Angola — Population growth
Population Growth (Annual %) for Angola, 1961–2025.
Population growth for Angola was 3.00% in 2025, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 65 years, from 1961 to 2025. The highest recorded value was 3.89% in 2011. The lowest was 0.99% in 1962 (about 3.0× the low point). Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to 1.28% per year.
Angola ranks 12 of 217 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 6%. The median for Sub-Saharan Africa is 2.30%, so Angola sits above it. It peaked in 2011 and has fallen 23% since. Over the last decade (2015–2025) the figure moved down 17%. Within Sub-Saharan Africa it ranks 6 of 48 economies; Mali (2.90%) is just below it. Its sharpest one-year move was up 52% in 1971. That is 9% below this series' own ten-year average.
Data highlights
From its 1961 level: doubled by 1972. Doubling roughly every 54 years at that pace.
World ranking. Climbed: 166th of 216 in 1961 → 146th of 216 in 1970 → 23rd of 216 in 1980 → 28th of 216 in 1990 → 15th of 217 in 2000 → 8th of 217 in 2010 → 7th of 217 in 2020 → 12th of 217 in 2025.
Key figures
Full history — 1961 to 2025
| Year | annual % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 3% | -0.0 pp |
| 2024 | 3.04% | -0.0 pp |
| 2023 | 3.08% | -0.1 pp |
| 2022 | 3.14% | -0.0 pp |
| 2021 | 3.18% | -0.1 pp |
| 2020 | 3.27% | -0.1 pp |
| 2019 | 3.39% | -0.1 pp |
| 2018 | 3.45% | -0.1 pp |
| 2017 | 3.54% | -0.0 pp |
| 2016 | 3.58% | -0.0 pp |
| 2015 | 3.61% | -0.1 pp |
| 2014 | 3.73% | -0.1 pp |
| 2013 | 3.85% | -0.0 pp |
| 2012 | 3.88% | -0.0 pp |
| 2011 | 3.89% | +0.0 pp |
| 2010 | 3.85% | +0.0 pp |
| 2009 | 3.8% | +0.0 pp |
| 2008 | 3.78% | +0.0 pp |
| 2007 | 3.74% | +0.1 pp |
| 2006 | 3.68% | +0.0 pp |
| 2005 | 3.65% | +0.1 pp |
| 2004 | 3.59% | +0.1 pp |
| 2003 | 3.49% | +0.1 pp |
| 2002 | 3.41% | +0.1 pp |
| 2001 | 3.35% | +0.0 pp |
| 2000 | 3.31% | +0.0 pp |
| 1999 | 3.3% | -0.1 pp |
| 1998 | 3.35% | -0.0 pp |
| 1997 | 3.4% | +0.0 pp |
| 1996 | 3.38% | +0.0 pp |
| 1995 | 3.34% | +0.1 pp |
| 1994 | 3.24% | +0.0 pp |
| 1993 | 3.2% | -0.1 pp |
| 1992 | 3.27% | -0.1 pp |
| 1991 | 3.36% | -0.0 pp |
| 1990 | 3.39% | -0.0 pp |
| 1989 | 3.41% | +0.0 pp |
| 1988 | 3.4% | -0.1 pp |
| 1987 | 3.47% | -0.1 pp |
| 1986 | 3.62% | -0.1 pp |
| 1985 | 3.68% | -0.0 pp |
| 1984 | 3.71% | -0.0 pp |
| 1983 | 3.72% | +0.0 pp |
| 1982 | 3.68% | +0.0 pp |
| 1981 | 3.64% | +0.1 pp |
| 1980 | 3.59% | +0.1 pp |
| 1979 | 3.51% | +0.0 pp |
| 1978 | 3.48% | +0.1 pp |
| 1977 | 3.38% | +0.0 pp |
| 1976 | 3.33% | -0.1 pp |
| 1975 | 3.41% | -0.0 pp |
| 1974 | 3.46% | +0.0 pp |
| 1973 | 3.41% | +0.4 pp |
| 1972 | 3.01% | +0.7 pp |
| 1971 | 2.34% | +0.8 pp |
| 1970 | 1.53% | +0.5 pp |
| 1969 | 1.06% | -0.0 pp |
| 1968 | 1.07% | -0.0 pp |
| 1967 | 1.08% | +0.0 pp |
| 1966 | 1.07% | +0.0 pp |
| 1965 | 1.05% | +0.0 pp |
| 1964 | 1.03% | +0.0 pp |
| 1963 | 1% | +0.0 pp |
| 1962 | 0.99% | -0.3 pp |
| 1961 | 1.33% | — |
Frequently asked questions
What was Angola’s Population growth in 1962?
0.99% (1962). The full year-by-year table above lists every published year, most recent first.
Are changes in this series measured in percentage points?
Yes. The series is a share expressed in annual %, so year-over-year movements in the Change column are percentage points (pp), not percent.
Is Angola’s Population growth growing or shrinking?
Between 1961 and 2025 the series was growing overall: +126.0% in total — about 1.3% a year compounded.
Where does this data come from?
World Bank Open Data (CC BY-4.0), indicator SP.POP.GROW. Values are reproduced as published; this page only computes summary statistics such as change, CAGR and extremes.
What are the most recent published figures?
The last five published years: 2025: 3%; 2024: 3.04%; 2023: 3.08%; 2022: 3.14%; 2021: 3.18%. Earlier years are in the full-history table below.
Related data
SP.POP.GROW — Population Growth (Annual %). Data licensed under CC BY 4.0. Values are reproduced as published; this page computes the summary statistics (change, CAGR, extremes) from the underlying annual series. View the original dataset on data.worldbank.org.