Editing Demographics of Mozambique (section)

== Vital statistics ==
[[File:Mozambique Population 1950-2021 Forecast 2022-2032 UN World Population Prospects 2022.svg|thumb|350px|[[Population]], [[fertility rate]] and [[net reproduction rate]], United Nations estimates]]
Registration of vital events is in Mozambique not complete. The website [[Our World in Data]]  prepared the following estimates based on statistics from the Population Department of the [[United Nations]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Population & Demography Data Explorer |url=https://ourworldindata.org/explorers/population-and-demography?facet=none&Metric=Population&Sex=Both+sexes&Age+group=Total&Projection+Scenario=None&country=~MOZ |access-date=2022-07-22 |website=Our World in Data}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:right"
|-
!
! style="width:80pt;"|Mid-year population (thousands)
! style="width:80pt;"|Live births (thousands)
! style="width:80pt;"|Deaths (thousands)
! style="width:80pt;"|Natural change (thousands)
! style="width:80pt;"|Crude birth rate (per 1000)
! style="width:80pt;"|Crude death rate (per 1000)
! style="width:80pt;"|Natural change (per 1000)
! style="width:80pt;"|[[Total fertility rate]] (TFR)
! style="width:80pt;"|[[Infant mortality]] (per 1000 live births)
! style="width:80pt;"|[[Life expectancy]] (in years)
|-
|1950
|5 920
|   277
|   160
|   117
|46.7
|27.0
|19.7
|5.99
|204.4
|37.26
|-
|1951
|  6 002
|  280
|  160
|  120
|46.5
|26.6
|19.9
|6.02
|203.0
|37.49
|-
|1952
|  6 082
|  284
|  159
|  125
|46.5
|26.1
|20.4
|6.06
|200.2
|37.93
|-
|1953
|  6 160
|  287
|  159
|  128
|46.4
|25.6
|20.8
|6.09
|197.3
|38.33
|-
|1954
|  6 237
|  291
|  158
|  133
|46.4
|25.2
|21.2
|6.11
|194.5
|38.77
|-
|1955
|  6 319
|  295
|  158
|  137
|46.4
|24.8
|21.6
|6.14
|191.6
|39.18
|-
|1956
|  6 404
|  299
|  157
|  141
|46.4
|24.4
|22.0
|6.16
|188.8
|39.63
|-
|1957
|  6 493
|  303
|  157
|  146
|46.5
|24.1
|22.4
|6.18
|186.0
|40.02
|-
|1958
|  6 580
|  307
|  157
|  150
|46.4
|23.7
|22.7
|6.19
|183.3
|40.46
|-
|1959
|  6 676
|  314
|  157
|  157
|46.9
|23.4
|23.5
|6.24
|180.8
|40.85
|-
|1960
|  6 788
|  322
|  158
|  164
|47.3
|23.2
|24.1
|6.32
|178.5
|41.22
|-
|1961
|  6 918
|  329
|  159
|  170
|47.5
|22.9
|24.6
|6.38
|176.6
|41.59
|-
|1962
|  7 060
|  337
|  161
|  176
|47.7
|22.8
|24.9
|6.45
|175.1
|41.83
|-
|1963
|  7 210
|  345
|  164
|  181
|47.7
|22.7
|25.0
|6.49
|174.1
|41.93
|-
|1964
|  7 364
|  351
|  169
|  182
|47.6
|22.9
|24.7
|6.52
|174.0
|41.67
|-
|1965
|  7 524
|  357
|  172
|  186
|47.4
|22.8
|24.6
|6.55
|173.8
|41.70
|-
|1966
|  7 690
|  365
|  176
|  189
|47.4
|22.8
|24.6
|6.59
|173.9
|41.64
|-
|1967
|  7 859
|  372
|  179
|  193
|47.3
|22.7
|24.5
|6.63
|174.0
|41.66
|-
|1968
|  8 036
|  380
|  183
|  197
|47.2
|22.7
|24.5
|6.67
|174.2
|41.67
|-
|1969
|  8 218
|  389
|  186
|  202
|47.2
|22.6
|24.6
|6.71
|174.2
|41.71
|-
|1970
|  8 412
|  396
|  190
|  206
|47.1
|22.5
|24.5
|6.72
|174.0
|41.76
|-
|1971
|  8 623
|  403
|  194
|  210
|46.8
|22.5
|24.3
|6.72
|174.3
|41.74
|-
|1972
|  8 861
|  413
|  199
|  214
|46.8
|22.5
|24.3
|style="color: blue"|6.74
|173.5
|41.59
|-
|1973
|  9 124
|  426
|  204
|  222
|46.8
|22.4
|24.4
|6.73
|173.1
|41.71
|-
|1974
|  9 404
|  441
|  208
|  233
|47.0
|22.1
|24.8
|6.71
|172.6
|42.07
|-
|1975
|  9 704
|  457
|  211
|  246
|47.2
|21.8
|25.4
|6.69
|171.6
|42.58
|-
|1976
|  10 019
|  474
|  218
|  257
|47.5
|21.8
|25.7
|6.66
|171.2
|42.64
|-
|1977
|  10 364
|  493
|  225
|  268
|47.8
|21.8
|26.0
|6.64
|171.0
|42.70
|-
|1978
|  10 741
|  515
|  233
|  283
|48.2
|21.8
|26.4
|6.61
|170.7
|42.80
|-
|1979
|  11 128
|  539
|  243
|  296
|48.6
|21.9
|26.7
|6.58
|170.8
|42.74
|-
|1980
|  11 414
|  559
|  251
|  308
|style="color: blue"|48.7
|21.9
|26.8
|6.52
|170.8
|42.80
|-
|1981
|  11 640
|  563
|  277
|  286
|48.3
|23.8
|24.6
|6.46
|181.4
|40.54
|-
|1982
|  11 902
|  570
|  280
|  290
|47.8
|23.5
|24.4
|6.40
|180.6
|40.70
|-
|1983
|  12 163
|  580
|  284
|  297
|47.7
|23.3
|24.4
|6.39
|179.6
|40.83
|-
|1984
|  12 426
|  593
|  311
|  282
|47.6
|25.0
|22.7
|6.40
|178.2
|38.38
|-
|1985
|  12 680
|  602
| style="color:red;" |  313
|  289
|47.4
|24.7
|22.7
|6.38
|176.6
|38.66
|-
|1986
|  12 910
|  612
|  295
|  317
|47.2
|22.8
|24.4
|6.36
|164.8
|40.68
|-
|1987
|  12 965
|  621
|  298
|  323
|47.1
|22.6
|24.5
|6.34
|163.0
|40.84
|-
|1988
|  12 957
|  614
|  269
|  345
|46.9
|20.6
|26.3
|6.30
|161.3
|43.84
|-
|1989
|  13 088
|  616
|  268
|  348
|46.7
|20.3
|26.4
|6.28
|159.6
|44.14
|-
|1990
|  13 303
|  619
|  268
|  352
|46.4
|20.0
|26.3
|6.22
|158.0
|44.47
|-
|1991
|  13 561
|  626
|  270
|  356
|46.0
|19.8
|26.2
|6.16
|156.2
|44.66
|-
|1992
|  13 817
|  632
|  271
|  361
|45.6
|19.5
|26.0
|6.10
|154.0
|44.95
|-
|1993
|  14 206
|  640
|  270
|  370
|45.3
|19.1
|26.2
|6.03
|151.3
|45.35
|-
|1994
|  14 913
|  659
|  276
|  383
|44.9
|18.9
|26.1
|5.96
|147.9
|45.61
|-
|1995
|  15 595
|  693
|  287
|  406
|44.5
|18.4
|26.1
|5.90
|143.8
|46.04
|-
|1996
|  16 080
|  711
|  287
|  424
|44.3
|17.9
|26.4
|5.85
|138.9
|46.64
|-
|1997
|  16 522
|  736
|  287
|  449
|44.4
|17.3
|27.1
|5.89
|133.4
|47.41
|-
|1998
|  16 923
|  749
|  285
|  464
|44.2
|16.8
|27.4
|5.86
|127.6
|48.02
|-
|1999
|  17 338
|  764
|  282
|  483
|44.0
|16.2
|27.8
|5.83
|121.5
|48.81
|-
|2000
|  17 769
|  779
|  279
|  499
|43.7
|15.7
|28.1
|5.81
|115.9
|49.49
|-
|2001
|  18 221
|  792
|  277
|  515
|43.4
|15.2
|28.2
|5.78
|110.0
|50.07
|-
|2002
|  18 695
|  806
|  276
|  530
|43.0
|14.7
|28.3
|5.73
|105.0
|50.59
|-
|2003
|  19 187
|  824
|  277
|  547
|42.9
|14.4
|28.5
|5.73
|100.5
|50.87
|-
|2004
|  19 694
|  834
|  277
|  557
|42.3
|14.1
|28.2
|5.67
|96.3
|51.25
|-
|2005
|  20 211
|  847
|  278
|  569
|41.9
|13.8
|28.1
|5.61
|92.6
|51.56
|-
|2006
|  20 736
|  860
|  278
|  582
|41.4
|13.4
|28.0
|5.55
|89.0
|51.96
|-
|2007
|  21 281
|  876
|  275
|  600
|41.1
|12.9
|28.2
|5.51
|84.5
|52.57
|-
|2008
|  21 846
|  911
|  274
|  636
|41.6
|12.5
|29.1
|5.58
|80.8
|53.16
|-
|2009
|  22 437
|  942
|  273
|  669
|41.9
|12.1
|29.8
|5.63
|77.3
|53.79
|-
|2010
|  23 074
|  970
|  275
|  695
|42.0
|11.9
|style="color: blue"|30.1
|5.63
|75.8
|54.20
|-
|2011
|  23 760
|  989
|  273
|  716
|41.6
|11.5
|30.1
|5.55
|72.9
|54.87
|-
|2012
|  24 488
|  1 006
|  269
|  737
|41.1
|11.0
|30.1
|5.45
|70.2
|55.64
|-
|2013
|  25 252
|  1 024
|  265
|  759
|40.5
|10.5
|30.1
|5.34
|67.7
|56.49
|-
|2014
|  26 039
|  1 021
|  260
|  761
|39.3
|10.0
|29.2
|5.13
|65.2
|57.27
|-
|2015
|  26 843
|  1 041
|  255
|  786
|38.8
|9.5
|29.3
|5.06
|62.3
|58.15
|-
|2016
|  27 696
|  1 063
|  250
|  813
|38.4
|9.0
|29.4
|4.99
|59.9
|59.04
|-
|2017
|  28 569
|  1 089
|  248
|  841
|38.1
|8.7
|29.4
|4.92
|58.3
|59.77
|-
|2018
|  29 424
|  1 111
|  245
|  866
|37.8
|8.3
|29.4
|4.85
|56.7
|60.53
|-
|2019
|  29 884
|  1 169
|  241
|  928
|37.3
|8.0
|29.3
|5.02
|55.0
|61.3
|-
|2020
|  30 784
|  1 192
|  246
| 948
|37.0
|8.0
|29.0
|4.96
|53.4
|61.4
|-
|2021
|  31 708
|  1 218
|  266
|  951
|36.6
|8.8
|27.8
|4.91
|52.0
|60.3
|-
|2022
|  32 656
|  1 241
|  237
|  1 004
|37.8
|8.3
|29.4
|4.84
|56.7
|63.0
|-
|2023
|  33 635
|  1 261
|  236
|  1 025
|37.8
|7.0
|30.5
|4.76
|56.7
|63.6
|-
|}
Also, according to a 2011 survey, the total fertility rate was 5.9 children per woman, with 6.6 in rural areas and 4.5 in urban areas.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://dhsprogram.com/pubs/pdf/FR266/FR266.pdf|title=Moçambique Inquérito Demográfico e de Saúde 2011|date=2011|website=Moçambique Inquérito Demográfico e de Saúde}}</ref>

===Demographic and Health Surveys===
Total Fertility Rate (TFR) (Wanted Fertility Rate) and Crude Birth Rate (CBR):<ref>{{cite web|url=http://microdata.worldbank.org/index.php/catalog/dhs#_r=&collection=&country=&dtype=&from=1890&page=10&ps=&sk=&sort_by=nation&sort_order=&to=2014&topic=&view=s&vk=|title=MEASURE DHS: Demographic and Health Surveys|website=microdata.worldbank.org}}</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=https://www.statcompiler.com/en/#|title=STATcompiler|website=www.statcompiler.com|access-date=2020-02-17}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! rowspan=2| Year
! colspan=2| Total
! colspan=2| Urban
! colspan=2| Rural
|-
! CBR !! TFR
! CBR !! TFR
! CBR !! TFR
|-
| 1997
| style="text-align:right;"|  
| style="text-align:right;"| 5.2 (4.7)
| style="text-align:right;"| 
| style="text-align:right;"| 4.6 (4.1)
| style="text-align:right;"| 
| style="text-align:right;"| 5.3 (4.9)
|-
| 2003
| style="text-align:right;"| 40
| style="text-align:right;"| 5.5 (4.9)
| style="text-align:right;"| 31
| style="text-align:right;"| 4.4 (3.8)
| style="text-align:right;"| 49
| style="text-align:right;"| 6.1 (5.5)
|-
| 2011
| style="text-align:right;"| 41.6
| style="text-align:right;"| 5.9 (5.1)
| style="text-align:right;"| 37.4
| style="text-align:right;"| 4.5 (3.8)
| style="text-align:right;"| 43.4
| style="text-align:right;"| 6.6 (5.8)
|-
| 2015
| style="text-align:right;"| 38.0
| style="text-align:right;"| 5.3
| style="text-align:right;"| 30.8
| style="text-align:right;"| 3.6
| style="text-align:right;"| 41.2
| style="text-align:right;"| 6.1
|-
|2018
| style="text-align:right;"|37.5
| style="text-align:right;"|5.4
| style="text-align:right;"|31.2
| style="text-align:right;"|3.9
| style="text-align:right;"|40.2
| style="text-align:right;"|6.2
|-
|2022-23
| style="text-align:right;"|34.5
| style="text-align:right;"|4.9 (4.2)
| style="text-align:right;"|28.8
| style="text-align:right;"|3.6 (3.1)
| style="text-align:right;"|37.3
| style="text-align:right;"|5.8 (5.0)
|-
|}

Fertility data by province (DHS Program):<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://dhsprogram.com/pubs/pdf/FR266/FR266.pdf|title=Demographics|website=Moçambique Inquérito Demográfico e de Saúde}}</ref><ref name=":0" />
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! style="width:100pt;"| Province
! style="width:100pt;"| Total fertility rate<br />(2011)
!Total fertility rate<br />(2015)
!Total fertility rate<br />(2018)
!Total fertility rate<br />(2022-23)
|-
|[[Niassa Province|Niassa]]|| 7.1 
|6.6
|6.4
|6.8
|-
|[[Cabo Delgado Province|Cabo Delgado]]|| 6.6 
|5.6
|6.1
|6.2
|-
|[[Nampula]]|| 6.1 
|5.2
|6.0
|5.8
|-
|[[Zambezia Province|Zambézia]]|| 6.8 
|6.3
|6.2
|5.1
|-
|[[Tete, Mozambique|Tete]]|| 6.8 
|6.2
|6.0
|5.1
|-
|[[Manica Province|Manica]]|| 5.8 
|6.2
|5.8
|5.5
|-
|[[Sofala Province|Sofala]]|| 6.1 
|6.0
|6.4
|4.9
|-
|[[Inhambane Province|Inhambane]]|| 4.9 
|4.3
|4.1
|4.0
|-
|[[Gaza Province|Gaza]]|| 5.3 
|4.7
|4.1
|3.7
|-
|[[Maputo Province|Maputo Província]]|| 4.1 
|3.4
|3.0
|2.8
|-
|[[Maputo|Maputo Cidade]]|| 3.1 
|2.5
|2.2
|2.1
|}
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| y1= 19.7,19.9,20.4,20.8,21.2,21.6,22.0,22.4,22.7,23.5,24.1,24.6,24.9,25.0,24.7,24.6,24.6,24.5,24.5,24.6,24.5,24.3,24.3,24.4,24.8,25.4,25.7,26.0,26.4,26.7,26.8,24.6,24.4,24.4,22.7,22.7,24.4,24.5,26.3,26.4,26.3,26.2,26.0,26.2,26.1,26.1,26.4,27.1,27.4,27.8,28.1,28.2,28.3,28.5,28.2,28.1,28.0,28.2,29.1,29.8,30.1,30.1,30.1,30.1,29.2,29.3,29.4,29.4,29.4,29.3,29.0,27.8

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| x = 1950,1951,1952,1953,1954,1955,1956,1957,1958,1959,1960,1961,1962,1963,1964,1965,1966,1967,1968,1969,1970,1971,1972,1973,1974,1975,1976,1977,1978,1979,1980,1981,1982,1983,1984,1985,1986,1987,1988,1989,1990,1991,1992,1993,1994,1995,1996,1997,1998,1999,2000,2001,2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021

| y1= 204.4,203.0,200.2,197.3,194.5,191.6,188.8,186.0,183.3,180.8,178.5,176.6,175.1,174.1,174.0,173.8,173.9,174.0,174.2,174.2,174.0,174.3,173.5,173.1,172.6,171.6,171.2,171.0,170.7,170.8,170.8,181.4,180.6,179.6,178.2,176.6,164.8,163.0,161.3,159.6,158.0,156.2,154.0,151.3,147.9,143.8,138.9,133.4,127.6,121.5,115.9,110.0,105.0,100.5,96.3,92.6,89.0,84.5,80.8,77.3,75.8,72.9,70.2,67.7,65.2,62.3,59.9,58.3,56.7,55.0,53.4,52.0

| y1Title=Infant Mortality (per 1000 live births)
}}
{{GraphChart
| width = 450
| height = 150
| xAxisTitle=years
| yAxisTitle= TFR
| yAxisMin=
| yGrid= 0,1
| xGrid= 10
| hAnnotatonsLine=
| hAnnotatonsLabel=
| legend=
| type = line
| x = 1950,1951,1952,1953,1954,1955,1956,1957,1958,1959,1960,1961,1962,1963,1964,1965,1966,1967,1968,1969,1970,1971,1972,1973,1974,1975,1976,1977,1978,1979,1980,1981,1982,1983,1984,1985,1986,1987,1988,1989,1990,1991,1992,1993,1994,1995,1996,1997,1998,1999,2000,2001,2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021

| y1= 5.99,6.02,6.06,6.09,6.11,6.14,6.16,6.18,6.19,6.24,6.32,6.38,6.45,6.49,6.52,6.55,6.59,6.63,6.67,6.71,6.72,6.72,6.74,6.73,6.71,6.69,6.66,6.64,6.61,6.58,6.52,6.46,
6.40,6.39,6.40,6.38,6.36,6.34,6.30,6.28,6.22,6.16,6.10,6.03,5.96,5.90,5.85,5.89,5.86,5.83,5.81,5.78,5.73,5.73,5.67,5.61,5.55,5.51,5.58,5.63,5.63,5.55,5.45,5.34,5.13,5.06,4.99,4.92,4.85,4.78,4.71,4.64

| y1Title=Total Fertility Rate
}}

=== Life expectancy ===
[[File:Life expectancy in Mozambique.svg|thumb|Development of life expectancy]]
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
!Period
!Life expectancy in <br /> Years<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://esa.un.org/unpd/wpp/DataQuery/|title=World Population Prospects - Population Division - United Nations|website=esa.un.org|access-date=2018-08-26}}</ref>
|-
|1950–1955
|31.29 
|-
|1955–1960
|{{increase}} 33.79 
|-
|1960–1965
|{{increase}} 36.18  
|-
|1965–1970
|{{increase}} 38.14  
|-
|1970–1975
|{{increase}} 40.37 
|-
|1975–1980
|{{increase}} 42.21  
|-
|1980–1985
|{{decrease}} 41.47  
|-
|1985–1990
|{{increase}} 42.33  
|-
|1990–1995
|{{increase}} 43.90  
|-
|1995–2000
|{{increase}} 47.21  
|-
|2000–2005
|{{increase}} 49.56  
|-
|2005–2010
|{{increase}} 53.24  
|-
|2010–2015
|{{increase}} 56.08 
|}