Demographics of Mozambique

Source	UN (World Population Prospects 2022)
Date	12 May 2024

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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.

Mozambique population
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

Population
Growth

Mozambique death and birth rate
Year	Total		Crude(per 1000)
Year	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

Total
Crude

Urban and rural population of Mozambique
Year	Population		Urban (%)
Year	Urban	Rural	Urban (%)
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

Population
Urbanization

Mozambique population by Age Group (2024)
Age group	Male	Female	Total		M per 100 F
Age group	Male	Female	Persons	Share (%)	M per 100 F
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

Population pyramid
Gender ratio