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DEMOGRAPHY
Population:
2007 estimate: 12,263,596.
2005 estimate: 15,941,000.
Estimated Gain/Loss: 3,677,404 loss
Race/Ethnicity/Nationality:
Ovimbundu 37%,
Kimbundu 25%,
Other Ethnic groups 22%,
Bakongo 13%,
Mestiços (European and African) 2%
European: 1%
Internally displaced persons: 61,700
4 million returnees
Refugees: 13,464 from Congo (DR)
Official language(s):
Portuguese
Other (see Refugees)
Traditional Language(s):
Kongo
Chokwe
South Mbundu
Mbundu
Other (see Refugees)
Spirituality/Religion:
Indigenous 47.7%
Roman Catholic 38%
Protestant 15%
Class Structure:
Labor force: 6.444 million
Agriculture: 85%
Industry and services: 15%
Unemployment and underemployment:
More than half the population
Population below poverty line:
70%
Household income or consumption by
percentage share:
Lowest 10%
Highest 10%
Gender:
Female: Not Available
Male: Not Available
Age Structure:
0-14 years: 43.7%
(female 2,654,338 / male 2,706,276)
15-64 years: 53.5%
(female 3,225,121 / male 3,339,114)
65 and over: 2.8%
(female 189,333 / male 149,414)
Median Age:
Total: 17.9 years
Female: 17.9 years
Male: 17.9 years
Birth rate:
44.51 births/1,000 population
Infant Mortality:
Total: 184.44 deaths/1,000 live births;
Female: 171.72 deaths/1,000 live births;
Male: 196.55 deaths/1,000 live births
Life Expectancy at Birth:
Total population: 37.63 years
Female: 38.57 years
Male: 36.73 years
Population growth rate:
2.184%
Net migration rate:
2.14 migrant(s)/1,000 population
Death rate:
24.81 deaths/1,000 population
HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate:
3.9%
HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS:
240,000
HIV/AIDS - deaths:
21,000
Major infectious diseases:
Degree of risk:
Very high food or waterborne diseases
especially bacterial and protozoal diarrhea,
hepatitis A and typhoid fever;
Vectorborne diseases:
Malaria and African trypanosomiasis
(sleeping sickness) are high risks in some
location
Respiratory disease:
Meningococcal meningitis water
Contact disease:
Schistosomiasis
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POLITICAL-ECONOMY
Geography:
Land boundaries
Total:
5,198 km.
Area:
Total 1,246,700 km²
481,354 sq miles
Water (%) negligible.
Size:
World’s 3rd largest country (after Niger)
Comparable in size to Mali
Nearly twice the size of Texas
Five times of the United Kingdom
Borders:
Namibia to the south (1,110 km)
Zambia to the east (1,376 km)
Congo (DR) to the north-east (2,511 km)
Republic of the Congo (201 km)
South Atlantic Ocean to the west
Coastline:
1,600 km;
Maritime claims:
Territorial sea: 12 nm,
Contiguous zone: 24 nm
Exclusive economic zone: 200 nm
Natural resources:
petroleum, diamonds, iron ore, phosphates,
copper, feldspar, gold, bauxite, uranium
Land use:
Arable land: 2.65%,
Permanent crops: 0.23%
Other: 97.12%
Irrigated land: 800 sq km (2003)
Land ownership: Not available
Environment issues:
Overuse of pastures and subsequent soil
erosion attributable to population pressures;
desertification; deforestation of tropical rain
forest, in response to both international
demand for tropical timber and to domestic
use as fuel, resulting in loss of biodiversity;
soil erosion contributing to water pollution
and siltation of rivers and dams; inadequate
supplies of potable water
International agreements party to:
Biodiversity, Climate Change, Desertification,
Law of the Sea, Marine Dumping, Ozone
Layer Protection, Ship Pollution signed, but
not ratified:
none of the selected agreements
ECONOMY:
Overview:
Fastest growing economy in Africa and one
of the fastest in the world. Growth driven by
production of an estimated 2 million barrels
oil per day in 2007.
In 2004; China's Eximbank approved a $2
billion line of credit to Angola.
Loan used to rebuild Angola's infrastructure.
Used also to limited the influence of the
International Monetary Fund in the country.
Oil industry managed by Sonangol Group;
government-owned corporation. In December
2006, Angola was admitted as a member of
OPEC.
Transparency International rated Angola one
of the 10 most corrupt countries in the world
in 2005
GDP (purchasing power parity):
$54.65 billion
Official exchange rate: $28.88 billion
Real growth rate: 16.1%
Per capita (PPP): $4,500
Composition by sector:
Agriculture: 9.6%
Industry: 65.8%
Services: 24.6%
Human Development Index:
0.439 (low)
(161st in the world)
Labor force:
6.444 million
Agriculture: 85%,
Industry and services: 15%
Unemployment rate:
Extensive unemployment and
underemployment affecting more than half
the population
Population below poverty line:
70%
Household income or consumption by
percentage share:
lowest 10%:
highest 10%
Inflation rate (consumer prices):
13.3%
Illicit drugs:
Used as a transshipment point for cocaine
destined for Western Europe and other
African states, particularly South Africa
Investment (gross fixed):
9.9% of GDP
Budget:
Revenues: $14.07 billion
Expenditures: $10.78 billion
Current account balance:
$6.328 billion
Reserves of fore-ex and gold:
$8.599 billion
Debt - external:
$10.66 billion
Public debt:
26.6% of GDP
Economic aid - recipient:
$441.8 million
Stock of direct foreign investment::
At home: $17.6 billion;
Abroad: $227 million
Agriculture - products:
bananas, sugarcane, coffee, sisal, corn,
cotton, manioc (tapioca), tobacco,
vegetables, plantains; livestock; forest
products; fish
Industries:
petroleum; diamonds, iron ore, phosphates,
feldspar, bauxite, uranium, and gold; cement;
basic metal products; fish processing; food
processing, brewing, tobacco products,
sugar; textiles; ship repair
Industrial production growth rate:
13.5%
Electricity:
Production: 2.585 billion kWh
Consumption: 2.201 billion kWh
Exports: 0 kWh
Imports: 0 kWh
Oil:
Production: 1.6 million bbl/day
Consumption: 48,000 bbl/day
Exports: NA bbl/day
Imports: NA bbl/day
Proved reserves: 5.412 billion bbl
Natural gas:
Production: 767.3 million cu m
Consumption: 767.3 million cu m
Exports: 0 cu m
Imports: 0 cu m
Proved reserves: 44 billion cu m
Exports:
$31.34 billion f.o.b.
Commodities:
crude oil, diamonds, refined petroleum
products, gas, coffee, sisal, fish and fish
products, timber, cotton
Partners:
US 38%, China 34.2%, Taiwan 5.8%, France
4.9%, Chile 4.1%
Imports:
$11.28 billion f.o.b.
Commodities:
machinery and electrical equipment, vehicles
and spare parts; medicines, food, textiles,
military goods
Partners:
US 15.3%
Portugal 15%
South Korea 10.1%
China 8.8%
Brazil 8.2%
South Africa 6.7%
France 6.2%
Communications:
Telephones - main lines in use: 98,200
Mobile cellular: 2.264 million
Radio stations: 21 AM, 6 FM, 7 SW
Television stations: 6
Internet:
Hosts: 3,337
Users: 85,000
Transportation:
Airports: 232
Pipelines: gas 235 km, liquid petroleum gas
122 km; oil 867 km, oil/gas/water 5 km
Railways: 2,761 km
Roadways: 51,429 km
Waterways: 1,300 km
Merchant marine:
5 ships total
1 cargo, 2 passenger/cargo
2 petroleum tankers
Foreign-owned:
1 owned by Spain
6 registered in the Bahamas.
Ports and terminals:
Cabinda, Luanda, Namib
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POLITICS:
Government:
Presidential republic, multi-party
Legal System:
Based on Portuguese civil law system and
customary law; recently modified to
accommodate political pluralism and
increased use of free markets. Courts
operate in 12 municipalities. A Supreme
Court serves as the appellate tribunal. A
Constitutional Court with powers of judicial
review has not been constituted despite
statutory authorization.
Constitution:
Adopted by People's Assembly 25 August
1992
Suffrage:
18 years of age; universal
Executive Branch:
Chief of state:
President Jose Eduardo Dos Santos
(since 21 September 1979).
Head of government:
President Jose Eduardo Dos Santos (since
21 September 1979)
Fernando de Piedade Dias Dos Santos
Prime Minister since 6 December 2002.
Cabinet:
Council of Ministers appointed by the
president
Presidential Elections:
President elected by universal ballot for a
five-year term (eligible for a second
consecutive or discontinuous term) under the
1992 constitution.
President Dos Santos originally elected (in
1979) and stood for reelection in Angola's
first multi-party elections on 29-30
September 1992
Next election scheduled for 2009
Results:
Jose Eduardo Dos Santos 49.6%
Jonas Savimbi 40.1%
Legislative branch:
Unicameral National Assembly or Assembleia
Nacional (220 seats); members elected by
proportional vote to serve four-year terms)
Legislative Elections:
Last held 29-30 September 1992
Next to be held in September 2008
Results:
MPLA 54%
UNITA 34%
Other 12%
Seats won by party
MPLA 129
UNITA 70
PRS 6
FNLA 5
PLD 3
Other 7
Judicial branch:
Supreme Court and separate provincial
courts (judges are appointed by the
president)
Administrative divisions:
Provinces (províncias):
Bengo, Benguela, Bié, Cabinda, Cuando
Cubango, Cuanza Norte, Cuanza Sul,
Cunene, Huambo, Huila, Luanda, Lunda
Norte, Lunda Sul, Malanje, Moxico, Namibe,
Uíge and Zaire. Governors of the 18
provinces are appointed by and serve at the
pleasure of the president.
Capital and largest cities:
Luanda (slums called musseques)
163 other cities
Civil Service:
Not Available
Military:
Service age and obligation:
17 years of age for compulsory military
service; conscript service obligation - 2 years
plus time for training
Human resources available for military:
Females age 17-49: 2,462,601
Males age 17-49: 2,548,455
Human resources fit for military:
Females age 17-49: 1,256,390
Males age 17-49: 1,282,195
Human resources military age yearly:
Females age 17-49: 123,586
Males age 18-49: 126,694,
Military expenditures - percent of GDP:
5.7% (2006)
Angolan Armed Forces (FAA):
Headed by a Chief of Staff who reports to the
Minister of Defense.
Army has about 110,000 members.
Navy has about 3,000 members.
Air Force has about 7,000 members.
A small number of FAA personnel are
stationed in the Democratic Republic of the
Congo (Kinshasa) and the Republic of the
Congo (Brazzaville)
National Police:
Public Order, Criminal Investigation, Traffic
and Transport, Investigation and Inspection
of Economic Activities, Taxation and Frontier
Supervision, Riot Police and the Rapid
Intervention Police and National Police air
wing.
Human resources include 6,000 patrol
officers, 2,500 Taxation and Frontier
Supervision officers, 182 criminal
investigators, 100 financial crimes detectives
and 90 Economic Activity Inspectors.
Intelligence Agencies:
Not Available
International organization participation:
ACP, AfDB, AU, COMESA, CPLP, FAO, G-77,
IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICCt (signatory), ICRM,
IDA, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, ILO, IMF, IMO,
Interpol, IOC, IOM, IPU, ISO (correspondent),
ITSO, ITU, ITUC, MIGA, NAM, OAS
(observer), OPEC, SADC, UN, UNCTAD,
UNESCO, UNIDO, Union Latina, UNWTO,
UPU, WCO, WFTU, WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO
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Information gathered from Wikipedia, FAS website,
CIA Factbook, and others sources.
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