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Population:
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187,410 (July 2005
est.) |
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Age structure:
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0-14 years:
47.6% (male 45,145/female 44,007)
15-64 years: 48.6% (male 43,996/female 47,011)
65 years and over: 3.9% (male 3,333/female 3,918) (2005 est.)
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Median age:
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total: 16.12
years
male: 15.53 years
female: 16.71 years (2005 est.)
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Population growth rate:
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3.16% (2005 est.)
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Birth rate:
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40.8 births/1,000
population (2005 est.) |
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Death rate:
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6.68 deaths/1,000
population (2005 est.) |
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Net migration rate:
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-2.51 migrant(s)/1,000
population (2005 est.) |
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Sex ratio:
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at birth: 1.03
male(s)/female
under 15 years: 1.03 male(s)/female
15-64 years: 0.94 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 0.85 male(s)/female
total population: 0.97 male(s)/female (2005 est.) |
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Infant mortality rate:
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total: 43.11
deaths/1,000 live births
male: 45.06 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 41.11 deaths/1,000 live births (2005 est.) |
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Life expectancy at birth:
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total population:
66.99 years
male: 65.43 years
female: 68.59 years (2005 est.)
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Total fertility rate:
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5.71 children
born/woman (2005 est.)
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HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate:
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NA |
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HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS:
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NA |
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HIV/AIDS - deaths:
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NA |
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Major infectious diseases:
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degree of risk:
high
food or waterborne diseases: bacterial diarrhea, hepatitis A,
and typhoid fever
vectorborne disease: malaria (2004) |
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Nationality:
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noun: Sao
Tomean(s)
adjective: Sao Tomean |
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Ethnic groups:
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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) |
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Religions:
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Catholic 70.3%,
Evangelical 3.4%, New Apostolic 2%, Adventist 1.8%, other 3.1%, none
19.4% (2001 census) |
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Languages:
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Portuguese (official)
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Literacy:
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definition:
age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 79.3%
male: 85%
female: 62% (1991 est.) |