Luchazi People

Population of Luchazi people According to the 17th edition of Ethnologue, large populations of 400, 000 live in Angola. But according to Encyclopaedia Britannica (Ethnic composition -2000), the Luchazi account for about 2.3% of the population of Angola (which translates into about 600,000). The pie chart below shows the Nine (9) major ethnic groups of Angola and 13.6 % other ethnic composition of Angola (courtesy of Encyclopedia Britannica): Ethnic composition of Angola (2000) Although estimates of population in Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), Namibia and Zambia are speculative, the exact numbers are not known. Many during population census in these countries, registered themselves as Nyemba or Luena (Luvale) or members of other related tribes in their locality. The total population is estimated at 900, 000. Population losses were considerable due to slave trade, famine and the civil war that followed after independence in Angola. Jill R. Dias writes (Famine and Disease in the hist...