Mosambik - Daten & Fakten
Länderstatistik
geographic coordinates: 25 57 S, 32 35 E
time difference: UTC+2 (7 hours ahead of Washington, DC, during Standard Time)
etymology: reputedly named after the Maputo River, which drains into Maputo Bay south of the city
citizenship by descent only: at least one parent must be a citizen of Mozambique
dual citizenship recognized: no
residency requirement for naturalization: 5 years
land: 786,380 sq km
water: 13,000 sq km
arable land: 6.4% (2018 est.)
permanent crops: 0.3% (2018 est.)
permanent pasture: 49.6% (2018 est.)
forest: 43.7% (2018 est.)
other: 0% (2018 est.)
15-64 years: 52.1% (male 8,153,175/female 8,787,792)
65 years and over: 2.9% (2023 est.) (male 461,904/female 479,784)
male: 56.4 years
female: 59 years
male: 16.6 years
female: 17.8 years
note: data represents median age at first birth among women 20-49
rate of urbanization: 4.24% annual rate of change (2020-25 est.)
male: 10 years
female: 9 years (2017)
3.81% (2020 est.)
3.47% (2019 est.)
79.51% of GDP (2019 est.)
82.3% of GDP (2018 est.)
3.14% (2020 est.)
2.78% (2019 est.)
$4.37 billion (2020 est.) note: data are in current year dollars
$5.6 billion (2019 est.) note: data are in current year dollars
$8.63 billion (2020 est.) note: data are in current year dollars
$9.503 billion (2019 est.) note: data are in current year dollars
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 0.2 (2020 est.)
percent of population: 17% (2021 est.)
narrow gauge: 4,787 km (2014) 1.067-m gauge
paved: 7,365 km (2015)
unpaved: 23,718 km (2015)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: (2021 est.) less than 1
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 43 (2021 est.)
Mozambique-Eswatini: none identified
Mozambique-Malawi: the two countries have held exercises to reaffirm boundaries a number of times
Mozambique-South Africa: South Africa has placed military units to assist police operations along the border of Lesotho, Zimbabwe, and Mozambique to control smuggling, poaching, and illegal migration
Mozambique-Tanzania: none identified
Mozambique-Zambia: none identified
Mozambique-Zimbabwe: none identified