Buy data    Donate

Updates: 

Thanks to Sorin Cosoveanu, I have added the 2012 census data.

Country overview: 

Short name	SAO TOME AND PRINCIPE
ISO code	ST
FIPS code	TP
Language	Portuguese (pt)
Time zone	+0
Capital	S�o Tom�

 

S�o Tom� and Pr�ncipe was a Portuguese colony at the beginning of the 20th century. In 1951 it was made an overseas province of Portugal. It became independent on 1975-07-12.

Other names of country: 

1. Danish: S�o Tom� og Pr�ncipe, Den demokratiske republik Sao Tom� og Principe (formal)
2. Dutch: Sint Tome en Principe, S�o Tom� en Principe, Democratische Republiek Sao Tom� en Principe (formal)
3. English: Democratic Republic of Sao Tome and Principe (formal)
4. Finnish: S�o Tom� ja Pr�ncipe
5. French: Sao Tom�-et-Principe m
6. German: S�o Tom� und Pr�ncipe n
7. Icelandic: Sa� T�me og Prins�pe
8. Italian: S�o Tom� e Pr�ncipe
9. Norwegian: Den demokratiske republikk S�o Tom� og Pr�ncipe (formal) (Bokm�l), Den demokratiske republikken S�o Tom� og Pr�ncipe (formal) (Nynorsk), S�o Tom� og Pr�ncipe
10. Portuguese: S�o Tom� e Pr�ncipe, Rep�blica f Democr�tica de S�o Tom� e Pr�ncipe (formal)
11. Russian: Демократическая Республика Сан-Томе и Принсипи (formal)
12. Spanish: Santo Tom� y Pr�ncipe
13. Swedish: S�o Tom� och Pr�ncipe
14. Turkish: Sao Tome ve Principe Demokratik Cumhuriyeti (formal)

Origin of name: 

S�o Tom� after Saint Thomas

Primary subdivisions: 

Sao Tome and Principe is divided into two regi�es (regions).

Region	HASC	ISO	FIPS	Population	Area(km.�)	Area(mi.�)	Capital
Pr�ncipe	ST.PR	P	TP01	7,542	142	55	Santo Ant�nio
S�o Tom�	ST.ST	S	TP02	179,814	859	332	S�o Tom�
2 municipalities				187,356	1,001	387
HASC: Hierarchical administrative subdivision codes. ISO: Codes from ISO 3166-2. FIPS: Codes from FIPS PUB 10-4. Population: 2012-05-13 census (source [9])

Further subdivisions:

See the Districts of S�o Tom� and Pr�ncipe page.

The municipalities are further subdivided into distritos (districts). Pr�ncipe is coextensive with its district, but S�o Tom� has six districts.

Territorial extent: 

1. Pr�ncipe consists of the islands of Pr�ncipe, Caro�o, Bombom, and the Pedras Tinhosas.
2. S�o Tom� consists of S�o Tom� and R�las islands.

The UN LOCODE page  for Sao Tome and Principe lists locations in the country, some of them with their latitudes and longitudes, some with their ISO 3166-2 codes for their subdivisions. This information can be put together to approximate the territorial extent of subdivisions.

Change history: 

1995-04-29: Pr�ncipe became an autonomous region. Previously the two islands had been concelhos (municipalities).

Population history:

Region	1950-12-15	1960-12-15	1970-09-30	1981-08-15	1991-08-04	2001-08-25	2012-05-13
Pr�ncipe	4,332	4,574	4,599	5,255	5,639	5,966	7,542
S�o Tom�	55,827	59,102	60,032	91,356	114,507	131,633	179,814
Total	60,159	63,676	73,631	96,611	120,146	137,599	187,356

 

Sources: 1950 [4], 1960 [6], 1970 [7], 1981 [5], 1991 [8], 2001 [3], 2012 [9]. The 1970 numbers don't add up, and the most likely correction is 69,032.

Sources: 

1. [1] S�o Tom� e Pr�ncipe em N�meros - 2006 , Instituto Nacional de Estat�stica (retrieved 2011-04-07).
2. [2] United Nations House  website had population estimates for 1997 (retrieved 2001-04-10).
3. [3] Turner, Barry, ed. The Statesman's Yearbook, 2008 edition. Palgrave Macmillan, Basingstoke, Hants., 2007.
4. [4] Demographic Yearbook , 7th Ed. Statistical Office of the United Nations, New York, 1955 (retrieved 2011-08-20).
5. [5] Encyclop�dia Britannica, 15th Edition, Chicago, 1984.
6. [6] The Encyclop�dia Britannica World Atlas, 1964 edition.
7. [7] Paxton, John, ed. The Statesman's Yearbook, 1977-78 edition. St. Martin's Press, New York, 1977.
8. [8] Hunter, Brian, ed. The Statesman's Yearbook, 1997-98 edition. St. Martin's Press, New York, 1997.
9. [9] "S�o Tom� e Pr�ncipe tem 187.356 habitantes ," T�la N�n news site (retrieved 2012-11-10).