One in every 110 babies born in the world today is born in Mozambique. Mozambique has about 1,200,000 births a year, around 0.9% of all births worldwide.

Births per year
1,200,000
Share of world births
0.9%
Birth odds
1/110
Life expectancy
60 years
Risk of dying before age 5
6.6%
Income per person, PPP
$1,500
Children per woman
4.6
Urban population
38%

Life expectancy in Mozambique is 60 years, which is 13 years shorter than the world average.

Of every 1,000 babies born here, about 66 do not reach their fifth birthday. That is 1.8 times the world average.

Income per person is about $1,500 in purchasing power. That is only 7% of the world average.

On average a woman has 4.6 children in her lifetime. The world average is 2.3.

About 38% of the population lives in cities. A baby born here has roughly a 62% chance of being born in the countryside.

Religious makeup

  • Christianity60%
  • Islam19%
  • No religion13%
  • Folk beliefs8%

Sample names given to people born in this country in the game

Jean · Patrice · Joël · Mateus · Grâce · Esther · Ana · Joséphine

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Values are rounded approximations. Sources: UN World Population Prospects 2024, World Bank WDI, Pew Research Center 2020.