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Sao Tome and Principe: Statistics

People [1]

People

Population 227,380 (2022)
Population Growth Rate 1.897 annual % (2022)
Age Dependency Ratio 76.152 % of working-age population (2022)
Urban Population 75.755 % of total (2022)
Infant Mortality Rate 12.1 per 1,000 live births (2021)
Life Expectancy at Birth 67.591 years (2021)

Age Distribution - % of Total Population (2022)

Energy [2]

Electricity

Ranking
Production 0.1 billion kWh (2021) #186
Consumption 0.09 billion kWh (2021) #187
Exports 0 billion kWh (2021) #96
Imports 0 billion kWh (2021) #118
Renewable Electricity Generation 0.01 billion kWh (2021) #168

Oil

Ranking
Production 0 thousand bbl/day (2021) #119
Consumption 1.18 thousand bbl/day (2021) #189
Exports (Refined) [3] 0 thousand bbl/day (2013) #87
Imports (Refined) [3] 0 thousand bbl/day (2013) #85
Proved Reserves (Crude) 0 billion bbl (2021) #100

Natural Gas

Ranking
Production (Gross) 0 billion cu ft (2015) #97
Consumption (Dry) 0 billion cu ft (2021) #122
Exports (Dry) 0 billion cu ft (2021) #57
Imports (Dry) 0 billion cu ft (2021) #86
Proved Reserves 0 trillion cu ft (2021) #100

Other [3]

Technology

Airports 2 (2013)
Cellular Telephones 162,610 (2018 est.)
Internet Users 50,000 (2016 est.)
Telephones 5,299 (2018 est.)

Geography & Environment

LocationCentral Africa, islands in the Gulf of Guinea, just north of the Equator, west of Gabon
Total Area964 sq. km
Land Area964 sq. km
Water Area0 sq. km
Coastline209 km
Climatetropical; hot, humid; one rainy season (October to May)
Terrainvolcanic, mountainous
Lowest PointAtlantic Ocean 0 m
Highest Point Pico de Sao Tome 2,024 m

Sources

  1. The World Bank Date Accessed: 9/11/2023
  2. U.S. Energy Information Administration
  3. CIA World Factbook Date Accessed: 5/9/2020