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Mozambique:
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Other pages in this profile of Mozambique:
Geography, Government, Economy, Communications & Transportation, Military & Transnational Issues.
Geography, Government, Economy, Communications & Transportation, Military & Transnational Issues.
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Population |
Definition - World rank and map 21,284,701 note: estimates for this country explicitly take into account the effects of excess mortality due to AIDS; this can result in lower life expectancy, higher infant mortality, higher death rates, lower population growth rates, and changes in the distribution of population by age and sex than would otherwise be expected; the 1997 Mozambican census reported a population of 16,099,246 (July 2008 est.) |
Population density |
Definition - World rank and map 27.1 people per sq. km (July 2008 est.) |
Age structure |
Definition - World rank and map 0-14 years: 44.5% (male 4,762,335/female 4,711,422) 15-64 years: 52.7% (male 5,472,184/female 5,736,154) 65 years and over: 2.8% (male 251,026/female 351,580) (2008 est.) |
Median Age |
Definition - World rank and map total: 17.4 years male: 17 years female: 17.8 years (2008 est.) |
Population growth rate |
Definition - World rank and map 1.792% (2008 est.) |
Birth rate |
Definition - World rank and map 38.21 births/1,000 population (2008 est.) |
Death rate |
Definition - World rank and map 20.29 deaths/1,000 population (2008 est.) |
Net migration rate |
Definition - World rank and map NA |
Sex ratio |
Definition at birth: 1.02 male(s)/female under 15 years: 1.01 male(s)/female 15-64 years: 0.95 male(s)/female 65 years and over: 0.71 male(s)/female total population: 0.97 male(s)/female (2008 est.) |
Infant mortality rate |
Definition - World rank and map total: 107.84 deaths/1,000 live births male: 110.67 deaths/1,000 live births female: 104.97 deaths/1,000 live births (2008 est.) |
Life expectancy at birth |
Definition - World rank and map total population: 41.04 years male: 41.62 years female: 40.44 years (2008 est.) |
Total fertility rate |
Definition - World rank and map 5.24 children born/woman (2008 est.) |
HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate |
Definition - World rank and map 12.2% (2003 est.) |
HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS |
Definition - World rank and map 1.3 million (2003 est.) |
HIV/AIDS - deaths |
Definition 110,000 (2003 est.) |
Major infectious diseases |
Definition degree of risk: very high food or waterborne diseases: bacterial and protozoal diarrhea, hepatitis A, and typhoid fever vectorborne diseases: malaria and plague water contact disease: schistosomiasis (2008) |
Nationality |
Definition noun: Mozambican(s) adjective: Mozambican |
Ethnic groups |
Definition African 99.66% (Makhuwa, Tsonga, Lomwe, Sena, and others), Europeans 0.06%, Euro-Africans 0.2%, Indians 0.08% |
Religions |
Definition Catholic 23.8%, Muslim 17.8%, Zionist Christian 17.5%, other 17.8%, none 23.1% (1997 census) |
Languages |
Definition Emakhuwa 26.1%, Xichangana 11.3%, Portuguese 8.8% (official; spoken by 27% of population as a second language), Elomwe 7.6%, Cisena 6.8%, Echuwabo 5.8%, other Mozambican languages 32%, other foreign languages 0.3%, unspecified 1.3% (1997 census) |
Literacy |
Definition definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 47.8% male: 63.5% female: 32.7% (2003 est.) |
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