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.
Press
Agora
(Independent weekly), Luanda
(government news services), Luanda
http://www.angolapress-angop.ao
Diario de Luanda
(Government-owned), Luanda
(Government-owned), Luanda
http://www.jornaldeangola.com/
Angola in the News
Richard Dowden, of London's weekly Observer, writes that Africa-watchers should not be too heartened by the recent peace deals in the continent.
One man who will not be missed is the former leader of Angola’s long-fighting rebel group, UNITA’s Jonas Savimbi, shot and killed by the Angolan army in late February. Could the former guerrilla’s death herald an era of peace and prosperity for Angola?
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