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Mozambique
Geographical location
Economy and finance
Average monthly income (USD, gross)
$ 350 (2025)
Inflation rate
7.1% (2023)
Unemployment rate
3.5% (2024)
Below the poverty line
46.1% (2014)
Gini coefficient
50.3 (2019)
Alcohol consumption per capita (liters per year)
Total quantity
1.46
Beer
1.03
Wine
0.22
Spirits
0.21
Other alcohol
0
Current as of
2019
Population and society
Population size
33 350 954 (2024)
Male population
16 449 734
Female population
16 901 220
Population growth rate
2.54% (2024)
Birth rate (per 1,000 people)
36.5 (2024)
Death rate (per 1,000 people)
9.6 (2024)
Urbanization
38.8% (2023)
Credit ratings
Fitch
CCC
Moody's
Caa2
Standard & Poors
CCC+
Current as of
2019
Age-sex pyramid
Phone operating systems
Android
88.45%
iOS
9.89%
Internet and telecommunications
Telephone code
+258
Internet domain
.mz
Number of mobile phones (per 100 inhabitants)
1 (2022)
Internet user penetration
20% (2023)
Fixed internet penetration
1% (2022)
General information
Сontinent
Africa
Time zone
UTC+2
Tier
Tier-3
ISO code
MZ
Capital
Maputo
Official language
Portuguese
Tobacco consumption
Total tobacco consumption
14.3%
Smoking men
5.6%
Smoking women
23%
Current as of
2020
Area (sq. km)
Total area
799 380
Land area
786 380
Water area
13 000
Popular payment systems
- PayPal
- Visa
- Mastercard
Popular social networks and messengers
- Instagram
- TikTok
- Facebook
- Threads
Age structure
0-14 years
44.7%
15-64 years
52.4%
65+ years
2.9%
Current as of
2024
Religion
Main religion
Catholicism
Non-religious
13.9%
Not specified
2.5%
Current as of
2017
Last update: 2025-08-11