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Mozambique: Statistics

People [1]

People

Population 28,829,476 (2016)
Population Growth Rate 2.881 annual % (2016)
Age Dependency Ratio 92.917 % of working-age population (2016)
Urban Population 32.508 % of total (2016)
Infant Mortality Rate 53.1 per 1,000 live births (2016)
Life Expectancy at Birth 58.311 years (2016)

Age Distribution - % of Total Population (2016)

Energy [2]

Electricity

Ranking
Production 20 billion kWh (2015) #74
Consumption 14 billion kWh (2015) #78
Exports 13 billion kWh (2015) #17
Imports 11 billion kWh (2015) #20
Renewable Electricity Generation 17 billion kWh (2015) #37

Oil

Ranking
Consumption 23 thousand bbl/day (2015) #124
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
Consumption (Dry) 67 billion cu ft (2015) #81
Exports (Dry) 134 billion cu ft (2015) #33
Imports (Dry) 0 billion cu ft (2015) #71
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: 7/25/2017
  2. U.S. Energy Information Administration
  3. CIA World Factbook Date Accessed: 12/5/2017