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Angola: map and facts
Angola is in Middle Africa. It has about 39 million people (2025), the 39th largest population. It covers 1,246,700 km², the 22nd largest by area. That is about 31 people per km². Its highest point is Mount Moco, at 2,620 m. The longest river on its map is the Congo, 4,700 km from source to mouth.
Facts
- Population: 39,040,039 (2025, World Bank)
- Area: 1,246,700 km² (2024, World Bank)
- Capital: Luanda
- Highest point: Mount Moco, 2,620 m (Natural Earth)
- Forest: 51.2% of the land (2024, World Bank)
Rivers
The longest rivers on the map of Angola, with the length of each whole river (Wikidata):
- Congo: 4,700 km
- Zambezi: 2,574 km
- Kasai: 2,272 km
- Kwango: 1,770 km
- Okavango: 1,600 km
- Cunene: 1,050 km
- Cuito: 1,000 km
- Cuanza: 965 km
- Kwilu: 965 km
- Cuando: 731 km
Also on the map: Lungwebungu, Inkisi and Lucala.
Mountains and landscapes
Its highest peaks:
- Mount Moco: 2,620 m (its highest point)
Mountain ranges: Crystal Mountains.
Plateaus, plains, deserts and other regions: Congo Basin, Namib Desert, Bié Plateau and Huíla Plateau.
Land
Land cover seen from satellites (NASA MODIS, 2024): grassland 35.3%, savanna 32.5%, wooded savanna 18.2%, evergreen broadleaf forest 5.5%, mixed forest 1.9%, deciduous broadleaf forest 1.7%.
Landforms, worked out from the height of the land (USGS GMTED2010): plateaus 58.5%, hills 33%, plains 4.3%, mountains 4.2%.
Forests covered 51.2% of its land in 2024, down from 62.2% in 1990 (World Bank).
Neighbours
Angola shares land borders with Democratic Republic of the Congo, Namibia, Republic of the Congo and Zambia on this map.
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Sources
India’s boundaries are drawn according to India’s official position, simplified for small-scale maps (data: Natural Earth, India view). Each figure shows its year and source; some are rounded. Data release 2026.2.
- Natural Earth (naturalearthdata.com), public domain. Boundaries follow India's official position (Natural Earth's India point of view). Terms
- GMTED2010 courtesy of the U.S. Geological Survey (Danielson and Gesch 2011, USGS Open-File Report 2011-1073). Terms
- Friedl, M., Sulla-Menashe, D. (2022). MODIS/Terra+Aqua Land Cover Type Yearly L3 Global 500m SIN Grid V061. NASA EOSDIS Land Processes DAAC. doi:10.5067/MODIS/MCD12Q1.061. Terms
- The World Bank: World Development Indicators, Population, total (SP.POP.TOTL): UN Population Division, national statistical offices (2025 data, retrieved 2026-10-17). CC BY 4.0. Rounded by Make Me Smarter. Terms
- The World Bank: World Development Indicators, Surface area (AG.SRF.TOTL.K2): FAO (2024 data, retrieved 2026-10-17). CC BY 4.0. Terms
- The World Bank: World Development Indicators, Forest area (% of land area) (AG.LND.FRST.ZS): FAO, FAOSTAT (2024 data, retrieved 2026-10-17). CC BY 4.0. Rounded by Make Me Smarter. Terms
- Wikidata (CC0): names, capitals, peak heights and river lengths, checked by Make Me Smarter. Terms
- Landforms worked out by Make Me Smarter from GMTED2010.
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