Principe_single_age_population_pyramid_2020.png/525px-Sao_Tome_and_Principe_single_age_population_pyramid_2020.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7d/Sao_Tome_and_Principe_single_age_population_pyramid_2020.png/700px-Sao_Tome_and_Principe_single_age_population_pyramid_2020.png 2x" data-file-width="2212" data-file-height="1777" /></a><figcaption>Population pyramid of Sao Tome and Principe in 2020</figcaption></figure> <dl><dd><i>0-14 years:</i> 39.77% (male 42,690/female 41,277)</dd> <dd><i>15-24 years:</i> 21.59% (male 23,088/female 22,487)</dd> <dd><i>25-54 years:</i> 31.61% (male 32,900/female 33,834)</dd> <dd><i>55-64 years:</i> 4.17% (male 4,095/female 4,700)</dd> <dd><i>65 years and over:</i> 2.87% (2020 est.) (male 2,631/female 3,420)</dd></dl> <dl><dd><i>0-14 years:</i> 41.2% (male 42,825 /female 41,403)</dd> <dd><i>15-24 years:</i> 21.01% (male 21,767 /female 21,188)</dd> <dd><i>25-54 years:</i> 31.03% (male 31,218 /female 32,229)</dd> <dd><i>55-64 years:</i> 3.93% (male 3,708 /female 4,332)</dd> <dd><i>65 years and over:</i> 2.83% (male 2,545 /female 3,239) (2018 est.)</dd></dl> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Birth_rate">Birth rate</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Demographics_of_S%C3%A3o_Tom%C3%A9_and_Pr%C3%ADncipe&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Birth rate"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <dl><dd>28.19 births/1,000 population (2022 est.) Country comparison to the world: 36th</dd> <dd>31.5 births/1,000 population (2018 est.) Country comparison to the world: 32nd</dd></dl> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Death_rate">Death rate</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Demographics_of_S%C3%A3o_Tom%C3%A9_and_Pr%C3%ADncipe&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Death rate"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <dl><dd>6.2 deaths/1,000 population (2022 est.) Country comparison to the world: 149th</dd> <dd>6.7 deaths/1,000 population (2018 est.) Country comparison to the world: 138th</dd></dl> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Total_fertility_rate"><a href="/wiki/Total_fertility_rate" title="Total fertility rate">Total fertility rate</a></h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Demographics_of_S%C3%A3o_Tom%C3%A9_and_Pr%C3%ADncipe&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Total fertility rate"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <dl><dd>3.56 children born/woman (2022 est.) Country comparison to the world: 36th</dd> <dd>4.11 children born/woman (2018 est.) Country comparison to the world: 31st</dd></dl> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Population_growth_rate">Population growth rate</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Demographics_of_S%C3%A3o_Tom%C3%A9_and_Pr%C3%ADncipe&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Population growth rate"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <dl><dd>1.48% (2022 est.) Country comparison to the world: 65th</dd> <dd>1.66% (2018 est.) Country comparison to the world: 62nd</dd></dl> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Median_age">Median age</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Demographics_of_S%C3%A3o_Tom%C3%A9_and_Pr%C3%ADncipe&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Median age"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <dl><dd>total: 19.3 years. Country comparison to the world: 204th</dd> <dd>male: 18.9 years</dd> <dd>female: 19.7 years (2020 est.)</dd></dl> <dl><dd>total: 18.7 years. Country comparison to the world: 207th</dd> <dd>male: 18.3 years</dd> <dd>female: 19.1 years (2018 est.)</dd></dl> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Mother's_mean_age_at_first_birth"><span id="Mother.27s_mean_age_at_first_birth"></span>Mother's mean age at first birth</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Demographics_of_S%C3%A3o_Tom%C3%A9_and_Pr%C3%ADncipe&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Mother's mean age at first birth"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <dl><dd>19.4 years (2008/09 est.)</dd> <dd>note: median age at first birth among women 25-29</dd></dl> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Contraceptive_prevalence_rate">Contraceptive prevalence rate</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Demographics_of_S%C3%A3o_Tom%C3%A9_and_Pr%C3%ADncipe&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: Contraceptive prevalence rate"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <dl><dd>49.7% (2019)</dd> <dd>40.6% (2014)</dd></dl> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Net_migration_rate">Net migration rate</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Demographics_of_S%C3%A3o_Tom%C3%A9_and_Pr%C3%ADncipe&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: Net migration rate"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <dl><dd>-7.19 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2022 est.) Country comparison to the world: 214th</dd> <dd>-8.3 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2017 est.) Country comparison to the world: 207th</dd></dl> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Dependency_ratios"><a href="/wiki/Dependency_ratio" title="Dependency ratio">Dependency ratios</a></h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Demographics_of_S%C3%A3o_Tom%C3%A9_and_Pr%C3%ADncipe&action=edit&section=17" title="Edit section: Dependency ratios"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <dl><dd>total dependency ratio: 86.7 (2015 est.)</dd> <dd>youth dependency ratio: 81.1 (2015 est.)</dd> <dd>elderly dependency ratio: 5.6 (2015 est.)</dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Potential_support_ratio" title="Potential support ratio">potential support ratio</a>: 17.8 (2015 est.)</dd></dl> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Urbanization">Urbanization</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Demographics_of_S%C3%A3o_Tom%C3%A9_and_Pr%C3%ADncipe&action=edit&section=18" title="Edit section: Urbanization"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <dl><dd>urban population: 75.8% of total population (2022)</dd> <dd>rate of urbanization: 2.96% annual rate of change (2020-25 est.)</dd></dl> <dl><dd>urban population: 72.8% of total population (2018)</dd> <dd>rate of urbanization: 3.33% annual rate of change (2015-20 est.)</dd></dl> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Life_expectancy_at_birth">Life expectancy at birth</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Demographics_of_S%C3%A3o_Tom%C3%A9_and_Pr%C3%ADncipe&action=edit&section=19" title="Edit section: Life expectancy at birth"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <dl><dd>total population: 67.06 years. Country comparison to the world: 194th</dd> <dd>male: 65.44 years</dd> <dd>female: 68.72 years (2022 est.)</dd></dl> <dl><dd>total population: 65.7 years</dd> <dd>male: 64.3 years</dd> <dd>female: 67.1 years (2018 est.)</dd></dl> <dl><dd><i>total population:</i> 65.25 years</dd> <dd><i>male:</i> 63.84 years</dd> <dd><i>female:</i> 66.7 years (2000 est.)</dd></dl> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Major_infectious_diseases">Major infectious diseases</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Demographics_of_S%C3%A3o_Tom%C3%A9_and_Pr%C3%ADncipe&action=edit&section=20" title="Edit section: Major infectious diseases"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <dl><dd>degree of risk: high (2020)</dd> <dd>food or waterborne diseases: bacterial diarrhea, hepatitis A, and typhoid fever</dd> <dd>vectorborne diseases: malaria and dengue fever</dd> <dd>water contact diseases: schistosomiasis</dd></dl> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Sex_ratio">Sex ratio</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Demographics_of_S%C3%A3o_Tom%C3%A9_and_Pr%C3%ADncipe&action=edit&section=21" title="Edit section: Sex ratio"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <dl><dd><i>at birth:</i></dd> <dd>male(s)/female</dd> <dd><i>under 15 years:</i></dd> <dd>1.03 male(s)/female</dd> <dd><i>15–64 years:</i></dd> <dd>0.93 male(s)/female</dd> <dd><i>65 years and over:</i></dd> <dd>0.84 male(s)/female</dd> <dd><i>total population:</i></dd> <dd>0.97 male(s)/female (2000 est.)</dd></dl> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Nationality">Nationality</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Demographics_of_S%C3%A3o_Tom%C3%A9_and_Pr%C3%ADncipe&action=edit&section=22" title="Edit section: Nationality"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><br /><i>noun:</i> São Toméan(s) <br /><i>adjective:</i> São Toméan </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Ethnic_groups">Ethnic groups</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Demographics_of_S%C3%A3o_Tom%C3%A9_and_Pr%C3%ADncipe&action=edit&section=23" title="Edit section: Ethnic groups"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><a href="/wiki/Mesti%C3%A7o" title="Mestiço">Mestiços</a>, angolares (descendants of <a href="/wiki/Angola" title="Angola">Angolan</a> slaves), forros (descendants of freed slaves), serviçais (contract laborers from Angola, Mozambique, and Cape Verde), tongas (children of serviçais born on the islands) and <a href="/wiki/Europe" title="Europe">Europeans</a> (primarily Portuguese). </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Languages">Languages</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Demographics_of_S%C3%A3o_Tom%C3%A9_and_Pr%C3%ADncipe&action=edit&section=24" title="Edit section: Languages"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Languages_of_S%C3%A3o_Tom%C3%A9_and_Pr%C3%ADncipe" title="Languages of São Tomé and Príncipe">Languages of São Tomé and Príncipe</a></div> <dl><dd><a href="/wiki/Portuguese_language" title="Portuguese language">Portuguese</a> 98.4% (official)</dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Forro_Creole" title="Forro Creole">Forro</a> 36.2%</dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Cape_Verdean_Creole" title="Cape Verdean Creole">Cabo Verdian</a> 8.5%</dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/French_language" title="French language">French</a> 6.8%</dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Angolar_Creole" title="Angolar Creole">Angolar</a> 6.6%</dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/English_language" title="English language">English</a> 4.9%</dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Principense_Creole" title="Principense Creole">Lunguie</a> 1%</dd> <dd>Other (including sign language) 2.4% <sup id="cite_ref-CIATONGA_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CIATONGA-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></dd></dl> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Education_expenditures">Education expenditures</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Demographics_of_S%C3%A3o_Tom%C3%A9_and_Pr%C3%ADncipe&action=edit&section=25" title="Edit section: Education expenditures"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <dl><dd>5.9% of GDP (2019) Country comparison to the world: 35th</dd></dl> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Literacy">Literacy</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Demographics_of_S%C3%A3o_Tom%C3%A9_and_Pr%C3%ADncipe&action=edit&section=26" title="Edit section: Literacy"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><i>definition:</i> age 15 and over can read and write </p> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th>Year </th> <th>Total population </th> <th>Male </th> <th>Female </th></tr> <tr> <td>1991 est. </td> <td><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238854847">.mw-parser-output .percentage-bar{position:relative;border:1px solid #aaa;background-color:#fff;width:100px;max-width:100%;height:1.5em}.mw-parser-output .percentage-bar-fill{position:absolute;background-color:#dbdbdb;height:1.5em;width:50%}.mw-parser-output .percentage-bar-text{position:absolute;width:100%;height:1.5em;text-align:center;color:#000}</style><div class="percentage-bar" style=""><div class="percentage-bar-fill" style="width: 73%;"></div><div class="percentage-bar-text" style="">73%</div></div> </td> <td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238854847"><div class="percentage-bar" style=""><div class="percentage-bar-fill" style="width: 85%;"></div><div class="percentage-bar-text" style="">85%</div></div> </td> <td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238854847"><div class="percentage-bar" style=""><div class="percentage-bar-fill" style="width: 62%;"></div><div class="percentage-bar-text" style="">62%</div></div> </td></tr> <tr> <td>2015 est. </td> <td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238854847"><div class="percentage-bar" style=""><div class="percentage-bar-fill" style="width: 74%;"></div><div class="percentage-bar-text" style="">74.9%</div></div> </td> <td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238854847"><div class="percentage-bar" style=""><div class="percentage-bar-fill" style="width: 81%;"></div><div class="percentage-bar-text" style="">81.8%</div></div> </td> <td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238854847"><div class="percentage-bar" style=""><div class="percentage-bar-fill" style="width: 68%;"></div><div class="percentage-bar-text" style="">68.4%</div></div> </td></tr> <tr> <td>2018 </td> <td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238854847"><div class="percentage-bar" style=""><div class="percentage-bar-fill" style="width: 92%;"></div><div class="percentage-bar-text" style="">92.8%</div></div> </td> <td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238854847"><div class="percentage-bar" style=""><div class="percentage-bar-fill" style="width: 96%;"></div><div class="percentage-bar-text" style="">96.2%</div></div> </td> <td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238854847"><div class="percentage-bar" style=""><div class="percentage-bar-fill" style="width: 89%;"></div><div class="percentage-bar-text" style="">89.5%</div></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="School_life_expectancy_(primary_to_tertiary_education)"><span id="School_life_expectancy_.28primary_to_tertiary_education.29"></span>School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education)</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Demographics_of_S%C3%A3o_Tom%C3%A9_and_Pr%C3%ADncipe&action=edit&section=27" title="Edit section: School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <dl><dd>total: 12 years (2015)</dd> <dd>male: 12 years (2015)</dd> <dd>female: 13 years (2015)</dd></dl> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Unemployment,_youth_ages_15-24"><span id="Unemployment.2C_youth_ages_15-24"></span>Unemployment, youth ages 15-24</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Demographics_of_S%C3%A3o_Tom%C3%A9_and_Pr%C3%ADncipe&action=edit&section=28" title="Edit section: Unemployment, youth ages 15-24"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <dl><dd>total: 20.8% (2012 est.)</dd></dl> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Demographics_of_S%C3%A3o_Tom%C3%A9_and_Pr%C3%ADncipe&action=edit&section=29" 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