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Mozambique: Statistics

People [1]

People

Population 29,668,834 (2017)
Population Growth Rate 2.87 annual % (2017)
Age Dependency Ratio 92.117 % of working-age population (2017)
Urban Population 35.455 % of total (2017)
Infant Mortality Rate 53.3 per 1,000 live births (2017)
Life Expectancy at Birth 58.311 years (2016)

Age Distribution - % of Total Population (2017)

Energy [2]

Electricity

Ranking
Production 18 billion kWh (2016) #77
Consumption 12 billion kWh (2016) #86
Exports 14 billion kWh (2016) #15
Imports 9.9 billion kWh (2016) #25
Renewable Electricity Generation 15 billion kWh (2016) #46

Oil

Ranking
Production 0.3 thousand bbl/day (2017) #116
Consumption 40 thousand bbl/day (2016) #108
Exports (Refined) [3] 0 thousand bbl/day (2013) #87
Imports (Refined) [3] 0 thousand bbl/day (2013) #85
Proved Reserves (Crude) 0 billion bbl (2018) #70

Natural Gas

Ranking
Production (Gross) 201 billion cu ft (2015) #54
Consumption (Dry) 65 billion cu ft (2017) #84
Exports (Dry) 147 billion cu ft (2017) #32
Imports (Dry) 0 billion cu ft (2017) #78
Proved Reserves 100 trillion cu ft (2018) #14

Other [3]

Technology

Airports 98 (2013)
Cellular Telephones 18,404,857 (2016 est.)
Highways 31,083 km (2015)
Internet Users 4,543,284 (2016 est.)
Railways 4,787 km (2014)
Telephones 84,310 (2016 est.)

Geography & Environment

LocationSoutheastern Africa, bordering the Mozambique Channel, between South Africa and Tanzania
Total Area799,380 sq. km
Land Area786,380 sq. km
Water Area13,000 sq. km
Coastline2,470 km
Climatetropical to subtropical
Terrainmostly coastal lowlands, uplands in center, high plateaus in northwest, mountains in west
Lowest PointIndian Ocean 0 m
Highest Point Monte Binga 2,436 m

Sources

  1. The World Bank Date Accessed: 7/6/2018
  2. U.S. Energy Information Administration
  3. CIA World Factbook Date Accessed: 12/5/2017