Sao Tome e Principe

LOCATION: Western Africa, islands in the gulf of Guinea, straddling the Equator, west of Gabon

AREA: 964 sq km

CAPITAL: Sao Tome

POPULATION  -  212,679

BIRTH RATE: 38.54 births/1,000

DEATH RATE: 5.8% deaths/1,000

LIFE EXPECTANCY: 68.32 years

RELIGION: Catholic 70.3%, Evangelical 3.4%, New Apostolic 2%, Adventist 1.8%, other 3.1%, none 19.4%

LANGUAGES: Portuguese (official)

LITERACY RATE: age 15 and above can read and write (Male: 92.2%) (Female: 77.9%)