Key Demographic Features of Angola*
Location: Southern Africa, bordering the South Atlantic
Ocean, between Namibia and Zaire
Map references: Africa
People
Population: 10,342,899 (July 1996 est.)
Age structure:
0-14 years: 45% (male 2,340,804; female 2,275,689)
15-64 years: 53% (male 2,748,417; female 2,706,295)
65 years and over: 2% (male 128,067; female 143,627)
(July 1996 est.)
Population growth rate: 2.68% (1996 est.)
Infant mortality rate: 138.9 deaths/1,000 live births
(1996 est.)
Life expectancy at birth:
total population: 46.8 years
male: 44.65 years
female: 49.06 years (1996 est.)
Ethnic divisions: Ovimbundu 37%, Kimbundu 25%, Bakongo
13%, mestico (mixed European and Native African) 2%, European
1%, other 22%
Religions: indigenous beliefs 47%, Roman Catholic 38%,
Protestant 15% (est.)
Languages: Portuguese (official), Bantu and other African
languages
Literacy: age 15 and over can read and write (1990 est.)
total population: 42%
male: 56%
female: 28%
Government
Country Abbreviation: AO
Type of government: transitional government nominally a
multiparty democracy with a strong presidential system
Independence: 11 November 1975 (from Portugal)
National holiday: Independence Day, 11 November (1975)
Constitution: 11 November 1975; revised 7 January 1978,
11 August 1980, 6 March 1991, and 26 August 1992
Legal system: based on Portuguese civil law system and
customary law; recently modified to accommodate political
pluralism and increased use of free markets
Suffrage: 18 years of age; universal
Economy
Economic overview:
GDP: purchasing power parity - $7.4 billion (1995 est.)
GDP real growth rate: 4% (1995 est.)
GDP per capita: $700 (1995 est.)
Unemployment rate: 24% with extensive underemployment
(1993 est.)
Communications
Telephones: 78,000 (1991 est.)
Radio broadcast stations: AM 17, FM 13, shortwave 0
Radios: NA
Television broadcast stations: 6
Televisions: 50,000 (1993 est.)
*Source: World Factbook 1996, U.S.
Central Intelligence Agency
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