Demographics of Angola, Data of FAO, year 2005 ; Number of inhabitants in thousands.

The demographics of Angola consist of three main ethnic groups, each speaking a Bantu language: Ovimbundu 37%, Kimbundu 25%, and Bakongo 13%. Other groups include Chokwe (or Lunda), Ganguela, Nhaneca-Humbe, Ambo, Herero, and Xindunga. In addition, mixed racial (European and African) people amount to about 2%, with a small (1%) population of whites, mainly ethnically Portuguese. Portuguese make up the largest non-African population, with at about 40,000 (though many native-born Angolans can claim Portuguese nationality under Portuguese law). In 1975, 250,000 Cuban soldiers settled Angola to help the MPLA forces to fight for its independence. These Cubans are of European and Asian (mostly Chinese descent, while others include those of pure African and mulatto descent, who has ancestors in Angola. But in 1989, almost all Cubans went out of the country after a peace agreement has been signed between Angola, Cuba, and South Africa. The remaining 100,000 Cubans speak Spanish language, but almost none of their descendants speak it. Portuguese is both the official and predominant language. Christianity is the most-established religion of Angola. The largest denomination of this is Roman Catholicism, which converted most of the Bantus to by Portuguese priests, but there are also many followers of Protestantism, most of them are Bantus with some Portuguese. The remaining Angolans are animists following different tribal faiths. Image File history File links Angola_demography. ... Image File history File links Angola_demography. ... FAO emblem With its headquarters in Rome, the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) is a specialized agency of the United Nations that works to raise levels of nutrition and standards of living; to improve the production, processing, marketing, and distribution of food and agricultural products; to promote rural development; and... Bantu is a language family that belongs to the Niger-Congo group. ... The Ovimbundu (aka Mbundu or Umbundu) are a large ethnic group of traders, farmers and herders who live on the Benguela Plateau of central Angola, Africa. ... Kimbundu is one of the most spoken pre-colonial languages in central africa. ... The Bakongo people (aka. ... External links Chokwe people African Art : Chokwe Chokwe, Bantu art Categories: Ethnic group stubs | Chokwe | Ethnic groups of Africa | Ethnic groups of the Democratic Republic of the Congo ... 1975 (MCMLXXV) was a common year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1975 calendar). ... Asia is the largest and most populous region or continent depending on the definition. ... The term Afro-Cuban refers to descendants of African slaves in Cuba, and to cultural elements in Cuba thought to emanate from this community. ... Representation of Mulattos during the Latin American colonial period. ... 1989 (MCMLXXXIX) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... This article is about the international language known as Spanish. ... Christianity is a monotheistic religion centered on the New Testament accounts of the life, teachings, and actions of Jesus of Nazareth, known by Christians as Jesus Christ. ... The Roman Catholic Church, most often spoken of simply as the Catholic Church, is the largest Christian church, with over one billion members. ... Protestantism is a movement within Christianity, representing the splitting away from the Roman Catholic Church during the mid-to-late Renaissance in Europe—a period known as the Protestant Reformation. ... In religion, the term Animism is used in a number of ways. ...

The great majority of the inhabitants are of Bantu-Negro stock with some admixture in the Congo district with the pure negro type. In the south-east are various tribes of Bushmen. The best-known of the Bantu-Negro tribes are the Ba-Kongo (Ba-Fiot), who dwell chiefly in the north, and the Abunda (Mbunda, Ba-Bundo), who occupy the central part of the province, which takes its name from the Ngola tribe of Abunda. Another of these tribes, the Bangala, living on the west bank of the upper Kwango, must not be confounded with the Bangala of the middle Congo. In the Abunda is a considerable strain of Portuguese blood. The Ba-Lunda inhabit the Lunda district. Along the upper Kunene and in other districts of the plateau are settlements of Boers, the Boer population being about 2000. In the coast towns the majority of the white inhabitants are Portuguese. The Mushi-Kongo and other divisions of the Ba-Kongo retain curious traces of the Christianity professed by them in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries and possibly later. Crucifixes are used as potent fetish charms or as symbols of power passing down from chief to chief; whilst every native has a "Santu" or Christian name and is dubbed dom or dona. Fetishism is the prevailing religion throughout the province. The dwelling-places of the natives are usually small huts of the simplest construction, used chiefly as sleeping apartments; the day is spent in an open space in front of the hut protected from the sun by a roof of palm or other leaves.

Demographic data from the CIA World Factbook

Population pyramid for Angola

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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 est.)

Median age

Total: 18.12 years

Male: 18.12 years

Female: 18.11 years (2005 est.)

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

Under 15 years: 1.02 male(s)/female

15-64 years: 1.04 male(s)/female

65 years and over: 0.8 male(s)/female

Total population: 1.02 male(s)/female (2005 est.)

Infant mortality rate

Total: 191.19 deaths/1,000 live births

Male: 203.68 deaths/1,000 live births

Female: 178.07 deaths/1,000 live births (2005 est.)

Life expectancy at birth

Total population: 36.61 years

Male: 36 years

Female: 37.25 years (2005 est.)

Total fertility rate

6.27 children born/woman (2005 est.)

HIV/AIDS

Adult prevalence rate: 3.9% (2003 est.)

People living with HIV/AIDS: 240,000 (2003 est.)

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 (2004)

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: 42%

Male: 56%

Female: 28% (1998 est.)

References

• This article contains material from the CIA World Factbook which, as a US government publication, is in the public domain. 2005
• This article contains material from the US Department of State's Background Notes which, as a US government publication, is in the public domain. 2003