Editing Demographics of Mozambique (section)

== Population ==
[[Image:Mozambique-demography.png|thumb|300px|right|Demographics of Mozambique, Data of [[Our World in Data]], year 2022; Number of inhabitants in millions.]]
According to the 2022 revision of the world factbook the total population was 31,693,239 in 2022.<ref name="Mozambique">{{Cite web|url=https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/mozambique/|title = Mozambique|date = 19 April 2022}}</ref> The proportion of children below the age of 14 in 2020 was 45.57%, 51.5% was between 15 and 65 years of age, while 2.93% was 65 years or older.<ref name="Mozambique"/><ref name="WPP 2010">{{Cite web|title=World Population Prospects - Population Division - United Nations|url=http://esa.un.org/unpd/wpp/index.htm|access-date=2023-02-06|website=esa.un.org}}</ref> A population census took place in 2017, and the preliminary results indicate a population of 28 861 863 inhabitants.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://clubofmozambique.com/news/census-shows-mozambique-has-28-9-million-inhabitants/|title=Census shows Mozambique has 28.9 million inhabitants |date=2018-01-04|access-date=2018-09-04}}</ref>
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: right;"
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!
! width="80" |Total population<ref name="Mozambique"/>
! width="80" |Population aged 0–14 (%)
! width="80" |Population aged 15–64 (%)
! width="80" |Population aged 65+ (%)
|-
| 1950
|6 442 000||41.7||55.6||2.7
|-
| 1955
|6 972 000||41.9||55.4||2.7
|-
| 1960
|7 647 000||42.3||55.0||2.8
|-
| 1965
|8 474 000||42.9||54.3||2.8
|-
| 1970
|9 453 000||43.5||53.6||2.9
|-
| 1975
|10 620 000||43.8||53.2||3.0
|-
| 1980
|12 146 000||43.8||53.1||3.0
|-
| 1985
|13 335 000||44.7||52.2||3.1
|-
| 1990
|13 547 000||46.6||50.2||3.3
|-
| 1995
|15 933 000||44.2||52.7||3.1
|-
| 2000
|18 201 000||43.9||53.0||3.2
|-
| 2005
|20 770 000||44.4||52.4||3.2
|-
| 2010
|23 391 000||44.1||52.6||3.3
|-
| 2020
|30 098 197||45.6||51.5||2.9
|}

Population Estimates by Sex and Age Group (01.VII.2020) (Data refer to national projections based on 2007 census.):<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://unstats.un.org/unsd/demographic-social/products/dyb/dyb_2020/|title=UNSD — Demographic and Social Statistics}}</ref>
{| class="wikitable"
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! width="80pt"|Age Group
! width="80pt"|Male
! width="80pt"|Female
! width="80pt"|Total
! width="80pt"|%
|-
| align="right" | Total
| align="right" | 14 501 196
| align="right" | 15 565 452
| align="right" | 30 066 648
| align="right" | 100
|-
| align="right" | 0–4
| align="right" | 2 315 310
| align="right" | 2 295 586
| align="right" | 4 610 896
| align="right" | 15.34
|-
| align="right" | 5–9
| align="right" | 2 487 720
| align="right" | 2 531 664
| align="right" | 5 019 384
| align="right" | 16.69
|-
| align="right" | 10–14
| align="right" | 2 076 198
| align="right" | 2 067 546
| align="right" | 4 143 744
| align="right" | 13.78
|-
| align="right" | 15–19
| align="right" | 1 594 940
| align="right" | 1 630 074
| align="right" | 3 225 014
| align="right" | 10.73
|-
| align="right" | 20–24
| align="right" | 1 264 746
| align="right" | 1 481 775
| align="right" | 2 746 521
| align="right" | 9.13
|-
| align="right" | 25–29
| align="right" | 1 000 516
| align="right" | 1 222 754
| align="right" | 2 223 270
| align="right" | 7.39
|-
| align="right" | 30–34
| align="right" | 802 315
| align="right" | 906 767
| align="right" | 1 709 082
| align="right" | 5.68
|-
| align="right" | 35–39
| align="right" | 673 119
| align="right" | 774 993
| align="right" | 1 448 112
| align="right" | 4.82
|-
| align="right" | 40–44
| align="right" | 574 984
| align="right" | 660 820
| align="right" | 1 235 804
| align="right" | 4.11
|-
| align="right" | 45–49
| align="right" | 454 062
| align="right" | 504 057
| align="right" | 958 119
| align="right" | 3.19
|-
| align="right" | 50–54
| align="right" | 343 740
| align="right" | 397 999
| align="right" | 741 739 
| align="right" | 2.47
|-
| align="right" | 55–59
| align="right" | 264 107
| align="right" | 302 253
| align="right" | 566 360 
| align="right" | 1.88
|-
| align="right" | 60–64
| align="right" | 203 386
| align="right" | 229 467
| align="right" | 432 853
| align="right" | 1.44
|-
| align="right" | 65-69
| align="right" | 159 568
| align="right" | 188 765
| align="right" | 348 333
| align="right" | 1.16
|-
| align="right" | 70-74
| align="right" | 109 258
| align="right" | 134 617
| align="right" | 243 875
| align="right" | 0.81
|-
| align="right" | 75-79
| align="right" | 69 868
| align="right" | 89 298
| align="right" | 159 166 
| align="right" | 0.53
|-
| align="right" | 80+
| align="right" | 107 359
| align="right" | 147 017
| align="right" | 254 376
| align="right" | 0.85
|-
! width="50"|Age group 
! width="80pt"|Male
! width="80"|Female
! width="80"|Total
! width="50"|Percent
|-
| align="right" | 0–14
| align="right" | 6 879 228
| align="right" | 6 894 796
| align="right" | 13 774 024
| align="right" | 45.81
|-
| align="right" | 15–64
| align="right" | 7 175 915
| align="right" | 8 110 959
| align="right" | 15 286 874
| align="right" | 50.84
|-
| align="right" | 65+
| align="right" | 446 053
| align="right" | 559 697
| align="right" | 1 005 750
| align="right" | 3.35
|-
|}