Sao Tome and Principe

  • President:Carlos Vila Nova
  • Prime Minister:Patrice Trovoada
  • Capital city:São Tomé
  • Languages:Portuguese 98.4% (official), Forro 36.2%, Cabo Verdian 8.5%, French 6.8%, Angolar 6.6%, English 4.9%, Lunguie 1%, other (including sign language) 2.4% note: shares sum to more than 100% because some respondents gave more than one answer on the census (2012 est.)
  • Government
  • National statistics office
  • Population, persons:2,34,107 (2024)
  • Area, sq km:960
  • GDP per capita, US$:2,387 (2022)
  • GDP, billion current US$:0.5 (2022)
  • GINI index:40.7 (2017)
  • Ease of Doing Business rank:170