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Country
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Leader
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President: Jose Eduardo dos Santos
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Head of state: Queen Elizabeth II, represented by a governor
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Population
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18,056,072
| 109,011
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Life Expectancy
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54.590 years
| 73.300 years
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Capital City
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Largest city
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| Luanda (population: 2,776,170) | Saint George's (population: 7,500) |
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Human Development Index
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0.484
| 0.774
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| GDP per capita |
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Literacy Rate
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67.4%
| 96%
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Corruption Perception Index
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1.9
| NA
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Percentage of Women in Parliament
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37.3%
| 21.4%
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Death Penalty
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Abolished
| Abolished in practice
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Political System
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republic; multiparty presidential regime
| parliamentary democracy
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Independence date
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| Religions |
indigenous beliefs 47%, Roman Catholic 38%, Protestant 15% (1998 est.)
| Roman Catholic 53%, Anglican 13.8%, other Protestant 33.2%
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| Languages |
Portuguese (official), Bantu and other African languages
| English (official), French patois
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| Location |
Southern Africa, bordering the South Atlantic Ocean, between Namibia and Democratic Republic of the Congo
| Caribbean, island between the Caribbean Sea and Atlantic Ocean, north of Trinidad and Tobago
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| Area |
1,246,700 km sq
| 344 km sq
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| Coastline |
1,600 km
| 121 km
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| Climate |
semiarid in south and along coast to Luanda; north has cool, dry season (May to October) and hot, rainy season (November to April)
| tropical; tempered by northeast trade winds
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