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Mozambique: Statistics

People [1]

People

Population 29,495,962 (2018)
Population Growth Rate 2.913 annual % (2018)
Age Dependency Ratio 90.7 % of working-age population (2018)
Urban Population 35.988 % of total (2018)
Infant Mortality Rate 54 per 1,000 live births (2018)
Life Expectancy at Birth 60.163 years (2018)

Age Distribution - % of Total Population (2018)

Energy [2]

Electricity

Ranking
Production 16.737 billion kWh (2017) #84
Consumption 14.247 billion kWh (2017) #83
Exports 9.945 billion kWh (2017) #19
Imports 9.935 billion kWh (2017) #24
Renewable Electricity Generation 13.983 billion kWh (2017) #48

Oil

Ranking
Production 0.282 thousand bbl/day (2018) #115
Consumption 42 thousand bbl/day (2017) #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 (2019) #98

Natural Gas

Ranking
Production (Gross) 201.296 billion cu ft (2015) #54
Consumption (Dry) 64.697 billion cu ft (2017) #84
Exports (Dry) 147.052 billion cu ft (2017) #32
Imports (Dry) 0 billion cu ft (2017) #79
Proved Reserves 100 trillion cu ft (2019) #15

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: 9/6/2019
  2. U.S. Energy Information Administration
  3. CIA World Factbook Date Accessed: 5/9/2020