Mozambique vs Zambia Demographics: Median age, Gender, Race, Religion

Median age history and projection chart in
Mozambique vs Zambia

Table

Year	Median age
	Mozambique	Zambia
1960	19.9	17
1961	19.8	16.9
1962	19.8	16.8
1963	19.7	16.7
1964	19.6	16.6
1965	19.4	16.6
1966	19.3	16.5
1967	19.2	16.5
1968	19	16.4
1969	18.9	16.4
1970	18.7	16.2
1971	18.6	16.1
1972	18.5	15.9
1973	18.4	15.8
1974	18.3	15.7
1975	18.2	15.5
1976	18.1	15.4
1977	18	15.4
1978	17.9	15.3
1979	17.8	15.3
1980	17.6	15.2
1981	17.4	15.3
1982	17.3	15.3
1983	17.2	15.4
1984	17.1	15.4
1985	17.1	15.5
1986	17	15.5
1987	17	15.6
1988	17	15.6
1989	17	15.7
1990	17	15.7
1991	17.1	15.7
1992	17.1	15.8
1993	17.2	15.8
1994	17.2	15.8
1995	17.3	15.8
1996	17.4	15.8
1997	17.4	15.8
1998	17.3	15.8
1999	17.3	15.8
2000	17.3	15.9
2001	17.2	15.9
2002	17.2	16
2003	17.2	16.1
2004	17.1	16.2
2005	17.1	16.3
2006	17.1	16.3
2007	17.1	16.4
2008	17	16.5
2009	17	16.6
2010	16.9	16.7
2011	16.9	16.8
2012	16.9	16.9
2013	16.9	17
2014	16.9	17.1
2015	16.9	17.2
2016	17	17.4
2017	17	17.5
2018	17.1	17.7
2019	17.1	17.9
2020	17.2	18
2021	17.3	18.2
2022	17.3	18.4
2023	17.4	18.6
2024	17.5	18.8
2025	17.5	18.9
2026	17.6	19.2
2027	17.8	19.4
2028	17.9	19.6
2029	18.1	19.9
2030	18.3	20.1
2031	18.4	20.3
2032	18.6	20.6
2033	18.8	20.8
2034	19	21
2035	19.2	21.3
2036	19.4	21.5
2037	19.6	21.7
2038	19.8	21.9
2039	20	22.1
2040	20.2	22.4
2041	20.4	22.6
2042	20.7	22.8
2043	20.9	23
2044	21.1	23.2
2045	21.4	23.5
2046	21.6	23.7
2047	21.9	23.9
2048	22.1	24.1
2049	22.4	24.4
2050	22.6	24.6

In 1960, the median age in Mozambique was 19.9 years compared to 17 years in Zambia. As of 2024, the median age had changed to 17.5 years in Mozambique and to 18.8 years in Zambia.

According to United Nations projections, the median age in Mozambique is expected to increased to around 22.6 years by 2050 compared to 24.6 years in Zambia. The aging demographics forecast is based on previous years' birth rates and increasing life expectancy.

Demographic pyramid: age and gender distribution

Table

Age range	Share of population
	Mozambique		Zambia
	Male	Female	Male	Female
0-4	8.4%	8.31%	7.52%	7.51%
5-9	7.38%	7.32%	6.85%	6.85%
10-14	6.55%	6.52%	6.35%	6.37%
15-19	5.43%	5.45%	5.61%	5.66%
20-24	4.61%	4.69%	4.67%	4.74%
25-29	3.85%	4%	3.99%	4.06%
30-34	3.11%	3.32%	3.42%	3.46%
35-39	2.46%	2.75%	2.96%	2.97%
40-44	1.89%	2.24%	2.45%	2.44%
45-49	1.41%	1.77%	1.94%	1.97%
50-54	1.2%	1.39%	1.38%	1.47%
55-59	0.84%	1.01%	0.94%	1.06%
60-64	0.5%	0.88%	0.63%	0.77%
65-69	0.36%	0.81%	0.39%	0.53%
70-74	0.27%	0.58%	0.22%	0.34%
75-79	0.16%	0.3%	0.11%	0.18%
80+	0.11%	0.16%	0.06%	0.12%

The chart above is a variation of a population pyramid and represents a comparison of age and gender structure. Mozambique has high demographic potential with 78.9% of people in the 0-34 age group compared to 77.1% and similar potential in Zambia.

Age dependency chart

Table

Year	Age dependency ratio
	Mozambique			Zambia
	Total	Young	Old	Total	Young	Old
1960	78.8%	73.3%	5.49%	95.6%	90%	5.58%
1961	79.3%	73.8%	5.49%	96.2%	90.6%	5.61%
1962	80%	74.5%	5.49%	96.8%	91.2%	5.66%
1963	80.8%	75.3%	5.49%	97.7%	92%	5.72%
1964	81.6%	76.1%	5.48%	98.6%	92.8%	5.78%
1965	82.4%	77%	5.48%	99.2%	93.4%	5.83%
1966	83.3%	77.8%	5.49%	99.5%	93.7%	5.87%
1967	84.1%	78.6%	5.49%	99.8%	93.9%	5.9%
1968	84.8%	79.3%	5.51%	100.2%	94.3%	5.94%
1969	85.4%	79.9%	5.53%	100.7%	94.7%	5.98%
1970	86%	80.5%	5.56%	101.7%	95.6%	6.05%
1971	86.6%	81%	5.59%	103.1%	96.9%	6.15%
1972	87.2%	81.6%	5.63%	104.5%	98.2%	6.23%
1973	87.7%	82.1%	5.66%	105.8%	99.5%	6.32%
1974	88.2%	82.5%	5.69%	107%	100.6%	6.39%
1975	88.7%	83%	5.73%	108.1%	101.7%	6.46%
1976	89.3%	83.5%	5.78%	109.1%	102.6%	6.52%
1977	90.1%	84.2%	5.82%	109.9%	103.4%	6.57%
1978	91%	85.1%	5.86%	110.6%	104%	6.61%
1979	92.2%	86.3%	5.91%	111%	104.3%	6.64%
1980	93.6%	87.6%	5.99%	111.1%	104.5%	6.65%
1981	94.9%	88.8%	6.07%	110.8%	104.2%	6.63%
1982	95.6%	89.5%	6.13%	110.2%	103.6%	6.57%
1983	96%	89.8%	6.17%	109.4%	102.9%	6.49%
1984	96.1%	89.9%	6.18%	108.8%	102.4%	6.42%
1985	96.1%	90%	6.16%	108.2%	101.8%	6.34%
1986	96.1%	90%	6.13%	107.5%	101.2%	6.25%
1987	96.1%	90%	6.09%	106.8%	100.7%	6.17%
1988	95.8%	89.7%	6.03%	106.3%	100.2%	6.08%
1989	95.3%	89.3%	5.96%	105.7%	99.7%	6%
1990	94.9%	89%	5.88%	105.2%	99.3%	5.91%
1991	94.5%	88.7%	5.8%	104.7%	98.9%	5.82%
1992	94.2%	88.4%	5.72%	104.3%	98.5%	5.72%
1993	93.6%	87.9%	5.64%	103.9%	98.3%	5.62%
1994	92.8%	87.2%	5.56%	103.7%	98.2%	5.52%
1995	91.9%	86.4%	5.48%	103.6%	98.1%	5.41%
1996	91.1%	85.7%	5.4%	103.4%	98.1%	5.3%
1997	90.9%	85.5%	5.34%	103.1%	98%	5.18%
1998	91%	85.7%	5.28%	102.7%	97.7%	5.04%
1999	91.1%	85.9%	5.22%	102.2%	97.3%	4.91%
2000	91.4%	86.2%	5.17%	101.5%	96.8%	4.76%
2001	91.7%	86.5%	5.14%	100.5%	95.9%	4.61%
2002	91.9%	86.8%	5.14%	99.4%	95%	4.46%
2003	92.1%	86.9%	5.13%	98.5%	94.2%	4.32%
2004	92.2%	87.1%	5.12%	97.6%	93.4%	4.19%
2005	92.4%	87.2%	5.13%	96.8%	92.7%	4.06%
2006	92.5%	87.3%	5.14%	95.9%	92%	3.93%
2007	92.6%	87.5%	5.16%	95.1%	91.3%	3.82%
2008	93%	87.8%	5.19%	94.2%	90.5%	3.71%
2009	93.5%	88.3%	5.22%	93.4%	89.8%	3.61%
2010	94%	88.8%	5.24%	92.6%	89.1%	3.53%
2011	94.3%	89.1%	5.25%	91.9%	88.5%	3.47%
2012	94.4%	89.1%	5.26%	91.2%	87.8%	3.41%
2013	94.4%	89.1%	5.28%	90.4%	87.1%	3.35%
2014	94.2%	88.9%	5.3%	89.4%	86.1%	3.3%
2015	93.9%	88.6%	5.32%	88.4%	85.1%	3.27%
2016	93.6%	88.3%	5.34%	87.3%	84%	3.26%
2017	93.2%	87.9%	5.37%	86.1%	82.8%	3.26%
2018	92.9%	87.5%	5.39%	84.9%	81.6%	3.27%
2019	92.7%	87.2%	5.41%	83.6%	80.4%	3.28%
2020	92.3%	86.9%	5.41%	82.3%	79%	3.3%
2021	91.8%	86.5%	5.35%	80.9%	77.6%	3.3%
2022	91.3%	86%	5.3%	79.5%	76.2%	3.33%
2023	90.6%	85.3%	5.27%	78.1%	74.7%	3.38%
2024	89.5%	84.3%	5.22%	76.7%	73.3%	3.44%

Age dependency is the ratio of people not in the labor force (children under 15 and adults 64+) to people aged 15 to 64.

Age dependency in Mozambique decreased from 92.2% to 89.5% between 2004 and 2024.

In Zambia, the ratio of dependent people decreased from 97.6% to 76.7% between 2004 and 2024 with a decreased share of young people and a decreased proportion of people aged 65+.

Working age demographic

Table

Year	Working age population share
	Mozambique	Zambia
1960	55.9%	51.1%
1961	55.8%	51%
1962	55.5%	50.8%
1963	55.3%	50.6%
1964	55.1%	50.3%
1965	54.8%	50.2%
1966	54.6%	50.1%
1967	54.3%	50%
1968	54.1%	50%
1969	53.9%	49.8%
1970	53.8%	49.6%
1971	53.6%	49.2%
1972	53.4%	48.9%
1973	53.3%	48.6%
1974	53.1%	48.3%
1975	53%	48%
1976	52.8%	47.8%
1977	52.6%	47.6%
1978	52.4%	47.5%
1979	52%	47.4%
1980	51.7%	47.4%
1981	51.3%	47.4%
1982	51.1%	47.6%
1983	51%	47.8%
1984	51%	47.9%
1985	51%	48%
1986	51%	48.2%
1987	51%	48.3%
1988	51.1%	48.5%
1989	51.2%	48.6%
1990	51.3%	48.7%
1991	51.4%	48.8%
1992	51.5%	49%
1993	51.7%	49%
1994	51.9%	49.1%
1995	52.1%	49.1%
1996	52.3%	49.2%
1997	52.4%	49.2%
1998	52.4%	49.3%
1999	52.3%	49.4%
2000	52.2%	49.6%
2001	52.2%	49.9%
2002	52.1%	50.1%
2003	52.1%	50.4%
2004	52%	50.6%
2005	52%	50.8%
2006	52%	51%
2007	51.9%	51.3%
2008	51.8%	51.5%
2009	51.7%	51.7%
2010	51.5%	51.9%
2011	51.5%	52.1%
2012	51.4%	52.3%
2013	51.4%	52.5%
2014	51.5%	52.8%
2015	51.6%	53.1%
2016	51.7%	53.4%
2017	51.7%	53.7%
2018	51.8%	54.1%
2019	51.9%	54.5%
2020	52%	54.9%
2021	52.1%	55.3%
2022	52.3%	55.7%
2023	52.5%	56.1%
2024	52.8%	56.6%
2025	53.1%	57%
2026	53.4%	57.4%
2027	53.8%	57.8%
2028	54.2%	58.2%
2029	54.5%	58.5%
2030	54.9%	58.8%
2031	55.2%	59.1%
2032	55.6%	59.4%
2033	55.9%	59.6%
2034	56.3%	59.9%
2035	56.7%	60.1%
2036	57%	60.4%
2037	57.4%	60.6%
2038	57.8%	60.8%
2039	58.1%	61%
2040	58.5%	61.2%
2041	58.9%	61.4%
2042	59.3%	61.6%
2043	59.7%	61.8%
2044	60.1%	62%
2045	60.4%	62.3%
2046	60.8%	62.5%
2047	61.1%	62.7%
2048	61.4%	62.9%
2049	61.8%	63%
2050	62.1%	63.2%

Between 2004 and 2024, the share of working-age demographics aged 15-64 changed from 52% to 52.8% in Mozambique and from 50.6% to 56.6% in Zambia.

Share of young demographic (0-14 years old)

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Mozambique	Zambia
1960	41%	46%
1961	41.2%	46.2%
1962	41.4%	46.3%
1963	41.6%	46.5%
1964	41.9%	46.7%
1965	42.2%	46.9%
1966	42.5%	46.9%
1967	42.7%	47%
1968	42.9%	47.1%
1969	43.1%	47.2%
1970	43.3%	47.4%
1971	43.4%	47.7%
1972	43.6%	48%
1973	43.7%	48.3%
1974	43.8%	48.6%
1975	44%	48.8%
1976	44.1%	49.1%
1977	44.3%	49.2%
1978	44.6%	49.4%
1979	44.9%	49.5%
1980	45.3%	49.5%
1981	45.6%	49.4%
1982	45.7%	49.3%
1983	45.8%	49.1%
1984	45.9%	49%
1985	45.9%	48.9%
1986	45.9%	48.8%
1987	45.9%	48.7%
1988	45.8%	48.6%
1989	45.7%	48.5%
1990	45.7%	48.4%
1991	45.6%	48.3%
1992	45.5%	48.2%
1993	45.4%	48.2%
1994	45.2%	48.2%
1995	45%	48.2%
1996	44.9%	48.2%
1997	44.8%	48.2%
1998	44.9%	48.2%
1999	45%	48.1%
2000	45.1%	48%
2001	45.1%	47.8%
2002	45.2%	47.6%
2003	45.3%	47.4%
2004	45.3%	47.3%
2005	45.3%	47.1%
2006	45.4%	47%
2007	45.4%	46.8%
2008	45.5%	46.6%
2009	45.6%	46.4%
2010	45.8%	46.3%
2011	45.8%	46.1%
2012	45.9%	45.9%
2013	45.8%	45.7%
2014	45.8%	45.5%
2015	45.7%	45.2%
2016	45.6%	44.9%
2017	45.5%	44.5%
2018	45.4%	44.1%
2019	45.3%	43.8%
2020	45.2%	43.3%
2021	45.1%	42.9%
2022	45%	42.4%
2023	44.8%	42%
2024	44.5%	41.5%
2025	44.2%	41%
2026	43.9%	40.5%
2027	43.5%	40%
2028	43.2%	39.6%
2029	42.9%	39.2%
2030	42.5%	38.8%
2031	42.2%	38.5%
2032	41.9%	38.1%
2033	41.5%	37.8%
2034	41.1%	37.5%
2035	40.7%	37.1%
2036	40.3%	36.8%
2037	39.9%	36.5%
2038	39.5%	36.1%
2039	39%	35.8%
2040	38.6%	35.4%
2041	38.2%	35.1%
2042	37.7%	34.7%
2043	37.3%	34.4%
2044	36.9%	34%
2045	36.4%	33.7%
2046	36%	33.3%
2047	35.6%	33%
2048	35.2%	32.6%
2049	34.8%	32.3%
2050	34.4%	32%

The share of young people aged below 15 is 44.5% in Mozambique and 41.5% in Zambia. Birth rates in Mozambique compared to Zambia .

Share of old population (65+)

Table

Year	Share of population 65+ years old
	Mozambique	Zambia
1960	3.07%	2.85%
1961	3.06%	2.86%
1962	3.05%	2.87%
1963	3.04%	2.89%
1964	3.02%	2.91%
1965	3.01%	2.92%
1966	2.99%	2.94%
1967	2.99%	2.95%
1968	2.98%	2.97%
1969	2.98%	2.98%
1970	2.99%	3%
1971	3%	3.03%
1972	3.01%	3.05%
1973	3.01%	3.07%
1974	3.03%	3.09%
1975	3.04%	3.1%
1976	3.05%	3.12%
1977	3.06%	3.13%
1978	3.07%	3.14%
1979	3.08%	3.15%
1980	3.09%	3.15%
1981	3.12%	3.14%
1982	3.14%	3.12%
1983	3.15%	3.1%
1984	3.15%	3.07%
1985	3.14%	3.04%
1986	3.13%	3.01%
1987	3.11%	2.98%
1988	3.08%	2.95%
1989	3.05%	2.92%
1990	3.02%	2.88%
1991	2.98%	2.84%
1992	2.95%	2.8%
1993	2.91%	2.76%
1994	2.88%	2.71%
1995	2.86%	2.66%
1996	2.83%	2.61%
1997	2.8%	2.55%
1998	2.77%	2.49%
1999	2.73%	2.43%
2000	2.7%	2.36%
2001	2.68%	2.3%
2002	2.68%	2.24%
2003	2.67%	2.18%
2004	2.67%	2.12%
2005	2.67%	2.06%
2006	2.67%	2.01%
2007	2.68%	1.96%
2008	2.69%	1.91%
2009	2.7%	1.87%
2010	2.7%	1.83%
2011	2.7%	1.81%
2012	2.71%	1.78%
2013	2.72%	1.76%
2014	2.73%	1.74%
2015	2.74%	1.74%
2016	2.76%	1.74%
2017	2.78%	1.75%
2018	2.79%	1.77%
2019	2.81%	1.79%
2020	2.81%	1.81%
2021	2.79%	1.83%
2022	2.77%	1.86%
2023	2.77%	1.9%
2024	2.75%	1.95%
2025	2.73%	2%
2026	2.71%	2.06%
2027	2.68%	2.12%
2028	2.65%	2.18%
2029	2.62%	2.25%
2030	2.6%	2.32%
2031	2.58%	2.4%
2032	2.58%	2.48%
2033	2.59%	2.56%
2034	2.61%	2.66%
2035	2.65%	2.75%
2036	2.69%	2.86%
2037	2.73%	2.97%
2038	2.77%	3.09%
2039	2.82%	3.21%
2040	2.86%	3.35%
2041	2.91%	3.49%
2042	2.95%	3.63%
2043	3%	3.78%
2044	3.07%	3.92%
2045	3.15%	4.06%
2046	3.22%	4.21%
2047	3.3%	4.35%
2048	3.38%	4.5%
2049	3.46%	4.65%
2050	3.55%	4.8%

The share of older people aged 65 and over is 2.75% in Mozambique and 1.95% in Zambia. Life expectancy in Mozambique compared to Zambia .