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 |
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 |