Distillers Country guides / Sao Tome and Principe
Sao Tome and Principe
A one-page guide to Sao Tome and Principe for the spirits trade: the country, its people, its economy and how it drinks.
At a glance
- Capital
- São Tomé
- Official languages
- Portuguese
- Currency
- Dobra (STN)
- Time zone
- UTC+0 (GMT)
People
- Population growth
- 2.0% a year
- Living in towns and cities
- 69.2%
- Aged under 15
- 37.5%
- Aged 65 and over
- 3.9%
- Life expectancy
- 69.9 years
Climate
Tropical and hot at sea level, about 26 C with little variation. Rainy season October-May; rainfall about 800 mm in the north lowlands to about 7,000 mm in highland cloud forest.
Alcohol
- Alcohol per adult a year
- 4.42 litres of pure alcohol (2022)
Sources: World Bank (population, economy and demographics), WHO Global Health Observatory (alcohol per adult and drinking mix); Wikipedia: Sao Tome and Principe; World Bank indicators API; WHO Global Health Observatory API; UN Comtrade public API. Figures are the latest each source publishes; the year is shown beside each one.