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People
Population: 124,765 (July 1990), growth rate 3.0% (1990).
Birth rate: 38 births/1,000 population (1990).
Death rate: 8 deaths/1,000 population (1990).
Net migration rate: 0 migrants/1,000 population (1990).
Infant mortality rate: 61 deaths/1,000 live births (1990).
Life expectancy at birth: 64 years male, 67 years female (1990).
Total fertility rate: 5.4 children born/woman (1990).
Nationality: noun--Sao Tomean(s); adjective--Sao Tomean.
Ethnic divisions: mestico, angolares (descendents of Angolan
slaves), forros (descendents of freed slaves), servicais
(contract laborers from Angola, Mozambique, and Cape Verde),
tongas (children of servicais born on the islands), and
Europeans (primarily Portuguese).
Religion: Roman Catholic, Evangelical Protestant, Seventh-Day
Adventist.
Language: Portuguese (official).
Literacy: 50% (est.).
Labor force: 21,096 (1981); most of population engaged in
subsistence agriculture and fishing; labor shortages on
plantations and of skilled workers; 56% of population of
working age (1983).
Organized labor: NA.