The 2008 CIA World Factbook. United States. Central Intelligence Agency

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      total: 1,246,700 sq km land: 1,246,700 sq km water: 0 sq km

      Area - comparative:

      slightly less than twice the size of Texas

      Land boundaries:

      total: 5,198 km border countries: Democratic Republic of the Congo 2,511 km (of which 225 km is the boundary of discontiguous Cabinda Province), Republic of the Congo 201 km, Namibia 1,376 km, Zambia 1,110 km

      Coastline:

      1,600 km

      Maritime claims:

      territorial sea: 12 nm contiguous zone: 24 nm exclusive economic zone: 200 nm

      Climate:

      semiarid in south and along coast to Luanda; north has cool, dry season (May to October) and hot, rainy season (November to April)

      Terrain:

      narrow coastal plain rises abruptly to vast interior plateau

      Elevation extremes:

      lowest point: Atlantic Ocean 0 m highest point: Morro de Moco 2,620 m

      Natural resources:

      petroleum, diamonds, iron ore, phosphates, copper, feldspar, gold, bauxite, uranium

      Land use:

      arable land: 2.65% permanent crops: 0.23% other: 97.12% (2005)

      Irrigated land:

      800 sq km (2003)

      Total renewable water resources:

      184 cu km (1987)

      Freshwater withdrawal (domestic/industrial/agricultural):

      total: 0.35 cu km/yr (23%/17%/60%) per capita: 22 cu m/yr (2000)

      Natural hazards:

      locally heavy rainfall causes periodic flooding on the plateau

      Environment - current issues:

      overuse of pastures and subsequent soil erosion attributable to population pressures; desertification; deforestation of tropical rain forest, in response to both international demand for tropical timber and to domestic use as fuel, resulting in loss of biodiversity; soil erosion contributing to water pollution and siltation of rivers and dams; inadequate supplies of potable water

      Environment - international agreements:

      party to: Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Desertification, Law of the Sea, Marine Dumping, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution signed, but not ratified: none of the selected agreements

      Geography - note:

      the province of Cabinda is an exclave, separated from the rest of the country by the Democratic Republic of the Congo

      People

       Angola

      Population:

      12,531,357 (July 2008 est.)

      Age structure:

      0–14 years: 43.6% (male 2,760,264/female 2,707,665) 15–64 years: 53.6% (male 3,416,914/female 3,302,552) 65 years and over: 2.7% (male 151,609/female 192,353) (2008 est.)

      Median age:

      total: 18 years male: 18 years female: 18 years (2008 est.)

      Population growth rate:

      2.136% (2008 est.)

      Birth rate:

      44.09 births/1,000 population (2008 est.)

      Death rate:

      24.44 deaths/1,000 population (2008 est.)

      Net migration rate:

      1.72 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2008 est.)

      Sex ratio:

      at birth: 1.05 male(s)/female under 15 years: 1.02 male(s)/female 15–64 years: 1.03 male(s)/female 65 years and over: 0.79 male(s)/female total population: 1.02 male(s)/female (2008 est.)

      Infant mortality rate:

      total: 182.31 deaths/1,000 live births male: 194.38 deaths/1,000 live births female: 169.64 deaths/1,000 live births (2008 est.)

      Life expectancy at birth:

      total population: 37.92 years male: 36.99 years female: 38.9 years (2008 est.)

      Total fertility rate:

      6.2 children born/woman (2008 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 diseases: malaria, African trypanosomiasis (sleeping sickness) water contact disease: schistosomiasis (2008)

      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: 67.4% male: 82.9% female: 54.2% (2001 est.)

      Education expenditures:

      2.4% of GDP (2005)

      Government

       Angola

      Country name:

      conventional long form: Republic of Angola

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