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Cost of livingSTN 4,450/mo · typical spend
Migration trends
Sao Tome and Principe sends far more people abroad than it receives: about 41.4K live overseas, against a tiny foreign-born population of just 1.9K. The diaspora leans heavily toward Portugal, the former colonial power, which hosts 23.1K, with Angola and Gabon next. The number living abroad has grown 23% over the past decade.
Immigrants1.9K · foreign-born residents
Diaspora41.4K · Sao Tome and Principe abroad
Trends−39.5K · more leave than arrive
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