One in every 94 babies born in the world today is born in Angola. Angola has about 1,400,000 births a year, around 1.1% of all births worldwide.

Births per year
1,400,000
Share of world births
1.1%
Birth odds
1/94
Life expectancy
62 years
Risk of dying before age 5
6.4%
Income per person, PPP
$7,000
Children per woman
5.0
Urban population
68%

Life expectancy in Angola is 62 years, which is 11 years shorter than the world average.

Of every 1,000 babies born here, about 64 do not reach their fifth birthday. That is 1.7 times the world average.

Income per person is about $7,000 in purchasing power. That is only 31% of the world average.

On average a woman has 5.0 children in her lifetime. The world average is 2.3.

About 68% of the population lives in cities. A baby born here has roughly a 32% chance of being born in the countryside.

Religious makeup

  • Christianity93%
  • Folk beliefs5%
  • No religion2%

Sample names given to people born in this country in the game

Jean · Patrice · Joël · Mateus · Grâce · Esther · Ana · Joséphine

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Values are rounded approximations. Sources: UN World Population Prospects 2024, World Bank WDI, Pew Research Center 2020.