Angola People 2007

Population:
12,263,596 (July 2007 est.)

Age structure:
0-14 years: 43.7% (male 2,706,276/female 2,654,338)
15-64 years: 53.5% (male 3,339,114/female 3,225,121)
65 years and over: 2.8% (male 149,414/female 189,333) (2007 est.)

Median age:
total: 17.9 years
male: 17.9 years
female: 17.9 years (2007 est.)

Population growth rate:
2.184% (2007 est.)

Birth rate:
44.51 births/1,000 population (2007 est.)

Death rate:
24.81 deaths/1,000 population (2007 est.)

Net migration rate:
2.14 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2007 est.)

Sex ratio:
at birth: 1.05 male(s)/female
under 15 years: 1.02 male(s)/female
15-64 years: 1.035 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 0.789 male(s)/female
total population: 1.021 male(s)/female (2007 est.)

Infant mortality rate:
total: 184.44 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 196.55 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 171.72 deaths/1,000 live births (2007 est.)

Life expectancy at birth:
total population: 37.63 years
male: 36.73 years
female: 38.57 years (2007 est.)

See also: Healthy Life Expectancy

See also: Health Performance

Total fertility rate:
6.27 children born/woman (2007 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) are high risks in some locations
respiratory disease: meningococcal meningitis
water contact disease: schistosomiasis (2007)

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