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Angola — World Gazetteer, 2005 edition

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Angola had an estimated population of 12,918,595 in 2005, with 38 places recorded. Archived from the World Gazetteer, the reference work formerly published at this domain.

About these figures. This page is part of the restored World Gazetteer archive: the 2005 edition of Stefan Helders' reference work, which was published at this domain until 2013 and is preserved here. Figures are as of 2005 and are kept for citation continuity and historical comparison. Esta página conserva la edición de 2005 del World Gazetteer. Las cifras corresponden a 2005; para datos actuales, consulte las fuentes oficiales.

For current figures: Angola today — population now 40,215,179, against 12,918,595 in 2005.

Source2005NowChange
World Gazetteer (the work cited)12,918,595——
UN World Population Prospects19,291,16140,215,179+108%

The two sources differ by 33% for 2005. The Gazetteer figure is the one the citation you followed refers to; the UN pair is the like-for-like comparison.

Agglomerations, 2005

#NamePopulation (2005)
1Luanda3,661,845

Cities and towns, 2005

#PlaceRegionPopulation (2005)Today
1LuandaLuanda2,776,1682,776,168 now
2HuamboHuambo226,145595,304 now
3LobitoBenguela207,932393,079 now
4BenguelaBenguela151,226—
5KuitoBié113,624—
6LubangoHuíla102,541—
7MalanjeMalanje87,046—
8NamibeNamibe80,149—
9SoyoZaire67,491—
10CabindaCabinda66,020—
11UígeUíge60,008—
12SaurimoLunda Sul40,498—
13SumbeKwanza Sul33,277—
14CaluquembeHuíla30,300—
15CaxitoBengo28,224—
16LongonjoHuambo24,346—
17Mʿbanza-KongoZaire24,220—
18NʿdalatandoKwanza Norte21,236—
19CaálaHuambo21,205—
20LuenaMoxico21,115—
21LucapaLunda Norte20,115—
22CamacupaBié19,150—
23MenongueKuando-Kubango19,141—
24CatabolaBié18,855—
25LuauMoxico18,465—
26NʿzetoZaire18,352—
27CatumbelaBié16,977—
28CamabatelaUíge12,837—
29Waku-KungoKwanza Sul10,970—
30CacondaHuíla10,549—
31OndjivaCunene10,169—
32CangambaMoxico10,000—
33KibalaKwanza Sul8,915—
34CatchiungoHuambo8,784—
35ChissambaBié7,677—
36LeúaMoxico5,168—
37LumejeMoxico4,972—
38CazajeMoxico4,764—

The Today column links to our current page for the same place, where one matches by name and plausible size; the figure shown there is today's, never 2005's. A dash means no confident match, which is more honest than a guessed link.

Administrative divisions, 2005

#NamePopulation (2005)
1Luanda2,776,168
2Huambo1,802,833
3Bié1,336,541
4Uíge1,080,906
5Malanje1,058,410
6Huíla948,398
7Benguela720,955
8Kwanza Sul653,121
9Kwanza Norte402,357
10Zaire377,359
11Moxico368,427
12Lunda Norte303,521
13Cunene241,957
14Cabinda214,408
15Bengo192,468
16Namibe164,716
17Lunda Sul146,050
18Kuando-Kubango130,000

The complete dataset is available as a free CSV download, with attribution to Stefan Helders / World Gazetteer.