Angola Population Pyramid 1961
Angola in 1961
As of 1961, Angola counted 5,301,584 inhabitants. That is 15.2% more than in 1951, when the population stood at 4,602,562.
Half of the population was younger than 19.6 years; 41.6% were children under 15 and 3.2% were 65 or older. This is an expansive pyramid — each cohort of children is larger than the one above it, the signature of high birth rates and rapid growth.
Data source: United Nations World Population Prospects, 2024 revision (medium variant) — last updated July 2024.
In 2023 women in Angola had on average 5.12 children, above the replacement level of 2.1.
Source: World Bank World Development Indicators, latest available year.
Life expectancy at birth was 64.6 years in 2023: 67.1 for women and 62.1 for men.
Source: World Bank World Development Indicators, latest available year.
159,264 immigrants live in Angola, 0.4% of the population.
| D.R. Congo | 93,210 |
| Guinea | 18,697 |
| Côte d'Ivoire | 13,031 |
| Cabo Verde | 9,497 |
| Sao Tome and Principe | 7,062 |
616,960 people born in Angola live in other countries.
| Portugal | 201,961 |
| D.R. Congo | 201,592 |
| Namibia | 42,539 |
| Zambia | 41,665 |
| Congo | 40,756 |
Source: United Nations International Migrant Stock 2024.
| Country | Population | Median age | Relative size |
|---|---|---|---|
| Angola | 5,301,584 | 19.6 | |
| Cameroon | 5,239,273 | 20.3 | |
| Chad | 3,111,947 | 19.8 | |
| Central African Republic | 1,734,580 | 20.1 | |
| Congo | 1,084,390 | 18.7 |





