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Angola

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Capital:	Luanda
Area size:	1246700 sq. km Sligtly smaller than Scandinavia but larger than Egypt
Time zone:	GMT +1
Currency:	Kwanza
Area code:	(+) 244
Driving:	Right
Climate description:	Angola experiences a wet season between March and October and a long, dry winter season; frost not uncommon in the highlands

People

Standard of living

Economy & aid

Health

Disasters, conflict & migration

Language
The official language is Portuguese. Some 41 African languages are also spoken, including Ovidumbu, Kimbundu and Kikongo.
Source: New Internationalist World Guide

Population

2007	16.5 million	U.N. Department of Economic and Social Affairs (DESA) Population Division (2006)
2006	16.3 million	U.N. DESA (2006)
2005	16.1 million	U.N. DESA (2006)
2004	15.6 million	U.N. DESA (2006)
2003	15.2 million	U.N. DESA (2006)
2002	14.7 million	U.N. DESA (2006)
2001	14.3 million	U.N. DESA (2006)
2000	13.9 million	U.N. DESA (2006)

Future population estimates
24.2 million (2050)
Source: U.N. DESA (2006)

Ethnic groups
Ovimbundu 37 percent, Kimbundu 25 percent, Bakongo 13 percent, others 22 percent. There are also small European (1 percent) and Afro-European (2 percent) minorities.
Source: NI World Guide

Religion
The majority practice traditional African religions. Some 38 percent are Catholic and 15 percent are Protestant, though syncretism sometimes blurs religious lines.
Source: NI World Guide

Percentage urban population

2007	54.6 percent	U.N. DESA - World Urbanisation Prospects 2005
2006	54.0 percent	U.N. DESA (2005)
2005	53.3 percent	U.N. DESA (2005)
2004	52.7 percent	U.N. DESA (2005)
2003	52.0 percent	U.N. DESA (2005)
2002	51.3 percent	U.N. DESA (2005)
2001	50.7 percent	U.N. DESA (2005)
2000	50.0 percent	U.N. DESA (2005)

Year women granted right to vote
1975
Source: U.N. Development Programme (UNDP) Human Development Report
Where two figures are shown, the first refers to a partial recognition of the right to vote and the second to the year women received the right to vote on a universal and equal basis.

Percentage of population under 15

2005	46.4 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2007/2008
2004	46.6 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2006
2003	46.7 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2005
2002	47.5 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2004
2001	47.4 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2003
2000	48.2 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2002

Average life expectancy

2005	41.7 years	UNDP - Human Development Report 2007/2008
2004	41.0 years	UNDP - Human Development Report 2006
2003	40.7 years	UNDP - Human Development Report 2005
2002	40.1 years	UNDP - Human Development Report 2004
2001	40.2 years	UNDP - Human Development Report 2003
2000	45.2 years	UNDP - Human Development Report 2002

Life expectancy - male

2005	40.1 years	UNDP - Human Development Report 2007/2008
2004	39.6 years	UNDP - Human Development Report 2006
2003	39.3 years	UNDP - Human Development Report 2005
2002	38.8 years	UNDP - Human Development Report 2004
2001	38.8 years	UNDP - Human Development Report 2003
2000	43.9 years	UNDP - Human Development Report 2002

Life expectancy - female

2005	43.3 years	UNDP - Human Development Report 2007/2008
2004	42.5 years	UNDP - Human Development Report 2006
2003	42.3 years	UNDP - Human Development Report 2005
2002	41.5 years	UNDP - Human Development Report 2004
2001	41.6 years	UNDP - Human Development Report 2003
2000	46.6 years	UNDP - Human Development Report 2002

Infant mortality

2006	154 per 1,000 live births	UNICEF - State of the World's Children 2008
2005	154 per 1,000 live births	U.N. Children's Fund (UNICEF) - State of the World's Children 2007
2004	154 per 1,000 live births	UNICEF - State of the World's Children 2006
2003	154 per 1,000 live births	UNDP - Human Development Report 2005
2002	154 per 1,000 live births	UNDP - Human Development Report 2004
2001	154 per 1,000 live births	UNDP - Human Development Report 2003
2000	172 per 1,000 live births	UNDP - Human Development Report 2002

Child mortality - deaths before the age of five

2006	260 per 1,000 live births	UNICEF - State of the World's Children 2008
2005	260 per 1,000 live births	UNICEF - State of the World's Children 2007
2004	260 per 1,000 live births	UNICEF - State of the World's Children 2006
2003	260 per 1,000 live births	UNDP - Human Development Report 2005
2002	260 per 1,000 live births	UNDP - Human Development Report 2004
2001	260 per 1,000 live births	UNDP - Human Development Report 2003
2000	295 per 1,000 live births	UNDP - Human Development Report 2002

Births attended by skilled personnel

1997-2005	45 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2007/2008
1996-2004	45 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2006
1995-2003	45 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2005
1995-2002	45 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2004
1995-2001	23 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2003
1995-2000	22 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2002

Maternal mortality

2005	1400 per 100,000 live births	UNDP - Human Development Report 2007/2008
2000	1700 per 100,000 live births	UNDP - Human Development Report 2006

Human development index (HDI rank)

2005	162	UNDP - Human Development Report 2007/2008
2004	161	UNDP - Human Development Report 2006
2003	160	UNDP - Human Development Report 2005
2002	166	UNDP - Human Development Report 2004
2001	164	UNDP - Human Development Report 2003
2000	161	UNDP - Human Development Report 2002

Percentage of children under weight for age (under age 5)

2000-2006	31 percent	UNICEF - State of the World's Children 2008
1996-2005	31 percent	UNICEF - State of the World's Children 2007
1996-2004	31 percent	UNICEF - State of the World's Children 2006
1995-2003	31 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2005
1995-2002	31 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2004
1995-2001	No data available percent
1995-2000	No data available percent

Percentage of undernourished population

2002-2004 average	35 percent	U.N. Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) 2006
2001-2003average	38 percent	FAO 2006

Food intake falls below the minimum requirement.

Population with access to improved water

2006	No data available percent
2004	53 percent	UNICEF and World Health Organisation (WHO) 2006
2002	50 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2005
2000	38 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2004

Population with access to improved sanitation

2006	No data available percent
2004	31 percent	UNICEF and WHO 2006
2002	30 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2005
2000	44 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2004

Literacy - average

2004	67.4 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2006
2003	68.8 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2005
2002	42 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2004
2001	No data available percent
2000	No data available percent

Literacy - male

2004	82.9 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2006
2003	82.1 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2005
2001	No data available percent
2000	No data available percent

Literacy - female

2004	54.2 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2006
2003	53.8 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2005
2001	No data available percent
2000	No data available percent

Landlines telephones

2007	6 per 1,000 people	International Telecommunication Union (ITU) 2008
2006	6 per 1,000 people	ITU 2008
2005	6 per 1,000 people	ITU 2008
2004	6 per 1,000 people	ITU 2008
2003	6 per 1,000 people	ITU 2008
2002	6 per 1,000 people	ITU 2008
2001	5 per 1,000 people	ITU 2008
2000	5 per 1,000 people	ITU 2008

Cellular telephone subscribers

2007	194 per 1,000 people	ITU 2008
2006	143 per 1,000 people	ITU 2008
2005	101 per 1,000 people	ITU 2008
2004	48 per 1,000 people	ITU 2008
2003	23 per 1,000 people	ITU 2008
2002	10 per 1,000 people	ITU 2008
2001	5 per 1,000 people	ITU 2008
2000	2 per 1,000 people	ITU 2008

Internet users

2007	6 per 1,000 people	ITU 2008
2006	6 per 1,000 people	ITU 2008
2005	5 per 1,000 people	ITU 2008
2004	5 per 1,000 people	ITU 2008
2003	4 per 1,000 people	ITU 2008
2002	3 per 1,000 people	ITU 2008
2001	1 per 1,000 people	ITU 2008
2000	1 per 1,000 people	ITU 2008

Transparency International corruption ranking (1=least corrupt, 179=most corrupt)

2008	158 (joint)	Transparency International 2008
2007	147 (joint)	Transparency International 2007
2006	142 (joint)	Transparency International
2005	151	Transparency International
2004	Not ranked
2003	124 (joint)	Transparency International
2002	98 (joint)	Transparency International
2001	Not ranked
2000	85 (joint)	Transparency International

Signatory of International Convention on the Prevention and Punishment for the crime of Genocide
No (1948)
Source: UNDP - Human Development Report

Signatory of the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment
No (1984)
Source: UNDP - Human Development Report

Signatory of the Convention on the Rights of the Child
Yes (1989)
Source: UNDP - Human Development Report

International humanitarian aid flows
Access the Financial Tracking Service, a global real-time database which records all reported humanitarian aid - including that for NGOs, the Red Cross/Crescent Movement, bilateral aid, in-kind aid and private donations - searchable by country.
Source: Financial Tracking Service, ReliefWeb

Percentage of population living on less than US$1 a day

1990-2005	No data available percent
1990-2002	41.7 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2004

GNI per capita, Atlas method

2006	1970 current US$	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2008
2005	1360 current US$	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2008
2004	940 current US$	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2008
2003	700 current US$	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2008
2002	620 current US$	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2008
2001	460 current US$	WorldBankDataProfileTables2008
2000	420 current US$	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2008

The purpose of the Atlas conversion factor is to reduce the impact of exchange rate fluctuations in a cross-country comparison of national incomes. The Atlas conversion factor for any year is the average of a country�s exchange rate (or alternative conversion factor) for that year and its exchange rates for the two preceding years.

GDP

2006	45.2 current US$ billions	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2008
2005	30.6 current US$ billions	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2008
2004	19.8 current US$ billions	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2008
2003	14.0 current US$ billions	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2008
2002	11.4 current US$ billions	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2008
2001	8.9 current US$ billions	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2008
2000	9.1 current US$ billions	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2008

Annual GDP growth

2006	18.6� percent	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2008
2005	20.6� percent	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2008
2004	11.2� percent	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2008
2003	3.3� percent	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2008
2002	14.5� percent	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2008
2001	3.1� percent	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2008
2000	3.0� percent	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2008

Annual inflation

2006	14.7� percent	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2008
2005	34.0� percent	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2008
2004	42.7� percent	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2008
2003	102.5� percent	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2008
2002	120.5� percent	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2008
2001	108.5� percent	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2008
2000	418.2� percent	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2008

Share of income or consumption (poorest 10 percent)
No data available

Share of income or consumption (richest 10 percent)
No data available

Physicians

2000-2004	8 per 100,000 people	UNDP - Human Development Report 2007/2008
1990-2004	8 per 100,000 people	UNDP - Human Development Report 2006
1990-2003	5 per 100,000 people	UNDP - Human Development Report 2004
1990-2002	5 per 100,000 people	UNDP - Human Development Report 2003

Percentage HIV+ (adults aged 15-49)

2007	2.1 percent	U.N. Programme on HIV and AIDS (UNAIDS) 2008
2006	2.1 percent	U.N. Programme on HIV and AIDS (UNAIDS) 2008
2005	2.0 percent	U.N. Programme on HIV and AIDS (UNAIDS) 2008
2004	1.9 percent	U.N. Programme on HIV and AIDS (UNAIDS) 2008
2003	1.9 percent	U.N. Programme on HIV and AIDS (UNAIDS) 2008

Malaria
Risk from P.falciparum throughout the year in the whole country. P. falciparum resistance to chloroquine and sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine reported.
Source: WHO

TB cases

2006	285 per 100,000 people	WHO 2008
2005	279 per 100,000 people	WHO 2008
2004	273 per 100,000 people	WHO 2008
2003	268 per 100,000 people	WHO 2008
2002	262 per 100,000 people	WHO 2008
2001	256 per 100,000 people	WHO 2008
2000	251 per 100,000 people	WHO 2008

Chronology of natural disasters
Access EM-DAT, a database of natural disasters from 1900 to the present - death tolls and numbers of affected people - searchable by country.
Source: Centre for Research on the Epidemiology of Disasters, Catholic University of Louvain, Belgium

Number of refugees originating here

2007	186155	UNHCR
2006	206501	Office of the U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR)
2005	277900	UNHCR
2004	228838	UNHCR
2003	329582	UNHCR
2002	12250	UNHCR
2001	12250	UNHCR
2000	12086	UNHCR

Number of refugees residing here

2007	12069	UNHCR
2006	13090	UNHCR
2005	13984	UNHCR
2004	13970	UNHCR
2003	13382	UNHCR
2002	435421	UNHCR
2001	470625	UNHCR
2000	433760	UNHCR

Number of internally displaced people\Estimate

2007	20000	Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre (IDMC) 2008
2005	61700	Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre (IDMC) 2006

Landmine casualties per year

2004	195	Landmine Monitor Report 2005
2003	270	Landmine Monitor Report 2005

Casualty figures may include both civilians and military personnel injured or killed by landmines and unexploded ordnance.
Signatory to landmine convention?
Yes (1997)
Source: Landmine Monitor Report

Percentage of GDP spent on military

2005	5.7 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2007/2008
2004	4.2 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2006
2003	4.7 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2005
2002	3.7 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2004
2001	3.1 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2003
2000	No data available percent

Percentage of GDP spent on education

2002-2005	No data available percent
2002-2004	No data available percent
2000-2002	2.8 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2005
1999-2001	2.8 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2004
1998-2000	2.7 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2003

Percentage of GDP spent on health

2004	1.5 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2007/2008
2003-2004	2.4 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2006
2002	2.1 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2005
2001	2.8 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2004
2000	2.0 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2003

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