Roman Catholic (nominal) 73.6%, Protestant 15.4%, Spiritualist 1.3%, Bantu/voodoo 0.3%, other 1.8%, unspecified 0.2%, none 7.4% (2000 census)
nominally Christian and predominantly Roman Catholic, pagan practices
Languages
Portuguese (official and most widely spoken language); note - less common languages include Spanish (border areas and schools), German, Italian, Japanese, English, and a large number of minor Amerindian languages
Spanish 67.6% (official), other 32.4% (includes French (official), Fang, Bubi) (1994 census)
Exports
transport equipment, iron ore, soybeans, footwear, coffee, autos
petroleum, methanol, timber, cocoa
External Debt
$397,500,000,000 $
$1,051,000,000 US
Exchange Rate
reals (BRL) per US dollar - 1.8644 (2008 est.), 1.85 (2007 est.), 2.1761 (2006), 2.4344 (2005), 2.9251 (2004)
Communaute Financiere Africaine francs (XAF) per US dollar 441.72 (2008 est.), 481.83 (2007), 522.4 (2006), 527.47 (2005), 528.29 (2004)
Military Budget as percentage of GDP
1.700%
0.100%
Beijing Olympics Medal Count
15
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Location
Eastern South America, bordering the Atlantic Ocean
Western Africa, bordering the Bight of Biafra, between Cameroon and Gabon
