Population 19,607,519
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 2002 est.)

Age structure
0-14 years: 42.5% (male 4,162,413; female 4,176,295)
15-64 years: 54.7% (male 5,313,511; female 5,407,052)
65 years and over: 2.8% (male 227,761; female 320,487) (2002 est.)

Population growth rate 1.13% (2002 est.)

Birth rate 36.41 births/1,000 population (2002 est.)

Death rate 25.13 deaths/1,000 population (2002 est.)

Net migration rate 0 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2002 est.)

Sex ratio
at birth: 1.03 male(s)/female
under 15 years: 1 male(s)/female
15-64 years: 0.98 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 0.71 male(s)/female
total population: 0.98 male(s)/female (2002 est.)

Infant mortality rate 138.55 deaths/1,000 live births (2002 est.)

Life expectancy at birth
total population: 35.46 years
female: 34.65 years (2002 est.)
male: 36.25 years

Total fertility rate 4.71 children born/woman (2002 est.)

HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate 12.6 to 16.4%, estimates vary (2001)

HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS 1,546,643 (2001)

HIV/AIDS - deaths 114,111 (2001 est.)

Nationality
noun: Mozambican(s)
adjective: Mozambican

Ethnic groups 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
definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 42.3%
male: 58.4%
female: 27% (1998 est.)

NOTE: The information regarding Mozambique on this page is re-published from the 2002 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Mozambique People 2002 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Mozambique People 2002 should be addressed to the CIA.