Source | UN (World Population Prospects 2019) |
Date | 04 Nov 2021 |
As of 2021, the population of Mozambique is projected at 32.16 million, up by 2.90% compared with 31.26 million in 2020. Mozambique is ranked 46th in terms of population and 14th in terms of population growth rate.
There are 1.17 million births in Mozambique in 2021. That is 3,217 per day, which is ranked 24th. The crude birth rate is 36.45 per 1000 people. There are 0.25 million deaths in Mozambique in 2021. That is 688 per day, which is ranked 40th. The crude death rate is 7.76 per 1000 people.
12.5 million people are living in urban areas, which is 37.63% of Mozambique population. Mozambique is ranked 188th in terms of urbanization.
The Sex Ratio in Mozambique in 2021 is 94.65 males per 100 females. There are 15.64 million males and 16.52 million females in Mozambique. The percentage of female population is 51.37% compare to 48.63% male population. Mozambique has 0.88 million more females than males. Mozambique is at 39th position out of 201 countries/territories in terms of female to male ratio.
Year | Population | Growth (%) |
---|---|---|
1950 | 5,958,982 | - |
1955 | 6,508,400 | 1.86 |
1960 | 7,184,870 | 2.12 |
1965 | 8,039,217 | 2.32 |
1970 | 9,022,747 | 2.34 |
1975 | 10,165,216 | 2.61 |
1980 | 11,630,194 | 2.55 |
1985 | 12,764,385 | 1.02 |
1990 | 12,987,292 | 1.42 |
1995 | 15,483,277 | 3.58 |
2000 | 17,711,925 | 2.71 |
2005 | 20,493,927 | 2.93 |
2010 | 23,531,567 | 2.78 |
2015 | 27,042,001 | 2.88 |
2016 | 27,829,930 | 2.91 |
2017 | 28,649,007 | 2.94 |
2018 | 29,496,009 | 2.96 |
2019 | 30,366,043 | 2.95 |
2020 | 31,255,435 | 2.93 |
2021 | 32,163,045 | 2.9 |
Year | Total | Crude(per 1000) | ||
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Death | Birth | Crude death | Crude birth | |
1950 | 175,113 | 282,664 | 29.05 | 46.83 |
1955 | 172,787 | 298,308 | 26.50 | 45.81 |
1960 | 174,845 | 332,558 | 24.27 | 46.14 |
1965 | 188,924 | 377,636 | 23.45 | 46.93 |
1970 | 209,664 | 425,781 | 23.20 | 47.14 |
1975 | 226,436 | 481,227 | 22.15 | 47.04 |
1980 | 249,404 | 540,533 | 21.49 | 46.63 |
1985 | 264,296 | 568,734 | 21.08 | 45.40 |
1990 | 266,909 | 602,411 | 19.86 | 44.84 |
1995 | 280,408 | 690,828 | 18.29 | 45.07 |
2000 | 293,272 | 797,690 | 16.46 | 44.77 |
2005 | 303,181 | 886,193 | 14.76 | 43.24 |
2010 | 304,444 | 960,176 | 12.89 | 40.72 |
2015 | 271,371 | 1,047,811 | 10.03 | 38.61 |
2020 | 249,961 | 1,152,670 | 7.95 | 36.81 |
2021 | 251,010 | 1,174,284 | 7.76 | 36.45 |
Year | Population | Urbanization | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
Urban | Rural | growth rate (%) | Urban (%) | |
1950 | 336,659 | 5,815,578 | - | 5.472 |
1955 | 411,022 | 6,290,727 | 638.58 | 6.133 |
1960 | 507,470 | 6,881,225 | 644.37 | 6.868 |
1965 | 644,765 | 7,558,311 | 637.98 | 7.860 |
1970 | 823,643 | 8,337,891 | 603.77 | 8.990 |
1975 | 1,124,358 | 9,220,136 | 537.33 | 10.869 |
1980 | 1,558,995 | 10,289,336 | 463.57 | 13.158 |
1985 | 2,379,536 | 10,604,869 | 357.21 | 18.326 |
1990 | 3,311,912 | 9,935,737 | 291.53 | 25.000 |
1995 | 4,332,986 | 11,426,146 | 240.85 | 27.495 |
2000 | 5,257,395 | 12,810,292 | 202.57 | 29.098 |
2005 | 6,276,808 | 14,646,262 | 178.03 | 29.999 |
2010 | 7,709,657 | 16,511,748 | 155.14 | 31.830 |
2015 | 9,635,602 | 18,375,089 | 129.57 | 34.400 |
2020 | 11,978,439 | 20,330,756 | 105.28 | 37.074 |
2021 | 12,503,542 | 20,726,122 | 100.55 | 37.628 |
Age group | Male | Female | Total | M per 100 F | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Persons | Share (%) | ||||
00-04 | 2,649,494 | 2,624,788 | 5,274,282 | 16.40 | 100.941 |
05-09 | 2,340,394 | 2,323,812 | 4,664,206 | 14.50 | 100.714 |
10-14 | 2,074,554 | 2,073,452 | 4,148,006 | 12.90 | 100.053 |
15-19 | 1,813,826 | 1,832,491 | 3,646,317 | 11.34 | 98.981 |
20-24 | 1,495,962 | 1,529,374 | 3,025,336 | 9.41 | 97.815 |
25-29 | 1,213,292 | 1,254,092 | 2,467,384 | 7.67 | 96.747 |
30-34 | 991,231 | 1,033,079 | 2,024,310 | 6.29 | 95.949 |
35-39 | 806,089 | 873,390 | 1,679,479 | 5.22 | 92.294 |
40-44 | 628,239 | 711,328 | 1,339,567 | 4.16 | 88.319 |
45-49 | 465,443 | 575,699 | 1,041,142 | 3.24 | 80.848 |
50-54 | 341,605 | 468,174 | 809,779 | 2.52 | 72.965 |
55-59 | 268,515 | 367,880 | 636,395 | 1.98 | 72.990 |
60-64 | 204,557 | 283,170 | 487,727 | 1.52 | 72.238 |
65-69 | 152,138 | 222,536 | 374,674 | 1.16 | 68.366 |
70-74 | 102,151 | 165,952 | 268,103 | 0.83 | 61.555 |
75-79 | 57,446 | 106,240 | 163,686 | 0.51 | 54.072 |
80-84 | 25,470 | 54,845 | 80,315 | 0.25 | 46.440 |
85-89 | 7,675 | 19,472 | 27,147 | 0.08 | 39.416 |
90-94 | 1,217 | 3,625 | 4,842 | 0.02 | 33.572 |
95-99 | 83 | 255 | 338 | 0.00 | 32.549 |
100+ | 3 | 7 | 10 | 0.00 | 42.857 |
Total | 15,639,384 | 16,523,661 | 32,163,045 | 94.648 |