Cape Verdiens

 

SIL Languages of Cape Verde Islands

UT PCL Cape Verde (Political) 1977

 

PAYS
SUPERFICIE (km²)
POPULATION (millions)
P.N.B.
(milliards de $ US)
P.N.B. / habitant ($ US)
LANGUE
RELIGION

Angola

Luanda

1,246,700 10,593,171 (2002 estimate) $8.8 billion (2000) $670 (2000) Ethnic groups
Ovimbunda 37 percent
Mbundu 25 percent
Bakongo or Kongo 15 percent
Lunda-Chokwe 8 percent
Nganguela 6 percent
European 1 percent
Other 8 percent
Languages
Portuguese (official); Bantu and other African languages
Roman Catholic 65 percent
Protestant 20 percent
Indigenous beliefs 10 percent
Other 5 percent

Cape Verde

Praia

4,033 408,760 (2002 estimate) $558 million (2000) $1,270 (2000) Ethnic groups
Creole 71 percent
African 28 percent
European 1 percent
Languages
Portuguese (official), Crioulo (a blend of Portuguese and West African words)
Roman Catholicism fused with indigenous beliefs

Guinée - Bissau

Bissau

36,125 1,345,479 (2002 estimate) $215 million (2000) $180 (2000)

Ethnic groups
Balante 27 percent
Fulani 23 percent
Mandinka 13 percent
Mandyako 11 percent
Pepel 10 percent
Beafada 3 percent
Mancanha 3 percent
Bijago 3 percent
Other 7 percent Languages
Portuguese (official), Criolu, French, African languages

Indigenous beliefs 45 percent
Muslim 40 percent
Christian 13 percent
Other 2 percent

Mozambique

Maputo

799,380 19,607,519 (2002 estimate) $3.8 billion (2000) $210 (2000) Ethnic groups
Makua, Yao, Makonde, Tonga, Tsonga, Chopi, Shona, Nguni, others
Languages
Portuguese (official); Swahili, indigenous dialects, including Makua, Ronga, Tsongan, and Muchope
Indigenous beliefs 55 percent
Christian 30 percent
Muslim 15 percent

Portugal

Lisboa

92,345 10,084,245 (2002 estimate) $105.1 billion (2000) $10,500 (2000) Ethnic groups
Ethnically homogeneous; some black Africans
Languages
Portuguese (official), English, French, German
Roman Catholic 91 percent
Protestant 1 percent
Atheist 1 percent
Nonreligious 5 percent
Other 2 percent

São Tomé and Pr'incipe

São Tomé

1,001 170,372 (2002 estimate) $46 million (2000) $310 (2000) Ethnic groups
Mestiço, angolares (descendants of Angolan slaves), forros (descendants of freed slaves), serviçais (contract laborers from Angola, Mozambique, and Cape Verde), tongas (children of serviçais born on the islands), Europeans
Languages
Portuguese (official), Fang
Roman Catholic 83 percent
Indigenous beliefs, other 17 percent

 

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