Demographics of Mozambique

[Rick Rodriguez]

The total population of Mozambique is 30,528,673 people. The people of Mozambique speak the Portuguese language. The linguistic diversity of Mozambique is very diverse according to a fractionation scale, which is 0.8125 for Mozambique. The average age is around 16.9 years. Life expectancy in Mozambique is 53. Female fertility rate in Mozambique is 5.9. About 5% of Mozambique's population is obese. Ethnic diversity is quite diverse according to a fractionation scale, which is 0.6932 for Mozambique. Details of the language, religion, age, gender distribution and advancement of the people of Mozambique can be found in the sections below, as well as the section on education in the country.

Population
In Mozambique, the population density is 29.6 people per square kilometer (77 per square mile). Based on these statistics, this country is considered sparsely populated. The total population of Mozambique is 30,528,673 people. Mozambique has approximately 218,881 foreign immigrants. Immigrants in Mozambique account for 0.1 percent of the total number of immigrants worldwide. Immigrants in Mozambique account for 0.8 percent of the total number of immigrants worldwide. The ethnic diversity of Mozambique is quite diverse according to a fractionation scale based on ethnicity. Ethnic Fractionation (EF) deals with the number, size, socioeconomic distribution, and geographic location of diverse cultural groups, usually within a state or some other demarcated area. Specific cultural characteristics can refer to language, skin color, religion, ethnicity, customs and traditions, history, or other distinctive criteria, alone or in combination. These characteristics are often used for social exclusion and power monopolization. The index of ethnic fractionation in Mozambique is 0.6932. This means that there is a relatively high number of unique ethnic groups in Mozambique. EF is usually measured as 1 minus the Herfindahl concentration index of ethnolinguistic group proportions, which reflects the probability that two randomly drawn individuals from the population belong to different groups. The theoretical maximum of EF of 1 means that each person belongs to a different group. Below are statistics from Mozambique on average age and gender distribution at different ages.

Gender
The sex ratio, or the number of males for each female (estimated at birth), is 1.02. It can be further divided into the following categories: sex ratio under 15 - 1.01; sex ratio from 15 to 64 - 0.96; sex ratio over 64 - 0.71; total sex ratio - 0.97. Total sex ratio is different from sex ratio estimated at birth. This is due to the fact that some newborns are considered in the sex ratio estimated at birth but pass away within the first weeks of their life and are not included in the total sex ratio.

Religion
The majority religion of Mozambique is Christianity, the followers of which comprise 56.7% of all religious believers in the country. Christianity is an Abrahamic monotheistic religion based on the life and teachings of Jesus Christ as presented in the New Testament. Christianity is the world's largest religion, with over 2.4 billion adherents, known as Christians. Christians believe that Jesus is the Son of God and the savior of humanity whose coming as Christ or the Messiah was prophesied in the Old Testament. Besides Christianity, there are several other religions present within the country. Other religions in Mozambique are Islam, Hinduism, Buddhism, folk religions, Judaism. The religious diversity of Mozambique is rather diverse according to a fractionalization scale based on the number of religions in Mozambique. The index of religious fractionalization in Mozambique is 0.6759. This score means that there are several major religions distributed evenly within Mozambique.

General development
Mozambique is considered to be a developing nation. The developmental stage of a nation is determined by a number of factors including, but not limited to, economic prosperity, life expectancy, income equality, and quality of life. As a developing nation, Mozambique may not be able to offer consistent social services to its citizens. These social services may include things like public education, reliable healthcare, and law enforcement. Citizens of developing nations may have lower life expectancies than citizens of developed nations. In Mozambique, 4.85 in every 100 people use internet. Mozambique has a Human Development Index (HDI) of 0.393. Mozambique has a lower medium HDI score. This indicates that the majority of citizens will struggle to attain a desirable life due to flawed economic and social systems. The migration rate in Mozambique is -1.98%. In Mozambique, 46.1% of the population lives below the poverty line. The percentage of citizens living below the poverty line in Mozambique is very high when compared with other nations. This situation is indicative of a variety of alarming economic and political factors. It is not advisable to make any investments in countries with this level of poverty.