Angola
Urban population in Angola
Urban population in Angola: 6% in 1950 and 71.5% in 2025, by UN estimates.
- Latest, 2025
- 71.5%
- Since 1950
- +65.5 percentage points
- Rank, 2025
- 91 of 229
- counting from the highest
- Projected, 2050
- 92.7%
- UN projection (World Urbanization Prospects 2025)
% of people · UN
What the numbers say
- The UN projection (World Urbanization Prospects 2025) puts it at 92.7% in 2050.
Every year
% of people · UN
| Year | Angola |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 71.5 |
| 2024 | 70.7 |
| 2023 | 69.9 |
| 2022 | 69.1 |
| 2021 | 68.3 |
| 2020 | 67.5 |
| 2019 | 66.7 |
| 2018 | 65.9 |
| 2017 | 65.1 |
| 2016 | 64.3 |
| 2015 | 63.5 |
| 2014 | 62.7 |
| 2013 | 62.1 |
| 2012 | 61.5 |
| 2011 | 60.8 |
| 2010 | 60.1 |
| 2009 | 59.4 |
| 2008 | 58.6 |
| 2007 | 57.8 |
| 2006 | 56.9 |
| 2005 | 56 |
| 2004 | 55 |
| 2003 | 54 |
| 2002 | 52.9 |
| 2001 | 51.7 |
| 2000 | 50.5 |
| 1999 | 49.3 |
| 1998 | 48 |
| 1997 | 46.7 |
| 1996 | 45.5 |
| 1995 | 44.2 |
| 1994 | 43 |
| 1993 | 41.8 |
| 1992 | 40.5 |
| 1991 | 39.2 |
| 1990 | 37.9 |
| 1989 | 36.5 |
| 1988 | 35.1 |
| 1987 | 33.7 |
| 1986 | 32.3 |
| 1985 | 30.9 |
| 1984 | 29.5 |
| 1983 | 28.1 |
| 1982 | 26.8 |
| 1981 | 25.4 |
| 1980 | 24.1 |
| 1979 | 22.9 |
| 1978 | 21.7 |
| 1977 | 20.5 |
| 1976 | 19.4 |
| 1975 | 18.4 |
| 1974 | 17.4 |
| 1973 | 16.6 |
| 1972 | 15.8 |
| 1971 | 15.1 |
| 1970 | 14.5 |
| 1969 | 14 |
| 1968 | 13.5 |
| 1967 | 13.1 |
| 1966 | 12.7 |
| 1965 | 12.3 |
| 1964 | 12 |
| 1963 | 11.6 |
| 1962 | 11.2 |
| 1961 | 10.8 |
| 1960 | 10.4 |
| 1959 | 10 |
| 1958 | 9.5 |
| 1957 | 9.1 |
| 1956 | 8.6 |
| 1955 | 8.2 |
| 1954 | 7.8 |
| 1953 | 7.3 |
| 1952 | 6.9 |
| 1951 | 6.4 |
| 1950 | 6 |
UN projection (World Urbanization Prospects 2025) · 2026–2050
| Year | Angola |
|---|---|
| 2026 | 72.3 |
| 2027 | 73.1 |
| 2028 | 73.9 |
| 2029 | 74.7 |
| 2030 | 75.5 |
| 2031 | 76.4 |
| 2032 | 77.2 |
| 2033 | 78 |
| 2034 | 78.9 |
| 2035 | 79.7 |
| 2036 | 80.5 |
| 2037 | 81.4 |
| 2038 | 82.2 |
| 2039 | 83.1 |
| 2040 | 83.9 |
| 2041 | 84.8 |
| 2042 | 85.7 |
| 2043 | 86.5 |
| 2044 | 87.4 |
| 2045 | 88.3 |
| 2046 | 89.2 |
| 2047 | 90.1 |
| 2048 | 91 |
| 2049 | 91.8 |
| 2050 | 92.7 |
Good to know
- The share of people living in places the country itself counts as urban.
- Source: UN DESA, World Urbanization Prospects 2025.
- The dashed line is the UN projection (World Urbanization Prospects 2025), a scenario rather than a forecast.
- Ranks count the 229 countries with a value in 2025, highest first.
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- Military spending1.4% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollars$1.26B in 2025
- Military spending per person$38 in 2025
- Military share of state spending5.9% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnel117,000 people in 2020
- National power0.29% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workers0.87% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms imports84 million TIV in 2025
- Arms exports2 million TIV in 2002