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Land

Size, shape and altitude

Total area

How big is it, really?

Belgium fits inside Angola 41 times

Angola: 1,246,700 km² (2024) · Belgium: 30,689 km² (2024)

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Coastline

How much coast is there?

Angola’s coastline is 24 times as long as Belgium’s

Angola: 1,600 km (2026 edition) · Belgium: 67 km (2026 edition)

Highest point

How high can you climb?

Angola’s highest peak towers 1,926 m above Belgium’s

Angola: 2,620 m (2026 edition) · Belgium: 694 m (2026 edition)

Farmland

How much of the land is farmed?

Farmland covers 44% of Belgium, versus 36% of Angola

Angola: 36.3% (2024) · Belgium: 44.4% (2024)

How far apart are they?

People

Who lives there, and how closely

Population

How many people live there?

Angola has 3.3 times as many people as Belgium

Angola: 39 million (2025) · Belgium: 11.9 million (2025)

Population density

How crowded is it?

Belgium is 13 times as densely populated as Angola

Angola: 31 per km² (2025) · Belgium: 392 per km² (2025)

Height of men

How tall are the men?

Men in Belgium are 10.6 cm taller than in Angola

Angola: 168.5 cm (2019) · Belgium: 179.1 cm (2019)

Height of women

How tall are the women?

Women in Belgium are 5.3 cm taller than in Angola

Angola: 158.1 cm (2019) · Belgium: 163.4 cm (2019)

Median age

How old is the typical person?

The typical person in Belgium is 25 years older than in Angola

Angola: 16.5 years (2023) · Belgium: 41.4 years (2023)

Fertility rate

How many children per woman?

Women in Angola have 3.6 more children on average than in Belgium

Angola: 5.05 children per woman (2024) · Belgium: 1.44 children per woman (2024)

Aged 65 and over

How many people are 65 or older?

21% of people in Belgium are 65 or older, versus 2.9% in Angola

Angola: 2.9% (2025) · Belgium: 21% (2025)

Refugees hosted per 1,000 residents

How many refugees does it host?

Belgium hosts 24 times as many refugees per resident as Angola

Angola: 0.7 per 1,000 (2025) · Belgium: 15.6 per 1,000 (2025)

Nobel laureates per 10 million people

How many Nobel laureates were born there?

Belgium has produced 8.4 Nobel laureates per 10 million people, Angola none

Angola: 0 (2026) · Belgium: 8.4 (2026)

Official languages

How many official languages?

Belgium has 3 official languages, Angola 1

Angola: 1 (2026) · Belgium: 3 (2026)

What shape is the population?

Money

What an economy looks like per person

Economy size (GDP)

How big is the economy?

Belgium’s economy is 5.9 times the size of Angola’s

Angola: $122 billion (2025) · Belgium: $725 billion (2025)

GDP per person (PPP)

How much is produced per person?

Belgium produces 7.3 times as much per person as Angola

Angola: Int$10,251 (2025) · Belgium: Int$74,676 (2025)

Income inequality (Gini)

How evenly is income shared?

Income is more unequally shared in Angola than in Belgium (Gini 24.5 points higher)

Angola: 51.3 (2018) · Belgium: 26.8 (2023)

Extreme poverty ($3.00 a day)

How many live on less than $3 a day?

39% of people in Angola live on less than $3 a day, versus 0.1% in Belgium

Angola: 39.3% (2018) · Belgium: 0.1% (2023)

Unemployment

How many people are looking for work?

Unemployment is 14% in Angola, versus 5.9% in Belgium

Angola: 14.1% (2025) · Belgium: 5.9% (2025)

Military spending

How much goes to the military?

Belgium spends 2.0% of its GDP on the military, Angola 1.4%

Angola: 1.4% (2025) · Belgium: 2% (2025)

Tax revenue (central government)

How much does the central government collect in tax?

Belgium’s central government collects 23% of GDP in tax, Angola’s 7.6%

Angola: 7.6% (2024) · Belgium: 23% (2024)

Price level (US = 100)

How expensive is it?

Belgium’s price level (US = 100) is 2.7× Angola’s

Angola: 31% (2025) · Belgium: 81% (2025)

Health

Long lives, small beginnings

Health spending per person

How much is spent on health?

Belgium spends 78 times as much on health per person as Angola

Angola: $76 (2023) · Belgium: $5,931 (2023)

Life expectancy

How long do people live?

People in Belgium live 17 years longer than in Angola

Angola: 64.8 years (2024) · Belgium: 82.3 years (2024)

Infant mortality

How many babies don’t reach their first birthday?

A baby in Angola is 10 times as likely to die before turning one as in Belgium

Angola: 32.1 per 1,000 (2024) · Belgium: 3.1 per 1,000 (2024)

Doctors

How many doctors are there?

Belgium has 15 times as many doctors per person as Angola

Angola: 0.2 per 1,000 (2022) · Belgium: 3.6 per 1,000 (2022)

Hospital beds

How many hospital beds are there?

Belgium has 7.2 times as many hospital beds per person as Angola

Angola: 0.8 per 1,000 (2019) · Belgium: 5.4 per 1,000 (2023)

Suicide rate

How common is suicide?

The suicide rate in Angola is 17% higher than in Belgium

Angola: 17.6 per 100k (2023) · Belgium: 15.1 per 100k (2023)

Adult obesity

How common is obesity?

23% of adults in Belgium are obese, versus 12% in Angola

Angola: 11.8% (2024) · Belgium: 22.9% (2024)

Smoking

How many adults smoke?

Angola: no data · Belgium: 23.5% (2024)

Everyday life

Plates, glasses and happiness

Life satisfaction

How do people rate their lives?

People in Belgium rate their lives 3.13 points higher than in Angola

Angola: 3.80 (2017) · Belgium: 6.93 (2025)

Alcohol consumption

How much do people drink?

Adults in Belgium drink 2.5 times as much alcohol as in Angola

Angola: 3.8 litres (2023) · Belgium: 9.5 litres (2023)

Meat supply

How much meat is on the menu?

Belgium has 3.2 times as much meat per person as Angola

Angola: 18.6 kg (2023) · Belgium: 60 kg (2023)

Daily calories

How much food is there per day?

Belgium has 1,522 kcal more food per person per day than Angola

Angola: 2,399 kcal (2023) · Belgium: 3,921 kcal (2023)

Working hours

How long do people work?

Workers in Angola put in 521 more hours a year than in Belgium

Angola: 2,115 hours (2023) · Belgium: 1,593 hours (2023)

Years of schooling

How long do people go to school?

Adults in Belgium went to school 6.7 years longer than in Angola

Angola: 6 years (2023) · Belgium: 12.7 years (2023)

Tourists per resident

How many tourists visit?

Belgium welcomed 223 times as many tourists per resident as Angola (2019)

Angola: 0.0036 (2022) · Belgium: 0.81 (2024)

World Heritage sites

How many World Heritage sites?

Belgium has 15 more World Heritage sites than Angola (16 against 1)

Angola: 1 (2026) · Belgium: 16 (2026)

Olympic medals (all time)

How many Olympic medals has it won?

Belgium has won 177 Olympic medals, Angola none

Angola: 0 (2026 edition) · Belgium: 177 (2026 edition)

Connected

Online, electrified, urban

Internet users

How many people are online?

96% of people in Belgium are online, versus 41% in Angola

Angola: 41% (2024) · Belgium: 96% (2024)

Fixed broadband download speed

How fast is home internet?

Home internet in Belgium is 6.7 times as fast as in Angola

Angola: 38 Mbps (2026) · Belgium: 254 Mbps (2026)

Access to electricity

Who has electricity at home?

100% of people in Belgium have electricity, versus 56% in Angola

Angola: 55.5% (2024) · Belgium: 100% (2024)

Urban population

How many live in cities?

88% of people in Belgium live in cities, versus 71% in Angola

Angola: 71% (2025) · Belgium: 88% (2025)

Mobile subscriptions

How many phones per person?

Belgium has 104 mobile subscriptions per 100 people, Angola 70

Angola: 70 (2024) · Belgium: 104 (2024)

Railway network

How much railway is there?

Belgium’s railway network is 31% longer than Angola’s

Angola: 2,761 km (2022) · Belgium: 3,612 km (2021)

Air passengers per resident

How much do they fly?

Airlines from Belgium fly 28 times as many passengers per resident as those from Angola

Angola: 0.03 (2023) · Belgium: 0.95 (2023)

Planet

Air, forests and energy

Forest cover

How much of the land is forest?

Forest covers 51% of Angola, but only 22% of Belgium

Angola: 51.2% (2024) · Belgium: 22% (2024)

CO₂ per person

How much CO₂ does each person emit?

The average person in Belgium emits 12 times as much CO₂ as someone in Angola

Angola: 0.6 t (2024) · Belgium: 7.3 t (2024)

Renewable electricity

How green is the power grid?

74% of Angola’s electricity is renewable, versus 39% in Belgium

Angola: 73.7% (2024) · Belgium: 38.9% (2025)

Air pollution (PM2.5)

How clean is the air?

The air in Angola carries 2.8 times as much fine dust as in Belgium

Angola: 26.1 µg/m³ (2024) · Belgium: 9.3 µg/m³ (2024)

Where does the power come from?

Safety

Measured risk, not vibes

Homicide rate

How common is murder?

You are 3.8 times as likely to be murdered in Angola as in Belgium

Angola: 4.1 per 100k (2016) · Belgium: 1.1 per 100k (2021)

Road deaths

How dangerous are the roads?

Roads in Angola are 2.9 times as deadly as in Belgium

Angola: 20 per 100k (2023) · Belgium: 6.8 per 100k (2023)

Climate

What the year feels like

Average temperature

How warm is it?

Angola is on average 11.7 °C warmer than Belgium

Angola: 22.7°C (2016–2025 avg) · Belgium: 11°C (2016–2025 avg)

Rainfall

How much rain falls?

Angola gets 19% more rain than Belgium

Angola: 1,105 mm (2016–2025 avg) · Belgium: 928 mm (2016–2025 avg)

What does the year feel like?

Between them

People, goods and passports that cross from one to the other

Who has moved between them?
Can they visit without a visa?
What do they sell each other?
Have they met on the pitch?
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Quick answers

Is Angola bigger than Belgium?

Angola is larger. Belgium fits inside Angola 41 times.

Which has more people, Angola or Belgium?

Angola has 3.3 times as many people as Belgium (2025 estimates).

Where do people live longer, Angola or Belgium?

People in Belgium live 17 years longer than in Angola. Life expectancy at birth is 64.8 years in Angola and 82.3 in Belgium.

Are people taller in Angola or Belgium?

Men in Belgium are 10.6 cm taller than in Angola (NCD-RisC, cohort born 2019).

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