Angola: flag, capital & map
Get to know Angola, then put your memory to work.
Country facts
- Capital
- Luanda
- Region
- Africa
- Subregion
- Middle Africa
- Population (2025, World Bank)
- 39,040,039
- Area
- 1,246,700 km²
- Languages (REST Countries)
- Portuguese
- Currency (CLDR, October 2026)
- Angolan Kwanza (AOA)
- Land neighbours
- Republic of the Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Zambia, Namibia
Angola is a country in Central Africa. Its capital is Luanda.
Dated population: World Bank; geographic facts: REST Countries; currencies: Unicode CLDR. Sources and dates →
Flag of Angola
The flag of Angola features two equal horizontal bands of red and black, with a yellow emblem at its centre. This emblem consists of a five-pointed star within the hoist-side facing half of a cogwheel that is crossed on its lower end by a machete.
Where it is
Angola is grouped in Middle Africa, within Roam’s Africa region. Its land-border list includes 4 countries in this atlas: Republic of the Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Zambia, Namibia. The source classifies it as not landlocked.
Angola has a recorded area of 1,246,700 square kilometres. Among the 10 countries assigned to Middle Africa in this dataset, it ranks 3 by area, from largest to smallest. Chad is immediately above it in that ordering, at 1,284,000 km². Central African Republic is immediately below it, at 622,984 km². This comparison uses the source’s area figures and subregions, not a ranking of all territories.
The marker shows the atlas location. Small countries may be too small for an outline at this scale. Map boundaries are illustrative.
People, languages and currency
The World Bank records 39,040,039 people for Angola in 2025. This is the latest non-empty annual observation in Roam’s committed 2020–2025 download, rather than a live population counter. Dividing that population by the source area gives approximately 31 people per square kilometre. This calculated average does not describe how evenly people are distributed.
The language entries in the source are Portuguese. They describe the dataset’s listed languages, not every language spoken by residents. The currency listed for this date is Angolan Kwanza (AOA). Currency assignments are selected from Unicode CLDR’s date ranges for 23 October 2026; the three-letter codes identify currencies, not countries.
Test yourself
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What is the capital of Angola?
Reveal answer
Luanda. Angola is a country in Central Africa. Its capital is Luanda.
Without looking at the image, how would you describe the flag of Angola?
Reveal answer
The flag of Angola features two equal horizontal bands of red and black, with a yellow emblem at its centre. This emblem consists of a five-pointed star within the hoist-side facing half of a cogwheel that is crossed on its lower end by a machete.
Which land neighbours of Angola are included in this atlas?
Reveal answer
Republic of the Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Zambia, and Namibia. The source classifies Angola as not landlocked.
Which languages does the source list for Angola?
Reveal answer
Portuguese. These are the source’s language entries, not a complete inventory of every language spoken in Angola.
Which currency codes are listed for Angola?
Reveal answer
Angolan Kwanza (AOA). These assignments use Unicode CLDR’s legal-tender date ranges for 23 October 2026.
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