Angola vs Guinea-Bissau Demographics: Median age, Gender, Religion

Median age history and projection chart in
Angola vs Guinea-Bissau

Table

Year	Median age
	Angola	Guinea-Bissau
1960	19.8	22.9
1961	19.6	22.9
1962	19.4	22.6
1963	19.1	22.3
1964	18.9	21.7
1965	18.6	20.7
1966	18.3	19.9
1967	18.1	19.6
1968	17.8	19.5
1969	17.6	19.3
1970	17.3	19.1
1971	17	19
1972	17	18.8
1973	17	18.9
1974	17.1	18.9
1975	17.2	18.8
1976	17.2	18.5
1977	17.3	18.2
1978	17.4	17.8
1979	17.5	17.6
1980	17.6	17.7
1981	17.6	17.6
1982	17.7	17.5
1983	17.7	17.3
1984	17.8	17.2
1985	17.8	17.2
1986	17.8	17.1
1987	17.7	17.1
1988	17.6	17
1989	17.6	17
1990	17.5	17.1
1991	17.4	17.1
1992	17.3	17.1
1993	17.3	17.1
1994	17.2	17.1
1995	17.1	17.2
1996	17.1	17.2
1997	17.1	17.3
1998	17.1	17.3
1999	17.2	17.4
2000	17.2	17.4
2001	17.2	17.5
2002	17.2	17.6
2003	17.3	17.6
2004	17.3	17.7
2005	17.3	17.8
2006	17.3	17.9
2007	17.4	17.9
2008	17.4	18
2009	17.4	18.1
2010	17.4	18.2
2011	17.4	18.3
2012	17.4	18.3
2013	17.4	18.4
2014	17.4	18.5
2015	17.4	18.6
2016	17.4	18.8
2017	17.4	18.9
2018	17.4	19.1
2019	17.4	19.2
2020	17.5	19.4
2021	17.5	19.6
2022	17.5	19.8
2023	17.6	19.9
2024	17.7	20.2
2025	17.6	20.4
2026	17.7	20.6
2027	17.9	20.8
2028	18	21.1
2029	18.1	21.3
2030	18.3	21.5
2031	18.4	21.8
2032	18.6	22
2033	18.7	22.3
2034	18.9	22.6
2035	19.1	22.8
2036	19.3	23.1
2037	19.4	23.4
2038	19.6	23.7
2039	19.8	23.9
2040	20	24.2
2041	20.2	24.5
2042	20.3	24.7
2043	20.5	25
2044	20.7	25.2
2045	20.9	25.5
2046	21.1	25.7
2047	21.3	26
2048	21.5	26.2
2049	21.7	26.5
2050	21.9	26.7

In 1960, the median age in Angola was 19.8 years compared to 22.9 years in Guinea-Bissau. As of 2024, the median age had changed to 17.7 years in Angola and to 20.2 years in Guinea-Bissau.

According to United Nations projections, the median age in Angola is expected to increased to around 21.9 years by 2050 compared to 26.7 years in Guinea-Bissau. The aging demographics forecast is based on previous years' birth rates and increasing life expectancy.

Demographic pyramid: age and gender distribution

Table

Age range	Share of population
	Angola		Guinea-Bissau
	Male	Female	Male	Female
0-4	8.45%	8.31%	6.91%	6.72%
5-9	7.42%	7.35%	6.52%	6.36%
10-14	6.43%	6.39%	6.2%	6.07%
15-19	5.31%	5.3%	5.49%	5.41%
20-24	4.25%	4.28%	4.74%	4.69%
25-29	3.54%	3.59%	4.1%	4.09%
30-34	3.1%	3.17%	3.5%	3.52%
35-39	2.65%	2.74%	3.01%	3.05%
40-44	2.15%	2.25%	2.51%	2.57%
45-49	1.7%	1.82%	1.98%	2.15%
50-54	1.34%	1.5%	1.51%	1.71%
55-59	1.07%	1.24%	1.01%	1.25%
60-64	0.83%	0.96%	0.72%	1.03%
65-69	0.58%	0.69%	0.53%	0.85%
70-74	0.35%	0.44%	0.36%	0.58%
75-79	0.19%	0.27%	0.2%	0.31%
80+	0.12%	0.21%	0.14%	0.22%

The chart above is a variation of a population pyramid and represents a comparison of age and gender structure. Angola has high demographic potential with 76.9% of people in the 0-34 age group compared to 74.3% and similar potential in Guinea-Bissau.

Age dependency chart

Table

Year	Age dependency ratio
	Angola			Guinea-Bissau
	Total	Young	Old	Total	Young	Old
1960	79.9%	74.3%	5.68%	69.2%	62.4%	6.84%
1961	81.2%	75.4%	5.73%	70%	63.1%	6.93%
1962	82.5%	76.8%	5.76%	71.9%	64.9%	7.02%
1963	84.1%	78.3%	5.79%	74%	66.9%	7.14%
1964	85.9%	80.1%	5.81%	77.7%	70.4%	7.37%
1965	87.9%	82.1%	5.83%	82.5%	74.8%	7.69%
1966	89.7%	83.9%	5.82%	85.7%	77.8%	7.91%
1967	91.3%	85.5%	5.8%	86.4%	78.4%	7.93%
1968	92.8%	87%	5.76%	85.3%	77.5%	7.83%
1969	94%	88.3%	5.71%	85.5%	77.6%	7.84%
1970	95.4%	89.8%	5.64%	85.6%	77.7%	7.9%
1971	96.4%	90.9%	5.54%	85.9%	77.9%	8.01%
1972	96.1%	90.7%	5.41%	86.3%	78.1%	8.17%
1973	95.2%	89.9%	5.27%	85.3%	77%	8.27%
1974	94.2%	89%	5.12%	85.3%	76.8%	8.52%
1975	93.2%	88.2%	4.99%	87.1%	78.2%	8.86%
1976	92.2%	87.4%	4.85%	90.3%	81.1%	9.16%
1977	91.3%	86.6%	4.73%	94.3%	84.9%	9.39%
1978	90.3%	85.7%	4.62%	98.3%	88.8%	9.54%
1979	89.5%	85%	4.52%	99.4%	89.9%	9.48%
1980	88.8%	84.3%	4.43%	99.2%	89.7%	9.48%
1981	88.2%	83.8%	4.36%	100.4%	90.7%	9.69%
1982	87.7%	83.4%	4.3%	101.6%	91.7%	9.89%
1983	87.4%	83.1%	4.25%	102.7%	92.6%	10.1%
1984	87.2%	82.9%	4.21%	103.6%	93.3%	10.2%
1985	87.2%	83%	4.19%	104.1%	93.8%	10.3%
1986	87.6%	83.4%	4.19%	104.4%	93.9%	10.4%
1987	88.2%	84%	4.19%	104.4%	93.9%	10.5%
1988	88.9%	84.7%	4.21%	104.2%	93.7%	10.5%
1989	89.6%	85.3%	4.24%	103.8%	93.3%	10.5%
1990	90.3%	86%	4.3%	103.3%	92.8%	10.5%
1991	91%	86.6%	4.37%	102.4%	92.1%	10.2%
1992	91.7%	87.3%	4.45%	101.2%	91.4%	9.72%
1993	92.4%	87.9%	4.55%	100.2%	90.9%	9.27%
1994	93.1%	88.4%	4.65%	99.4%	90.6%	8.86%
1995	93.5%	88.8%	4.76%	98.5%	90%	8.49%
1996	93.7%	88.9%	4.87%	97.5%	89.3%	8.13%
1997	93.8%	88.8%	4.96%	96.3%	88.5%	7.8%
1998	93.7%	88.7%	5.05%	95.3%	87.8%	7.49%
1999	93.6%	88.5%	5.12%	94.3%	87.1%	7.2%
2000	93.4%	88.2%	5.17%	93.2%	86.3%	6.94%
2001	93.1%	87.9%	5.21%	92.2%	85.5%	6.69%
2002	92.9%	87.6%	5.25%	91.2%	84.7%	6.47%
2003	92.6%	87.3%	5.27%	90.3%	84%	6.26%
2004	92.3%	87%	5.28%	89.4%	83.3%	6.06%
2005	92.1%	86.8%	5.28%	88.6%	82.7%	5.88%
2006	91.9%	86.6%	5.27%	88%	82.2%	5.72%
2007	91.8%	86.5%	5.26%	87.3%	81.7%	5.58%
2008	91.7%	86.5%	5.25%	86.6%	81.2%	5.45%
2009	91.8%	86.5%	5.24%	85.9%	80.6%	5.35%
2010	91.8%	86.6%	5.24%	85.2%	80%	5.26%
2011	91.9%	86.6%	5.23%	84.6%	79.4%	5.19%
2012	91.9%	86.7%	5.23%	84%	78.8%	5.15%
2013	91.9%	86.7%	5.22%	83.4%	78.2%	5.12%
2014	92.1%	86.9%	5.19%	82.7%	77.6%	5.12%
2015	92.2%	87%	5.17%	82%	76.9%	5.13%
2016	92.2%	87%	5.16%	81.3%	76.1%	5.17%
2017	92.1%	86.9%	5.16%	80.4%	75.2%	5.21%
2018	91.9%	86.7%	5.17%	79.4%	74.1%	5.26%
2019	91.6%	86.5%	5.19%	78.3%	73%	5.32%
2020	91.4%	86.2%	5.22%	77.2%	71.8%	5.35%
2021	91%	85.8%	5.24%	76%	70.7%	5.36%
2022	90.6%	85.3%	5.29%	74.8%	69.4%	5.4%
2023	90.1%	84.7%	5.34%	73.6%	68.1%	5.45%
2024	89.4%	84%	5.4%	72.3%	66.8%	5.5%

Age dependency is the ratio of people not in the labor force (children under 15 and adults 64+) to people aged 15 to 64.

Age dependency in Angola decreased from 92.3% to 89.4% between 2004 and 2024.

In Guinea-Bissau, the ratio of dependent people decreased from 89.4% to 72.3% between 2004 and 2024 with a decreased share of young people and a decreased proportion of people aged 65+.

Working age demographic

Table

Year	Working age population share
	Angola	Guinea-Bissau
1960	55.6%	59.1%
1961	55.2%	58.8%
1962	54.8%	58.2%
1963	54.3%	57.5%
1964	53.8%	56.3%
1965	53.2%	54.8%
1966	52.7%	53.8%
1967	52.3%	53.7%
1968	51.9%	54%
1969	51.5%	53.9%
1970	51.2%	53.9%
1971	50.9%	53.8%
1972	51%	53.7%
1973	51.2%	54%
1974	51.5%	54%
1975	51.8%	53.4%
1976	52%	52.6%
1977	52.3%	51.5%
1978	52.5%	50.4%
1979	52.8%	50.2%
1980	53%	50.2%
1981	53.1%	49.9%
1982	53.3%	49.6%
1983	53.4%	49.3%
1984	53.4%	49.1%
1985	53.4%	49%
1986	53.3%	48.9%
1987	53.1%	48.9%
1988	52.9%	49%
1989	52.8%	49.1%
1990	52.6%	49.2%
1991	52.4%	49.4%
1992	52.2%	49.7%
1993	52%	49.9%
1994	51.8%	50.1%
1995	51.7%	50.4%
1996	51.6%	50.6%
1997	51.6%	50.9%
1998	51.6%	51.2%
1999	51.7%	51.5%
2000	51.7%	51.8%
2001	51.8%	52%
2002	51.8%	52.3%
2003	51.9%	52.6%
2004	52%	52.8%
2005	52.1%	53%
2006	52.1%	53.2%
2007	52.1%	53.4%
2008	52.2%	53.6%
2009	52.1%	53.8%
2010	52.1%	54%
2011	52.1%	54.2%
2012	52.1%	54.4%
2013	52.1%	54.5%
2014	52.1%	54.7%
2015	52%	54.9%
2016	52%	55.2%
2017	52.1%	55.4%
2018	52.1%	55.8%
2019	52.2%	56.1%
2020	52.3%	56.4%
2021	52.3%	56.8%
2022	52.5%	57.2%
2023	52.6%	57.6%
2024	52.8%	58%
2025	53%	58.4%
2026	53.2%	58.9%
2027	53.5%	59.3%
2028	53.7%	59.8%
2029	54%	60.2%
2030	54.3%	60.6%
2031	54.6%	61%
2032	54.9%	61.3%
2033	55.2%	61.7%
2034	55.5%	61.9%
2035	55.7%	62.2%
2036	56%	62.5%
2037	56.3%	62.7%
2038	56.6%	62.9%
2039	56.9%	63.2%
2040	57.2%	63.4%
2041	57.5%	63.6%
2042	57.8%	63.7%
2043	58.1%	64%
2044	58.4%	64.2%
2045	58.7%	64.4%
2046	59%	64.5%
2047	59.2%	64.7%
2048	59.5%	64.9%
2049	59.8%	65.1%
2050	60.1%	65.2%

Between 2004 and 2024, the share of working-age demographics aged 15-64 changed from 52% to 52.8% in Angola and from 52.8% to 58% in Guinea-Bissau.

Share of young demographic (0-14 years old)

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Angola	Guinea-Bissau
1960	41.3%	36.9%
1961	41.6%	37.1%
1962	42.1%	37.7%
1963	42.5%	38.4%
1964	43.1%	39.6%
1965	43.7%	41%
1966	44.2%	41.9%
1967	44.7%	42.1%
1968	45.1%	41.8%
1969	45.5%	41.9%
1970	45.9%	41.9%
1971	46.3%	41.9%
1972	46.3%	41.9%
1973	46.1%	41.6%
1974	45.9%	41.4%
1975	45.6%	41.8%
1976	45.5%	42.6%
1977	45.2%	43.7%
1978	45%	44.8%
1979	44.8%	45.1%
1980	44.7%	45%
1981	44.5%	45.3%
1982	44.4%	45.5%
1983	44.4%	45.7%
1984	44.3%	45.9%
1985	44.3%	45.9%
1986	44.5%	46%
1987	44.6%	45.9%
1988	44.8%	45.9%
1989	45%	45.8%
1990	45.2%	45.7%
1991	45.4%	45.5%
1992	45.5%	45.5%
1993	45.7%	45.4%
1994	45.8%	45.4%
1995	45.9%	45.3%
1996	45.9%	45.2%
1997	45.8%	45.1%
1998	45.8%	45%
1999	45.7%	44.8%
2000	45.6%	44.7%
2001	45.5%	44.5%
2002	45.4%	44.3%
2003	45.3%	44.2%
2004	45.3%	44%
2005	45.2%	43.9%
2006	45.1%	43.8%
2007	45.1%	43.6%
2008	45.1%	43.5%
2009	45.1%	43.3%
2010	45.1%	43.2%
2011	45.1%	43%
2012	45.2%	42.8%
2013	45.2%	42.7%
2014	45.2%	42.5%
2015	45.3%	42.2%
2016	45.3%	42%
2017	45.3%	41.7%
2018	45.2%	41.3%
2019	45.1%	40.9%
2020	45%	40.5%
2021	44.9%	40.1%
2022	44.8%	39.7%
2023	44.6%	39.2%
2024	44.4%	38.8%
2025	44.1%	38.3%
2026	43.8%	37.8%
2027	43.5%	37.4%
2028	43.2%	36.9%
2029	42.9%	36.4%
2030	42.6%	36%
2031	42.3%	35.5%
2032	41.9%	35.1%
2033	41.6%	34.8%
2034	41.3%	34.4%
2035	41%	34.1%
2036	40.6%	33.7%
2037	40.3%	33.4%
2038	40%	33%
2039	39.6%	32.7%
2040	39.3%	32.4%
2041	39%	32%
2042	38.7%	31.7%
2043	38.3%	31.4%
2044	38%	31%
2045	37.6%	30.7%
2046	37.3%	30.4%
2047	36.9%	30.1%
2048	36.6%	29.7%
2049	36.3%	29.4%
2050	35.9%	29.1%

The share of young people aged below 15 is 44.4% in Angola and 38.8% in Guinea-Bissau. Birth rates in Angola compared to Guinea-Bissau .

Share of old population (65+)

Table

Year	Share of population 65+ years old
	Angola	Guinea-Bissau
1960	3.16%	4.04%
1961	3.16%	4.07%
1962	3.16%	4.08%
1963	3.15%	4.1%
1964	3.13%	4.15%
1965	3.1%	4.21%
1966	3.07%	4.26%
1967	3.03%	4.26%
1968	2.99%	4.22%
1969	2.94%	4.23%
1970	2.89%	4.26%
1971	2.82%	4.31%
1972	2.76%	4.39%
1973	2.7%	4.46%
1974	2.64%	4.6%
1975	2.58%	4.74%
1976	2.53%	4.82%
1977	2.47%	4.84%
1978	2.43%	4.81%
1979	2.38%	4.75%
1980	2.35%	4.76%
1981	2.32%	4.84%
1982	2.29%	4.91%
1983	2.27%	4.97%
1984	2.25%	5.02%
1985	2.24%	5.07%
1986	2.23%	5.1%
1987	2.23%	5.13%
1988	2.23%	5.15%
1989	2.24%	5.16%
1990	2.26%	5.16%
1991	2.29%	5.05%
1992	2.32%	4.83%
1993	2.36%	4.63%
1994	2.41%	4.44%
1995	2.46%	4.27%
1996	2.51%	4.12%
1997	2.56%	3.97%
1998	2.61%	3.83%
1999	2.64%	3.71%
2000	2.67%	3.59%
2001	2.7%	3.48%
2002	2.72%	3.38%
2003	2.74%	3.29%
2004	2.75%	3.2%
2005	2.75%	3.12%
2006	2.75%	3.05%
2007	2.74%	2.98%
2008	2.74%	2.92%
2009	2.73%	2.88%
2010	2.73%	2.84%
2011	2.73%	2.81%
2012	2.73%	2.8%
2013	2.72%	2.79%
2014	2.7%	2.8%
2015	2.69%	2.82%
2016	2.69%	2.85%
2017	2.69%	2.89%
2018	2.69%	2.93%
2019	2.71%	2.98%
2020	2.73%	3.02%
2021	2.74%	3.05%
2022	2.77%	3.09%
2023	2.81%	3.14%
2024	2.85%	3.19%
2025	2.89%	3.24%
2026	2.94%	3.28%
2027	2.98%	3.32%
2028	3.03%	3.36%
2029	3.07%	3.39%
2030	3.11%	3.43%
2031	3.15%	3.47%
2032	3.19%	3.51%
2033	3.23%	3.57%
2034	3.26%	3.63%
2035	3.3%	3.71%
2036	3.34%	3.81%
2037	3.37%	3.91%
2038	3.4%	4.03%
2039	3.43%	4.15%
2040	3.47%	4.28%
2041	3.51%	4.42%
2042	3.55%	4.55%
2043	3.6%	4.68%
2044	3.65%	4.8%
2045	3.7%	4.93%
2046	3.76%	5.07%
2047	3.82%	5.22%
2048	3.88%	5.37%
2049	3.95%	5.52%
2050	4.02%	5.68%

The share of older people aged 65 and over is 2.85% in Angola and 3.19% in Guinea-Bissau. Life expectancy in Angola compared to Guinea-Bissau .