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Mozambique
Republic of Mozambique
Mozambique is a country in Eastern Africa. Its capital city is Maputo. About 29.5 million people live there, in an area of 801 590 square kilometres.
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Where is Mozambique?
Mozambique lies in Eastern Africa, on the continent of Africa.
It sits in the southern half of the world, roughly 2 032 km from the equator.
Its coastline is about 2 470 km long.
It shares a border with 6 countries: Malawi, South Africa, Eswatini, Tanzania, Zambia and Zimbabwe.
How big is Mozambique?
Mozambique covers 801 590 square kilometres.
That is about 7.8 times the size of Iceland.
Among the world's countries that makes it the 35th largest.
If everybody spread out evenly, there would be about 36.8 people on every square kilometre.
Who lives in Mozambique?
About 29.5 million people live in Mozambique.
That is the 47th biggest population in the world.
People here speak Portuguese.
They pay with the Mozambican metical (MT).
On average, people born here can expect to live about 38 years.
The land of Mozambique
The land in Mozambique sits on average 345 metres above sea level.
Its coast runs for about 2 470 km. Walking it end to end, at twenty kilometres a day, would take roughly 124 days.
It lies inside the tropics, which is the single biggest reason its weather is the way it is.
What makes Mozambique different?
Websites from here often end in .mz.
Mozambique and the rest of the world
Out of every thousand people alive on Earth, about 4 live in Mozambique.
It takes up about 0.6 % of all the land that countries stand on.
Within Africa it is the 16th largest of 54 countries, and the 14th most populated.
That is close to the world average of roughly 60 people per square kilometre.
Mozambique and its neighbours
South Africa, its largest neighbour, is about 1.5 times bigger.
South Africa has more people: 57.8 million against 29.5 million.
Nature and animals
Of the animals on this site, 9 live wild in Mozambique: Lion, African elephant, Zebra, Hippopotamus, Cheetah and African buffalo and more.
Lion
African elephant
Zebra
Hippopotamus
Cheetah
African buffalo
Whale shark
Giant oceanic manta ray
Nile crocodile
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Questions children ask
What is the capital of Mozambique?
The capital of Mozambique is Maputo. It is the city where the country's government works from.
How many people live in Mozambique?
About 29.5 million people live in Mozambique, which makes it the 47th most populated country in the world. (Source: World Bank, 2018.)
Which countries border Mozambique?
Mozambique borders Malawi, South Africa, Eswatini, Tanzania, Zambia and Zimbabwe — 6 neighbours in total.
How big is Mozambique?
Mozambique covers 801 590 square kilometres, making it the 35th largest country in the world. That is about 7.8 times the size of Iceland.
Which continent is Mozambique in?
Mozambique is in Africa, in the part called Eastern Africa.
Where these numbers come from
Borders and outlines: Natural Earth. Names, capitals, areas, languages and currencies: ISO 3166 data (world-countries). Population: World Bank, 2018. Every derived figure on this page (ranks, density, distance from the equator) is calculated from those values.
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