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Democratic Republic of São Tomé and Príncipe
President: Miguel Trovoada (1991)
Prime Minister: Guilherme Posser da Costa (1999)
Area: 370 sq. mi. (960 sq. km)
Population (1999 est.): 154,878 (average annual growth rate: 3.52%); birth rate: 43.3/1000; infant mortality rate: 52.9/1000; density per sq. mi.: 419
Capital and largest city (1990 est.): São Tomé, 43,420
Monetary unit: Dobra
Language: Portuguese
Ethnicity/race: 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)
Religions: Roman Catholic, Evangelical Protestant, Seventh-Day Adventist
Literacy rate: 57%
Economic summary: GDP/PPP (1998 est.): $164 million; $1,100 per capita. Real growth rate: 2.5%. Inflation: 21%. Unemployment: 50% in the formal business sector. Arable land: 2%. Agriculture: cocoa, coconuts, palm kernels, copra, cinnamon, pepper, coffee, bananas, papayas, beans; poultry; fish. Labor force: Most engaged in subsistence agriculture and fishing. Shortages of skilled workers. Industry: light construction, textiles, soap, beer; fish processing; timber. Exports: $5.3 million (f.o.b., 1997 est.): cocoa, coffee, copra, palm oil. Imports: $19.2 million (f.o.b., 1997 est.): machinery and electrical equipment, food products, petroleum products. Major trading partners: Netherlands, Germany, Portugal, France, Angola, Belgium, Japan.
