People
Population:
17,877,927 (July 1996 est.)
Age structure:
0-14 years:
46% (male 4,141,915; female 4,115,191)
15-64 years:
51% (male 4,324,102; female 4,868,518)
65 years and over:
3% (male 184,606; female 243,595) (July 1996 est.)
Population growth rate:
2.65% (1996 est.)
Birth rate:
45.51 births/1,000 population (1996 est.)
Death rate:
18.97 deaths/1,000 population (1996 est.)
Net migration rate:
0 migrant(s)/1,000 population (1996 est.)
note:
by the end of 1994, an estimated 1.6 million Mozambican refugees, who fled to Malawi, Zimbabwe, and South Africa in earlier years from the civil war, had returned; an estimated 100,000 refugees remain to be repatriated from those countries
Sex ratio:
at birth:
1.03 male(s)/female
under 15 years:
1.01 male(s)/female
15-64 years:
0.89 male(s)/female
65 years and over:
0.76 male(s)/female
all ages:
0.94 male(s)/female (1996 est.)
Infant mortality rate:
125.6 deaths/1,000 live births (1996 est.)
Life expectancy at birth:
total population:
44.34 years
male:
43.21 years
female:
45.5 years (1996 est.)
Total fertility rate:
6.23 children born/woman (1996 est.)
Nationality:
noun:
Mozambican(s)
adjective:
Mozambican
Ethnic divisions:
indigenous tribal groups 99.66% (Shangaan, Chokwe, Manyika, Sena, Makua, and others), Europeans 0.06%, Euro-Africans 0.2%, Indians 0.08%
Religions:
indigenous beliefs 50%, Christian 30%, Muslim 20%
Languages:
Portuguese (official), indigenous dialects
Literacy:
age 15 and over can read and write (1995 est.)
total population:
40.1%
male:
57.7%
female:
23.3%
