| Source | UN (World Population Prospects 2022) |
| Date | 12 May 2024 |
There are 17.11 million males and 17.75 million females in Mozambique. The percentage of the male population is 49.09%, compared to 50.91% of the female population. Mozambique has 637k more females than males. The sex ratio in Mozambique in 2024 will be 96.413 males per 100 females. Mozambique is in the 65th position in terms of the female-to-male ratio.
| Year | Population | Growth (%) |
|---|---|---|
| 1950 | 5,920,215 | 1.41 |
| 1955 | 6,318,904 | 1.32 |
| 1960 | 6,788,375 | 1.76 |
| 1965 | 7,524,154 | 2.20 |
| 1970 | 8,411,676 | 2.39 |
| 1975 | 9,703,732 | 3.20 |
| 1980 | 11,413,587 | 1.62 |
| 1985 | 12,680,065 | 1.96 |
| 1990 | 13,303,459 | 1.91 |
| 1995 | 15,594,830 | 3.07 |
| 2000 | 17,768,505 | 2.48 |
| 2005 | 20,211,114 | 2.56 |
| 2010 | 23,073,723 | 2.89 |
| 2015 | 26,843,246 | 3.04 |
| 2020 | 31,178,239 | 2.94 |
| 2021 | 32,077,072 | 2.75 |
| 2022 | 32,969,518 | 2.74 |
| 2023 | 33,897,354 | 2.81 |
| 2024 | 34,858,402 | 2.78 |
| Year | Total | Crude(per 1000) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Death | Birth | Crude death | Crude birth | |
| 1950 | 160,132 | 276,983 | 26.977 | 46.662 |
| 1955 | 157,596 | 294,677 | 24.832 | 46.431 |
| 1960 | 157,926 | 321,996 | 23.183 | 47.269 |
| 1965 | 171,814 | 357,443 | 22.801 | 47.435 |
| 1970 | 189,632 | 396,019 | 22.533 | 47.057 |
| 1975 | 210,861 | 456,751 | 21.796 | 47.213 |
| 1980 | 251,266 | 559,200 | 21.891 | 48.718 |
| 1985 | 313,280 | 601,894 | 24.664 | 47.387 |
| 1990 | 267,567 | 619,438 | 20.036 | 46.385 |
| 1995 | 286,768 | 693,175 | 18.429 | 44.546 |
| 2000 | 279,069 | 778,507 | 15.677 | 43.734 |
| 2005 | 278,369 | 847,395 | 13.753 | 41.867 |
| 2010 | 274,867 | 970,243 | 11.902 | 42.013 |
| 2015 | 255,083 | 1,041,021 | 9.506 | 38.797 |
| 2020 | 249,559 | 1,152,789 | 8.004 | 36.974 |
| 2021 | 282,145 | 1,174,346 | 8.793 | 36.598 |
| 2022 | 283,950 | 1,191,147 | 8.611 | 36.121 |
| 2023 | 249,373 | 1,207,858 | 7.355 | 35.625 |
| 2024 | 252,286 | 1,225,914 | 7.236 | 35.161 |
| Year | Population | Urban (%) | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Urban | Rural | ||
| 1950 | 336,659 | 5,815,578 | 5.472 |
| 1955 | 411,022 | 6,290,727 | 6.133 |
| 1960 | 507,470 | 6,881,225 | 6.868 |
| 1965 | 644,765 | 7,558,311 | 7.860 |
| 1970 | 823,643 | 8,337,891 | 8.990 |
| 1975 | 1,124,358 | 9,220,136 | 10.869 |
| 1980 | 1,558,995 | 10,289,336 | 13.158 |
| 1985 | 2,379,536 | 10,604,869 | 18.326 |
| 1990 | 3,311,912 | 9,935,737 | 25.000 |
| 1995 | 4,332,986 | 11,426,146 | 27.495 |
| 2000 | 5,257,395 | 12,810,292 | 29.098 |
| 2005 | 6,276,808 | 14,646,262 | 29.999 |
| 2010 | 7,709,657 | 16,511,748 | 31.830 |
| 2015 | 9,635,602 | 18,375,089 | 34.400 |
| 2020 | 11,978,439 | 20,330,756 | 37.074 |
| 2021 | 12,503,542 | 20,726,122 | 37.628 |
| 2022 | 13,048,749 | 21,121,577 | 38.187 |
| 2023 | 13,614,614 | 21,516,806 | 38.753 |
| 2024 | 14,201,743 | 21,911,568 | 39.326 |
| Age group | Male | Female | Total | M per 100 F | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Persons | Share (%) | ||||
| 00-04 | 2,799,253 | 2,767,938 | 5,567,191 | 15.97 | 101.131 |
| 05-09 | 2,486,656 | 2,466,519 | 4,953,175 | 14.21 | 100.816 |
| 10-14 | 2,238,117 | 2,227,624 | 4,465,740 | 12.81 | 100.471 |
| 15-19 | 1,894,378 | 1,898,687 | 3,793,064 | 10.88 | 99.773 |
| 20-24 | 1,630,256 | 1,648,203 | 3,278,459 | 9.41 | 98.911 |
| 25-29 | 1,366,466 | 1,390,828 | 2,757,294 | 7.91 | 98.248 |
| 30-34 | 1,128,438 | 1,158,764 | 2,287,202 | 6.56 | 97.383 |
| 35-39 | 910,582 | 959,383 | 1,869,965 | 5.36 | 94.913 |
| 40-44 | 705,548 | 773,255 | 1,478,803 | 4.24 | 91.244 |
| 45-49 | 578,346 | 652,576 | 1,230,922 | 3.53 | 88.625 |
| 50-54 | 472,131 | 526,643 | 998,774 | 2.87 | 89.649 |
| 55-59 | 332,367 | 392,224 | 724,591 | 2.08 | 84.739 |
| 60-64 | 227,594 | 321,825 | 549,419 | 1.58 | 70.720 |
| 65-69 | 156,131 | 253,231 | 409,361 | 1.17 | 61.656 |
| 70-74 | 99,449 | 166,578 | 266,027 | 0.76 | 59.701 |
| 75-79 | 53,036 | 89,483 | 142,519 | 0.41 | 59.269 |
| 80-84 | 23,857 | 38,484 | 62,342 | 0.18 | 61.992 |
| 85-89 | 6,849 | 12,190 | 19,040 | 0.05 | 56.185 |
| 90-94 | 1,254 | 2,688 | 3,942 | 0.01 | 46.652 |
| 95-99 | 151 | 384 | 535 | 0.00 | 39.323 |
| 100+ | 9 | 29 | 38 | 0.00 | 31.034 |
| Total | 17,110,868 | 17,747,536 | 34,858,403 | 96.413 | |