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Mozambique: Statistics

People [1]

People

Population 32,163,045 (2021)
Population Growth Rate 2.862 annual % (2021)
Age Dependency Ratio 87.458 % of working-age population (2021)
Urban Population 37.628 % of total (2021)
Infant Mortality Rate 52.8 per 1,000 live births (2020)
Life Expectancy at Birth 61.387 years (2020)

Age Distribution - % of Total Population (2021)

Energy [2]

Electricity

Ranking
Production 17.8 billion kWh (2020) #82
Consumption 12.724 billion kWh (2019) #87
Exports 10.771 billion kWh (2019) #21
Imports 8.276 billion kWh (2019) #27
Renewable Electricity Generation 14.31 billion kWh (2020) #50

Oil

Ranking
Production 0 thousand bbl/day (2021) #119
Consumption 35.38 thousand bbl/day (2019) #115
Exports (Refined) [3] 0 thousand bbl/day (2013) #87
Imports (Refined) [3] 0 thousand bbl/day (2013) #85
Proved Reserves (Crude) 0 billion bbl (2021) #99

Natural Gas

Ranking
Production (Gross) 201.296 billion cu ft (2015) #54
Consumption (Dry) 46.71 billion cu ft (2020) #86
Exports (Dry) 140.53 billion cu ft (2020) #32
Imports (Dry) 0 billion cu ft (2021) #86
Proved Reserves 100 trillion cu ft (2021) #14

Other [3]

Technology

Airports 98 (2013)
Cellular Telephones 14,074,248 (2018 est.)
Highways 31,083 km (2015)
Internet Users 4,543,284 (2016 est.)
Railways 4,787 km (2014)
Telephones 63,006 (2018 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: 11/6/2022
  2. U.S. Energy Information Administration
  3. CIA World Factbook Date Accessed: 5/9/2020