Mozambique's population rose from 16.5M in 1996 to 35.6M in 2025.
Mozambique · Population & demographics
Size, growth, ages, births, deaths, urbanisation and migration.
23 indicators · 23 with data
Mozambique's population growth fell from 3.3 % in 1996 to 2.8 % in 2025.
Mozambique's population density rose from 19.1 in 1994 to 42.8 in 2023.
Mozambique's population, female (% of total) fell from 51.6 % in 1996 to 51.4 % in 2025.
Mozambique's urbanisation rose from 28.2 % in 1996 to 37.2 % in 2025.
Mozambique's urban population rose from 4.65M in 1996 to 13.3M in 2025.
Mozambique's rural population rose from 11.8M in 1996 to 22.4M in 2025.
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- Fertilitydown −1.5 %10th of 217
- Birth rate, crudedown −1.2 %8th of 217
- Death rate, crudedown −1.3 %126th of 217
- Adolescent fertility ratedown −1.0 %215th of 217
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- Median ageup +0.1 yrs209th of 216
- Children (0–14)down −0.3 pts7th of 217
- Working age (15–64)up +0.3 pts209th of 217
- Seniors (65+)down −0.0 pts201st of 217
- Age dependency ratiodown −1.2 pts9th of 217
- Old-age dependency ratiodown −0.1 pts197th of 217
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- Net migrationdown −68.4 %199th of 217
- Migrant stockdown −0.1 pts172nd of 216
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- Refugees hostedup +4.2 %105th of 178
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- Life expectancyup +0.2 yrs199th of 217
- Life expectancy at birth, femaleup +0.2 yrs193rd of 217
- Life expectancy at birth, maleup +0.2 yrs203rd of 217