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Angola
12.5S 18.5E · 27 EVENTS · 9 DOMAINS
INDEPENDENCE FROM PORTUGAL · 11 NOVEMBER 1975
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2002 – present · Peace and oil-rich modern Angola
3 EVENTS · READ THE BED →
2002 onward · Reconstruction and the oil boom 2 REFS
2007 · Angola joins OPEC 2 REFS
1975 – 2002 · The long civil war
5 EVENTS · READ THE BED →
October–November 1975 · Cold War intervention 3 REFS
22 February 2002 · Death of Savimbi ends the war 3 REFS
1961 – 1975 · Revolt, liberation movements and independence
5 EVENTS · READ THE BED →
January–March 1961 · Revolt breaks out 3 REFS
11 November 1975 · Independence proclaimed 3 REFS
1700 – 1930 · The slow conquest of the interior
5 EVENTS · READ THE BED →
1836 · Portugal abolishes the slave trade 2 REFS
1884–1885 · Berlin Conference and the Scramble 2 REFS
1576 – 1700 · Luanda, Queen Njinga and the Atlantic slave trade
5 EVENTS · READ THE BED →
1576 · Portuguese found Luanda 3 REFS
1624 · Njinga becomes queen of Ndongo 3 REFS
c. 1300 – 1576 · Kongo, Ndongo and the kingdoms of Central Africa
4 EVENTS · READ THE BED →
1483 · Portuguese reach the Kingdom of Kongo 3 REFS
c. 15th–16th centuries · Rise of Ndongo under the ngola 3 REFS
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Quick facts · atlas reference
- Capital
- Luanda
- Population
- 29 m
- Area
- 1,246,700 km²
- Region
- Middle Africa
- Languages
- Portuguese
- Currency
- Angolan kwanza (Kz)
- Demonym
- Angolan
- UN member
- Yes
Dossier · press a specimen — it turns over
Specimen bench
PRESS A SPECIMEN — IT TURNS OVER
Economy
GDP
$122 B’25 WB-WDI
GDP per capita
$3,129’25 WB-WDI
GDP growth
3.1%’25 WB-WDI
Inflation
20.2%’25 WB-WDI
Trade openness
34.6%’25 WB-WDI
Society
Population
39 m’25 WB-WDI
Life expectancy
64.8 yrs’24 WB-WDI
Urban population
71.5%’25 WB-WDI
Fertility rate
5.0’24 WB-WDI
Literacy rate
68.2%’23 WB-WDI
Governance
Voice & accountability
38.3’24 WB-WGI
Political stability
56.1’24 WB-WGI
Government effectiveness
36.1’24 WB-WGI
Regulatory quality
42.7’24 WB-WGI
Rule of law
36.8’24 WB-WGI
Control of corruption
35.3’24 WB-WGI
Health
Health spending
2.5%’23 WB-WHO
Physicians
0.24’22 WB-WHO
Under-5 mortality
49.0’24 WB-UNICEF-WHO
Measles immunisation
53.0%’24 WB-UNICEF-WHO
Education
Adult literacy
68.2%’23 WB-UNESCO
Education spending
2.5%’23 WB-UNESCO
Primary enrolment
86.7%’23 WB-UNESCO
Secondary enrolment
51.5%’23 WB-UNESCO
Tertiary enrolment
10.0%’24 WB-UNESCO
Technology
R&D spending
0.0%’16 WB-UNESCO
Researchers (per million)
19’16 WB-UNESCO
Internet users
40.7%’24 WB-ITU
Mobile subscriptions
70’24 WB-ITU
High-tech exports
16.7%’24 WB-WDI
Geography
Land area
1,246,700 km²’23 WB-WDI
Forest area
52.1%’23 WB-WDI
Agricultural land
36.9%’23 WB-WDI
CO₂ per capita (t)
0.7’24 WB-WDI
Renewable energy
52.9%’21 WB-WDI
Resources
Resource rents
30.0%’21 WB-WDI
Oil rents
28.3%’21 WB-WDI
Mineral rents
0.0%’21 WB-WDI
Forest rents
0.7%’21 WB-WDI
Electricity access
55.5%’24 WB-WDI
Military
Military burden
1.0%’24 WB-SIPRI
Defense spending
$922 M’24 WB-SIPRI
Armed forces
117,000’20 WB-SIPRI
A hatched gap has no underside — there is nothing to turn over. Absence is stated, never zeroed.
The record · what changed here
- GDP — 2025 observation published ($122 B), superseding 2024 ($101 B) → THE SPECIMENLEDGER № 0001 · 2026-08-14
- GDP per capita — 2025 observation published ($3,129), superseding 2024 ($2,666) → THE SPECIMENLEDGER № 0001 · 2026-08-14
- GDP growth — 2025 observation published (3.1%), superseding 2024 (4.4%) → THE SPECIMENLEDGER № 0001 · 2026-08-14
- Inflation — 2025 observation published (20.2%), superseding 2024 (28.2%) → THE SPECIMENLEDGER № 0001 · 2026-08-14
- Trade openness — 2025 observation published (34.6%), superseding 2024 (50.8%) → THE SPECIMENLEDGER № 0001 · 2026-08-14
- Electricity access — 2024 observation published (55.5%), superseding 2023 (51.1%) → THE SPECIMENLEDGER № 0001 · 2026-08-14
- Population — 2025 observation published (39 m), superseding 2024 (38 m) → THE SPECIMENLEDGER № 0001 · 2026-08-14
- Urban population — 2025 observation published (71.5%), superseding 2024 (70.7%) → THE SPECIMENLEDGER № 0001 · 2026-08-14