Businesses in Malanje

Industries

Business Distribution by Industry in Malanje

Industry Description	Number of Establishments
Education	27
Churches	18
Hotels and motels	17
Restaurants	16
Banks	13
Electronics stores	11
Shopping	10
Grocery stores and supermarkets	9
Other accommodation	9

Malanje Facts

Area	1827.8 km²
Population	891,973
Male Population	433,222 (48.6%)
Female Population	458,751 (51.4%)
Population change (1975 to 2020)	+994.4%
Population change (2000 to 2020)	+133.1%
Median Age	16.4 years (Male: 15.8, Female: 16.9)
GDP per capita (PPP)	$5,295 (2022)
Area Codes	251
Local Time
Timezone	West Africa Time
Lat & Lng	-9.54015, 16.34096

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Malanje Population

Years 1975 to 2030

Data	1975	1990	2000	2015	2020	2025*	2030*
Population	81,502	230,290	382,629	473,711	891,973	1,156,249	1,411,156
Population Density	44.6 / km²	126 / km²	209.3 / km²	259.2 / km²	488 / km²	632.6 / km²	772.1 / km²

* Projected

Sources: JRC (European Commission's Joint Research Centre) work on the GHS built-up grid

Malanje Population change from 2000 to 2020

Increase of 133.1% from year 2000 to 2020

Location	Change since 1975	Change since 1990	Change since 2000
Malanje	+994.4%	+287.3%	+133.1%
Malanje Province	—	—	—
Angola	—	—	—

Sources: JRC (European Commission's Joint Research Centre) work on the GHS built-up grid

Malanje Median Age

Median Age: 16.4 years

Location	Median Age	Median Age (Female)	Median Age (Male)
Malanje	16.4 yrs	16.9 yrs	15.8 yrs
Malanje Province	16.4 yrs	16.9 yrs	15.8 yrs
Angola	16.4 yrs	16.9 yrs	15.8 yrs

Sources: CIESIN (Center for International Earth Science Information Network)

Malanje Population Density

Population Density: 488 / km²

Location	Population	Area	Density
Malanje	891,973	1,827.8 km²	488 / km²
Malanje Province	937,196	82,182.5 km²	11.4 / km²
Angola	24.8 million	1,247,144.5 km²	19.9 / km²

Sources: JRC (European Commission's Joint Research Centre) work on the GHS built-up grid

Malanje Historical and Projected Population

Estimated Population from 1920 to 2100

Sources:

JRC (European Commission's Joint Research Centre) work on the GHS built-up grid
CIESIN (Center for International Earth Science Information Network)
[Link] Klein Goldewijk, K., Beusen, A., Doelman, J., and Stehfest, E.: Anthropogenic land use estimates for the Holocene – HYDE 3.2, Earth Syst. Sci. Data, 9, 927–953, https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-9-927-2017, 2017.

Area Codes

Percentage Area Codes used by businesses in Malanje

Price Distribution

Business distribution by price for Malanje

Human Development Index (HDI)

Statistic composite index of life expectancy, education, and per capita income.

Source: [Link] Kummu, M., Taka, M. &Guillaume, J. Gridded global datasets for Gross Domestic Product and Human Development Index over 1990–2015. Sci Data 5, 180004 (2018) doi:10.1038/sdata.2018.4

Malanje Gross Domestic Product (GDP)

GDP per capita, PPP (constant 2017 international $)

Data	1990	1995	2000	2005	2010	2015	2020	2022
GDP per capita	$6,474	$5,255	$4,642	$8,044	$6,682	$8,981	$5,259	$5,295
Total GDP	$1.3B	$1.4B	$1.7B	$3.9B	$3.6B	$5.2B	$4.7B	$5.3B

Source: [Link] Kummu, M., Kosonen, M. & Masoumzadeh Sayyar, S. Downscaled gridded global dataset for gross domestic product (GDP) per capita PPP over 1990–2022. Sci Data 12, 178 (2025) doi:10.1038/s41597-025-04487-x

Malanje CO2 Emissions

Carbon Dioxide (CO2) Emissions Per Capita in Tonnes Per Year

Location	CO2 Emissions	CO2 Emissions Per Capita	CO2 Emissions Intensity
Malanje	770,042 tn	0.86 tn	421.3 tons/km²
Malanje Province	808,152 tn	0.86 tn	9.8 tons/km²
Angola	21,454,743 tn	0.86 tn	17.2 tons/km²

Sources: [Link] Moran, D., Kanemoto K; Jiborn, M., Wood, R., Többen, J., and Seto, K.C. (2018) Carbon footprints of 13,000 cities. Environmental Research Letters DOI: 10.1088/1748-9326/aac72a

Malanje CO2 Emissions

2013 CO2 emissions (tonnes/year)	770,042 tn
2013 CO2 emissions (tonnes/year) per capita	0.86 tn
2013 CO2 emissions intensity (tonnes/km²/year)	421.3 tons/km²

Natural Hazards Risk

Relative risk out of 10

Hazard	Risk Level
Drought	Medium (4)

* Risk, particularly concerning flood or landslide, may not be for the entire area.

Sources:

Dilley, M., R.S. Chen, U. Deichmann, A.L. Lerner-Lam, M. Arnold, J. Agwe, P. Buys, O. Kjekstad, B. Lyon, and G. Yetman. 2005. Natural Disaster Hotspots: A Global Risk Analysis. Washington, D.C.: World Bank. https://doi.org/10.1596/0-8213-5930-4.
Center for Hazards and Risk Research - CHRR - Columbia University, Center for International Earth Science Information Network - CIESIN - Columbia University, and International Research Institute for Climate and Society - IRI - Columbia University. 2005. Global Drought Hazard Frequency and Distribution. Palisades, NY: NASA Socioeconomic Data and Applications Center (SEDAC). https://doi.org/10.7927/H4VX0DFT.

Malanje

Malanje (also Malange) is the capital city of Malanje Province in Angola with a population of approximately 222,000. It is located 380 kilometres (240 mi) east of Angola's capital Luanda. Near it are the spectacular Calandula waterfalls, the rock for..

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