The population of Angola in 2015 amounted to 19 million 625 thousand people, which puts it in 59th place in the world ranking. The data of international organizations are fundamentally different from the results of the official census of 2014, according to which 25 million 800 thousand people lived in Angola. The population of Angola is growing steadily, since the birth rate in 2015 was 38.78%, which puts the country in 9th place in the world in terms of population growth. The mortality rate was 11.49%, which put the country in 29th place in the world in the number of deaths. The rate of natural population growth is 2.78% per year, which puts the country in 16th place in the world in terms of the number of citizens replenishing annually. At the same time, many are wondering for the country of Angola what type of population reproduction is characteristic.
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For the country of Angola, natural population growth is ensured by a high birth rate with a fairly high mortality rate. The potential birth rate in 2015 was 5.37 children per woman. According to the latest surveys, the contraceptive use rate in 2009 was 17.7%. The average age of a mother at the birth of her first child in the same year was 18 years. The country is characterized by a type of population reproduction, when a high mortality rate is offset by an active birth rate, which is why the population of Angola is increasing.
Age structure
The average age of the population of Angola is 18.2 years, this sets the country at 214th place in the world and makes the Angolans one of the youngest nations. The average age of men in Angola is 3 months less than women. This is due to higher mortality among the male population. Life expectancy was 55.63 years, which is one of the lowest rates in the world.
The population of Angola is divided into different age groups, as of 2015 they look as follows:
- children under 14 years old - 42.95%;
- youth aged 15-24 years - 20.65%;
- adults aged 25-54 years - 29.46%;
- persons of advanced age (55-64 years) - 3.98%;
- elderly people (65 years and older) - 2.96%. Statistics show that only a small part of the population does not live up to the age of 55 years.
Family in Angola
The average age when men enter their first marriage is 24.7 years, women - 21.4 years. The average is 23.1 years. The statistics were last calculated in 2001.
Resettlement, migration and urbanization processes
The density, in which the population of Angola lives, in 2015 was 20.1 people / km 2 , which is much less than most highly developed countries. This indicates the fact that most of the population lives in rural areas. A significant part of the population of Angola lives in tribes, in wild conditions, which significantly affects the development of the state. Angola's low population density is observed in rural areas, when slums are growing in cities due to lack of housing space.
Angola is a country with an average level of urbanization. According to the latest data, 44% of the country's population live in cities. At the same time, in Angola, there is an active growth rate of the urban population - 4.97%. Statistics were collected between 2010 and 2015.
The main cities of the state:
- Luanda is the capital with a population of 5 million 506 thousand people;
- Huambo is a large industrial center with 1 million 269 thousand people.
Migration processes
The annual level of immigration in 2015 amounted to 0.46%, which puts the country in 71th place in the world. This indicator does not take into account the difference between legal and illegal migrants, refugees, labor migrants and others.
Angola is a member of the International Organization for Migration (IOM).
Refugees and IDPs
As of 2015, 12.9 thousand refugees from the Democratic Republic of the Congo are constantly located in the country, where in recent years the inhabitants of this country have replenished the population of Angola due to repression from the dictatorial regime and hunger.
Ethnic and linguistic composition
The main ethnic groups of the country:
- representatives of the Ovimbundu nationality - 37%;
- Kimbundu people - 25%;
- Bacongo ethnic group - 13%;
- representatives of the population of mixed descent from Europeans and Africans - 2%;
- Europeans - 1%;
- others - 22% of the population.
Most of the population of Angola speaks Portuguese. Also, dialects of indigenous peoples are actively used in the country, of which there are more than a dozen in Angola. Portuguese is more widely used in cities, when rural people use ethnic languages more. The rich ethnic and linguistic composition provides unique life features of the population of Angola.
Religion
The main religions and beliefs that are professed, as well as church organizations, which include the population of the country:
- Catholics - 41.1%;
- Protestants - 38.1%;
- others - 8.6%.
Atheists make up 12.3% of the population.
Education
The literacy rate in 2015 was 71.1% of the adult population, namely among people over the age of 15. Literate 82% are men and 60.7% women. Many representatives of the weaker sex do not even receive basic education, because all the time they are engaged in domestic life, not having access to educational institutions in the countryside. Public spending on education makes up 3.4% of the country's GDP, which is quite high for Africa. On average, residents of the country study for 10 years, 13 years for men, 8 years for women.
Socio-economic situation
The ratio of persons who are financially dependent on representatives of working age as a whole is 99.9%. The share of children is 95.2%, of the elderly - 4.6%. For 21.6 potentially able-bodied people there is 1 pensioner. In general, indicators characterize the level of demand for state aid in the sectors of education, healthcare and pension provision, respectively. Below the poverty line is 40.5% of the population. In Angola, 15 million people do not have access to electricity networks. Only 30% of the population has access to electricity. In cities, this figure is 46%, in rural areas - 18%. Internet penetration is extremely low. As of July 2015, there were 2 million 434 thousand unique Internet users in the country, which amounted to 12.4% of the country's total population. The total labor force in 2015 amounted to 10 million 510 thousand people. The employment of the economically active population in the country's economy is distributed as follows:
- agricultural, forestry and fisheries - 85%;
- industry and services - 15%.
832.89 thousand children aged 5 to 14 years (24% of the total population of Angola) are regularly involved in child labor. Data on the unemployment rate among the working population of the country are not available.
Healthcare
The availability of doctors in the country is very low and is at the level of 0.17 doctors per 1000 inhabitants. Total health spending is 3.3% of the country's GDP. Given the low level of development of medicine, such expenses are enough only to maintain the current state. The country has serious problems with the shortage of doctors and essential medicines, which causes a high level of mortality among the population.
The mortality rate of infants under 1 year of age, as of 2015, was 78.26%, the maternal mortality rate is 477 cases per 100 thousand births. These are among the highest rates of child and maternal mortality in the world.
In terms of AIDS prevalence, the country ranks 21st in the world ranking. Angola is a member of many global healthcare organizations. Nevertheless, advanced medical achievements come to this state with a considerable delay.
Angola is a country inhabited by many African indigenous peoples. The population of this state is constantly increasing, despite the high mortality rate and poorly developed health care system.