Population: |
12,263,596 (July 2007 est.) |
Age structure: |
0-14 years: 43.7% (male 2,706,276/female 2,654,338) 15-64 years: 53.5% (male 3,339,114/female 3,225,121) 65 years and over: 2.8% (male 149,414/female 189,333) (2007 est.) |
Population growth rate: |
2.184% (2007 est.) |
Birth rate: |
44.51 births/1,000 population (2007 est.) |
Death rate: |
24.81 deaths/1,000 population (2007 est.) |
Net migration rate: |
2.14 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2007 est.) |
Sex ratio: |
at birth: 1.05 male(s)/female under 15 years: 1.02 male(s)/female 15-64 years: 1.035 male(s)/female 65 years and over: 0.789 male(s)/female total population: 1.021 male(s)/female (2007 est.) |
Infant mortality rate: |
total: 184.44 deaths/1,000 live births male: 196.55 deaths/1,000 live births female: 171.72 deaths/1,000 live births (2007 est.) |
Life expectancy at birth: |
total population: 37.63 years male: 36.73 years female: 38.57 years (2007 est.) |
Total fertility rate: |
6.27 children born/woman (2007 est.) |
HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate: |
3.9% (2003 est.) |
HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS: |
240,000 (2003 est.) |
HIV/AIDS - deaths: |
21,000 (2003 est.) |
Major infectious diseases: |
degree of risk: very high food or waterborne diseases: bacterial and protozoal diarrhea, hepatitis A, typhoid fever vectorborne diseases: malaria, African trypanosomiasis (sleeping sickness) are high risks in some locations respiratory disease: meningococcal meningitis water contact disease: schistosomiasis (2007) |
Nationality: |
noun: Angolan(s) adjective: Angolan |
Ethnic groups: |
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% (1998 est.) |
Languages: |
Portuguese (official), Bantu and other African languages |
Literacy: |
definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 67.4% male: 82.9% female: 54.2% (2001 est.) |