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Angola vs Guinea
How Angola and Guinea compare on 37 measures, from 1900 to 2025. The main differences:
- Life expectancy · In 2023, Angola was higher: 64.6 years against 60.7 years
- GDP per person · In 2025, Angola was higher: $2,801 against $1,098
- Population · In 2023, Angola was higher: 36.8 million people against 14.4 million people
- Military spending · In 2025, Guinea was higher: 2.03% of GDP against 1.4% of GDP
- CO₂ per person · In 2024, Angola was higher: 0.74 tonnes against 0.35 tonnes
Every measure
Health
- Life expectancyAngola: 64.6 years in 2023Guinea: 60.7 years in 2023
- Child mortalityAngola: 4.9 per 100 live births in 2024Guinea: 9.2 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityAngola: 48.6 per 1,000 live births in 2023Guinea: 65.4 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- DepressionAngola: 4.16% in 2017Guinea: 3.56% in 2017
- Suicide rateAngola: 12 per 100,000 people in 2017Guinea: 11.1 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationAngola: 36.8 million people in 2023Guinea: 14.4 million people in 2023
- Population growthAngola: 3.06% a year in 2023Guinea: 2.45% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateAngola: 5.12 births per woman in 2023Guinea: 4.22 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationAngola: 71.5% in 2025Guinea: 38.5% in 2025
- Median ageAngola: 16.5 years in 2023Guinea: 18 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overAngola: 2.8% in 2023Guinea: 3.4% in 2023
- Net migration rateAngola: -0 per 1,000 people in 2023Guinea: -0.3 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingAngola: 1.4% of GDP in 2025Guinea: 2.03% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsAngola: $1.26B in 2025Guinea: $586M in 2025
- Military spending per personAngola: $38 in 2025Guinea: $40 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingAngola: 5.9% of government spending in 2025Guinea: 10.6% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelAngola: 117,000 people in 2020Guinea: 13,000 people in 2020
- National powerAngola: 0.29% of world capability in 2022Guinea: 0.07% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersAngola: 0.87% of the labour force in 2020Guinea: 0.32% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsAngola: 84 million TIV in 2025Guinea: 6 million TIV in 2025
Climate
Technology and environment
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Good to know
- Sources: UN, Gapminder and UN IGME, IHME, World Bank, IMF, UNESCO, Our World in Data, V-Dem, UCDP, SIPRI, IISS, Correlates of War, ERA5, CMIP6, EDGAR, ITU and FAO. Each measure’s page names its own and what it counts.
- Values are drawn on today’s borders. Years without a published value are left empty, never filled in.
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