'''São Tomé and Príncipe''' (; ; English: '''Saint Thomas and Prince'''), officially the '''Democratic Republic of São Tomé and Príncipe''' (), is an island country in the Gulf of Guinea, off the western equatorial coast of Central Africa. It consists of two archipelagos around the two main islands of São Tomé and Príncipe, about  apart and about  off the northwestern coast of Gabon. With a population of 201,800 (2018 official estimate), São Tomé and Príncipe is the second-smallest and second-least populous African sovereign state after Seychelles as well as the smallest and least populous Portuguese-speaking country in the world.