Sao Tome-et-Principe.
Date 1996 Mai, Vol 36, Num 1843-1844, pp 79Revue : Jeune AfriqueType de publication : article de périodique;The capital of Sao Tome and Principe is Sao Tome. As of 1995, Sao Tome and Principe had a population of 100,000 governed by a presidential regime. 1994 gross national product and per capita income were, respectively, $31 million and $250. Per capita income declined by 2.5% per year over the period 1985-94. In 1994, Sao Tome and Principe owed $252 million, then being serviced at $8.7 million. For the same year, Sao Tome and Principe exported $12.4 million in goods and services and imported $46.5 million. As of 1995, the population was growing in size by 2.2% annually. In 1992-93, life expectancy at birth was 51 years and the infant mortality rate was 72 per 1000 births. Other data are presented on the country's topography, climate and vegetation, demographics, principal cities, population distribution, religions, political structure, economics and finances, foreign commerce, and transportation and communications.