World Summary --- Angola

Summary information

Names
ISO3-Code	AGO
Continent	Africa
Country Name	Angola
Administrative
Admin Level Used	1
Level1 Type	Provincia
Level2 Type	Municipio
Number of Units	18
Population Estimates
Ref. Year First	1987
Ref. Year Last	1995
Pop '90 (estimated) ('000)	10,002
Pop '95 (estimated) ('000)	11,478
Pop '90 (UN) ('000)	9,230
Pop '95 (UN) ('000)	10,972
Difference '90	-8.4%
Difference '95	-4.6%
Spatial Estimates
Area (sq km)	1,246,700
Resolution (km)	263
PopPerUnit ('000)	610
Resources
UNEP GRID	http://grid2.cr.usgs.gov

Data sources Angola This database was initially produced for the UNEP/GRID-WRI-NCGIA Africa Population Database. See the GRID-Sioux Falls web site at http://grid2.cr.usgs.gov The 1980 and 1990 estimates produced for this database were used to produce the P95E estimate. Pop data sources: Instituto Nacional de Estatistica (1987), Boletim Demografico No. 4, Projeccao da populacao do pais por provincias para o perodo 1970/95. There are no reliable pop figures available for Angola since the last census was carried out in 1970. Since then, considerable displacement of people has taken place due to the civil war. All published data in the Statistical Yearbooks and other publications (e.g., the Economist's Intelligence Unit report) are estimates produced by the National Statistics Institute based on 1970 data in 1987. The accuracy of these estimates is obviously very limited. Still, these estimates were used for 1990 and 95 estimates. Even though a district level GIS database is available, no data at this level could be obtained. A province level database was therefore used for this data set.

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