The latest officially reported population of Angola was 37,885,849 in 2024 vs 1,408,975,000 people in China in 2024. In 2026, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Angola's population is 40,228,288 people compared to 1,402,614,510 in China.
Population statistics:
- China's population is 34.9 times bigger than Angola's.
- Angola is ranked the 39th most populous country in the world, while China is the 2nd.
- The countries together account for 17.4% of the world: 0.49% for Angola vs 16.9% for China.
- For the last 10 years, Angola has had an average growth rate of +3.42% per year vs +0.3% in China.
- Since 2006, the population of Angola has increased from 20M people to 40.2M (101% growth), while China has grown from 1.31B to 1.4B (6.99% growth).
- Angola is projected to reach its peak in 2100 at 150M people, while China's population already peaked in 2021 at 1.41B people and is projected to decrease to 629M people by 2100.
Angola vs China: live population counter
Angola
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China
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|---|---|---|
| Current population |
40228288
|
1402614510
|
| Population rank | 39/197 | 2/197 |
| Percent of world population | 0.49% | 16.9% |
| One net population change |
27.8 seconds
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18.2 seconds
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| One birth every |
22.8 seconds
|
3.5 seconds
|
| One death every |
2.07 minutes
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2.84 seconds
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| One migration net change every |
3.33 hours
|
1.65 minutes
|
| Annual migration change | -2,629 | -318,992 |
| Daily growth/decline | +3,112 | -4,753 |
| Annual growth/decline | +1,135,943 | -1,735,000 |
| Annual growth/decline rate | +3.09% | -0.12% |
| Population growth rate rank | 12/197 | 174/197 |
Angola and China: population history and growth rate by year chart
Angola
Population
Growth rate
China
Population
Growth rate
| Year | Population | Growth rate | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
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Angola
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China
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Angola
|
China
|
|
| 1960 | 5,231,654 | 667,070,000 | - | - |
| 1961 | 5,301,583 | 660,330,000 | 1.34% | -1.01% |
| 1962 | 5,354,310 | 665,770,000 | 0.99% | 0.82% |
| 1963 | 5,408,320 | 682,335,000 | 1.01% | 2.49% |
| 1964 | 5,464,187 | 698,355,000 | 1.03% | 2.35% |
| 1965 | 5,521,981 | 715,185,000 | 1.06% | 2.41% |
| 1966 | 5,581,386 | 735,400,000 | 1.08% | 2.83% |
| 1967 | 5,641,807 | 754,550,000 | 1.08% | 2.6% |
| 1968 | 5,702,699 | 774,510,000 | 1.08% | 2.65% |
| 1969 | 5,763,685 | 796,025,000 | 1.07% | 2.78% |
| 1970 | 5,852,788 | 818,315,000 | 1.55% | 2.8% |
| 1971 | 5,991,102 | 841,105,000 | 2.36% | 2.78% |
| 1972 | 6,174,262 | 862,030,000 | 3.06% | 2.49% |
| 1973 | 6,388,528 | 881,940,000 | 3.47% | 2.31% |
| 1974 | 6,613,367 | 900,350,000 | 3.52% | 2.09% |
| 1975 | 6,842,947 | 916,395,000 | 3.47% | 1.78% |
| 1976 | 7,074,664 | 930,685,000 | 3.39% | 1.56% |
| 1977 | 7,317,829 | 943,455,000 | 3.44% | 1.37% |
| 1978 | 7,576,734 | 956,165,000 | 3.54% | 1.35% |
| 1979 | 7,847,207 | 969,005,000 | 3.57% | 1.34% |
| 1980 | 8,133,872 | 981,235,000 | 3.65% | 1.26% |
| 1981 | 8,435,607 | 993,885,000 | 3.71% | 1.29% |
| 1982 | 8,751,648 | 1,008,630,000 | 3.75% | 1.48% |
| 1983 | 9,082,983 | 1,023,310,000 | 3.79% | 1.46% |
| 1984 | 9,425,917 | 1,036,825,000 | 3.78% | 1.32% |
| 1985 | 9,779,120 | 1,051,040,000 | 3.75% | 1.37% |
| 1986 | 10,139,450 | 1,066,790,000 | 3.68% | 1.5% |
| 1987 | 10,497,858 | 1,084,035,000 | 3.53% | 1.62% |
| 1988 | 10,861,291 | 1,101,630,000 | 3.46% | 1.62% |
| 1989 | 11,238,562 | 1,118,650,000 | 3.47% | 1.54% |
| 1990 | 11,626,360 | 1,135,185,000 | 3.45% | 1.48% |
| 1991 | 12,023,529 | 1,150,780,000 | 3.42% | 1.37% |
| 1992 | 12,423,712 | 1,164,970,000 | 3.33% | 1.23% |
| 1993 | 12,827,135 | 1,178,440,000 | 3.25% | 1.16% |
| 1994 | 13,249,764 | 1,191,835,000 | 3.29% | 1.14% |
| 1995 | 13,699,778 | 1,204,855,000 | 3.4% | 1.09% |
| 1996 | 14,170,973 | 1,217,550,000 | 3.44% | 1.05% |
| 1997 | 14,660,413 | 1,230,075,000 | 3.45% | 1.03% |
| 1998 | 15,159,370 | 1,241,935,000 | 3.4% | 0.96% |
| 1999 | 15,667,235 | 1,252,735,000 | 3.35% | 0.87% |
| 2000 | 16,194,869 | 1,262,645,000 | 3.37% | 0.79% |
| 2001 | 16,747,208 | 1,271,850,000 | 3.41% | 0.73% |
| 2002 | 17,327,699 | 1,280,400,000 | 3.47% | 0.67% |
| 2003 | 17,943,712 | 1,288,400,000 | 3.56% | 0.62% |
| 2004 | 18,600,423 | 1,296,075,000 | 3.66% | 0.6% |
| 2005 | 19,291,161 | 1,303,720,000 | 3.71% | 0.59% |
| 2006 | 20,015,279 | 1,311,020,000 | 3.75% | 0.56% |
| 2007 | 20,778,561 | 1,317,885,000 | 3.81% | 0.52% |
| 2008 | 21,578,655 | 1,324,655,000 | 3.85% | 0.51% |
| 2009 | 22,414,773 | 1,331,260,000 | 3.87% | 0.5% |
| 2010 | 23,294,825 | 1,337,705,000 | 3.93% | 0.48% |
| 2011 | 24,218,352 | 1,345,035,000 | 3.96% | 0.55% |
| 2012 | 25,177,394 | 1,354,190,000 | 3.96% | 0.68% |
| 2013 | 26,165,620 | 1,363,240,000 | 3.93% | 0.67% |
| 2014 | 27,160,769 | 1,371,860,000 | 3.8% | 0.63% |
| 2015 | 28,157,798 | 1,379,860,000 | 3.67% | 0.58% |
| 2016 | 29,183,070 | 1,387,790,000 | 3.64% | 0.57% |
| 2017 | 30,234,839 | 1,396,215,000 | 3.6% | 0.61% |
| 2018 | 31,297,155 | 1,402,760,000 | 3.51% | 0.47% |
| 2019 | 32,375,632 | 1,407,745,000 | 3.45% | 0.36% |
| 2020 | 33,451,132 | 1,411,100,000 | 3.32% | 0.24% |
| 2021 | 34,532,429 | 1,412,360,000 | 3.23% | 0.09% |
| 2022 | 35,635,029 | 1,412,175,000 | 3.19% | -0.01% |
| 2023 | 36,749,906 | 1,410,710,000 | 3.13% | -0.1% |
| 2024 | 37,885,849 | 1,408,975,000 | 3.09% | -0.12% |
| 2025 | 39,040,029 | 1,405,773,318 | 3.05% | -0.23% |
| 2026 | 40,215,174 | 1,402,614,510 | 3.01% | -0.22% |
| 2027 | 41,415,119 | 1,399,403,406 | 2.98% | -0.23% |
| 2028 | 42,641,677 | 1,395,886,569 | 2.96% | -0.25% |
| 2029 | 43,891,847 | 1,392,060,666 | 2.93% | -0.27% |
| 2030 | 45,160,453 | 1,387,961,846 | 2.89% | -0.29% |
| 2031 | 46,449,962 | 1,383,588,794 | 2.86% | -0.32% |
| 2032 | 47,759,505 | 1,378,934,346 | 2.82% | -0.34% |
| 2033 | 49,091,470 | 1,374,007,012 | 2.79% | -0.36% |
| 2034 | 50,447,449 | 1,368,825,481 | 2.76% | -0.38% |
| 2035 | 51,821,711 | 1,363,415,793 | 2.72% | -0.4% |
| 2036 | 53,215,935 | 1,357,772,486 | 2.69% | -0.41% |
| 2037 | 54,625,858 | 1,351,902,859 | 2.65% | -0.43% |
| 2038 | 56,053,776 | 1,345,840,038 | 2.61% | -0.45% |
| 2039 | 57,501,906 | 1,339,558,174 | 2.58% | -0.47% |
| 2040 | 58,965,319 | 1,333,028,062 | 2.54% | -0.49% |
| 2041 | 60,441,178 | 1,326,251,398 | 2.5% | -0.51% |
| 2042 | 61,927,899 | 1,319,222,019 | 2.46% | -0.53% |
| 2043 | 63,430,872 | 1,311,956,934 | 2.43% | -0.55% |
| 2044 | 64,945,294 | 1,304,437,340 | 2.39% | -0.57% |
| 2045 | 66,464,320 | 1,296,592,737 | 2.34% | -0.6% |
| 2046 | 68,000,587 | 1,288,357,014 | 2.31% | -0.64% |
| 2047 | 69,554,157 | 1,279,723,262 | 2.28% | -0.67% |
| 2048 | 71,118,776 | 1,270,661,954 | 2.25% | -0.71% |
| 2049 | 72,701,379 | 1,261,120,581 | 2.23% | -0.75% |
| 2050 | 74,295,387 | 1,251,102,086 | 2.19% | -0.79% |
From 2006 to 2016, the population of Angola increased by 9,167,791 people (a 45.8% growth), while China gained 76,770,000 people (a 5.86% growth).
For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Angola gained 11,045,218 (a 37.8% growth), while China's population increased by 14,824,510 (a 1.07% growth).
Angola was ranked 56th most populous country in 2006 and is 39th in 2026. China was ranked 1st in 2006 and ranked 2nd now.
The UN's World Population Prospects forecasts that with changing growth rate trends in 24 years (in 2050) Angola's population will grow by 84.7% to 74,295,387 people with a rank change from 39th to 27th. The population of China will decrease by 10.8% to 1,251,102,086 people and will still be ranked 2nd.
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Population differences between Angola and China
|
Angola
|
China
|
|
|---|---|---|
| Life expectancy | 65.2 years | 79 years |
| Average age | 22.5 years | 40.5 years |
| Median age | 17.7 years | 40.6 years |
| Male:Female ratio | 49.5:50.5 | 50.9:49.1 |
| Fertility rate | 5.12 births per woman | 1 births per woman |
| Population density | 78.7 ppl/mi² | 389 ppl/mi² |
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