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Mozambique People 1996

Population:

18,115,250 (July 1995 est.)

Age structure:

0-14 years:

45% (female 4,069,117; male 4,078,429)

15-64 years:

53% (female 4,882,292; male 4,630,193)

65 years and over:

2% (female 260,057; male 195,162) (July 1995 est.)

Population growth rate:

2.87% (1995 est.)

Birth rate:

44.6 births/1,000 population (1995 est.)

Death rate:

15.94 deaths/1,000 population (1995 est.)

Net migration rate:

NA migrant(s)/1,000 population (1995 est.)

note:

by the end of 1994, an estimated 1.6 million Mozambican refugees, who fled to Malawi, Zimbabwa, and South Africa in earlier years from the civil war, had returned; an estimated 100,000 refugees remain to be repatriated from those countries

Infant mortality rate:

126 deaths/1,000 live births (1995 est.)

Life expectancy at birth:

total population:

48.95 years

male:

47.04 years

female:

50.92 years (1995 est.)

Total fertility rate:

6.19 children born/woman (1995 est.)

Nationality:

noun:

Mozambican(s)

adjective:

Mozambican

Ethnic divisions:

indigenous tribal groups, Europeans about 10,000, Euro-Africans 35,000, Indians 15,000

Religions:

indigenous beliefs 60%, Christian 30%, Muslim 10%

Languages:

Portuguese (official), indigenous dialects

Literacy:

age 15 and over can read and write (1990)

total population:

33%

male:

45%

female:

21%

Labor force:

by occupation:

90% engaged in agriculture

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