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Aliases: People's Republic of Angola, Republic of Angola, Republica de Angola

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Geography
Area 1,246,700 km²
Continent Africa
Land area 1,246,700 km²
Water area 0 km²
Land boundaries 5,369 km
Border countries
  • Democratic Republic of the Congo
  • Namibia
  • Republic of the Congo
  • Zambia
Coastline 1,600 km
Mean elevation 1,112 m
Lowest point 0 m
Highest point 2,620 m
People
Population 32,522,339
Official languages
  • Portuguese
Religion Roman Catholic
Government
Long country name Republic of Angola
Short country name Angola
Long local name Republica de Angola
Short local name Angola
Former name
  • People's Republic of Angola
Government type Presidential republic
Capital Luanda
Economy
GDP (PPP) 193,600,000,000 USD
GDP (OER) 126,500,000,000 USD
GDP (real growth rate) -2.5 %
GDP - per capita (PPP) 6,800 USD
Gross national saving 28.6 % of GDP
Labor force 12,510,000
Unemployment rate 6.6 %
Population below poverty line 36.6 %
Budget revenues 37,020,000,000 USD
Budget expenditures 45,440,000,000 USD
Military expenditures 1.78 % of GDP
Taxes and other revenues 29.3 % of GDP
Budget surplus or deficit -6.7 % of GDP
Public debt 65 % of GDP
Inflation rate 29.8 %
Central bank discount rate 9 %
Commercial bank prime lending rate 15.82 %
Stock of narrow money 32,390,000,000 USD
Stock of broad money 32,390,000,000 USD
Stock of domestic credit 16,020,000,000 USD
Market value of publicly traded shares Add
Current account balance -1,254,000,000 USD
Exports 33,070,000,000 USD
Imports 19,500,000,000 USD
Reserves of foreign exchange and gold 17,290,000,000 USD
External debt 42,080,000,000 USD
National currency kwanza
National currency (code) AOA
National currency (symbol) Kz
National currency rate to USD 172.6

Angola scores low on human development indexes despite using its large oil reserves to rebuild since the end of a 27-year civil war in 2002. Fighting between the Popular Movement for the Liberation of Angola (MPLA), led by Jose Eduardo DOS SANTOS, and the National Union for the Total Independence of Angola (UNITA), led by Jonas SAVIMBI, followed independence from Portugal in 1975. Peace seemed imminent in 1992 when Angola held national elections, but fighting picked up again in 1993. Up to 1.5 million lives may have been lost - and 4 million people displaced - during the more than a quarter century of fighting. SAVIMBI's death in 2002 ended UNITA's insurgency and cemented the MPLA's hold on power. DOS SANTOS stepped down from the presidency in 2017, having led the country since 1979. He pushed through a new constitution in 2010. Joao LOURENCO was elected president in August 2017 and became president of the MPLA in September 2018.

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