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Land

Size, shape and altitude

Total area

How big is it, really?

Spain fits inside Angola 2.5 times

Angola: 1,246,700 km² (2024) · Spain: 505,981 km² (2024)

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Coastline

How much coast is there?

Spain’s coastline is 3.1 times as long as Angola’s

Angola: 1,600 km (2026 edition) · Spain: 4,964 km (2026 edition)

Highest point

How high can you climb?

Spain’s highest peak towers 1,098 m above Angola’s

Angola: 2,620 m (2026 edition) · Spain: 3,718 m (2026 edition)

Farmland

How much of the land is farmed?

Farmland covers 49% of Spain, versus 36% of Angola

Angola: 36.3% (2024) · Spain: 49.3% (2024)

How far apart are they?

People

Who lives there, and how closely

Population

How many people live there?

Spain has 26% more people than Angola

Angola: 39 million (2025) · Spain: 49.4 million (2025)

Population density

How crowded is it?

Spain is 3.2 times as densely populated as Angola

Angola: 31 per km² (2025) · Spain: 99 per km² (2025)

Height of men

How tall are the men?

Men in Spain are 7.7 cm taller than in Angola

Angola: 168.5 cm (2019) · Spain: 176.1 cm (2019)

Height of women

How tall are the women?

Women in Spain are 3.9 cm taller than in Angola

Angola: 158.1 cm (2019) · Spain: 162 cm (2019)

Median age

How old is the typical person?

The typical person in Spain is 28 years older than in Angola

Angola: 16.5 years (2023) · Spain: 44.9 years (2023)

Fertility rate

How many children per woman?

Women in Angola have 3.9 more children on average than in Spain

Angola: 5.05 children per woman (2024) · Spain: 1.1 children per woman (2024)

Aged 65 and over

How many people are 65 or older?

22% of people in Spain are 65 or older, versus 2.9% in Angola

Angola: 2.9% (2025) · Spain: 21.6% (2025)

Refugees hosted per 1,000 residents

How many refugees does it host?

Spain hosts 16 times as many refugees per resident as Angola

Angola: 0.7 per 1,000 (2025) · Spain: 10.4 per 1,000 (2025)

Nobel laureates per 10 million people

How many Nobel laureates were born there?

Spain has produced 1.4 Nobel laureates per 10 million people, Angola none

Angola: 0 (2026) · Spain: 1.4 (2026)

Official languages

How many official languages?

Angola and Spain are practically level

Angola: 1 (2026) · Spain: 1 (2026)

What shape is the population?

Money

What an economy looks like per person

Economy size (GDP)

How big is the economy?

Spain’s economy is 16 times the size of Angola’s

Angola: $122 billion (2025) · Spain: $1.91 trillion (2025)

GDP per person (PPP)

How much is produced per person?

Spain produces 5.8 times as much per person as Angola

Angola: Int$10,251 (2025) · Spain: Int$59,868 (2025)

Income inequality (Gini)

How evenly is income shared?

Income is more unequally shared in Angola than in Spain (Gini 17.9 points higher)

Angola: 51.3 (2018) · Spain: 33.4 (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 0.8% in Spain

Angola: 39.3% (2018) · Spain: 0.8% (2023)

Unemployment

How many people are looking for work?

Unemployment is 14% in Angola, versus 10% in Spain

Angola: 14.1% (2025) · Spain: 10.4% (2025)

Military spending

How much goes to the military?

Spain spends 2.1% of its GDP on the military, Angola 1.4%

Angola: 1.4% (2025) · Spain: 2.1% (2025)

Tax revenue (central government)

How much does the central government collect in tax?

Spain’s central government collects 15% of GDP in tax, Angola’s 7.6%

Angola: 7.6% (2024) · Spain: 14.9% (2024)

Price level (US = 100)

How expensive is it?

Spain’s price level (US = 100) is 2.1× Angola’s

Angola: 31% (2025) · Spain: 65% (2025)

Health

Long lives, small beginnings

Health spending per person

How much is spent on health?

Spain spends 41 times as much on health per person as Angola

Angola: $76 (2023) · Spain: $3,107 (2023)

Life expectancy

How long do people live?

People in Spain live 19 years longer than in Angola

Angola: 64.8 years (2024) · Spain: 83.9 years (2024)

Infant mortality

How many babies don’t reach their first birthday?

A baby in Angola is 12 times as likely to die before turning one as in Spain

Angola: 32.1 per 1,000 (2024) · Spain: 2.6 per 1,000 (2024)

Doctors

How many doctors are there?

Spain has 18 times as many doctors per person as Angola

Angola: 0.2 per 1,000 (2022) · Spain: 4.3 per 1,000 (2022)

Hospital beds

How many hospital beds are there?

Spain has 3.9 times as many hospital beds per person as Angola

Angola: 0.8 per 1,000 (2019) · Spain: 2.9 per 1,000 (2023)

Suicide rate

How common is suicide?

The suicide rate in Angola is 2.5 times that in Spain

Angola: 17.6 per 100k (2023) · Spain: 7.1 per 100k (2023)

Adult obesity

How common is obesity?

19% of adults in Spain are obese, versus 12% in Angola

Angola: 11.8% (2024) · Spain: 18.9% (2024)

Smoking

How many adults smoke?

Angola: no data · Spain: 27.6% (2024)

Everyday life

Plates, glasses and happiness

Life satisfaction

How do people rate their lives?

People in Spain rate their lives 2.75 points higher than in Angola

Angola: 3.80 (2017) · Spain: 6.54 (2025)

Alcohol consumption

How much do people drink?

Adults in Spain drink 3.2 times as much alcohol as in Angola

Angola: 3.8 litres (2023) · Spain: 12.1 litres (2023)

Meat supply

How much meat is on the menu?

Spain has 5.4 times as much meat per person as Angola

Angola: 18.6 kg (2023) · Spain: 100.8 kg (2023)

Daily calories

How much food is there per day?

Spain has 978 kcal more food per person per day than Angola

Angola: 2,399 kcal (2023) · Spain: 3,377 kcal (2023)

Working hours

How long do people work?

Workers in Angola put in 477 more hours a year than in Spain

Angola: 2,115 hours (2023) · Spain: 1,638 hours (2023)

Years of schooling

How long do people go to school?

Adults in Spain went to school 4.8 years longer than in Angola

Angola: 6 years (2023) · Spain: 10.8 years (2023)

Tourists per resident

How many tourists visit?

Spain welcomed 526 times as many tourists per resident as Angola (2019)

Angola: 0.0036 (2022) · Spain: 1.92 (2024)

World Heritage sites

How many World Heritage sites?

Spain has 49 more World Heritage sites than Angola (50 against 1)

Angola: 1 (2026) · Spain: 50 (2026)

Olympic medals (all time)

How many Olympic medals has it won?

Spain has won 195 Olympic medals, Angola none

Angola: 0 (2026 edition) · Spain: 195 (2026 edition)

Connected

Online, electrified, urban

Internet users

How many people are online?

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

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

Fixed broadband download speed

How fast is home internet?

Home internet in Spain is 8.6 times as fast as in Angola

Angola: 38 Mbps (2026) · Spain: 324 Mbps (2026)

Access to electricity

Who has electricity at home?

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

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

Urban population

How many live in cities?

81% of people in Spain live in cities, versus 71% in Angola

Angola: 71% (2025) · Spain: 81% (2025)

Mobile subscriptions

How many phones per person?

Spain has 130 mobile subscriptions per 100 people, Angola 70

Angola: 70 (2024) · Spain: 130 (2024)

Railway network

How much railway is there?

Spain’s railway network is 5.8 times as long as Angola’s

Angola: 2,761 km (2022) · Spain: 15,963 km (2021)

Air passengers per resident

How much do they fly?

Airlines from Spain fly 56 times as many passengers per resident as those from Angola

Angola: 0.03 (2023) · Spain: 1.91 (2023)

Planet

Air, forests and energy

Forest cover

How much of the land is forest?

Forest covers 51% of Angola, but only 38% of Spain

Angola: 51.2% (2024) · Spain: 38.2% (2024)

CO₂ per person

How much CO₂ does each person emit?

The average person in Spain emits 7.8 times as much CO₂ as someone in Angola

Angola: 0.6 t (2024) · Spain: 4.6 t (2024)

Renewable electricity

How green is the power grid?

74% of Angola’s electricity is renewable, versus 56% in Spain

Angola: 73.7% (2024) · Spain: 55.9% (2025)

Air pollution (PM2.5)

How clean is the air?

The air in Angola carries 2.6 times as much fine dust as in Spain

Angola: 26.1 µg/m³ (2024) · Spain: 10 µg/m³ (2024)

Where does the power come from?

Safety

Measured risk, not vibes

Homicide rate

How common is murder?

You are 5.9 times as likely to be murdered in Angola as in Spain

Angola: 4.1 per 100k (2016) · Spain: 0.7 per 100k (2023)

Road deaths

How dangerous are the roads?

Roads in Angola are 3.2 times as deadly as in Spain

Angola: 20 per 100k (2023) · Spain: 6.2 per 100k (2023)

Climate

What the year feels like

Average temperature

How warm is it?

Angola is on average 7.9 °C warmer than Spain

Angola: 22.7°C (2016–2025 avg) · Spain: 14.8°C (2016–2025 avg)

Rainfall

How much rain falls?

Angola gets 66% more rain than Spain

Angola: 1,105 mm (2016–2025 avg) · Spain: 665 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 Spain?

Angola is larger. Spain fits inside Angola 2.5 times.

Which has more people, Angola or Spain?

Spain has 26% more people than Angola (2025 estimates).

Where do people live longer, Angola or Spain?

People in Spain live 19 years longer than in Angola. Life expectancy at birth is 64.8 years in Angola and 83.9 in Spain.

Are people taller in Angola or Spain?

Men in Spain are 7.7 cm taller than in Angola (NCD-RisC, cohort born 2019).

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