Angola People:
Population:
11,190,786 (July 2005 est.)
Age structure:
0-14 years: 43.4% (male:2,454,209; female:2,407,083)
15-64 years: 53.7% (male:3,059,339; female:2,955,060)
65 years and over: 2.8% (male:139,961; female:175,134) (2005)
Median age:
total: 18.12 years
male: 18.12 years
female: 18.11 years (2005)
Population growth rate:
1.9% (2005 est.)
Birth rate:
44.64 births
/
1,000 population (2005 est.)
Death rate:
25.9 deaths
/
1,000 population (2005 est.)
Net migration rate:
0.28 migrant(s)
/
1,000 population (2005 est.)
Sex ratio:
at birth: 1.05 male(s)/female (2005)
under 15 years: 1.02 male(s)/female (2005)
15-64 years: 1.04 male(s)/female (2005)
65 years and over: 0.8 male(s)/female (2005)
total population: 1.02 male(s)/female (2005)
Infant mortality rate:
total: 191.19 deaths
/
1,000 live births (2005 est.)
male: 203.68 deaths
/
1,000 live births
female: 178.07 deaths
/
1,000 live births
Life expectancy at birth:
total: 36.61 years (2005 est.)
male: 36 years
female: 37.25 years
Total fertility rate:
6.27 children born/woman (2005 est.)
HIV/AIDS — adult prevalence rate:
3.9% (2003 est.)
HIV/AIDS — people living with HIV/AIDS:
240,000 (2003 est.)
HIV/AIDS — deaths:
21,000 (2003 est.)
Major infectious diseases:
degree of risk: very high
food or waterborne diseases: bacterial and protozoal diarrhea, hepatitis A, typhoid fever
vectorborne disease: malaria, African trypanosomiasis (sleeping sickness) are high risks in some locations
respiratory disease: meningococcal meningitis
water contact disease: schistosomiasis (2004)
Nationality:
noun: Angolan(s)
adjective: Angolan
Ethnic groups:
Ovimbundu 37%, Kimbundu 25%, Bakongo 13%, mestico 2% (mixed European and native African), European 1%, other 22%
Religions:
indigenous beliefs 47%, Roman Catholic 38%, Protestant 15% (1998)
Languages:
Portuguese (official), Bantu and other African languages
Literacy:
definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 66.8%
male: 82.1%
female: 53.8% (2001)
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