Quality of life comparison
compared to
If you lived in Angola instead of Christmas Island, you would:
Basic Needs
be 48.2% less likely to have internet access
In Christmas Island, approximately 78.6% of the population has internet access as of 2021. In Angola, about 40.7% do as of 2024.
Geography
see 11.5 times more coastline
Christmas Island has a total of 139 km of coastline. In Angola, that number is 1,600 km.
Sources: The World Factbook (2021), World Bank (2024). How we calculate this
Compare further: Christmas Island vs. Angola
Angola: At a glance
Angola is a sovereign country in Africa, with a total land area of approximately 1,246,700 sq km. Angola is still rebuilding its country since the end of a 27-year civil war in 2002. Fighting between the Popular Movement for the Liberation of Angola (MPLA), led by Jose Eduardo DOS SANTOS, and the National Union for the Total Independence of Angola (UNITA), led by Jonas SAVIMBI, followed independence from Portugal in 1975. Peace seemed imminent in 1992 when Angola held national elections, but fighting picked up again in 1993. Up to 1.5 million lives may have been lost - and 4 million people displaced - during the more than a quarter century of fighting. SAVIMBI's death in 2002 ended UNITA's insurgency and cemented the MPLA's hold on power. President DOS SANTOS pushed through a new constitution in 2010; elections held in 2012 saw him installed as president.
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