The 2003 CIA World Factbook. United States. Central Intelligence Agency

by the Democratic Republic of the Congo

      People Angola

      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.)

      Median age:

       total: 18.2 years

       male: 18.2 years

       female: 18.2 years (2002)

      Population growth rate:

       1.97% (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.)

      Infant mortality rate:

       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

      Life expectancy at birth:

       total population: 36.96 years

       male: 36.13 years

       female: 37.83 years (2003 est.)

      Total fertility rate:

       6.38 children born/woman (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

      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.)

      Government Angola

      Country name:

       conventional long form: Republic of Angola

       conventional short form: Angola

       local short form: Angola

       former: People's Republic of Angola

       local long form: Republica de Angola

      Government type:

       republic, nominally a multiparty democracy with a strong

       presidential system

      Capital:

       Luanda

      Administrative divisions:

       18 provinces (provincias, singular - provincia); Bengo, Benguela,

       Bie, Cabinda, Cuando Cubango, Cuanza Norte, Cuanza Sul, Cunene,

       Huambo, Huila, Luanda, Lunda Norte, Lunda Sul, Malanje, Moxico,

       Namibe, Uige, Zaire

      Independence:

       11 November 1975 (from Portugal)

      National holiday:

       Independence Day, 11 November (1975)

      Constitution:

       11 November 1975; revised 7 January 1978, 11 August 1980, 6 March

       1991, and 26 August 1992

      Legal system:

       based on Portuguese civil law system and customary law; recently

       modified to accommodate political pluralism and increased use of

       free markets

      Suffrage:

       18 years of age; universal

      Executive branch:

       chief of state: President Jose Eduardo DOS SANTOS (since 21

       September 1979); note - the president is both chief of state and

       head of government

       head of government: President Jose Eduardo DOS SANTOS (since 21

       September 1979); note - the president is both chief of state and

       head of government; Fernando de Piedade Dias DOS SANTOS was

       appointed Prime Minister on 6 December 2002, but this is not a

       position of real power

       cabinet: Council of Ministers appointed by the president

       elections: president elected by universal ballot for a NA-year term;

       President DOS SANTOS originally elected (in 1979) without opposition

       under a one-party system and stood for reelection in Angola's first

       multiparty elections 29–30 September 1992 (next to be held NA)

       election results: DOS SANTOS 49.6%, Jonas SAVIMBI 40.1%, making a

       run-off election necessary; the run-off was not held and SAVIMBI's

       National Union for the Total Independence of Angola (UNITA)

       repudiated the results of the first election; the civil war resumed

      Legislative branch:

       unicameral National Assembly or Assembleia Nacional (220 seats;

       members elected by proportional vote to serve four-year terms)

       elections: last held 29–30 September 1992 (next to be held NA)

       election results: percent of vote by party - MPLA 54%, UNITA 34%,

       others 12%; seats by party - MPLA 129, UNITA 70, PRS 6, FNLA 5, PLD

       3, others 7

      Judicial branch:

       Supreme Court or Tribunal da Relacao (judges are appointed by the

       president)

      Political parties and leaders:

       Liberal Democratic Party or PLD [Analia de Victoria PEREIRA];

       National Front for the Liberation of Angola or FNLA [disputed

       leadership: Lucas NGONDA, Holden ROBERTO]; National Union for the

       Total Independence of Angola or UNITA [interim leader: PAULO Lukamba

       "Gato"], largest opposition party has engaged in years of armed

       resistance; Popular Movement for the Liberation of Angola or MPLA

       [Jose Eduardo DOS SANTOS], ruling