Angola: Quick Facts

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Facts

Also Known As	Republic of Angola • Republica de Angola
Head Of State And Government	President: João Lourenço
Capital	Luanda
Population	(2026 est.) 37,252,000
Form Of Government	unitary multiparty republic with one legislative house (National Assembly [220])¹
Official Language	Portuguese
Official Religion	none
Official Name	República de Angola (Republic of Angola)
Total Area (Sq Km)	1,246,700
Total Area (Sq Mi)	481,353
Monetary Unit	kwanza (AOA)
Population Rank	(2026) 41
Population Projection 2030	41,835,000
Density: Persons Per Sq Mi	(2026) 77.4
Density: Persons Per Sq Km	(2026) 29.9
Urban-Rural Population	Urban: (2024) 69.3% • Rural: (2024) 30.7%
Life Expectancy At Birth	Male: (2021) 60 years • Female: (2021) 64.3 years
Gni (U.S.$ ’000,000)	(2024) 107,693
Gni Per Capita (U.S.$)	(2024) 2,840
¹New constitution promulgated on February 5, 2010; the post of prime minister was abolished at this time.

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Map of Angola showing its international boundaries, major cities, and neighboring countries, including the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Republic of the Congo, Zambia, Namibia, and Botswana. The capital city, Luanda, is marked on the Atlantic coast. An inset locator map highlights Angola's position on the African continent.

Luanda waterfront

Map of southern Africa highlighting Angola in tan, showing its location bordered by Namibia, Zambia, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and the Atlantic Ocean, with neighboring countries labeled and the capital city Luanda marked.

Map of Angola highlighting major physical features such as highlands, plateaus, rivers, and national parks. Key features include the Bie Plateau, Moxico Plateau, Malanje Highlands, and major rivers like the Cuanza and Cubango. Neighboring countries and the Atlantic Ocean are shown, with a small locator map in the upper right corner indicating Angola's position in southern Africa.

Eroded red and white cliffs with jagged formations and sparse vegetation at Miradouro da Lua, the Moon Landscape, in Angola.

Dry savanna landscape in Quicama, Luanda province, Angola, featuring tall grasses, scattered shrubs, and large leafless baobab trees under a cloudy sky.

An elephant stands at the edge of a waterhole, drinking, surrounded by tall green grasses in Quicama National Park, Luanda province, Angola.

A farm worker in blue clothing and a green helmet waters rows of leafy green crops with a bucket in a cultivated field in Cabinda province, Angola.

National anthem of Angola

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João Lourenço

João Lourenço

president of Angola

José dos Santos

José dos Santos

president of Angola

Amílcar Cabral

Amílcar Lopes Cabral

Guinean politician

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Jonas Savimbi

Angolan politician

John Maurice of Nassau

John Maurice Of Nassau

count of Nassau-Siegen

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José Luandino Vieira

Angolan author

Agostinho Neto

Agostinho Neto

president of Angola

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Mário Pinto de Andrade

Angolan writer

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António Jacinto

Angolan poet

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Alexandre Alberto da Rocha de Serpa Pinto

Portuguese explorer

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P. W. Botha

state president of South Africa

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Hermann von Wissmann

German explorer

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Diogo Cão

Portuguese navigator

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Luanda, Angola

Luanda

national capital, Angola

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M’banza Congo

Angola

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Huambo

Angola

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Malanje

Angola

Cabinda, Angola

Cabinda

province, Angola

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Uíge

Angola

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Moçâmedes

Angola

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Menongue

Angola

Lobito

Lobito

Angola

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Dundo

Angola

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Saurimo

Angola

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Caconda

Angola

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Benguela

Angola

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