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Mozambique

Country

Member state of the United Nations.[1]

Capital
Population
35,631,653 in 2025[3]
Other published figures
  • 29,668,834in 2017[4]
Land area
786,380 km²[5]
Total area
801,590 km²[6] land and water
Official language
Currency
Land borders
Malawi, Eswatini, South Africa, Tanzania, Zambia, Zimbabwe[10]
Coast
Yes[10]
Continent
Official name
  • República de Moçambique[11]

Parts of Mozambique

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Through time

Population over time[3]
1960202535.6M

6,713,695 in 1960, 35,631,653 in 2025

Show as a table
YearPopulation
19606,713,695
19616,834,936
19626,969,364
19637,109,828
19647,255,061
19657,406,421
19667,562,990
19677,724,550
19687,892,613
19698,066,951
19708,250,506
19718,456,317
19728,692,935
19738,954,242
19749,236,093
19759,540,817
19769,867,209
197710,224,975
197810,618,250
197911,028,809
198011,336,221
198111,568,127
198211,824,370
198312,073,822
198412,315,954
198512,548,949
198612,770,578
198712,822,574
198812,800,558
198912,906,842
199013,094,537
199113,352,090
199213,613,316
199314,051,192
199415,033,853
199515,960,530
199616,492,480
199716,949,982
199817,340,464
199917,734,506
200018,129,653
200118,537,729
200218,958,338
200319,392,475
200419,840,313
200520,304,569
200620,787,087
200721,287,635
200821,819,036
200922,391,745
201022,999,235
201123,649,039
201224,337,846
201325,051,611
201425,788,475
201526,547,572
201627,337,105
201728,166,393
201829,018,644
201929,884,380
202030,783,688
202131,707,800
202232,656,246
202333,635,160
202434,631,766
202535,631,653

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Codes

ISO alpha-2
MZ[12]
ISO alpha-3
MOZ[13]
ISO numeric
508[14]

Changes to this page's data

No changes recorded since the dataset of 5 November 2026.

Sources

  1. United Nations: Member States (checked 2026-11-05) Published directly by the source.
  2. Wikidata: Mozambique (Q1029), capital: Maputo (revision 2564992217) Wikidata statement that does not cite a source yet.
  3. World Bank, World Development Indicators: Population, total (SP.POP.TOTL) (2026-10-08) Published directly by the source.
  4. Wikidata: Mozambique (Q1029), population (revision 2564992217) Wikidata statement that cites its own sources.
  5. World Bank, World Development Indicators: Land area (sq. km) (AG.LND.TOTL.K2) (2026-10-08) Published directly by the source.
  6. Wikidata: Mozambique (Q1029), area (revision 2564992217) Wikidata statement that does not cite a source yet.
  7. Wikidata: Mozambique (Q1029), official language: Portuguese (revision 2564992217) Wikidata statement that cites its own sources.
  8. Wikidata: Mozambique (Q1029), currency: Mozambican metical (revision 2564992217) Wikidata statement that does not cite a source yet.
  9. Wikidata: Mozambique (Q1029), continent: Africa (revision 2564992217) Wikidata statement that cites its own sources.
  10. Natural Earth: Admin 0 countries, 1:50m (revision v5.1.2) Published directly by the source.
  11. Wikidata: Mozambique (Q1029), official name (revision 2564992217) Wikidata statement that does not cite a source yet.
  12. Wikidata: Mozambique (Q1029), ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 code (revision 2564992217) Wikidata statement that does not cite a source yet.
  13. Wikidata: Mozambique (Q1029), ISO 3166-1 alpha-3 code (revision 2564992217) Wikidata statement that does not cite a source yet.
  14. Wikidata: Mozambique (Q1029), ISO 3166-1 numeric code (revision 2564992217) Wikidata statement that does not cite a source yet.

Flag image: Flag of Mozambique.svg, Public domain, FRELIMO, via Wikimedia Commons.