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    People Statistics
    Nationality: Noun and adjective--Angolan(s).
    Population (July 2002 est.): 10,533,547.
    Annual population growth rate (2002 est.): 2.0%.
    Ethnic groups: Ovimbundu 37%, Kimbundu 25%, Bakongo 13%, mixed racial 2%, European 1%.
    Religions (2001 official est.): Roman Catholic 68%, various Protestant 20%; indigenous beliefs, 12%.
    Languages: Portuguese (official), Ovimbundu, Kimbundu, Bakongo, and others.
    Education: Years compulsory--8. Enrollment--primary school, 42%; secondary, 20%, and post-secondary, 3%. Literacy (total population over 15 that can read and write, 1998 est.)--42% (male 56%, female 28%).
    Health (2001 est.): Life expectancy--total population 42 years. Infant mortality rate (2001 est.)--193.72/1,000.
    Work force (1997 est. 5 million): Agriculture--85%; industry and commerce--15%; services--6%.

    PEOPLE:
    Angola has three main ethnic groups, each speaking a Bantu language: Ovimbundu 37%, Kimbundu 25%, and Bakongo, 13%. Other groups include Chokwe (or Lunda), Ganguela, Nhaneca-Humbe, Ambo, Herero, and Xindunga. In addition, mixed racial (European and Africa) people amount to about 2%, with a small (1%) population of whites, mainly ethnically Portuguese. Portuguese make up the largest non-Angolan population, with at least 30,000 (though many native-born Angolans can claim Portuguese nationality under Portuguese law). Portuguese is both the official and predominant language.

    source: http://www.state.gov

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