Editing Luanda (section)

==Demographics==
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| 1970 (Census) || style="text-align:right;"| 475,328<ref name="Archived copy">{{Cite web |url=http://citypopulation.de/Angola-Cities.html |title=Angola: Provinces, Major Cities, Urban Localities & Urban Agglomerations - Population Statistics, Maps, Charts, Weather and Web Information |access-date=2019-03-28 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190702220225/http://www.citypopulation.de/Angola-Cities.html |archive-date=2019-07-02 |url-status=live }}</ref>
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| 2014 (Census) || style="text-align:right;"| 6,760,439<ref name="Archived copy"/>
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| 2018 (Projection) || style="text-align:right;"| 7,774,200<ref name="Archived copy"/>
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{{Main|Demographics of Angola}}
[[File:Igreja de Nossa Senhora dos Remédios (19929834976).jpg|thumb|left|[[Church of Our Lady of Remedies|Luanda Cathedral]] was built in 1628]]
The inhabitants of Luanda are primarily members of African ethnic groups, mainly [[Northern Mbundu people|Ambundu]], [[Ovimbundu]], and [[Bakongo]]. The official and the most widely used language is [[Portuguese language|Portuguese]], although several [[Bantu languages]] are also used, chiefly [[Kimbundu]], [[Umbundu]], and [[Kikongo]].<ref name=":1" />

The population of Luanda has grown dramatically in recent years, due in large part to war-time migration to the city, which is safe compared to the rest of the country.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-adv/specialsales/spotlight/angola/article8.html |title=International Spotlight: Angola |work=Washingtonpost.com |access-date=2011-04-17 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121106155002/http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-adv/specialsales/spotlight/angola/article8.html |archive-date=2012-11-06 }}</ref> In 2006, however, Luanda saw an increase in violent crime, particularly in the shanty towns that surround the colonial urban core.<ref>{{cite news |title=Angola: Easy access to guns concern as election nears - Angola {{!}} ReliefWeb |url=https://reliefweb.int/report/angola/angola-easy-access-guns-concern-election-nears |access-date=26 September 2023 |work=reliefweb.int |agency=The New Humanitarian |date=13 March 2006 |language=en}}</ref>

There is a sizable minority population of [[Europe]]an origin, especially [[Portuguese people|Portuguese]] (about 260,000), as well as [[Brazilian people|Brazilians]]. In recent years, mainly since the mid-2000s, immigration from Portugal has increased due to greater opportunities present in Angola's booming economy.<ref name="spiegel">{{cite news|url=http://www.spiegel.de/international/europe/tens-of-thousands-of-portuguese-emigrate-to-fast-growing-angola-a-833360.html|title=Tens of Thousands of Portuguese Emigrate to Fast-Growing Angola - SPIEGEL ONLINE|newspaper=Der Spiegel |date=17 May 2012 |publisher=spiegel.de|access-date=2016-02-07|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160119133405/http://www.spiegel.de/international/europe/tens-of-thousands-of-portuguese-emigrate-to-fast-growing-angola-a-833360.html|archive-date=2016-01-19|last1=Zuber |first1=Helene }}</ref><ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2012/sep/16/portuguese-exodus-angola-el-dorado | location=London | work=The Guardian | first=David | last=Smith | title=Portuguese escape austerity and find a new El Dorado in Angola | date=2012-09-16 | url-status=live | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170113020932/https://www.theguardian.com/world/2012/sep/16/portuguese-exodus-angola-el-dorado | archive-date=2017-01-13 }}</ref> There is a sprinkling of immigrants from other African countries as well, including a small expatriate [[South Africa]]n community. A small number of people of Luanda are of mixed race — European/Portuguese and native African. Over the last decades, a significant [[Chinese people|Chinese]] community has formed,<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Mei-ting Schmitz |first1=Cheryl |title=Significant Others: Security and Suspicion in Chinese-Angolan Encounters |journal=Journal of Current Chinese Affairs |date=March 1, 2014 |volume=43 |issue=1 |doi=10.1177/18681026140430010 |url=https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/186810261404300103 |access-date=March 8, 2025}}</ref> as has a much smaller [[Vietnamese people|Vietnamese]] community.{{citation needed|date=September 2021}}
[[File:Igreja de Nossa Senhora da Nazaré (19307975263).jpg|thumb|right|[[Nossa Senhora da Nazaré|N. Sra. da Nazaré Church]], b. 1664]]

=== Places of worship ===
Among the [[places of worship]], several are predominantly [[Christianity|Christian]] churches and congregations:<ref name=":1">Britannica,
[https://www.britannica.com/place/Angola Angola] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190409161150/https://www.britannica.com/place/Angola |date=2019-04-09 }}, britannica.com, USA, accessed on July 7, 2019</ref>
*[[Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Luanda]] ([[Catholic Church]])
*[[Evangelical Congregational Church in Angola]] ([[World Communion of Reformed Churches]])
*[[Evangelical Reformed Church in Angola]] ([[World Communion of Reformed Churches]])
*[[Baptist Convention of Angola]] ([[Baptist World Alliance]])
*[[Universal Church of the Kingdom of God]]
*[[Assemblies of God]].
*Jehovah’s Witnesses.