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Mozambique

Eastern AfricaMOZDemonym: Mozambican
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Population
31.26M
31,255,435 people
Area
802K km²
801,590 km²
Density
39.0 /km²
people per km²
Capital
Maputo
Africa
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Local time in Maputo

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Geography

Location & land

Region
Africa
Subregion
Eastern Africa
Coordinates
18.25° S, 35.00° E
Area
802K km²
Neighbours
6
Regional blocs
African Union
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Administration

Codes & identity

Capital
Maputo
ISO alpha-2
MZ
ISO alpha-3
MOZ
Numeric code
508
Calling code
+258
Internet TLD
.mz
Languages

Spoken here

Portuguese · Português
Currency

Money

Mozambican metical
MT · MZN
Economy

Income inequality

Gini index
45.7%

Lower is more equal.

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Economy, health & development

Live rate

Exchange rate

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Borders

6 neighbouring countries

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Base facts: bundled reference dataset (mledoze/countries, MIT). Live statistics: World Bank & open.er-api.com, fetched in real time. See data sources. Missing values are shown as “Data unavailable” — never fabricated.