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| • Country Analysis Briefs - Angola |
| President: José Eduardo dos Santos
Independence: November 11, 1975 (from Portugal)
Population (July 1999E): 12 million
Population density: 9hab/km2
Growth average: 3,3%
Life expectancy: 46,5 years
Population with less than 15 years: 48%
Population estimated in 2008: 16,6 million
Location/Size: Southern Africa, bordering the Atlantic Ocean (on the west), the Democratic Republic of the Congo (on the north and east); Zambia (on the east); and Namibia (on the south)/1,246,700 square kilometers (481,350 square miles)
MAJOR CITIES
Luanda (capital) estimated 3million of hab. in 1998;
Huambo: 400,000 in 1975,
Benguela: 340.000;
Lobito: 521.000;
Lubango: 175.000;
Malange: 193.000
Languages: Portuguese (official), over 60 local languages including Umbundu, Kimbundu, Kikongo, Tchokwe and Ovambo
Ethnic Groups: Ovimbundu 37%, Kimbundu 25%, Bakongo 13%
Religion: Traditional beliefs 47%, Roman Catholic 38%, Protestant 15%
Defense (1998E): Army (106,000), Navy (2,000), Air Force (6,000), Paramilitary Forces (15,000)
ECONOMIC OVERVIEW
Minister of Finance: José Pedro de Morais
Currency: New Kwanza (NKz)
Exchange Rate (6/30/00): US$1 = 6.05 NKz
Gross Domestic Product (GDP) (1998E): $8.0 billion
Real GDP Growth Rate (1998E): 2.8% (1999E): 2.6%
Inflation Rate (1998E): 91% (1999E): 250%
Current Account Balance (1998E): -$1.9 billion (1999E): -$1.4 billion
Major Trading Partners: United States, Portugal, China, France, South Africa
Major Export Products: Crude oil, diamonds, refined petroleum products
Major Import Products: Consumer goods, military and capital goods, machinery, vehicles and spare parts
Total External Debt (2000E): $12 billion
ENERGY OVERVIEW
Minister of Petroleum: Desidério da Graça Verissimo da Costa
Minister of Energy and Water: José Maria Botelho de Vasconcelos
Proven Oil Reserves (1/1/00E): 5.4 billion barrels
Oil Production (1999E): 766,000 barrels per day (bbl/d), all of which is crude oil
Oil Consumption (1999E): 34,000 bbl/d
Crude Oil Exports (1999E): 732,000 bbl/d
Refining Capacity (1/1/00E): 39,000 bbl/d
Natural Gas Reserves (1/1/00E): 1.6 trillion cubic feet
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Natural Gas Production (1998E): 20.5 billion cubic feet (bcf)
Natural Gas Consumption (1998E): 20.5 bcf
Electric Generation Capacity (1/1/98E): 617 megawatts
Electricity Generation (1998E): 1.9 billion kilowatt hours (75% hydroelectric, 25% thermal)
ENVIRONMENTAL OVERVIEW Minister of Fisheries and Environment: salomão Xirimbimbi
Total Energy Consumption (1999E): 0.1 quadrillion Btu* (0.03% of world total energy consumption)
Energy-Related Carbon Emissions (1999E): 3.7 million metric tons of carbon (0.06% of world carbon emissions)
Per Capita Energy Consumption (1999E): 8.1 million Btu (vs. U.S. value of 355.8 million Btu)
Per Capita Carbon Emissions (1999E): 0.3 metric tons of carbon (vs. U.S. value of 5.5 metric tons of carbon)
Energy Intensity (1999E): 9,900 Btu/$1990 (vs. U.S. value of 12,638 Btu/$1990) **
Carbon Intensity (1999E): 0.35 metric tons of carbon/thousand $1990 (vs.U.S. value of 0.19 metric tons of carbon/$1990)**
Sectoral Share of Energy Consumption (1998E): Transportation (8.7%), Industrial (17.2%), Residential (70.2%), Commercial (3.8%)
Sectoral Share of Carbon Emissions (1998E): Transportation (34.9%), Industrial (40.6%), Residential (9.1%), Commercial (15.4%)
Fuel Share of Energy Consumption (1999E): Oil (69.2%), Natural Gas (20.5%), Coal (0.0%)
Fuel Share of Carbon Emissions (1999E): Natural Gas (64.4%), Oil (35.6%), Coal (0.0%)
Renewable Energy Consumption (1998E): 174 trillion Btu* (2% increase from 1997)
Number of People per Motor Vehicle (1998): 50 (vs U.S. value of 1.3)
Status in Climate Change Negotiations: Non-Annex I country under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (ratified May 17, 2000). Not a signatory to the Kyoto Protocol.
Major Environmental Issues: Overuse of pastures and subsequent soil erosion attributable to population pressures; desertification; deforestation of tropical rain forest (in response to both international demand for tropical timber and to domestic use as fuel), loss of biodiversity; soil erosion contributing to water pollution and situation of rivers and dams; inadequate supplies of potable water
Major International Environmental Agreements: A party to Conventions on Biodiversity, Desertification and Law of the Sea * The total energy consumption statistic includes petroleum, dry natural gas, coal, net hydro, nuclear, geothermal, solar and wind electric power. The renewable energy consumption statistic is based on International Energy Agency (IEA) data and includes hydropower, solar, wind, tide, geothermal, solid biomass and animal products, biomass gas and liquids, industrial and municipal wastes. Sectoral shares of energy consumption and carbon emissions are also based on IEA data. **GDP based on EIA International Energy Annual 1998
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