This country comparison is a concise, tabular overview of numerous data from our respective country pages for Sao Tome and Principe and United States. There, we provide many explanations and details per country that go far beyond this comparison.
See also: Explanations and country ranking on quality of life
The data for each country can be found here: Sao Tome and Principe and United States
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Sao Tome and Principe
United States
General information
Sao Tome and Principe | United States | |
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Region: | Central Africa | North America |
Area: | 960 km² | 9,831,510 km² |
National language: | Portuguese | English |
Government form: | Semi-presidential republic | Federal presidential republic |
Independent since: | 1975 AD | 1776 AD |
Capital: | São Tomé | Washington, D.C. |
Population
Details for Sao Tome and Principe and the United StatesSao Tome and Principe | United States | |
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Population: | 223,107 | 331,894,000 |
Inhabitants/km²: | 232.4 | 33.8 |
Life expectancy males: | Ø 65 years | Ø 74 years |
Life expectancy females: | Ø 70 years | Ø 79 years |
Average age: | Ø 19.3 years | Ø 38.5 years |
Birth rate: | 28.26 ‰ | 11.00 ‰ |
Death rate: | 6.39 ‰ | 10.40 ‰ |
Migrationrate: | -6.84 ‰ | 3.01 ‰ |
Quality of life
Values from 0 (bad) to 100 (very good)See also: Explanations and country ranking on quality of life
Sao Tome and Principe | United States | |
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Political stability: | 47 | 67 |
Civil rights: | 43 | 83 |
Health: | 38 | 69 |
Climate: | 52 | 66 |
Cost of Living: | 55 | 34 |
Popularity: | 15 | 71 |
Economy
Details for Sao Tome and Principe and the United StatesSao Tome and Principe | United States | |
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Currency: | dobra (1 STD = 100 Centimes) | US dollar (1 USD =100 Cents) |
Unemployment rate: | 15.3 % | 3.6 % |
Inflation rate: | 7.86 % | 8.00 % |
Commercial taxes and contributions: | 37.00 % | 36.60 % |
Average income: | 2,260 US$ | 70,930 US$ |
Government debt (% of GDP): | 72.38 % | 115.28 % |
Corruption index: | 55 (bad) | 31 (moderate) |
STP: total | per 1000 inh. | USA: total | per 1000 inh. | |
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Gross domestic product: | 527 M US$ | 2.36 M US$ | 23,315,081 M US$ | 70.25 M US$ |
Gross national product: | 504 M US$ | 2.26 M US$ | 23,539,918 M US$ | 70.93 M US$ |
Exported goods: | 75 M US$ | 0.34 M US$ | 2,556,638 M US$ | 7.70 M US$ |
Imported goods: | 201 M US$ | 0.90 M US$ | 3,401,688 M US$ | 10.25 M US$ |
Infrastructure
Details for Sao Tome and Principe and the United StatesSTP: total | per 1000 inh. | USA: total | per 1000 inh. | |
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Roadways: | 1,300 km | 5.83 km | 6,586,610 km | 19.85 km |
Harbours: | 22 | 0.0986 | 3,627 | 0.0109 |
Passenger airports: | 2 | 0.0090 | 436 | 0.0013 |
Energy balance
Details for Sao Tome and Principe and the United StatesSTP: total | per 1000 inh. | USA: total | per 1000 inh. | |
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Production capacity: | 245.28 m kWh | 1.10 m kWh | 10.015 tn kWh | 30.18 m kWh |
Energy consumption: | 78.00 m kWh | 349,608.04 kWh | 3.898 tn kWh | 11.74 m kWh |
Energy production: | 89.90 m kWh | 402,945.67 kWh | 4.049 tn kWh | 12.20 m kWh |
Energy export: | 0.00 kWh | 0.00 kWh | 14.13 bn kWh | 42,587.96 kWh |
Energy imports: | 0.00 kWh | 0.00 kWh | 61.45 bn kWh | 185,146.19 kWh |
CO2 emissions: | 145,400.00 t | 651.71 t | 4.82 bn t | 14,515.85 t |
Telecommunication
Details for Sao Tome and Principe and the United StatesSao Tome and Principe | United States | |
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International dialing: | +239 | +1 |
Internet domain: | .st | .us |
STP total | STP per 1000 inh. | USA total | USA per 1000 inh. | |
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Landlines: | 2,619 | 12 | 101,526,000 | 306 |
Mobile cellulars: | 189,239 | 848 | 351,477,000 | 1059 |
Internet server: | 1,678 | 8 | 505,000,000 | 1522 |
Internet users: | 73,625 | 330 | 301,691,414 | 909 |
Broadband Internet: | 3,423 | 15 | 125,885,000 | 379 |
Healthcare system
Details for Sao Tome and Principe and the United StatesSao Tome and Principe | United States | |
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Hospital beds per 1000 inh.: | 2.90 | 2.87 |
Physicians per 1000 inh.: | 0.32 | 2.59 |
Diabetes: | 2.4 % | 10.8 % |
HIV: | 0.06 % | 0.20 % |
Tuberculosis: | 1.14 ‰ | 0.03 ‰ |
Tuberculosis cure rate: | 71.0 % | 74.0 % |
Smokers: | 5.7 % | 23.0 % |
Climate
We also provide a more detailed climate comparison of both countries.The data for each country can be found here: Sao Tome and Principe and United States
Sao Tome and Principe | United States | |
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Daytime temperatures: | 28.6 °C | 18.9 °C |
Nighttime temperatures: | 21.6 °C | 7.3 °C |
Rel. humidity: | 84 % | 67 % |
Rain days: | 8.5 | 7.1 |
Sunshine hours per day: | 4.6 | 7.2 |
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Native languages
Sao Tome and Principe | United States | |
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English: | 4.9 % | 82.1 % |
Forro: | 36.2 % | n/a |
Portuguese: | 34.6 % | 0.2 % |
Spanish: | n/a | 10.7 % |
Cape Verdean: | 8.5 % | n/a |
French: | 6.8 % | 0.7 % |
Angolar: | 6.6 % | n/a |
Lunguie: | 1.0 % | n/a |
Chinese: | n/a | 0.9 % |
German: | n/a | 0.6 % |
Italian: | n/a | 0.6 % |
Tagalog: | n/a | 0.4 % |
Korean: | n/a | 0.3 % |
Polish: | n/a | 0.3 % |
Vietnamese: | n/a | 0.2 % |
Russian: | n/a | 0.2 % |
Japanese: | n/a | 0.2 % |
Eskimo: | n/a | 0.0 % |
other: | 1.4 % | 2.6 % |
Religions
Sao Tome and Principe | United States | |
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Christianity: | 69.3 % | 78.5 % |
Nondenominational: | 21.2 % | n/a |
Mana: | 2.3 % | n/a |
Jewry: | n/a | 1.8 % |
Sikhism: | n/a | 1.6 % |
Islam: | n/a | 1.1 % |
Hinduism: | n/a | 1.0 % |
Buddhism: | n/a | 0.7 % |
other: | 7.2 % | 15.3 % |