Angola
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Elders in numbers
- of people are 65 or older
- 2.9%
- people aged 65 or older
- 1.1M
- will be 65 or older in 2050
- 4%
- is how long people live after 60, on average
- 16.5 years
- of people 65+ live alone
- 18.6%
- women 24.2%, men 12.1%
Sources: World Bank, 2025; World Bank projection for 2050; WHO, 2023; UN, 2023
Languages
49 languages, 9 of them endangered
- KhweDefinitely endangered
- BoloVulnerable
- Ekoka !KungVulnerable
- HereroVulnerable
- HunguVulnerable
- MashiVulnerable
- MpindaVulnerable
- SekeleVulnerable
- ZembaVulnerable
- Chokwe
- Gciriku
- Holu
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- Kimbundu
- Kiyombe
- Koongo
- Kunyi
- Kuvale
- Kwandu
- Kwangali
- Kwanyama
- Laari
- Luba-Kasai
- Lucazi
- Luimbi
- Lunda
- Luvale
- Luyana
- Lwalu
- Mbangala
- Mbukushu
- Mbunda
- Mbwela
- Ndombe
- Ndonga
- Ngandyera
- Ngendelengo
- Nkangala
- Nkhumbi
- Nsongo
- Nyaneka
- Nyemba
- Nyengo
- Ruund
- Salampasu
- San Salvador Kongo
- Suundi
- Umbundu
- Vili
- Yaka
Languages and their status: Glottolog v5.3, CC BY 4.0. Names: Wikidata.
UNESCO intangible heritage
List and years: ich.unesco.org
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