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🇦🇴 Angola

Overview

ISO 3166-1 alpha-3AGO
ISO 3166-1 alpha-2AO
UN M49 numeric024
IOC codeANG
Official nameRepublic of Angola
Native name(s)por: official: República de Angola; common: Angola
Alt spellingsAO, República de Angola, ʁɛpublika de an'ɡɔla
Statusofficially-assigned
IndependentYes
UN memberYes

Geography

RegionAfrica
SubregionMiddle Africa
UN regional groupAfrican Group
CapitalLuanda
Area (km²)1,246,700
Lat / Lng-12.5000, 18.5000
LandlockedNo
Borders (ISO3)COG, COD, ZMB, NAM
Top-level domain.ao
Calling coderoot: +2; suffixes: 44

Demographics

Population (World Bank)39,040,039 (2025)
Life expectancy (years, World Bank)64.805 (2024)
Languagespor: Portuguese
Demonymseng: f: Angolan; m: Angolan; fra: f: Angolaise; m: Angolais
Population time-series (UN WPP)74

Economy

GDP (current USD)122,174,889,423.635 (2025)
GDP per capita (current USD)3,129.477 (2025)
Unemployment rate (%)14.108 (2025)
CurrenciesAOA: name: Angolan kwanza; symbol: Kz

Population by year (UN WPP)

74 yearly data points — click to expand
YearPopulation
19504,551,869
19514,602,561
19524,651,688
19534,706,359
19544,766,717
19554,832,764
19564,904,270
19574,980,642
19585,061,134
19595,145,102
19605,231,654
19615,301,583
19625,354,310
19635,408,320
19645,464,187
19655,521,981
19665,581,386
19675,641,807
19685,702,699
19695,763,685
19705,852,788
19715,991,102
19726,174,262
19736,388,528
19746,613,367
19756,842,947
19767,074,664
19777,317,829
19787,576,734
19797,847,207
19808,133,872
19818,435,607
19828,751,648
19839,082,983
19849,425,917
19859,779,120
198610,139,450
198710,497,858
198810,861,291
198911,238,562
199011,626,360
199112,023,529
199212,423,712
199312,827,135
199413,249,764
199513,699,778
199614,170,973
199714,660,413
199815,159,370
199915,667,235
200016,194,869
200116,747,208
200217,327,699
200317,943,712
200418,600,423
200519,291,161
200620,015,279
200720,778,561
200821,578,655
200922,414,773
201023,294,825
201124,218,352
201225,177,394
201326,165,620
201427,160,769
201528,157,798
201629,183,070
201730,234,839
201831,297,155
201932,375,632
202033,451,132
202134,532,429
202235,635,029
202336,749,906

Full raw record (JSON)

JSON
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