The current population of Mozambique is 36,441,519 people, as of 2025 based on the adjusted UN estimation. The latest officially reported number was 34,631,766 in 2024.
Population facts:
- Mozambique accounts for 0.44% of the world's population.
- Mozambique is ranked 43/197 by population and was ranked 52nd in 2005.
- Mozambique is projected to reach 104M people in 2100.
- For the last 20 years, Mozambique has had an average growth rate of 3.97% per year.
- Since 2005, population has increased from 20.3M people to 36.4M (79.5% growth in 20 years).
Mozambique population clock
Mozambique
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World
|
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|---|---|---|
| Current population |
36441519
|
8266870341
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| Population rank | 43/197 | N/A |
| Percent of world population | 0.44% | N/A |
| One net population change |
31.6 seconds
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0.41 seconds
|
| One birth every |
25 seconds
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0.24 seconds
|
| One death every |
2.23 minutes
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0.52 seconds
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| Daily growth/decline | +2,730 | +211,178 |
| Annual growth/decline | +996,606 | +77,079,845 |
| Annual growth/decline rate | +2.96% | +0.96% |
| Population growth rate rank | 17/197 | N/A |
| One migration net change every |
13.5 minutes
|
N/A |
| Annual migration change | -38,940 | N/A |
Mozambique population history and growth rate by year chart
| Year | Population | Growth rate |
|---|---|---|
| 1960 | 6,713,695 | - |
| 1961 | 6,834,936 | 1.81% |
| 1962 | 6,969,364 | 1.97% |
| 1963 | 7,109,828 | 2.02% |
| 1964 | 7,255,061 | 2.04% |
| 1965 | 7,406,421 | 2.09% |
| 1966 | 7,562,990 | 2.11% |
| 1967 | 7,724,550 | 2.14% |
| 1968 | 7,892,613 | 2.18% |
| 1969 | 8,066,951 | 2.21% |
| 1970 | 8,250,506 | 2.28% |
| 1971 | 8,456,317 | 2.49% |
| 1972 | 8,692,935 | 2.8% |
| 1973 | 8,954,242 | 3.01% |
| 1974 | 9,236,093 | 3.15% |
| 1975 | 9,540,817 | 3.3% |
| 1976 | 9,867,209 | 3.42% |
| 1977 | 10,224,975 | 3.63% |
| 1978 | 10,618,250 | 3.85% |
| 1979 | 11,028,809 | 3.87% |
| 1980 | 11,336,221 | 2.79% |
| 1981 | 11,568,127 | 2.05% |
| 1982 | 11,824,370 | 2.22% |
| 1983 | 12,073,822 | 2.11% |
| 1984 | 12,315,954 | 2.01% |
| 1985 | 12,548,949 | 1.89% |
| 1986 | 12,770,578 | 1.77% |
| 1987 | 12,822,574 | 0.41% |
| 1988 | 12,800,558 | -0.17% |
| 1989 | 12,906,842 | 0.83% |
| 1990 | 13,094,537 | 1.45% |
| 1991 | 13,352,090 | 1.97% |
| 1992 | 13,613,316 | 1.96% |
| 1993 | 14,051,192 | 3.22% |
| 1994 | 15,033,853 | 6.99% |
| 1995 | 15,960,530 | 6.16% |
| 1996 | 16,492,480 | 3.33% |
| 1997 | 16,949,982 | 2.77% |
| 1998 | 17,340,464 | 2.3% |
| 1999 | 17,734,506 | 2.27% |
| 2000 | 18,129,653 | 2.23% |
| 2001 | 18,537,729 | 2.25% |
| 2002 | 18,958,338 | 2.27% |
| 2003 | 19,392,475 | 2.29% |
| 2004 | 19,840,313 | 2.31% |
| 2005 | 20,304,569 | 2.34% |
| 2006 | 20,787,087 | 2.38% |
| 2007 | 21,287,635 | 2.41% |
| 2008 | 21,819,036 | 2.5% |
| 2009 | 22,391,745 | 2.62% |
| 2010 | 22,999,235 | 2.71% |
| 2011 | 23,649,039 | 2.83% |
| 2012 | 24,337,846 | 2.91% |
| 2013 | 25,051,611 | 2.93% |
| 2014 | 25,788,475 | 2.94% |
| 2015 | 26,547,572 | 2.94% |
| 2016 | 27,337,105 | 2.97% |
| 2017 | 28,166,393 | 3.03% |
| 2018 | 29,018,644 | 3.03% |
| 2019 | 29,884,380 | 2.98% |
| 2020 | 30,783,688 | 3.01% |
| 2021 | 31,707,800 | 3% |
| 2022 | 32,656,246 | 2.99% |
| 2023 | 33,635,160 | 3% |
| 2024 | 34,631,766 | 2.96% |
| 2025 | 35,631,656 | 2.89% |
| 2026 | 36,639,853 | 2.83% |
| 2027 | 37,668,656 | 2.81% |
| 2028 | 38,714,097 | 2.78% |
| 2029 | 39,774,947 | 2.74% |
| 2030 | 40,846,749 | 2.69% |
| 2031 | 41,931,250 | 2.66% |
| 2032 | 43,032,887 | 2.63% |
| 2033 | 44,144,533 | 2.58% |
| 2034 | 45,273,522 | 2.56% |
| 2035 | 46,411,774 | 2.51% |
| 2036 | 47,548,671 | 2.45% |
| 2037 | 48,684,563 | 2.39% |
| 2038 | 49,822,039 | 2.34% |
| 2039 | 50,971,124 | 2.31% |
| 2040 | 52,124,215 | 2.26% |
| 2041 | 53,271,004 | 2.2% |
| 2042 | 54,423,407 | 2.16% |
| 2043 | 55,574,711 | 2.12% |
| 2044 | 56,716,585 | 2.05% |
| 2045 | 57,851,787 | 2% |
| 2046 | 58,981,102 | 1.95% |
| 2047 | 60,117,587 | 1.93% |
| 2048 | 61,254,584 | 1.89% |
| 2049 | 62,397,018 | 1.87% |
| 2050 | 63,530,955 | 1.82% |
Mozambique has a population of 36.4M as of 2025, compared to 26.5M in 2015, 20.3M in 2005, and 16M in 1995.
Over the past 10 years, the population has had a trend to increase by an average of 3.73% per year. Mozambique is ranked 10th out of 197 countries by a 10-year average growth rate.
The UN's World Population Prospects forecasts that with changing growth rate trends in 20 years (in 2045) Mozambique will have 57,851,787 people (58.8% growth) with a rank change from 43rd to 34th.
By the year 2100, Mozambique's population is projected to grow by 186.3% to 104M people.
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Mozambique population statistics
|
Mozambique
|
World
|
|
|---|---|---|
| Life expectancy | 64 years | 73.5 years |
| Average age | 21.9 years | 33.8 years |
| Median age | 17.5 years | 31.6 years |
| Male:Female ratio | 48.5:51.5 | 50.3:49.7 |
| Fertility rate | 4.76 births per woman | 2.2 births per woman |
| Population density | 114.1 ppl/mi² | 141.6 ppl/mi² |
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