Country or area · Eastern Africa · Africa · UN WPP 2024

Mozambique population

Mozambique population now

36,890,147

A projection read at this second, not a count: the UN's totals for 1 January 2026 and 2027, joined by a straight line. 95% range for 31 December 2026: 35.3–39.1 million.

Mid-2023, UN estimate: 33,635,160

Year: 2026; projection · medium
Population, mid-2026: 36.6399 million; 95% range, 31 Dec: 35.3–39.1 million
Median age: 17.6
Aged 65+: 2.7%

Move through time, 1950–2100

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male female projection · one cell = 10,000 people

How to read this: one row for each age, newborns at the bottom; men on the left, women on the right.

Verified 2026-09-30 · 73 canaries

MOZ · 1950–2100 · in brief

Mozambique in numbers

33,635,160 people lived in Mozambique in mid-2023: 0.42% of the world's people, and the 47th-largest population of the 236 countries and areas the UN reports. That is 5.7 times its 1950 population of 5.9 million.

In the UN's medium projection it is still growing in 2100, when it reaches 104 million. The projection is uncertain: on 1 January 2100 the UN's 95% range runs from 49.1 million to 281 million.

Births outnumber deaths in every year from 1950 to 2100, estimates and projection alike.

The median age was 20.2 in 1950 and 17.3 in 2023; the projection has 35.2 in 2100. 2.8% of people were 65 or older in 2023, against 12.6% projected for 2100. The working-age population (15–64) is still growing in 2100 in the medium projection.

Its place in the world by population: 47th in 2023, 32nd in 2050, 21st in 2100. In the medium projection it overtakes Ghana in 2024, Peru in 2024 and Malaysia in 2026.

Population, mid-2023: 33,635,160
Rank by population, 2023: 47 of 236
Share of the world, 2023: 0.42%
Change in a year, mid-2022 to mid-2023: +3.00% · +978,914 people
People per km² of land, 2023: 43
Land area, 2023: 786,380 km²
Births, 2023: 1,260,855
Deaths, 2023: 235,520
Net migration, 2023: −36,276
Children per woman, 2023: 4.76
Median age, 2023: 17.3 years
Life expectancy at birth, 2023: 63.6 years
In a city, 2025: 29 of every 100
Population, mid-1950: 5,910,225
Projected, mid-2050: 63,530,951
Projected, mid-2100: 104,346,534

MOZ · 1950–2100 · total population

Population, 1950–2100

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Show the numbers: Mozambique, 1950–2100

Mozambique: population on 1 January, births, deaths, fertility and life expectancy, 1950–2100
Year	Kind	Population, 1 Jan	95% range	Births	Deaths	Children per woman	Life expectancy
1950	estimate	5,878,439		278,306	158,761	6.00	37.3
1951	estimate	5,942,011		282,142	157,809	6.03	37.7
1952	estimate	6,014,300		285,926	157,541	6.06	38.1
1953	estimate	6,087,218		289,307	157,159	6.09	38.5
1954	estimate	6,159,017		293,321	157,094	6.12	38.9
1955	estimate	6,234,938		297,281	156,949	6.14	39.3
1956	estimate	6,314,005		301,461	157,263	6.17	39.6
1957	estimate	6,396,065		305,167	156,874	6.17	40.1
1958	estimate	6,480,291		309,494	156,832	6.19	40.5
1959	estimate	6,562,818		316,767	157,128	6.25	40.9
1960	estimate	6,657,986		324,006	158,230	6.31	41.2
1961	estimate	6,769,404		330,910	159,677	6.37	41.5
1962	estimate	6,900,468		337,910	161,612	6.42	41.8
1963	estimate	7,038,260		344,715	163,848	6.47	42.0
1964	estimate	7,181,396		351,058	168,720	6.51	41.7
1965	estimate	7,328,726		357,098	171,168	6.54	41.8
1966	estimate	7,484,115		363,375	174,164	6.58	41.8
1967	estimate	7,641,865		369,847	176,799	6.61	42.0
1968	estimate	7,807,234		377,068	179,443	6.65	42.1
1969	estimate	7,977,992		384,209	182,038	6.67	42.3
1970	estimate	8,155,910		392,039	184,653	6.70	42.5
1971	estimate	8,345,103		398,941	187,807	6.70	42.6
1972	estimate	8,567,530		408,176	192,387	6.70	42.5
1973	estimate	8,818,341		423,660	196,812	6.70	42.7
1974	estimate	9,090,142		441,029	200,368	6.67	43.2
1975	estimate	9,382,044		461,688	203,710	6.66	43.8
1976	estimate	9,699,591		485,058	211,135	6.64	43.9
1977	estimate	10,034,827		508,971	219,772	6.62	43.9
1978	estimate	10,415,123		539,920	229,511	6.59	44.0
1979	estimate	10,821,377		571,907	240,743	6.56	43.9
1980	estimate	11,236,242		600,450	250,855	6.53	44.0
1981	estimate	11,436,201		599,810	277,604	6.48	41.6
1982	estimate	11,700,052		602,788	281,290	6.43	41.7
1983	estimate	11,948,687		609,978	285,819	6.43	41.6
1984	estimate	12,198,957		617,158	312,629	6.44	38.9
1985	estimate	12,432,951		623,287	315,653	6.43	39.0
1986	estimate	12,664,946		628,951	296,335	6.41	41.0
1987	estimate	12,876,210		633,674	299,237	6.39	41.0
1988	estimate	12,768,937		621,992	272,507	6.37	43.7
1989	estimate	12,832,179		619,001	270,170	6.35	43.9
1990	estimate	12,981,505		621,087	267,800	6.32	44.3
1991	estimate	13,207,568		624,910	267,227	6.28	44.7
1992	estimate	13,496,611		629,480	267,102	6.22	45.1
1993	estimate	13,730,020		633,732	264,225	6.15	45.7
1994	estimate	14,372,364		654,894	270,075	6.08	46.1
1995	estimate	15,695,341		709,182	287,565	6.02	46.5
1996	estimate	16,225,718		731,690	289,137	5.97	47.1
1997	estimate	16,759,242		750,397	289,186	5.93	47.8
1998	estimate	17,140,722		763,615	289,174	5.91	48.2
1999	estimate	17,540,205		778,731	286,905	5.88	48.8
2000	estimate	17,928,808		790,145	283,986	5.83	49.5
2001	estimate	18,330,497		798,466	278,877	5.75	50.3
2002	estimate	18,744,961		805,208	275,344	5.67	50.9
2003	estimate	19,171,715		813,926	272,921	5.60	51.4
2004	estimate	19,613,235		826,112	271,137	5.55	51.9
2005	estimate	20,067,391		839,720	269,591	5.50	52.3
2006	estimate	20,541,747		854,709	268,697	5.45	52.8
2007	estimate	21,032,426		878,497	267,587	5.47	53.3
2008	estimate	21,542,844		922,442	267,530	5.60	53.8
2009	estimate	22,095,228		960,777	267,116	5.68	54.4
2010	estimate	22,688,261		984,504	265,476	5.66	55.0
2011	estimate	23,310,209		1,003,989	262,693	5.60	55.7
2012	estimate	23,987,869		1,022,644	259,558	5.52	56.5
2013	estimate	24,687,824		1,040,984	256,342	5.43	57.2
2014	estimate	25,415,398		1,051,953	252,178	5.30	58.0
2015	estimate	26,161,552		1,073,209	248,784	5.25	58.7
2016	estimate	26,933,593		1,096,020	245,604	5.19	59.5
2017	estimate	27,740,616		1,119,768	243,162	5.13	60.1
2018	estimate	28,592,171		1,144,727	241,563	5.07	60.8
2019	estimate	29,445,118		1,169,000	241,399	5.02	61.3
2020	estimate	30,323,642		1,192,444	246,482	4.96	61.4
2021	estimate	31,243,734		1,217,662	266,433	4.91	60.3
2022	estimate	32,171,866		1,240,622	236,920	4.84	63.0
2023	estimate	33,140,626		1,260,855	235,520	4.76	63.6
2024	estimate	34,129,694		1,282,336	239,246	4.69	63.8
2025	projection	35,133,838	34.5–35.8 million	1,304,409	243,212	4.62	64.0
2026	projection	36,129,468	34.9–37.4 million	1,323,752	246,990	4.54	64.1
2027	projection	37,150,233	35.3–39.1 million	1,341,734	250,642	4.46	64.3
2028	projection	38,187,082	35.7–40.8 million	1,364,651	254,783	4.39	64.5
2029	projection	39,241,115	36.2–42.5 million	1,380,621	258,643	4.30	64.6
2030	projection	40,308,772	36.5–44.4 million	1,397,803	262,398	4.23	64.8
2031	projection	41,384,737	36.8–46.2 million	1,411,196	266,409	4.14	65.0
2032	projection	42,477,777	37.2–47.9 million	1,423,875	270,411	4.06	65.1
2033	projection	43,588,008	37.7–49.8 million	1,435,315	274,366	3.97	65.3
2034	projection	44,701,061	38.0–51.7 million	1,448,712	278,399	3.90	65.5
2035	projection	45,845,992	38.6–53.9 million	1,461,497	282,651	3.82	65.6
2036	projection	46,977,555	39.1–55.7 million	1,474,884	286,888	3.75	65.8
2037	projection	48,119,785	39.7–57.8 million	1,485,738	291,316	3.67	65.9
2038	projection	49,249,328	40.3–59.8 million	1,496,382	295,743	3.60	66.1
2039	projection	50,394,745	40.4–61.9 million	1,508,494	300,449	3.53	66.3
2040	projection	51,547,505	40.8–64.0 million	1,518,503	305,756	3.47	66.4
2041	projection	52,700,924	41.2–66.2 million	1,526,350	310,684	3.40	66.6
2042	projection	53,841,080	41.8–68.2 million	1,534,587	316,391	3.34	66.7
2043	projection	55,005,733	42.4–70.3 million	1,543,166	322,374	3.28	66.8
2044	projection	56,143,691	42.7–72.8 million	1,551,308	328,657	3.22	67.0
2045	projection	57,289,476	43.2–75.2 million	1,557,864	335,094	3.16	67.1
2046	projection	58,414,109	43.4–77.1 million	1,564,741	341,651	3.11	67.3
2047	projection	59,548,107	43.7–79.5 million	1,570,928	348,293	3.06	67.4
2048	projection	60,687,083	44.0–81.7 million	1,578,929	355,486	3.01	67.5
2049	projection	61,822,086	44.3–84.7 million	1,585,619	363,074	2.97	67.7
2050	projection	62,971,941	45.0–87.2 million	1,589,807	370,726	2.92	67.8
2051	projection	64,089,962	45.1–89.9 million	1,593,297	378,522	2.88	68.0
2052	projection	65,204,207	45.5–92.6 million	1,597,962	386,908	2.84	68.1
2053	projection	66,331,041	45.9–95.3 million	1,602,859	395,344	2.80	68.2
2054	projection	67,427,426	45.9–98.0 million	1,606,380	404,113	2.77	68.4
2055	projection	68,534,187	46.2–100.7 million	1,607,898	413,346	2.73	68.5
2056	projection	69,653,241	46.8–103.6 million	1,610,070	423,119	2.69	68.6
2057	projection	70,786,862	47.5–106.3 million	1,612,575	433,229	2.66	68.8
2058	projection	71,901,059	47.9–109.5 million	1,616,272	443,345	2.63	68.9
2059	projection	73,008,761	48.1–112.4 million	1,620,699	453,464	2.60	69.0
2060	projection	74,107,215	48.4–115.5 million	1,623,749	463,937	2.58	69.2
2061	projection	75,169,017	48.5–118.7 million	1,624,708	474,673	2.55	69.3
2062	projection	76,254,835	48.8–120.9 million	1,625,380	486,298	2.52	69.4
2063	projection	77,293,589	49.2–125.1 million	1,625,565	497,479	2.50	69.5
2064	projection	78,282,215	49.2–128.9 million	1,623,883	508,526	2.47	69.7
2065	projection	79,279,980	49.7–132.7 million	1,621,790	520,039	2.45	69.8
2066	projection	80,256,402	50.0–136.3 million	1,621,458	531,874	2.43	69.9
2067	projection	81,242,266	50.2–139.6 million	1,619,365	544,417	2.40	70.0
2068	projection	82,191,896	50.5–142.7 million	1,616,916	556,701	2.38	70.2
2069	projection	83,138,539	50.3–146.2 million	1,614,427	569,343	2.36	70.3
2070	projection	84,112,352	50.6–150.7 million	1,612,021	582,548	2.34	70.4
2071	projection	85,032,400	50.3–153.8 million	1,607,741	595,463	2.32	70.5
2072	projection	85,946,626	50.4–158.2 million	1,603,681	608,055	2.30	70.7
2073	projection	86,835,980	49.9–160.8 million	1,600,176	621,857	2.28	70.8
2074	projection	87,708,927	50.2–164.4 million	1,598,578	635,734	2.27	70.9
2075	projection	88,546,364	49.9–168.4 million	1,595,499	649,270	2.25	71.0
2076	projection	89,384,220	50.3–173.9 million	1,592,308	662,898	2.24	71.2
2077	projection	90,203,245	50.5–179.2 million	1,589,576	676,780	2.22	71.3
2078	projection	91,011,818	50.3–182.9 million	1,585,796	690,918	2.21	71.4
2079	projection	91,820,812	50.3–189.0 million	1,582,315	705,629	2.19	71.5
2080	projection	92,595,676	50.2–192.7 million	1,579,089	719,763	2.18	71.6
2081	projection	93,335,040	50.2–199.8 million	1,575,801	733,974	2.17	71.8
2082	projection	94,065,328	50.2–204.0 million	1,572,558	748,767	2.16	71.9
2083	projection	94,798,883	50.5–207.1 million	1,567,593	763,597	2.15	72.0
2084	projection	95,520,962	51.0–211.1 million	1,563,053	778,116	2.13	72.1
2085	projection	96,194,669	50.7–215.6 million	1,558,372	792,108	2.12	72.3
2086	projection	96,863,597	50.6–220.4 million	1,553,148	806,936	2.11	72.4
2087	projection	97,508,675	50.7–223.7 million	1,547,344	821,816	2.10	72.5
2088	projection	98,150,270	50.6–226.6 million	1,543,105	837,335	2.09	72.6
2089	projection	98,758,944	50.7–232.2 million	1,539,634	851,624	2.08	72.8
2090	projection	99,367,955	50.4–234.6 million	1,535,825	866,737	2.07	72.9
2091	projection	99,940,227	50.8–239.0 million	1,530,042	882,136	2.06	73.0
2092	projection	100,451,828	50.6–242.3 million	1,524,009	896,564	2.06	73.1
2093	projection	100,979,091	50.4–244.8 million	1,518,893	910,492	2.05	73.3
2094	projection	101,496,118	50.0–249.2 million	1,514,405	924,078	2.04	73.4
2095	projection	101,980,312	49.3–253.9 million	1,509,150	938,073	2.03	73.5
2096	projection	102,455,476	49.3–258.2 million	1,501,899	951,734	2.02	73.7
2097	projection	102,914,731	49.2–263.8 million	1,495,071	965,731	2.02	73.8
2098	projection	103,339,281	49.1–272.4 million	1,488,914	979,132	2.01	73.9
2099	projection	103,764,746	49.2–277.0 million	1,482,306	992,066	2.00	74.0
2100	projection	104,152,501	49.1–280.9 million	1,477,432	1,005,405	2.00	74.2

Show the numbers: Mozambique, mid-2026, by single year of age

Mozambique: population by single year of age, mid-2026
Age	Male	Female
0	635,450	627,954
1	615,632	609,244
2	601,305	595,152
3	588,603	582,667
4	576,056	570,357
5	562,614	557,224
6	549,132	544,056
7	535,937	531,102
8	522,498	517,992
9	509,208	505,050
10	496,302	492,475
11	483,816	480,450
12	473,966	471,010
13	464,702	462,048
14	453,556	451,076
15	441,596	439,732
16	428,057	427,180
17	410,242	410,172
18	387,729	388,483
19	368,195	369,891
20	354,874	357,522
21	343,720	347,287
22	333,104	337,683
23	323,456	329,114
24	314,808	321,652
25	306,118	314,090
26	296,432	305,373
27	285,433	295,264
28	274,080	284,806
29	262,990	274,603
30	251,306	263,720
31	240,170	253,289
32	230,598	244,400
33	221,264	235,920
34	212,148	227,822
35	203,195	219,985
36	193,806	211,747
37	184,580	203,616
38	175,922	196,078
39	167,559	188,850
40	158,772	181,116
41	149,748	173,000
42	141,165	165,176
43	133,285	157,940
44	126,882	152,074
45	122,431	148,058
46	117,084	142,862
47	108,508	135,024
48	98,628	126,128
49	91,640	118,788
50	88,724	114,020
51	87,308	109,902
52	85,699	105,390
53	83,276	100,022
54	80,412	94,495
55	77,408	89,289
56	73,506	83,860
57	68,060	77,940
58	61,544	72,060
59	54,942	67,070
60	48,834	63,398
61	43,354	60,962
62	38,613	59,552
63	34,611	58,782
64	31,354	58,367
65	28,842	58,120
66	26,751	57,543
67	24,858	56,316
68	23,330	54,662
69	22,201	52,680
70	21,222	50,177
71	20,200	47,132
72	19,044	43,594
73	17,702	39,639
74	16,170	35,410
75	14,490	31,056
76	12,989	26,935
77	11,650	23,268
78	10,176	19,688
79	8,715	16,271
80	7,542	13,406
81	6,545	10,988
82	5,587	8,914
83	4,643	7,120
84	3,754	5,601
85	2,952	4,332
86	2,270	3,304
87	1,719	2,496
88	1,280	1,866
89	937	1,380
90	646	974
91	428	668
92	290	473
93	198	335
94	134	234
95	88	159
96	54	104
97	32	66
98	19	41
99	11	25
100+	12	34

MOZ · 1950–2100 · every age, every year

Mozambique, every age in every year

Each column is a year and each row an age; the denser the ink in a cell, the more people. Everyone born in the same year climbs one 45° diagonal, so famines, baby booms and migration show up as streaks. Select a cell to follow its generation.

MOZ · ages 15–64

Who does the work in Mozambique

In Mozambique the number of people aged 15–64 is still growing in 2100, the last year the UN projects. In 2023 there were 17,651,200 of them.

100 aged 15–64

85 children

5 aged 65+

aged 15–64 children under 15 aged 65 and over

How to read this: take 100 people of working age — the orange row — and the two rows under it are the children (teal) and the people of 65 and over (violet) who lived alongside them in 2023.

Fewer than 50 dependants live alongside every 100 people aged 15–64 in 21 years: 2073–2093.

fewer than 50 dependants per 100 the same, projected 50 or more

How to read this: one stripe a year from 1950 to 2100. A stripe takes colour in a year when fewer than 50 dependants live alongside every 100 people of working age, and stays grey otherwise; hatching means the year is projected.

How every country compares

MOZ · arrivals minus departures

Who arrives in Mozambique, and who leaves

In 2020–2025 Mozambique loses 35,796 people a year: everyone who arrives, minus everyone who leaves. The age at which that happens most is 20–24, at 7,563 a year more leaving than arriving.

one square = 1,000 people a year

020406080+

more arrive than leave more leave than arrive

How to read this: age runs left to right, babies to 100. A blue square above the line means arrivals outnumber departures at that age, an orange square below it means the opposite. The figures are the UN's projection for 2020–2025; nobody recorded migration by age before 2020.

Across the counted years, 1950 to 2023, its biggest single-year gain was 938,163 (1994); its biggest loss, 441,710 (1987).

In 2024, 353,143 people living in Mozambique had been born in another country, 1 of every 100 people there, against fewer than 1 in 1990.

How migration works everywhere

MOZ · births by the mother's age · 1950–2100

Who has the babies in Mozambique

Of every 100 babies born in Mozambique in 2023, 24 had a mother under 20, 62 a mother aged 20 to 34 and 14 a mother aged 35 or older. In 1950 it was 13 under 20 and 23 aged 35 or older.

1950
13 · 64 · 23

2023
24 · 62 · 14

2050 · projected
23 · 62 · 15

The mother's age: under 20 20 to 34 35 or older projected

How to read this: one block a year, 100 squares in each, a square for every hundredth baby. The colour is the mother's age group, and the three numbers underneath are those groups in order, youngest first.

Babies born, 2023: 1,260,855
Average age when women have a baby: 28.4 years; 29.5 in 1950
Babies a year per 1,000 girls aged 15–19: 153; 126 in 1950

Babies by the mother's age, 1950–2100

Babies born in Mozambique by the mother's age
Mother's age	1950	1975	2000	2023	2050 projected	2100 projected
10–14	5,927	12,907	17,215	17,262	19,457	4,185
15–19	29,952	84,546	168,700	279,426	349,283	147,276
20–24	59,320	108,054	207,581	341,607	406,891	288,672
25–29	62,876	97,144	161,804	261,728	336,498	382,390
30–34	56,045	76,299	106,462	183,360	245,595	353,542
35–39	40,066	49,912	69,350	110,265	142,276	200,828
40–44	19,985	26,271	42,286	50,834	68,534	83,280
45–49	3,941	6,243	15,911	15,600	20,280	16,706
50–54	194	312	836	773	993	553
All babies	278,306	461,688	790,145	1,260,855	1,589,807	1,477,432

The UN's births for each year, split by the mother's age in the UN's own proportions.

MOZ · healthy years · 2021

Years in good health in Mozambique

In Mozambique, WHO puts the healthy years a newborn could expect in 2021 at 49.7 (95% range 48.8–51.0), out of 57.7 in all. That leaves 8.0 years in less than full health, fewer than the world's 9.5, which mostly means lives are shorter here, with fewer years in which to be ill.

Women

50.8 in full health, 9.7 not: 60.5 years

Men

48.7 in full health, 6.1 not: 54.8 years

a year in full health a year in less than full health

How to read this: each square is a year of life, each row ten years; filled squares are years in full health, rounded to whole years.

Women: 50.8 healthy years of 60.5. Men: 48.7 of 54.8. In 2019, before the pandemic, the healthy years were 50.6.

MOZ · forced from home · end of 2025

Displacement in Mozambique

At the end of 2025, 461,745 people were displaced inside Mozambique, about 13 of every 1,000 people living there.

hosted from abroad24,077
displaced inside it461,745
Mozambique nationals abroad7,326

stayed inside their own country crossed a border

How to read this: one square stands for 10,000 people, so the rows can be compared with one another. The last row is people from Mozambique living in another country, wherever they are.

In 2025, 416 people asked for asylum in Mozambique for the first time; 223 people from Mozambique asked for asylum in another country. Of every 100 people from Mozambique whose claims were decided that year, 8 were given protection. Who asks for asylum, and who is given it

How the world's displacement is counted

MOZ · of every 100 people

How people live in Mozambique

Of every 100 people in Mozambique in 2025, 29 lived in a city, 25 in a town or suburb and 46 in the countryside.

cities towns and suburbs rural areas

63.1 of every 100 have no electricity at home (2024). 79.5 of every 100 do not use the internet (2024).

How to read this: everyone here, shrunk to 100 squares, with the colour saying whether that hundredth person lives in a city, a town or the countryside. Every country is measured by the same rule.

How the world's people live

MOZ · adults 25 and over · 2020

How far people in Mozambique went in school

Of every 100 adults in Mozambique in 2020, 52 never went to school and 10 finished upper secondary or went further.

52 never went to school 18 some primary 13 finished primary 7 finished lower secondary 7 finished upper secondary 3 studied after school

Compare two generations. Aged 60–64, 82.2 of every 100 women and 52 of every 100 men never went to school; aged 25–29, 44.5 and 30.3.

The middle projection has its working-age people most numerous in 2090; those among them who finished upper secondary are still growing in 2100.

How to read this: every adult here as one of 100 squares. The stronger the colour, the further that person went in school (the Wittgenstein Centre, 2020).

How far the world's people went in school

MOZ · cities · 2025

Cities in Mozambique

Mozambique had 48 cities in 2025, home to 10.2 million people. The largest, Maputo, holds 9 of every 100 people in Mozambique.

Maputo3,166,328
Nampula885,780
Beira608,097
Chimoio453,521
Quelimane438,554
Tete421,174
Lichinga294,317
Nacala273,732
Pemba261,380
Xai-Xai208,703

All 13 cities in Mozambique that reach 300,000 people

Maputo 3,166,328
Nampula 885,780
Beira 608,097
Chimoio 453,521
Quelimane 438,554
Tete 421,174
Lichinga 294,317
Nacala 273,732
Pemba 261,380
Xai-Xai 208,703
Mocuba 191,635
Gurue 141,061
Cuamba 99,179

How to read this: one bar for each of the 10 largest cities, 2025, all on the same scale. "City" here means the built-up area the UN measures, not the boundary the city draws itself.

All the world's cities

Apparatus

Sources and method

Every figure on this page comes from the UN's World Population Prospects 2024: the annual country tables (estimates to 2023, projections with 95% intervals from 2024), and the population by single year of age and sex for the pyramid.

The censuses, surveys and registers behind the UN's estimates for Mozambique are listed, source by source, on the UN's own data sources page.

Sources: UN WPP 2024 · World Bank · UNHCR · country code lists · UN WUP 2025 · Wittgenstein Centre · WHO GHO · flag-icons · Natural Earth. Every source, its licence and how to cite it →

Checked before it was drawn

Verified 2026-09-30 · 73 canaries The pyramid for every year was checked against the published total. What that stamp counts, and what every page here has to pass before it can be built: how this site checks its figures.