Population
34.9M
Unitary dominant-party Semi-presidential system
GDP per capita, PPP
$2,308
in 2031
Passport power
#146
32 visa-free destinations
Top-rated city
Maputo
of 11 cities rated
Country overview
- Official name
- Republic of Mozambique
- Capital
- Maputo
- Continent
- Africa / Eastern Africa
- Area
- 801,590 km²
- Population
- 34.9M
- Density
- 37.0/km²
- Government
- Unitary dominant-party Semi-presidential system
- UN member
- Yes
- Independent
- Yes
- Driving side
- Left
- TLD
- .mz
- Calling code
- +258
- Timezone
- UTC+02:00
Visa and travel
- Passport power rank
- #146 of 199
- Visa-free destinations
- 32
- Total accessible
- 56
Culture and society
- Languages
- Portuguese (Português)
- Religions
- Christianity 62.0%, Islam 19.1%, No religion 13.5%, Traditional faith 4.3%
- Currencies
- MT MZN — Mozambican metical
Key figures
- HDI
- 0.493
- GDP per capita (2031)
- $2,308
- Life expectancy (2024)
- 63.8 yrs
- Internet users (2024)
- 20.5%
- Gini index (2014)
- 54.0
- Inflation (2031)
- 5.0%
- Unemployment (2025)
- 6.6%
- Urban population (2025)
- 37.2%
- Life satisfaction (2025)
- 5.3/10
- PM2.5 (2024)
- 17.0 µg/m³
- Political stability (2023)
- 12th pct
- Homicide rate (2011)
- 3.6/100k
- Human capital (2020)
- 0.36