Official Languages

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Languages spoken here

Kabuverdianu (secondary)

“Secondary” means a community here speaks it alongside another language. It is not a statement of official or minority-language status.

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São Tomé and Príncipe

Peoples

Largest first.

People	Population	Language	Religion
Saotomense, Mestico	191000	Saotomense	Christianity
Cape Verdean	18000	Kabuverdianu	Christianity
Angolar	12000	Angolar	Christianity
Principense	7000	Principense	Christianity
Fang	2900	Fang (Equatorial Guinea)	Christianity
Deaf	1000	Language unknown	Unknown

Languages

6 languages recorded here.

Angolar

Fang (Equatorial Guinea)

Kabuverdianu

Language unknown

Principense

Saotomense

All catalogue fields

148 fields recorded

rog3: TP
iso3: STP
iso2: ST
ctry: São Tomé and Príncipe
poplpeoples: 232000
cntpeoples: 6
cntpeopleslr: 1
poplpeopleslr: 1000
jpscalectry: 4
rol3officiallanguage: por
officiallang: Portuguese
rlg3primary: 1
religionprimary: Christianity
percentchristianity: 86.172467516817
percentevangelical: 5.9177390681012
c_10_40window: N
rog2: AFR
continent: Africa
regioncode: 8
regionname: Africa, West and Central
workersneeded: 1
harvest_rog3: TP
harvest_iso3: STP
harvest_iso2: ST
harvest_owcountrycode: SAOT
harvest_ethnologuecountrycode: ST
harvest_countrynumber: 184
harvest_ctry: São Tomé and Príncipe
harvest_ctryshort: Sao Tome and Principe
harvest_countrynamechinese: 圣多美普林西比
harvest_countrynamechineseshort: 圣多美普林西比
harvest_countrynamedutch: Sao Tomé en Principe
harvest_countrynamefrench: Säo Tomé-et-Principe
harvest_countrynamefrenchshort: Säo Tomé-et-Principe
harvest_countrynamegerman: Sao Tome und Principe
harvest_countrynamegermanshort: Sao Tome und Principe
harvest_countrynameindonesian: Sao Tome dan Principe
harvest_countrynameindonesianshort: São Tomé dan Príncipe
harvest_countrynameitalian: São Tomé e Príncipe
harvest_countrynameitalianshort: São Tomé e Príncipe
harvest_countrynamekorean: 상투메 프린시페
harvest_countrynamekoreanshort: 상투메 프린시페
harvest_countrynamenorwegian: São Tomé og Príncipe
harvest_countrynamenorwegianshort: São Tomé og Príncipe
harvest_countrynameportuguese: São Tomé e Príncipe
harvest_countrynameportugueseshort: São Tomé e Príncipe
harvest_countrynamerussian: Сан-Томе и Принсипи
harvest_countrynamerussianshort: Сан-Томе и Принсипи
harvest_countrynamespanish: Santo Tomé y Príncipe
harvest_countrynamespanishshort: Santo Tomé y Príncipe
harvest_countrynamevietnamese: São Tomé và Príncipe
harvest_countrynamevietnameseshort: São Tomé và Príncipe
harvest_chineseconcatenationprefix: 在
harvest_frenchconcatenationprefix: de
harvest_germanconcatenationprefix: auf
harvest_indonesianconcatenationprefix: di
harvest_italianconcatenationprefix: -
harvest_koreanconcatenationprefix: 의
harvest_norwegianconcatenationprefix: i
harvest_portugueseconcatenationprefix: em
harvest_russianconcatenationprefix: B
harvest_spanishconcatenationprefix: en
harvest_vietnameseconcatenationprefix: ở
harvest_ethnologuemapexists: Y
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harvest_regioncode2414: 3
harvest_regioncode: 8
harvest_unsr: 017
harvest_worldabc: C
harvest_maniregioncode: AP
harvest_capital: São Tomé
harvest_population: 240000
harvest_populationsource: UN Country Population (2025)
harvest_prayercastvideo: https://prayercast.com/sao-tome-and-principe.html
harvest_waldnerguide: prayer-guide-ek+tp.pdf
harvest_jpscale: 4
harvest_c_10_40window: N
harvest_c_10_40windoworiginal: N
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harvest_owevangelicalgrowthrate: 6.5
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harvest_literacyrate: 93
harvest_literacysource: Ethnologue
harvest_percenturbanized: 73
harvest_rol3officiallanguage: por
harvest_rlg3primary: 1
harvest_rlg4primary: 6
harvest_pctanimist: 7.45
harvest_pctbahai: 0.1
harvest_pctbuddhism: 0
harvest_pctchinese: 0
harvest_pcthindu: 0
harvest_pctislam: 3.5
harvest_pctsikh: 0
harvest_pctjudaism: 0
harvest_pctnonreligious: 1.4
harvest_pctother: 0
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harvest_pctchristianprotestant: 4.18
harvest_pctchristianindependent: 9.119999999999999
harvest_pctchristiananglican: 0
harvest_pctchristianromancatholic: 73.16
harvest_pctchristianorthodoxcatholic: 0
harvest_pctchristianmarginal: 1.09
harvest_pctchristianunaffiliated: 0
harvest_pctchristiandoublyprofessing: 0
harvest_pctchristianother: 0
harvest_pctchristianextra: 0
harvest_rop1: A013
harvest_hdiyear: 2015
harvest_hdivalue: 0.574
harvest_hdirank: 142
harvest_internetusers: 25.8
harvest_flashmapzoom: 1500
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harvest_flashmapzoomy: -840
harvest_googlemapzoom: 10
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harvest_googlemaplng: 6.613
harvest_ctrylatitude: 0.18636
harvest_ctrylongitude: 6.613081
harvest_securitylevel: 0
harvest_statedeptreligiousfreedom: https://www.state.gov/reports/2023-report-on-international-religious-freedom/sao-tome-and-principe/
harvest_provincesdisplayable: Y
harvest_adm1label: Provinces
harvest_wcdsubregioncode: 102
harvest_poplgrowthrate: 2.061855670103093
harvest_godreportsurl: http://blog.godreports.com/country/?countrycode=tp&joshua=tp
harvest_datareportalurl: https://datareportal.com/reports/digital-2024-sao-tome-and-principe
harvest_internetusage: 30
harvest_internetusagesourceyear: 2017
harvest_areasquaremiles: 371
harvest_areasquarekilometers: 1001
harvest_populationpersquaremile: 461
harvest_countryphonecode: 239
harvest_owpctchristian1986: 97
harvest_owpctevangelical1986: 2.5
harvest_owpctchristian1993: 90.7
harvest_owpctevangelical1993: 3.7
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harvest_owpctevangelical2001: 2.2
harvest_religiondatayear: 2010
harvest_internetctrycode: .st
harvest_worldfactbookurl: https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/sao-tome-and-principe
harvest_source: OW
harvest_editname: BM
harvest_editdate: 09/12/02 00:00:00