People Of Mozambique

Population	18,811,731 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 2004 est.)
Age structure	0-14 years: 43.6% (male 4,126,178; female 4,074,759) 15-64 years: 53.6% (male 4,944,416; female 5,145,167) 65 years and over: 2.8% (male 215,418; female 305,793) (2004 est.)
Median age	total: 18.2 years male: 17.8 years female: 18.6 years (2004 est.)
Population growth rate	1.22% (2004 est.)
Birth rate	36.06 births/1,000 population (2004 est.)
Death rate	23.86 deaths/1,000 population (2004 est.)
Net migration rate	0 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2004 est.)
Sex ratio	at birth: 1.03 male(s)/female under 15 years: 1.01 male(s)/female 15-64 years: 0.96 male(s)/female 65 years and over: 0.7 male(s)/female total population: 0.98 male(s)/female (2004 est.)
Infant mortality rate	total: 137.08 deaths/1,000 live births female: 131.32 deaths/1,000 live births (2004 est.) male: 142.67 deaths/1,000 live births
Life expectancy at birth	total population: 37.1 years male: 37.83 years female: 36.34 years (2004 est.)
Total fertility rate	4.78 children born/woman (2004 est.)
HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate	12.2% (2003 est.)
HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS	1.3 million (2003 est.)
HIV/AIDS - deaths	110,000 (2003 est.)
Nationality	noun: Mozambican(s) adjective: Mozambican
Ethnic groups	indigenous tribal groups 99.66% (Makhuwa, Tsonga, Lomwe, Sena, and others), Europeans 0.06%, Euro-Africans 0.2%, Indians 0.08%
Religions	indigenous beliefs 50%, Christian 30%, Muslim 20%
Languages	Makhuwa, Tsonga, Lomwe, Sena, numerous other indigenous languages, Portuguese (official; spoken by 27% of population as a second language)
Literacy	conventional long form: Republic of Mozambique conventional short form: Mozambique local short form: Mocambique former: Portuguese East Africa local long form: Republica de Mocambique

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This information was reproduced in part from the CIA World Fact book.

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