Cuando: population, jobs, schools, health, electricity, water and housing
Cuando is a province of Angola, number 21 of 21 by population. The 2024 census counted 138,770 people in Cuando province (70,751 men and 68,019 women), 0.4% of Angola's 36.60 million; the smallest of 21 provinces. Angola's census was taken on 19 September 2024 and its definitive results were published in November 2025.
In depth
- Economy, jobs and prices in Cuando: 18.1% of the labour force aged 15 and over in the former Cuando Cubango province (now Cuando and Cubango) was unemployed in 2025, according to the INE Employment Survey, up from 17.2% in 2024; 3rd lowest of the 18 provinces as drawn before 2025 (Angola: 28.3%, down from 31.5%). The survey still used the 18 provinces in place before 2025.
- Health in Cuando: 37.6% of children under five in the former Cuando Cubango province (now Cuando and Cubango) were stunted (too short for their age, a sign of long-term undernutrition) in the 2023-2024 IIMS health survey, 6th lowest of the 18 provinces as drawn before 2025 (Angola: 39.9%). The survey still used the 18 provinces in place before 2025.
- Education in Cuando: 43.1% of people aged 15 and over in Cuando could read and write at the 2024 census (51.0% of men, 34.8% of women), 2nd lowest of 21 provinces (Angola: 72.6%).
- Poverty and living standards in Cuando: 79.5% of households in Cuando cooked mainly with firewood or charcoal in 2024 and 10.8% with gas, 2nd highest of 21 provinces for firewood and charcoal (Angola: 45.7% and 43.4%).
How fast is Cuando's population growing?
Cuando is one of the provinces created or redrawn by Law 14/24 of 5 September 2024. On the old boundaries, the former Cuando Cubango province (now Cuando and Cubango) grew from 534,002 people in the 2014 census to 709,217 in 2024, an average of 2.8% a year (Angola: 3.5%).
Source: Instituto Nacional de Estatistica (INE), Angola · saved copyHow many people in Cuando live in towns and cities?
37.1% of Cuando's people lived in urban areas at the 2024 census (51,501 people), 2nd least urban of 21 provinces (Angola: 65.5%).
Source: Instituto Nacional de Estatistica (INE), Angola · saved copyHow young is the population of Cuando?
Children under 15 made up 41.9% of Cuando's population in 2024 and people aged 65 or over 4.1%; the share of children is 10th highest of 21 provinces (Angola: 40.4% and 4.0%).
Source: Instituto Nacional de Estatistica (INE), Angola · saved copyHow big are households in Cuando?
Households in Cuando had 3.8 people on average in 2024 (35,852 households), joint 4th smallest of 21 provinces (Angola: 3.9).
Source: Instituto Nacional de Estatistica (INE), Angola · saved copyHow many people in Cuando have a birth certificate or ID card?
55.4% of people in Cuando had their birth registered at the 2024 census, and 50.9% of those aged 5 or over held a national identity card; birth registration is 7th lowest of 21 provinces (Angola: 63.0% and 52.4%).
Source: Instituto Nacional de Estatistica (INE), Angola · saved copyHow provinces are governed in Angola
Provinces (18 until 2024; 21 under Law 14/24). Governor appointed by and answerable to the President. Central government's representative; appoints and dismisses municipal administrators.
Every tier of government in Angola
Other provinces of Angola
- Luanda 8,816,297
- Huila 3,302,866
- Huambo 2,691,902
- Benguela 2,597,638
- Cuanza Sul 2,327,981
- Bie 2,264,874
- Uige 2,017,921
- Cunene 1,806,417
- Lunda Norte 1,742,217
- Icolo e Bengo 1,372,670
- Malanje 1,298,250
- Cabinda 903,370
- Lunda Sul 893,936
- Namibe 815,708
- Bengo 716,335
- Zaire 682,658
- Cuanza Norte 659,097
- Moxico 574,253
- Cubango 570,447
- Moxico Leste 411,074
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Sources
- Instituto Nacional de Estatistica (INE), Angola: Resultados Definitivos do Recenseamento Geral da Populacao e Habitacao 2024 (2024 census, definitive results): Quadros 1.1, 1.6, 1.8, 3.1, 3.4, 8.1, 8.3, 8.4, 8.9, 8.15, 9.1, 9.2, 9.3, 9.6, 9.14, 9.15, 9.20, 10.4 and 12, read 27 October 2026 · saved copy (SHA-256 9cf14c66cc45…)
- Instituto Nacional de Estatistica (INE), Angola: Anuario do Inquerito sobre o Emprego em Angola 2025 (Employment Survey yearbook, April 2026): Quadros 1, 1C, 5, 16 and 25 by province, read 27 October 2026 · saved copy (SHA-256 0576ec002952…)
- Instituto Nacional de Estatistica (INE) and Ministerio da Saude (MINSA), Angola (with ICF, The DHS Program): Inquerito de Indicadores Multiplos e de Saude (IIMS) 2023-2024, Relatorio de Indicadores Basicos: Quadros 9, 12, 14, 16 and 20 by province, read 27 October 2026 · saved copy (SHA-256 c6165226dde1…)
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