Distillers Angola
A one-page guide to Angola for the spirits trade: the country, its people, its economy and how it drinks.
At a glance
- Capital
- Luanda
- Official languages
- Portuguese
- Currency
- Angolan kwanza (AOA)
- Time zone
- UTC+1
- Area
- 1,246,700 km²
People
- Population
- 39.0 million (2025)
- Population growth
- 3.0% a year
- Living in towns and cities
- 71.5%
- Aged under 15
- 44.1%
- Aged 65 and over
- 2.9%
- Life expectancy
- 64.8 years
Economy
- GDP
- US$122.2 billion (2025)
- GDP per person
- US$3,129 (2025)
- Economic growth
- 3.13% (2025)
- Inflation
- 20.16% (2025)
Climate
Tropical with alternating rainy and dry seasons. Rainy season runs about September to April in the north and November to February in the south; cooler dry season (cacimbo) July-August. Temperatures fall with altitude, e.g. Soyo about 26 C average, Huambo under 16 C.
Alcohol
- Alcohol is
- Legal
- Legal drinking age
- No national minimum in law per the page; Luanda Province sets 18 for sale, purchase and consumption
- Alcohol per adult a year
- 3.78 litres of pure alcohol (2024)
Sources: World Bank (population, economy and demographics), WHO Global Health Observatory (alcohol per adult and drinking mix); World Bank API (population, area, GDP, growth, inflation); WHO GHO OData (SA_0000001688); UN Comtrade public preview API (HS 2208); Wikipedia: Angola; Wikipedia: Legal drinking age; Sagaci Research: Spirits market in Angola. Figures are the latest each source publishes; the year is shown beside each one.