Mozambique

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PROFILE
  • Area: 799,380 sq. km (308,642 sq. mi.)
  • Population: 25,930,150 (2016 est.)
  • Population growth rate: 2.45% (2016 est.)
  • Life expectancy: 53.3 years (2016)
  • Languages: Emakhuwa 25.3%, Portuguese (official) 10.7%, Xichangana 10.3%, Cisena 7.5%, Elomwe 7%, Echuwabo 5.1%, other Mozambican languages 30.1%
  • Religions: Roman Catholic 28.4%, Muslim 17.9%, Zionist Christian 15.5%, Protestant 12.2% (includes Pentecostal 10.9% and Anglican 1.3%), other 6.7%, none 18.7%, unspecified 0.7%
  • Formal name: Republic of Mozambique
  • Alternate names: Colónia de Moçambique, Estado de Moçambique, Moçambique, People’s Republic of Mozambique, Portuguese East Africa, Província de Moçambique, Republic of Mozambique, República de Moçambique, República Popular de Moçambique, State of Mozambique
  • Government type: presidential republic
  • Leaders: chief of state: President Filipe Jacinto NYUSI; head of government: Prime Minister Carlos Agostinho DO ROSARIO
  • Capital: Maputo
  • Administrative divisions: 10 provinces and 1 city
  • GDP per capita (PPP): $1,200 (2015 est.)
  • Exports: aluminum, prawns, cashews, cotton, sugar, citrus, timber; bulk electricity
  • Imports: machinery and equipment, vehicles, fuel, chemicals, metal products, foodstuffs, textiles
  • Currency: metical (MZM)