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Mozambique: Facts & Stats
News •
Africa Ends Decade of Debt Distress With Mozambique Spread Fall
• July 11, 2025, 12:56 AM ET (Bloomberg)
Mozambique seeks US$1.4 billion debt relief from China after unrest hits economy
• July 5, 2025, 12:28 AM ET (South China Morning Post)
Mozambique President Urges Total LNG Restart Despite Risks
• July 2, 2025, 6:26 AM ET (Bloomberg)
After Bihar plant loco export to the Republic of Guinea, BLW dispatches locos to Mozambique
• June 28, 2025, 5:13 AM ET (The Indian Express)
A rise in child abductions in Mozambique
• June 27, 2025, 4:11 AM ET (BBC)
Facts
| Also Known As | Republic of Mozambique • República de Moçambique |
|---|---|
| Head Of State And Government | President: Daniel Chapo |
| Capital | Maputo |
| Population | (2025 est.) 34,091,000 |
| Form Of Government | multiparty republic with a single legislative house (Assembly of the Republic [250]) |
| Official Language | Portuguese |
| Official Religion | none |
| Official Name | República de Moçambique (Republic of Mozambique) |
| Total Area (Sq Km) | 799,380 |
| Total Area (Sq Mi) | 308,641 |
| Monetary Unit | (new) metical (MTn; plural meticais)1 |
| Population Rank | (2025) 46 |
| Population Projection 2030 | 38,381,000 |
| Density: Persons Per Sq Mi | (2025) 110.5 |
| Density: Persons Per Sq Km | (2025) 42.6 |
| Urban-Rural Population | Urban: (2023) 34.7% • Rural: (2023) 65.3% |
| Life Expectancy At Birth | Male: (2022) 52.9 years • Female: (2022) 58.7 years |
| Literacy: Percentage Of Population Age 15 And Over Literate | Male: (2020) 72% • Female: (2020) 49% |
| Gni (U.S.$ ’000,000) | (2023) 18,203 |
| Gni Per Capita (U.S.$) | (2023) 540 |
| 1The (new) metical (MTn) replaced the (old) metical (MT) on July 1, 2006, at a rate 1 MTn = MT 1,000. | |
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National anthem of Mozambique
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