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Demographics of Angola
Population pyramid of Angola in 2020
Population34,795,287
Birth rate41.8 births
Death rate8.01 deaths
Life expectancy62.11 years
Fertility rate5.83
Net migration rate-0.19 migrant(s)
Age structure
0–14 years47.83%
65 and over2.3%
Nationality
NationalityAngolan

Demographic features of the population of Angola include population density, ethnicity, education level, health of the populace, economic status, religious affiliations and other aspects.

Angolas population between 1960 and 2017.

According to 2014 census data, Angola had a population of 25,789,024 inhabitants in 2014.[1] Ethnically, there are three main groups, each speaking a Bantu language: the Ovimbundu who represent 37% of the population, the Ambundu with 25%, and the Bakongo 11%. Other numerically important groups include the closely interrelated Chokwe and Lunda, the Ganguela and Nyaneka-Khumbi (in both cases classification terms that stand for a variety of small groups), the Ovambo, the Herero, the Xindonga and scattered residual groups of San. In addition, mixed race (European and African) people amount to about 7%, with nearly 1% of the population being whites, mainly ethnically Portuguese.

As a former overseas territory of Portugal until 1975, Angola possesses a Portuguese population of over 200,000, a number that has been growing from 2000 onwards, because of Angola's growing demand for qualified human resources. Currently,[when?] over 300,000 Angolans are white, 2,450 million Angolans are mixed race (black and white) and 50,000 Angolans are from China, which accounts for 1.35 million people. In 1974, white Angolans made up a population of 350,000 people in an overall population of 6.3 million Angolans at that time. The only reliable source on these numbers is Gerald Bender & Stanley Yoder, Whites in Angola on the Eve of Independence: The Politics of Numbers, Africa Today, 21 (4) 1974, pp. 23 – 37. Today,[when?] many Angolans who are not ethnic Portuguese can claim Portuguese nationality under Portuguese law. Estimates on the overall population are given in O Pais.[2][3][4][5] Besides the Portuguese, significant numbers of people from other European and from diverse Latin American countries (especially Brazil) can be found. From the 2000s, many Chinese have settled and started up small businesses, while at least as many have come as workers for large enterprises (construction or other). Observers claim that the Chinese community in Angola might include as many as 300,000 persons at the end of 2010, but reliable statistics are not at this stage available.[6] In 1974/75, over 25,000 Cuban soldiers arrived in Angola to help the MPLA forces at the beginning of the Angolan Civil War. Once this was over, a massive development cooperation in the field of health and education brought in numerous civil personnel from Cuba. However, only a very small percentage of all these people has remained in Angola, either for personal reasons (intermarriage) or as professionals (e.g., medical doctors).

The largest religious denomination is Catholicism, to which adheres about half the population. Roughly 26% are followers of traditional forms of Protestantism (Congregationals, Methodists, Baptista, Lutherans, Reformed), but over the last decades there has in addition been a growth of Pentecostal communities and African Initiated Churches. In 2006, one out of 221 people were Jehovah's Witnesses. Africans from Mali, Nigeria and Senegal are mostly Sunnite Muslims, but do not make up more than 1 - 2% of the population. By now few Angolans retain African traditional religions following different ethnic faiths.

Population

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Demographics development according to the United Nations

According to the 2022 revision of the world factbook the total population was 34,795,287 in 2022.[7] The proportion of children below the age of 14 in 2020 was 47.83%, 49.87% was between 15 and 65 years of age, while 2.3% was 65 years or older.[7]

Total population[7] Population aged 0–14 (%) Population aged 15–64 (%) Population aged 65+ (%)
1950 4,148,000 41.2 55.7 3.1
1955 4,542,000 42.4 54.9 2.7
1960 4,963,000 43.7 53.6 2.7
1965 5,431,000 45.3 52.0 2.7
1970 5,926,000 46.0 51.3 2.7
1975 6,637,000 46.2 51.1 2.7
1980 7,638,000 46.5 50.8 2.7
1985 9,066,000 47.0 50.4 2.7
1990 10,335,000 47.5 49.9 2.6
1995 12,105,000 47.6 49.8 2.5
2000 13,926,000 47.7 49.9 2.5
2005 16,489,000 47.6 49.9 2.5
2010 19,082,000 46.6 50.9 2.5
2014 25,789,000 47.3 50.3 2.4
2020 32,522,339 47.8 49.9 2.3
Population by Sex and Age Group (Census 16.V.2014):[8]
Age Group Male Female Total %
Total 12 499 041 13 289 983 25 789 024 100
0–4 2 484 582 2 513 566 4 998 148 19.38
5–9 2 062 888 2 097 287 4 160 174 16.13
10–14 1 504 180 1 533 993 3 038 173 11.78
15–19 1 222 700 1 287 736 2 510 436 9.73
20–24 1 020 699 1 153 802 2 174 501 8.43
25–29 913 726 1 031 323 1 945 050 7.54
30–34 714 239 789 281 1 503 520 5.83
35–39 654 408 728 550 1 382 959 5.36
40–44 510 344 539 742 1 050 085 4.07
45–49 417 953 446 951 864 904 3.35
50–54 332 638 376 532 709 169 2.75
55–59 229 641 253 678 483 319 1.87
60–64 165 937 190 217 356 154 1.38
65–69 95 614 119 773 215 387 0.84
70–74 78 673 101 494 180 167 0.70
75–79 39 257 53 687 92 944 0.36
80–84 28 351 38 441 66 792 0.26
85–89 9 967 14 861 24 828 0.10
90–94 7 603 10 572 18 175 0.07
95+ 5 640 8 498 14 138 0.05
Age group Male Female Total Percent
0–14 6 051 650 6 144 846 12 196 496 47.29
15–64 6 182 286 6 797 811 12 980 097 50.33
65+ 265 105 347 326 612 431 2.37
Population Estimates by Sex and Age Group (01.VII.2020) (Post-censal estimates.):[9]
Age Group Male Female Total %
Total 15 168 180 15 959 494 31 127 674 100
0–4 2 499 013 2 501 045 5 000 058 16.06
5–9 2 486 762 2 525 617 5 012 379 16.10
10–14 2 109 413 2 147 502 4 256 915 13.68
15–19 1 646 467 1 703 593 3 350 060 10.76
20–24 1 324 586 1 389 321 2 713 907 8.72
25–29 1 080 096 1 160 339 2 240 435 7.20
30–34 893 015 978 811 1 871 826 6.01
35–39 743 420 828 169 1 571 589 5.05
40–44 618 724 692 419 1 311 143 4.21
45–49 503 305 556 808 1 060 113 3.41
50–54 401 888 445 257 847 145 2.72
55–59 304 199 343 355 647 554 2.08
60–64 222 814 258 393 481 207 1.55
65–69 148 455 180 188 328 643 1.06
70–74 93 883 119 433 213 316 0.69
75–79 53 235 71 070 124 305 0.40
80+ 38 905 58 174 97 079 0.31
Age group Male Female Total Percent
0–14 7 095 188 7 174 164 14 269 352 45.84
15–64 7 738 514 8 356 465 16 094 979 51.71
65+ 334 478 428 865 763 343 2.45

Vital statistics

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Registration of vital events in Angola is not complete. The website Our World in Data prepared the following estimates based on statistics from the Population Department of the United Nations.[10]

Mid-year population (thousands) Live births (thousands) Deaths (thousands) Natural change (thousands) Crude birth rate (per 1000) Crude death rate (per 1000) Natural change (per 1000) Total fertility rate (TFR) Infant mortality (per 1000 live births) Life expectancy (in years)
1950 4 478   207   119   88 46.1 26.5 19.7 5.77 181.3 36.35
1951   4 570   212   122   91 46.5 26.7 19.8 5.83 180.9 36.39
1952   4 664   220   125   95 47.2 26.8 20.4 5.95 180.0 36.52
1953   4 759   227   128   100 47.8 26.8 21.0 6.06 179.1 36.73
1954   4 850   235   130   105 48.4 26.8 21.5 6.17 178.1 36.89
1955   4 938   242   133   109 48.9 26.8 22.0 6.27 177.0 37.12
1956   5 022   249   136   113 49.4 26.9 22.5 6.36 175.8 37.28
1957   5 104   256   138   118 49.9 26.9 23.0 6.46 174.6 37.50
1958   5 186   262   140   122 50.3 26.9 23.5 6.54 173.3 37.70
1959   5 270   268   142   127 50.7 26.8 24.0 6.63 171.9 37.97
1960   5 357   275   143   131 51.0 26.7 24.4 6.71 170.4 38.21
1961   5 441   280   150   130 51.3 27.5 23.8 6.79 168.9 37.27
1962   5 521   285   151   134 51.3 27.2 24.1 6.87 167.2 37.54
1963   5 600   289   152   137 51.3 26.9 24.4 6.95 165.5 37.82
1964   5 673   293   152   141 51.3 26.6 24.7 7.04 163.8 38.13
1965   5 737   296   151   145 51.3 26.2 25.1 7.12 161.9 38.50
1966   5 787   300   151   148 51.3 25.9 25.4 7.19 160.1 38.76
1967   5 828   302   151   151 51.3 25.6 25.7 7.27 158.1 39.09
1968   5 868   304   149   155 51.3 25.2 26.2 7.33 156.2 39.48
1969   5 928   307   148   158 51.4 24.8 26.5 7.39 154.3 39.83
1970   6 030   310   148   162 51.3 24.4 26.9 7.43 152.4 40.19
1971   6 177   313   148   165 50.7 23.9 26.8 7.47 150.5 40.55
1972   6 365   320   149   172 50.5 23.4 27.0 7.49 148.6 40.91
1973   6 578   331   151   180 50.5 23.0 27.5 7.50 146.8 41.27
1974   6 802   342   153   189 50.5 22.6 27.9 7.50 145.0 41.65
1975   7 033   354   161   194 50.5 22.9 27.6 7.49 144.6 41.19
1976   7 267   366   166   201 50.5 22.8 27.7 7.49 143.6 41.16
1977   7 512   378   169   209 50.5 22.6 28.0 7.48 142.0 41.44
1978   7 772   392   172   220 50.6 22.2 28.4 7.47 140.5 41.83
1979   8 043   407   176   231 50.7 21.9 28.8 7.46 139.1 42.18
1980   8 330   423   180   242 50.9 21.7 29.2 7.46 137.8 42.45
1981   8 631   440   185   255 51.1 21.5 29.6 7.46 136.5 42.77
1982   8 947   458   190   268 51.3 21.2 30.1 7.46 135.2 43.05
1983   9 277   477   203   274 51.6 22.0 29.6 7.46 136.1 42.09
1984   9 618   498   209   289 51.9 21.8 30.1 7.46 135.0 42.35
1985   9 971   519   215   304 52.1 21.6 30.6 7.45 134.0 42.65
1986   10 333   538   221   317 52.2 21.4 30.8 7.44 133.2 42.84
1987   10 694   557   245   312 52.1 22.9 29.2 7.41 136.5 40.92
1988   11 060   574   247   327 52.0 22.4 29.6 7.37 135.2 41.55
1989   11 439   590   253   337 51.7 22.2 29.5 7.33 134.8 41.77
1990   11 829   606   260   347 51.3 22.0 29.4 7.27 134.5 41.89
1991   12 229   622   250   372 50.9 20.5 30.5 7.21 131.1 43.81
1992   12 633   635   273   363 50.4 21.6 28.7 7.14 134.6 42.21
1993   13 038   650   279   371 49.9 21.4 28.5 7.07 131.2 42.10
1994   13 462   666   274   392 49.6 20.4 29.2 6.99 129.0 43.42
1995   13 912   683   262   422 49.2 18.8 30.4 6.92 128.6 45.85
1996   14 383   702   268   434 48.9 18.6 30.2 6.85 127.8 46.03
1997   14 871   719   273   446 48.4 18.4 30.0 6.79 126.5 46.31
1998   15 367   737   293   443 48.0 19.1 28.9 6.73 127.2 45.06
1999   15 871   757   296   461 47.8 18.7 29.1 6.68 123.7 45.39
2000   16 394   780   299   481 47.6 18.3 29.4 6.64 122.4 46.02
2001   16 942   805   301   504 47.6 17.8 29.8 6.60 118.5 46.59
2002   17 516   830   302   528 47.4 17.3 30.2 6.57 116.0 47.39
2003   18 124   855   286   569 47.2 15.8 31.4 6.53 110.0 49.62
2004   18 771   883   284   599 47.1 15.2 31.9 6.50 105.7 50.59
2005   19 451   912   282   630 46.9 14.5 32.4 6.46 101.1 51.57
2006   20 162   939   281   658 46.6 13.9 32.7 6.42 96.5 52.37
2007   20 910   966   274   692 46.3 13.1 33.2 6.37 91.4 53.64
2008   21 692   994   270   724 45.9 12.5 33.4 6.32 86.5 54.63
2009   22 508   1 022   265   758 45.5 11.8 33.7 6.26 81.8 55.75
2010   23 364   1 049   261   788 45.0 11.2 33.8 6.19 77.2 56.73
2011   24 259   1 074   257   817 44.4 10.6 33.7 6.12 73.0 57.60
2012   25 188   1 103   252   851 43.9 10.0 33.8 6.04 68.8 58.62
2013   26 147   1 130   251   879 43.3 9.6 33.7 5.95 65.2 59.31
2014   27 128   1 156   249   907 42.7 9.2 33.5 5.86 62.0 60.04
2015   28 128   1 181   248   933 42.0 8.8 33.2 5.77 59.4 60.66
2016   29 155   1 205   249   956 41.4 8.6 32.8 5.69 57.0 61.09
2017   30 209   1 231   249   983 40.8 8.2 32.6 5.60 54.9 61.68
2018   31 274   1 257   250   1 008 40.2 8.0 32.2 5.52 53.0 62.14
2019   32 354   1 284   253   1 032 39.7 7.8 31.9 5.44 51.3 62.45
2020   33 428   1 313   261   1 051 39.3 7.8 31.5 5.37 49.6 62.26
2021   34 504   1 339   276   1 063 38.8 8.0 30.8 5.30 48.1 61.64
2022   35 635   1 358   253   1 105 38.1 7.1 31.0 5.21 50.2 61.7
2023   36 750   1 381   254   1 127 37.6 6.9 30.7 5.12 48.6 62.1

Demographic and Health Surveys

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Total Fertility Rate (TFR) (Wanted TFR) and Crude Birth Rate (CBR):[11][12]

Year Total Urban Rural
CBR TFR CBR TFR CBR TFR
2006–2007 42.4 5.8 35.0 4.4 50.2 7.7
2011 45.5 6.3 36.5 4.6 51.8 7.7
2014 (census) 5.7 5.2 6.5
2015–16 43.4 6.2 (5.2) 40.6 5.3 (4.4) 48.4 8.2 (7.1)
Development of life expectancy

Ethnic groups

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Main article: Ethnic groups in Angola
Ethnic groups of Angola 1970

Roughly 37% of Angolans are Ovimbundu, 25% are Ambundu, 13% are Bakongo, 7% are mestiço, 1-2% are white Africans, and people from other African ethnicities make up 22% of Angola's population.

Romani people were deported to Angola from Portugal.[13]

Languages

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Main article: Languages of Angola

Portuguese is the official language of Angola, but Bantu and other African languages are also widely spoken. In fact, Kikongo, Kimbundu, Umbundu, Tuchokwe, Ganguela, and Ukanyama have the official status of "national languages". The mastery of Portuguese is widespread; in the cities the overwhelming majority are either fluent in Portuguese or have at least a reasonable working knowledge of this language; an increasing minority are native Portuguese speakers and have a poor, if any, knowledge of an African language.

Religion

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Main article: Religion in Angola

Angola is a majority Christian country. Official statistics do not exist, however it is estimated that over 80% belong to a Christian church or community. More than half are Catholic, the remaining ones comprising members of traditional Protestant churches as well as of Pentecostal communities. Only 0.1% are Muslims - generally immigrants from other African countries. Some insider news says that there is an unofficial ban on Islam in Angola. Traditional indigenous religions are practiced by a very small minority, generally in peripheral rural societies.

References

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  1. ^ "Resultados Definitivos do Censo 2014 RESULTADOS DEFINITIVOS RECENSEAMENTO GERAL DA POPULAÇÃO HABITAÇÃO" (PDF). aiangola.com. 2014. Archived from the original (PDF) on May 6, 2016.
  2. ^ O País
  3. ^ "Flight from Angola". The Economist. August 16, 1975. ISSN 0013-0613. Retrieved July 10, 2017.
  4. ^ "Angola - The Portuguese Coup d'Etat and the End of the Colonial Era". countrystudies.us. Retrieved July 10, 2017.
  5. ^ (in Portuguese) Portugueses em Angola quadruplicaram Archived March 11, 2009, at the Wayback Machine, Jornal de Notícias (March 10, 2009)
  6. ^ "BBC News - Chinese karaoke fans sing Angola's praises". news.bbc.co.uk. October 2, 2010. Retrieved July 18, 2017.
  7. ^ a b c "Angola". The World Factbook (2025 ed.). Central Intelligence Agency. May 11, 2022. (Archived 2022 edition.)
  8. ^ "UNSD — Demographic and Social Statistics".
  9. ^ "UNSD — Demographic and Social Statistics".
  10. ^ "Population & Demography Data Explorer". Our World in Data. Retrieved July 22, 2022.
  11. ^ "MEASURE DHS: Demographic and Health Surveys". microdata.worldbank.org. Retrieved July 18, 2017.
  12. ^ Public Domain One or more of the preceding sentences incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain: "Algeria". The World Factbook (2025 ed.). Central Intelligence Agency. July 12, 2018. (Archived 2018 edition.)
  13. ^ REPORT ON ROMA PEOPLE - Romaninet

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