Angola will have more than 35 million inhabitants in 2024.
The estimate was made by the director general of the National Statistics Institute (INE), José Calengue, quoted by Jornal de Angola, as part of preparations for the country’s second General Population Census, to be held in 2024, predicting that the result of the data will determine the existence of more than 35 million inhabitants. The person in charge began by saying that the estimation work, by INE until 2050 foresees for the year 2024 a population of around 35 million 121 thousand and 734 inhabitants. José Calengue explained that this estimate was based on the growth rate of the Angolan population, which is around 3 percent a year. “We are even saying that the annual average growth is 922 thousand inhabitants”, reinforced the director general of the National Institute of Statistics, for whom the 2024 Census is in line with international standards, which advise its execution in a period every ten years. Meanwhile, a multisectoral commission has already been created by the President o...