Sao Tome and Principe People - 1986

GEOGRAPHICAL NAMES 

Population: 108,000 (July 1986), average annual growth rate 2.0%

Nationality: noun—Sao Tomean(s); adjective—Sao Tomean

Ethnic divisions: mestizo, angolares (descendents of Angolan slaves), forms (descendants of freed slaves), servicais (contract laborers from Angola, Mozambique, and Cape Verde), tongas (children of servicais born on the islands), and Europeans (primarily Por tuguese)

Religion: Roman Catholic, Evangelical Protestant, Seventh-Day Adventist

Language: Portuguese (official)

Infant mortality rate: 63/1,000(1983)

Literacy: est 50%

Labor force: (1981) 21.096; most of population engaged in subsistence agriculture and Ashing; some unemployment, labor shortages on plantations and for skilled work

NOTE: The information regarding Sao Tome and Principe on this page is re-published from the 1986 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency and other sources. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Sao Tome and Principe 1986 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Sao Tome and Principe 1986 should be addressed to the CIA or the source cited on each page.