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Angola

Angola's best placing is 12th of 194 for forest.

Best placing: #12Forest
Top 10 placings: 0 / 17
Population: 39.0 million
Land area: 1.2 million km²

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Forest

#12 of 194

649,422 km² of forest

2nd in Africa · World Bank · 2023

Land area

#22 of 194

1,246,700 km² of land

7th in Africa · World Bank · 2023

Forest per person

#29 of 194

0.0166 km² of forest per person

World Bank · 2023

Population

#39 of 195

39,040,039 people

11th in Africa · World Bank · 2025

Forest by area

#43 of 194

52.1 % of land area covered by forest

World Bank · 2023

Land area per person

#44 of 194

0.032 km² of land per person

World Bank · 2023

Airports

#49 of 193

107 airports

9th in Africa · Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) · 2025

GDP

#66 of 182

122,174,889,424 US$ (current prices)

8th in Africa · World Bank · 2025

Coastline

#60 of 151

1,600 km of coastline

9th in Africa · Central Intelligence Agency (CIA)

Railways

#60 of 135

2,761 km of railway

12th in Africa · Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) · 2022

Rainfall

#95 of 179

1,010 mm of precipitation per year

27th in Africa · World Bank · 2022

Railways per person

#88 of 134

70.72 km of railway per million people

Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) · 2022

Airports per person

#128 of 192

2.74 airports per million people

Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) · 2025

GDP per person

#133 of 182

3,129 GDP per person (US$)

World Bank · 2025

Population by area

#151 of 194

31.31 people per km²

World Bank · 2025

Railways by area

#111 of 133

2.21 km of railway per 1,000 km²

Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) · 2022

Airports by area

#168 of 191

0.86 airports per 10,000 km²

Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) · 2025

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