ACOG - Angola  - IBM

Geography

Location: Southern Africa, bordering the South Atlantic Ocean, between Namibiaand Zaire

Area:
total area: 1,246,700 sq km
land area: 1,246,700 sq km
comparative area: slightly less than twice the size of Texas

Land boundaries: total 5,198 km, Congo 201 km, Namibia 1,376 km, Zaire 2,511 km, Zambia 1,110 km

Coastline: 1,600 km


People

Population: 10,069,501 (July 1995 est.)

Age structure:
0-14 years: 45% (female 2,208,307; male 2,274,533)
15-64 years: 53% (female 2,641,259; male 2,685,543)
65 years and over: 2% (female 136,573; male 123,286)

Population growth rate: 2.68% (1995 est.)

Birth rate: 45.05 births/1,000 population

Death rate: 18.1 deaths/1,000 population

Net migration rate: -0.15 migrant(s)/1,000 population

Infant mortality rate: 142.1 deaths/1,000 live births

Life expectancy at birth:
total population: 46.28 years
male: 44.18 years
female: 48.49 years

Total fertility rate: 6.42 children born/woman

Ethnic divisions: 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% (est.)

Languages: Portuguese (official), Bantu and other African languages

Literacy: age 15 and over can read and write (1990 est.)
total population: 42%
male: 56%
female: 28%


Government

Names:
conventional long form: Republic of Angola
conventional short form: Angola

Type: transitional government nominally a multiparty democracy with a strong presidential system

Capital: Luanda

Independence: 11 November 1975 (from Portugal)

Constitution: 11 November 1975; revised 7 January 1978, 11 August 1980, 6 March 1991,and 26 August 1992


Economy

National product: GDP - purchasing power parity - $6.1 billion

National product real growth rate: -1%

National product per capita: $620

Inflation rate (consumer prices): 20%

Unemployment rate: 15% with considerable underemployment

Electricity:
capacity: 620,000 kW
production: 1.9 billion kWh
consumption per capita: 189 kWh



Olympic Factoid
An estimated 5.3 million visted Centennial Olympic Park between opening day - 13 July - and closing day - 4 August, making the park the most single most visited Olympic site during the Games.