Angola
Republic of Angola
- Region
- Africa · Middle Africa
- Capital
- Luanda
- Population
- 39,040,039 (2025)
- Government
- presidential republic
- Currency
- Angolan kwanza (AOA)
- Official languages
- Portuguese
- Spoken languages
- Portuguese 71.2% (official), Umbundu 23%, Kikongo 8.2%, Kimbundu 7.8%, Chokwe 6.5%, Nhaneca 3.4%, Nganguela 3.1%, Fiote 2.4%, Kwanhama 2.3%, Muhumbi 2.1%, Luvale 1%, other 3.6% (2014 est.)
- Written scripts
- Latin
- Area
- 1,246,700 km²
- Coastline
- Coastal
- UN member
- Yes
- Affiliations
- African Union, IMF, SADC, WCO, WTO
- Borders
- Congo , DR Congo , Zambia , Namibia
Political stability
56 / 100
Economic stability
28 / 100
Population stability
52 / 100
0–100, higher is more stable. Political: World Bank governance score. Economic: government effectiveness, regulatory quality, and inflation proximity to 2% (World Bank). Population: stability of growth and net migration rates (World Bank).
Trade profile
- Key exports
- crude petroleum, diamonds, natural gas, ships, refined petroleum (2023)
- Key imports
- refined petroleum, wheat, ships, cars, trucks (2023)
- Natural resources
- petroleum, diamonds, iron ore, phosphates, copper, feldspar, gold, bauxite, uranium
- Primary route
- Gulf of Guinea and Congo-basin gateways to Europe
- Secondary route
- Cape-routed services to Asia
The xin.bz view
- Angola anchors the Lobito Corridor, the expanding rail link that moves Copperbelt copper and cobalt out through the Atlantic and mining inputs back in — route diversity that grows more valuable as mineral prices climb.
xin.bz coverage
El Niño Is Splitting Africa's Water Map — Just as the World Turns to the Continent for Food, Fertilizer, Fuel and Critical Minerals
A wetter Horn and a drier south, Southern Africa's grain and Kariba buffers, cocoa's port squeeze, Moroccan phosphate and Nigerian fuel as global substitutes, and the corridors that turn African resources into accessible supply.
Africa Is Building a Continental Trade System in Real Time: AfCFTA Moves From Treaty to Customs Gates, Payment Rails and Freight Corridors
AfCFTA's implementation era in 2026 — customs modernization, PAPSS payment expansion, the Abidjan-Lagos and Lobito corridors, and the regional manufacturing buildout reshaping intra-African trade.
Trade research
- WTO trade profile — tariffs, trade in goods and services, top partners
- World Bank country data — GDP, trade share of GDP, logistics indicators
- OEC trade profile — export/import composition and partners, visualized
- ITC Trade Map — detailed trade statistics by product (ITC/UN Comtrade)
- CIA World Factbook — geography, economy, transportation infrastructure
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Sources: mledoze/countries (ODbL), CIA World Factbook (public domain), World Bank Open Data (CC BY-4.0), flag-icons (MIT). Stability scores are xin.bz composites of the cited World Bank indicators; routes and commodity notes are xin.bz assessments. Informational only — verify with official sources.