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Angola has 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 Africa) people amount to about 2%, with a small (1%) population of whites, mainly ethnically Portuguese. Portuguese make up the largest non-Angolan population, with at least 30,000 (though many native-born Angolans can claim Portuguese nationality under Portuguese law). Portuguese is both the official and predominant language.
Population: 10,766,471 (July 2003 est.)
Age structure:
- 0-14 years: 43.5% (male 2,363,829; female 2,317,610)
- 15-64 years: 53.7% (male 2,941,999; female 2,842,923)
- 65 years and over: 2.8% (male 134,330; female 165,780) (2003 est.)
Birth rate: 45.57 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
Death rate: 25.83 deaths/1,000 population (2003 est.)
Net migration rate: 0 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2003 est.)
Sex ratio:
- at birth: 1.05 male(s)/female
- under 15 years: 1.02 male(s)/female
- 15-64 years: 1.03 male(s)/female
- 65 years and over: 0.81 male(s)/female
- total population: 1.02 male(s)/female (2003 est.)
- total: 193.82 deaths/1,000 live births
- female: 180.76 deaths/1,000 live births (2003 est.)
- male: 206.26 deaths/1,000 live births
- total population: 36.96 years
- male: 36.13 years
- female: 37.83 years (2003 est.)
HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate: 5.5% (2001 est.)
HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS: 350,000 (2001 est.)
HIV/AIDS - deaths: 24,000 (2001 est.)
Nationality:
- noun: Angolan(s)
- adjective: Angolan
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.)
