Demographics of Mozambique

Source UN (World Population Prospects 2019)
Date04 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.

  • Population
  • Growth rate

Mozambique population

Year Population Growth (%)
19505,958,982-
19556,508,4001.86
19607,184,8702.12
19658,039,2172.32
19709,022,7472.34
197510,165,2162.61
198011,630,1942.55
198512,764,3851.02
199012,987,2921.42
199515,483,2773.58
200017,711,9252.71
200520,493,9272.93
201023,531,5672.78
201527,042,0012.88
201627,829,9302.91
201728,649,0072.94
201829,496,0092.96
201930,366,0432.95
202031,255,4352.93
202132,163,0452.9
  • Total
  • Crude

Mozambique death and birth rate

Year Total Crude(per 1000)
DeathBirthCrude deathCrude birth
1950175,113282,66429.0546.83
1955172,787298,30826.5045.81
1960174,845332,55824.2746.14
1965188,924377,63623.4546.93
1970209,664425,78123.2047.14
1975226,436481,22722.1547.04
1980249,404540,53321.4946.63
1985264,296568,73421.0845.40
1990266,909602,41119.8644.84
1995280,408690,82818.2945.07
2000293,272797,69016.4644.77
2005303,181886,19314.7643.24
2010304,444960,17612.8940.72
2015271,3711,047,81110.0338.61
2020249,9611,152,6707.9536.81
2021251,0101,174,2847.7636.45
  • Population
  • Urbanization

Urban and rural population of Mozambique

Year Population Urbanization
UrbanRuralgrowth rate (%)Urban (%)
1950336,6595,815,578-5.472
1955411,0226,290,727638.586.133
1960507,4706,881,225644.376.868
1965644,7657,558,311637.987.860
1970823,6438,337,891603.778.990
19751,124,3589,220,136537.3310.869
19801,558,99510,289,336463.5713.158
19852,379,53610,604,869357.2118.326
19903,311,9129,935,737291.5325.000
19954,332,98611,426,146240.8527.495
20005,257,39512,810,292202.5729.098
20056,276,80814,646,262178.0329.999
20107,709,65716,511,748155.1431.830
20159,635,60218,375,089129.5734.400
202011,978,43920,330,756105.2837.074
202112,503,54220,726,122100.5537.628
  • Population pyramid
  • Gender ratio

Mozambique population by Age Group (2011)

Age group Male Female Total M per 100 F
PersonsShare (%)
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