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Country
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Leader
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President: Manuel Pinto da Costa
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Head of state: Queen Elizabeth II, represented by a governor
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Population
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186,817
| 109,590
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Life Expectancy
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63.860 years
| 73.550 years
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Capital City
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Largest city
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| Sao Tome (population: 53,300) | Saint George's (population: 7,500) |
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Human Development Index
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0.643
| 0.774
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| GDP per capita |
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Literacy Rate
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84.9%
| 96%
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Corruption Perception Index
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2.7
| NA
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Percentage of Women in Parliament
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1.8%
| 21.4%
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Death Penalty
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Abolished
| Abolished in practice
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Political System
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republic
| parliamentary democracy
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Independence date
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| Religions |
Catholic 70.3%, Evangelical 3.4%, New Apostolic 2%, Adventist 1.8%, other 3.1%, none 19.4% (2001 census)
| Roman Catholic 53%, Anglican 13.8%, other Protestant 33.2%
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| Languages |
Portuguese (official)
| English (official), French patois
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| Location |
Western Africa, islands in the Gulf of Guinea, straddling the Equator, west of Gabon
| Caribbean, island between the Caribbean Sea and Atlantic Ocean, north of Trinidad and Tobago
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| Area |
964 km sq
| 344 km sq
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| Coastline |
209 km
| 121 km
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| Climate |
tropical; hot, humid; one rainy season (October to May)
| tropical; tempered by northeast trade winds
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