Land
Size, shape and altitude
How big is it, really?
Switzerland fits inside Angola 30 times
Angola: 1,246,700 km² (2024) · Switzerland: 41,291 km² (2024)
How much coast is there?
Angola: 1,600 km (2026 edition) · Switzerland: 0 km (2026 edition)
How high can you climb?
Switzerland’s highest peak towers 2,014 m above Angola’s
Angola: 2,620 m (2026 edition) · Switzerland: 4,634 m (2026 edition)
How much of the land is farmed?
Farmland covers 38% of Switzerland, versus 36% of Angola
Angola: 36.3% (2024) · Switzerland: 37.7% (2024)
People
Who lives there, and how closely
How many people live there?
Angola has 4.3 times as many people as Switzerland
Angola: 39 million (2025) · Switzerland: 9.09 million (2025)
How crowded is it?
Switzerland is 7.3 times as densely populated as Angola
Angola: 31 per km² (2025) · Switzerland: 230 per km² (2025)
How tall are the men?
Men in Switzerland are 10.3 cm taller than in Angola
Angola: 168.5 cm (2019) · Switzerland: 178.7 cm (2019)
How tall are the women?
Women in Switzerland are 6.2 cm taller than in Angola
Angola: 158.1 cm (2019) · Switzerland: 164.3 cm (2019)
How old is the typical person?
The typical person in Switzerland is 26 years older than in Angola
Angola: 16.5 years (2023) · Switzerland: 42.3 years (2023)
How many children per woman?
Women in Angola have 3.8 more children on average than in Switzerland
Angola: 5.05 children per woman (2024) · Switzerland: 1.29 children per woman (2024)
How many people are 65 or older?
20% of people in Switzerland are 65 or older, versus 2.9% in Angola
Angola: 2.9% (2025) · Switzerland: 20.4% (2025)
How many refugees does it host?
Switzerland hosts 35 times as many refugees per resident as Angola
Angola: 0.7 per 1,000 (2025) · Switzerland: 22.9 per 1,000 (2025)
How many Nobel laureates were born there?
Switzerland has produced 20.9 Nobel laureates per 10 million people, Angola none
Angola: 0 (2026) · Switzerland: 20.9 (2026)
How many official languages?
Switzerland has 4 official languages, Angola 1
Angola: 1 (2026) · Switzerland: 4 (2026)
Money
What an economy looks like per person
How big is the economy?
Switzerland’s economy is 8.5 times the size of Angola’s
Angola: $122 billion (2025) · Switzerland: $1.04 trillion (2025)
How much is produced per person?
Switzerland produces 10 times as much per person as Angola
Angola: Int$10,251 (2025) · Switzerland: Int$102,513 (2025)
How evenly is income shared?
Income is more unequally shared in Angola than in Switzerland (Gini 17.8 points higher)
Angola: 51.3 (2018) · Switzerland: 33.5 (2023)
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 Switzerland
Angola: 39.3% (2018) · Switzerland: 0.1% (2023)
How many people are looking for work?
Unemployment is 14% in Angola, versus 4.9% in Switzerland
Angola: 14.1% (2025) · Switzerland: 4.9% (2025)
How much goes to the military?
Angola spends 1.4% of its GDP on the military, Switzerland 0.8%
Angola: 1.4% (2025) · Switzerland: 0.8% (2025)
How much does the central government collect in tax?
Switzerland’s central government collects 9.5% of GDP in tax, Angola’s 7.6%
Angola: 7.6% (2024) · Switzerland: 9.5% (2024)
How expensive is it?
Switzerland’s price level (US = 100) is 3.7× Angola’s
Angola: 31% (2025) · Switzerland: 112% (2025)
Health
Long lives, small beginnings
How much is spent on health?
Switzerland spends 155 times as much on health per person as Angola
Angola: $76 (2023) · Switzerland: $11,784 (2023)
How long do people live?
People in Switzerland live 20 years longer than in Angola
Angola: 64.8 years (2024) · Switzerland: 84.4 years (2024)
How many babies don’t reach their first birthday?
A baby in Angola is 9.4 times as likely to die before turning one as in Switzerland
Angola: 32.1 per 1,000 (2024) · Switzerland: 3.4 per 1,000 (2024)
How many doctors are there?
Switzerland has 18 times as many doctors per person as Angola
Angola: 0.2 per 1,000 (2022) · Switzerland: 4.5 per 1,000 (2022)
How many hospital beds are there?
Switzerland has 5.8 times as many hospital beds per person as Angola
Angola: 0.8 per 1,000 (2019) · Switzerland: 4.4 per 1,000 (2023)
How common is suicide?
The suicide rate in Angola is 52% higher than in Switzerland
Angola: 17.6 per 100k (2023) · Switzerland: 11.6 per 100k (2023)
How common is obesity?
13% of adults in Switzerland are obese, versus 12% in Angola
Angola: 11.8% (2024) · Switzerland: 12.9% (2024)
How many adults smoke?
Angola: no data · Switzerland: 23.1% (2024)
Everyday life
Plates, glasses and happiness
How do people rate their lives?
People in Switzerland rate their lives 3.22 points higher than in Angola
Angola: 3.80 (2017) · Switzerland: 7.02 (2025)
How much do people drink?
Adults in Switzerland drink 2.3 times as much alcohol as in Angola
Angola: 3.8 litres (2023) · Switzerland: 8.8 litres (2023)
How much meat is on the menu?
Switzerland has 3.4 times as much meat per person as Angola
Angola: 18.6 kg (2023) · Switzerland: 64 kg (2023)
How much food is there per day?
Switzerland has 1,003 kcal more food per person per day than Angola
Angola: 2,399 kcal (2023) · Switzerland: 3,402 kcal (2023)
How long do people work?
Workers in Angola put in 586 more hours a year than in Switzerland
Angola: 2,115 hours (2023) · Switzerland: 1,529 hours (2023)
How long do people go to school?
Adults in Switzerland went to school 8 years longer than in Angola
Angola: 6 years (2023) · Switzerland: 13.9 years (2023)
How many tourists visit?
Switzerland welcomed 286 times as many tourists per resident as Angola (2019)
Angola: 0.0036 (2022) · Switzerland: 1.04 (2022)
How many World Heritage sites?
Switzerland has 12 more World Heritage sites than Angola (13 against 1)
Angola: 1 (2026) · Switzerland: 13 (2026)
How many Olympic medals has it won?
Switzerland has won 403 Olympic medals, Angola none
Angola: 0 (2026 edition) · Switzerland: 403 (2026 edition)
Connected
Online, electrified, urban
How many people are online?
97% of people in Switzerland are online, versus 41% in Angola
Angola: 41% (2024) · Switzerland: 97% (2025)
How fast is home internet?
Home internet in Switzerland is 11 times as fast as in Angola
Angola: 38 Mbps (2026) · Switzerland: 399 Mbps (2026)
Who has electricity at home?
100% of people in Switzerland have electricity, versus 56% in Angola
Angola: 55.5% (2024) · Switzerland: 100% (2024)
How many live in cities?
86% of people in Switzerland live in cities, versus 71% in Angola
Angola: 71% (2025) · Switzerland: 86% (2025)
How many phones per person?
Switzerland has 129 mobile subscriptions per 100 people, Angola 70
Angola: 70 (2024) · Switzerland: 129 (2024)
How much railway is there?
Switzerland’s railway network is 49% longer than Angola’s
Angola: 2,761 km (2022) · Switzerland: 4,122 km (2021)
How much do they fly?
Airlines from Switzerland fly 90 times as many passengers per resident as those from Angola
Angola: 0.03 (2023) · Switzerland: 3.05 (2023)
Planet
Air, forests and energy
How much of the land is forest?
Forest covers 51% of Angola, but only 32% of Switzerland
Angola: 51.2% (2024) · Switzerland: 32% (2024)
How much CO₂ does each person emit?
The average person in Switzerland emits 6.1 times as much CO₂ as someone in Angola
Angola: 0.6 t (2024) · Switzerland: 3.6 t (2024)
How green is the power grid?
74% of Angola’s electricity is renewable, versus 68% in Switzerland
Angola: 73.7% (2024) · Switzerland: 67.8% (2025)
How clean is the air?
The air in Angola carries 2.9 times as much fine dust as in Switzerland
Angola: 26.1 µg/m³ (2024) · Switzerland: 9 µg/m³ (2024)
Safety
Measured risk, not vibes
How common is murder?
You are 6.9 times as likely to be murdered in Angola as in Switzerland
Angola: 4.1 per 100k (2016) · Switzerland: 0.6 per 100k (2023)
How dangerous are the roads?
Roads in Angola are 5.1 times as deadly as in Switzerland
Angola: 20 per 100k (2023) · Switzerland: 3.9 per 100k (2023)
Climate
What the year feels like
How warm is it?
Angola is on average 16.2 °C warmer than Switzerland
Angola: 22.7°C (2016–2025 avg) · Switzerland: 6.5°C (2016–2025 avg)
How much rain falls?
Switzerland gets 46% more rain than Angola
Angola: 1,105 mm (2016–2025 avg) · Switzerland: 1,616 mm (2016–2025 avg)
Between them
People, goods and passports that cross from one to the other
Quick answers
Is Angola bigger than Switzerland?
Angola is larger. Switzerland fits inside Angola 30 times.
Which has more people, Angola or Switzerland?
Angola has 4.3 times as many people as Switzerland (2025 estimates).
Where do people live longer, Angola or Switzerland?
People in Switzerland live 20 years longer than in Angola. Life expectancy at birth is 64.8 years in Angola and 84.4 in Switzerland.
Are people taller in Angola or Switzerland?
Men in Switzerland are 10.3 cm taller than in Angola (NCD-RisC, cohort born 2019).