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 Mozambique

 

 
Factfile  
Official name: Republic of Mozambique
Date of formation: 1975
Capital: Maputo
Population: 18.5 million
Density: 23.1 people per sq km
Total area: 801,590 sq km
Languages: Portuguese*, other
Government: Multiparty republic
Life expectancy: 38.5 years
Infant mortality: 125 deaths/1,000 live births

Rural population:

65.5% of total
Urban population: 34.5% of total
Under age 15: 44% of total
Over age 65: 3.2% of total

* Official language

Source:
UNDP - Human development report 2004
www.hdr.undp.org/reports/global/2004/
CIA - The World Factbook 2004
www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/index.html




Population density (inhabitant/Km2)

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Source: UNEP/GRID geneva 

 
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