GDP Official Exchange Rate (OER is more precise at gauging a countries economic power)
(Estimated 2011): $200 million (US$) or (GBP)
GDP (OER) Per Capita (per member of the population estimated 2011): (US$) or (GBP)
GDP Purchasing Power Parity (PPP is good for gauging living conditions and use of resources but not as accurate as OER. This data has been calculated based on the sum value of all goods and services produced in the country valued at prices prevailing in the United States)
(Estimated 2011): $306 million (US$) or (GBP)
GDP (PPP) Per Capita (per member of the population estimated 2011): (US$) or (GBP)
Capital: São Tomé
Population (Estimated July 2012): 183,176
Area: 1,001km2 or 386mi2
Currency: Dobra (Db)
Official Language: Portuguese
Political Information: Presidential Republic
Official Religion: No Official Religion
(approximately 70.3% of the population are Roman Catholic, 19.4% have no religious beliefs, 3.4% are Evangelical and 6.9% have other religious beliefs)
Highest Mountain: Pico de Sao Tome at 2,024m or 6,640ft
Largest River:
Time Zone (GMT/UTC): GMT
Wildlife:
Counties/Provinces/States: 2 provinces; Principe, Sao Tome
Leaders: President Manuel Pinto da Costa with Prime Minister Patrice Trovoada
Additional: Gained independence from Portugal on the 12th of July 1975.
Sources: CIA World Fact Book, and Encyclopaedia Britannica.
Sao Tome and Principe (República Democrática de São Tomé e Príncipe (Democratic Republic of Sao Tome and Principe))
