Mozambique, Africa
This post was last updated by José of onez on Monday, 19 May 2025.
Image of Maputo, capital city of Mozambique
Mozambique is a Southeastern-African country with major natural-gas discoveries, diversified mineral resources, significant agriculture potential, and developing renewable energy infrastructure.
Mozambique in one word would be “Timbila,” meaning wood xylophone.
Mozambique Flag
Mozambique armorial
Mozambique is a country on the Sub-Saharan Africa located in the Eastern Africa sub‑region of the Africa continent.
Easy learning about Mozambique |
The capital city of Mozambique is Maputo.
| Mozambique is located in | Sub-Saharan Africa Eastern Africa Africa Continent |
| Mozambique has a population of | 33,635,160 inhabitants within a total area of 801,590 Km2 (498,084 sq mi) (2023 UN data) |
| Mozambique’s Global Peace Index (GPI) | 107 (world rank position) GPI scale of 2.25 This means, the closer to 1, the more peaceful the country is... (2024 data from GPI) |
| Human Development Index (HDI) | Mozambique HDI ranks in position nº 182 worldwide HDI of 0.493 (0.4 to 1) (2023 data from UNDP) |
| Mozambique’s passport | allows visa-free entry to 64 countries Mozambique passport ranks 75th in the world (2025 HP Index data) |
| Mozambique GDP per capita is | $663 USD (2025 estimated data from IMF) |
| Mozambique ’s LGBTI legal status | Same-sex sexual acts are Legal (2025 ILGA data) |
| Mozambique EPI (English Proficiency Index) | is classified as Low Proficiency has a score of 469 ranks 79th worldwide (2024 data from EPI) |
| Latitude & Longitude | 18° 15' S, 35° 00' E Open in Google Maps |
| Neighbouring countries | Zimbabwe, Tanzania, Eswatini, South Africa, Zambia, Malawi. |
| Mozambique Climate | tropical to subtropical |
| Most predominant religion | Roman Catholic, |
| Second most predominant religion | Muslim, |
| Currency name & code | Metical (MZN) |
| Internet ccTLD | .mz |
| Mozambique calling code | +258 |
Mozambique administrative divisions
10 provinces (provincias) 1 city (cidade)*- Cabo Delgado
- Gaza
- Inhambane
- Manica
- Maputo
- Cidade de Maputo*
- Nampula
- Niassa
- Sofala
- Tete
- Zambezia
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