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Angola

Angola
Capital Luanda
1,246,700 km² · 39,040,039 people (2025) · Angolan kwanza

The Atlantic coast runs about 1,600 km. Angola sits on the southern edge of the Congo rainforest and the northern edge of the Namib, so it crosses from jungle to desert in a single north-south drive. Cabinda, one of its provinces, is separated from the rest of the country by a strip of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

The facts

Capital
Luanda
Area
1,246,700 km² — 481,353 sq mi
Population
39,040,039 (2025)
Density
31.3 people per km²
Currency
Angolan kwanza (AOA, Kz)
Official language
Portuguese
Time zone
UTC+01:00
Calling code
+244
Drives on the
right
ISO codes
AO · AGO
Continent
Africa

How it compares

By area
23 of 200
By population
39 of 200

Population is the only figure on this page that dates — it is a 2025 estimate and will drift. Area, capital, currency, languages, calling code and driving side change rarely or never.

Countries of a similar size

Country Area (km²) Population
Chad 1,284,000 21,003,705
Niger 1,267,000 27,917,831
Angola ← 1,246,700 39,040,039
Mali 1,240,192 25,198,821
South Africa 1,219,090 64,747,319

Common questions

What is the capital of Angola?
Luanda
What currency does Angola use?
The Angolan kwanza (AOA).
How big is Angola?
1,246,700 km², or 481,353 square miles — 23 of 200 by area.
Which side of the road does Angola drive on?
The right.

Related pages

Sources

  1. The World Factbook — Central Intelligence Agency (Public domain (US Government))
  2. World Bank Open Data — The World Bank (CC BY 4.0)

How these figures are compiled and checked