Angola

Facts

Population:  10,366,031 (July 2001 est.)
Age structure:  0-14 years:  43.31% (male 2,266,870; female 2,222,262) 15-64 years:  53.98% (male 2,847,089; female 2,748,091) 65 years and over:  2.71% (male 127,798; female 153,921) (2001 est.)
Population growth rate:  2.15% (2001 est.)
Birth rate:  46.54 births/1,000 population (2001 est.)
Death rate:  24.68 deaths/1,000 population (2001 est.)
Net migration rate:  -0.34 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2001 est.)
Sex ratio:  at birth:  1.05 male(s)/female under 15 years:  1.02 male(s)/female 15-64 years:  1.04 male(s)/female 65 years and over:  0.83 male(s)/female total population:  1.02 male(s)/female (2001 est.)
Infant mortality rate:  193.72 deaths/1,000 live births (2001 est.)
Life expectancy at birth:  total population:  38.59 years male:  37.36 years female:  39.87 years (2001 est.)
Total fertility rate:  6.48 children born/woman (2001 est.)
HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate:  2.78% (1999 est.)
HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS:  160,000 (1999 est.)
HIV/AIDS - deaths:  15,000 (1999 est.)
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:  42% male:  56% female:  28% (1998 est.)
GDP:  purchasing power parity - $10.1 billion (2000 est.)
GDP - real growth rate:  4.9% (2000 est.)
GDP - per capita:  purchasing power parity - $1,000 (2000 est.)
GDP - composition by sector:  agriculture:  7% industry:  60% services:  33% (1999 est.)
Population below poverty line:  NA%
Household income or consumption by percentage share:  lowest 10%:  NA% highest 10%:  NA%
Inflation rate (consumer prices):  325% (2000 est.)
Labor force:  5 million (1997 est.)
Labor force - by occupation:  agriculture 85%, industry and services 15% (1997 est.)
Unemployment rate:  extensive unemployment and underemployment affecting more than half the population (2000 est.)
Budget:  revenues:  $928 million expenditures:  $2.5 billion, including capital expenditures of $963 million (1992 est.)
Industries:  petroleum; diamonds, iron ore, phosphates, feldspar, bauxite, uranium, and gold; cement; basic metal products; fish processing; food processing; brewing; tobacco products; sugar; textiles
Industrial production growth rate:  NA%
Electricity - production:  1.475 billion kWh (1999)
Electricity - production by source:  fossil fuel:  32.2% hydro:  67.8% nuclear:  0% other:  0% (1999)
Electricity - consumption:  1.372 billion kWh (1999)
Electricity - exports:  0 kWh (1999)
Electricity - imports:  0 kWh (1999)
Agriculture - products:  bananas, sugarcane, coffee, sisal, corn, cotton, manioc (tapioca), tobacco, vegetables, plantains; livestock; forest products; fish
Exports:  $7.8 billion (f.o.b., 2000 est.)
Exports - commodities:  crude oil 90%, diamonds, refined petroleum products, gas, coffee, sisal, fish and fish products, timber, cotton
Exports - partners:  US 54%, South Korea 14%, Benelux 11%, China 7%, Taiwan 6% (1999)
Imports:  $2.5 billion (f.o.b., 2000 est.)
Imports - commodities:  machinery and electrical equipment, vehicles and spare parts; medicines, food, textiles, military goods
Imports - partners:  South Korea 16%, Portugal 15%, US 13%, South Africa 10%, France 8% (1999)
Debt - external:  $10.8 billion (2000 est.)
Economic aid - recipient:  $493.1 million (1995)
Currency:  kwanza (AOA)
Currency code:  AOA
Exchange rates:  kwanza per US dollar - 17,910,800 (January 2001), 10,041,000 (2000), 2,790,706 (1999), 392,824 (1998), 229,040 (1997), 128,029 (1996); note - in December 1999 the kwanza was revalued with six zeroes dropped off the old value
Fiscal year:  calendar year

Statistics: CIA World Factbook.

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