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Vital Statistics
Areal extent: 960 sq.km.*
Population (1997 est.): 138,000*
Population density: 104 per sq. km.
Urban population, % of total (1975/1997): 26.9/44.5¬
Population growth (1975-1997/1997-2015): 2.5/1.8**
Life expectancy (1997): 64.0¬
Fertility rate (1975-80/1995-2000): n.a.
Capital: Sao Tomé
Largest city/population (1991): Sao Tomé/43,420~
Gross National Product (1997): 38 millions*
GNP per capita (1997): $270*
GNP annual growth rate (1975-1995): 2.3%¬
GNP per capita annual growth rate (1975-1995): 0.1%¬
Human Development Index rank/value (1999): 123/0.609
Chief of State: President Fradique DE MENEZES (since 3 September 2001)
Election results: Fradique DE MENEZES elected president in Sao Tome's third multiparty presidential election; percent of vote - NA%
Elections: president elected by popular vote for a five-year term; election last held 29 July 2001 (next to be held NA July 2006); Prime Minister chosen by the National Assembly and approved by the President
Head of Government: Prime Minister Maria das NEVES (since 7 October 2002)
Cabinet: Council of Ministers appointed by the president on the proposal of the Prime Minister
* = World Bank 1999
** World Resources Institute 1998
~ = Instituto del Tercer Mundo 1997
¬ = Human Development Report 1999
n.a. = Information not available at present
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