Mozambique
Population 2026
36,639,855
Overview
- Yearly change
- +2.83%
- Density
- 47 per km²
- Land area
- 786,380 km²
- Capital
- Maputo
- Currency
- Metical (MZN)
- Official languages
- PT-MZ, VMW
- Urban population
- 37.2%
- Continent
- AF
Demographics
- Births
- 1,323,7522026
- Deaths
- 246,9902026
- Birth rate
- 37.0per 1,000
- Death rate
- 6.9per 1,000
- Fertility rate
- 4.69
- Life expectancy
- 63.8At birth, years
- Median age
- 16.6
- Net migration
- -65,573
Age distribution
- 0–1444.2%
- 15–6453.1%
- 65+2.7%
Population by year
Economy
- GDP
- $22.3B
- GDP per capita
- $627
- GDP growth
- -0.5%
- Inflation
- 4.4%
- Unemployment
- 6.6%
- Exports
- $9.2B
- Imports
- $12.4B
- Tourism receipts
- 2.5%% of exports
Economic output by sector (% of GDP)
- Agriculture25.6%
- Industry22.1%
- Manufacturing6.2%
- Services42.0%
Employment by sector (%)
- Agriculture73.0%
- Industry6.4%
- Services20.6%
Largest cities
| # | City | Population |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | MaputoMaputo City | 1,254,8372024 |
| 2 | MatolaMaputo Province | 1,198,9882026 |
| 3 | NampulaNampula | 770,3792026 |
| 4 | BeiraSofala | 687,7642026 |
| 5 | ChimoioManica | 422,0462026 |
| 6 | TeteTete | 357,0002026 |
| 7 | QuelimaneZambezia Province | 349,8422026 |
| 8 | LichingaNiassa Province | 281,3412026 |
| 9 | NacalaNampula | 239,8082024 |
| 10 | PembaCabo Delgado Province | 232,9322026 |
Populated place as listed by GeoNames. Not a metropolitan-area figure.
Historical statistics
| Year | Population | Births | Deaths |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 36,639,855 | 1.3M | 247K |
| 2020 | 30,783,685 | 1.2M | 246K |
| 2010 | 22,999,234 | 985K | 265K |
| 2000 | 18,129,652 | 790K | 284K |
| 1990 | 13,094,535 | 621K | 268K |
| 1980 | 11,336,220 | 600K | 251K |
| 1970 | 8,250,504 | 392K | 185K |
| 1960 | 6,713,698 | 324K | 158K |
| 1950 | 5,910,234 | 278K | 159K |