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Population of Mozambique:
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19,686,505
note: estimates for this country explicitly take into account the
effects of excess mortality due to AIDS; this can result in lower life
expectancy, higher infant mortality and death rates, lower population
and growth rates, and changes in the distribution of population by age
and sex than would otherwise be expected; the 1997 Mozambican census
reported a population of 16,099,246 (July 2006 est.) |
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Age structure in Mozambique:
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0-14 years: 42.7% (male
4,229,802/female 4,177,235)
15-64 years: 54.5% (male 5,207,149/female 5,519,291)
65 years and over: 2.8% (male 230,616/female 322,412) (2006 est.)
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Median age in Mozambique:
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total: 18.3 years
male: 17.8 years
female: 18.8 years (2006 est.) |
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Population growth rate of Mozambique:
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1.38% (2006 est.) |
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Birth rate of Mozambique:
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35.18 births/1,000 population (2006 est.)
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Death rate in Mozambique:
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21.35 deaths/1,000 population (2006 est.)
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Net migration rate:
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0 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2006 est.)
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Sex ratio of Mozambicans:
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at birth: 1.03 male(s)/female
under 15 years: 1.01 male(s)/female
15-64 years: 0.94 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 0.72 male(s)/female
total population: 0.97 male(s)/female (2006 est.) |
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Infant mortality rate of Mozambicans:
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total: 129.24 deaths/1,000 live
births
male: 134.31 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 124.02 deaths/1,000 live births (2006 est.) |
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Life expectancy at birth of Mozambicans:
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total population: 39.82 years
male: 39.53 years
female: 40.13 years (2006 est.) |
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Total fertility rate:
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4.62 children born/woman (2006 est.)
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HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate:
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12.2% (2003 est.) |
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HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS:
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1.3 million (2003 est.) |
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HIV/AIDS - deaths:
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110,000 (2003 est.) |
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Major infectious diseases in Mozambique,
Africa:
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degree of risk: very high
food or waterborne diseases: bacterial and protozoal diarrhea,
hepatitis A, and typhoid fever
vectorborne diseases: malaria and plague are high risks in some
locations
water contact disease: schistosomiasis (2005) |
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Nationality:
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noun: Mozambican(s)
adjective: Mozambican |
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Ethnic groups in Mozambique:
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African 99.66% (Makhuwa, Tsonga, Lomwe, Sena,
and others), Europeans 0.06%, Euro-Africans 0.2%, Indians 0.08%
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Religions in Mozambique:
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Catholic 23.8%, Muslim 17.8%, Zionist
Christian 17.5%, other 17.8%, none 23.1% (1997 census) |
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Languages spoken in Mozambique, Southern
Africa:
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Emakhuwa 26.1%, Xichangana 11.3%, Portuguese
8.8% (official; spoken by 27% of population as a second language),
Elomwe 7.6%, Cisena 6.8%, Echuwabo 5.8%, other Mozambican languages 32%,
other foreign languages 0.3%, unspecified 1.3% (1997 census)
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Literacy rate in Mozambique, Southern
Africa:
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definition: age 15 and over can read
and write
total population: 47.8%
male: 63.5%
female: 32.7% (2003 est.) |
People of Mozambique
