ACOG - Mozambique  - IBM

Geography

Location: Southern Africa, bordering the Mozambique Channel, between South Africa and Tanzania

Area:
total area: 801,590 sq km
land area: 784,090 sq km
comparative area: slightly less than twice the size of California

Land boundaries: total 4,571 km, Malawi 1,569 km, South Africa 491 km, Swaziland 105km, Tanzania 756 km, Zambia 419 km, Zimbabwe 1,231 km

Coastline: 2,470 km


People

Population: 18,115,250 (July 1995 est.)

Age structure:
0-14 years: 45% (female 4,069,117; male 4,078,429)
15-64 years: 53% (female 4,882,292; male 4,630,193)
65 years and over: 2% (female 260,057; male 195,162)

Population growth rate: 2.87% (1995 est.)

Birth rate: 44.6 births/1,000 population

Death rate: 15.94 deaths/1,000 population

Net migration rate: NA migrant(s)/1,000 population

Infant mortality rate: 126 deaths/1,000 live births

Life expectancy at birth:
total population: 48.95 years
male: 47.04 years
female: 50.92 years

Total fertility rate: 6.19 children born/woman

Ethnic divisions: indigenous tribal groups, Europeans about 10,000, Euro-Africans 35,000, Indians 15,000

Religions: indigenous beliefs 60%, Christian 30%, Muslim 10%

Languages: Portuguese (official), indigenous dialects

Literacy: age 15 and over can read and write (1990)
total population: 33%
male: 45%
female: 21%


Government

Names:
conventional long form: Republic of Mozambique
conventional short form: Mozambique

Type: republic

Capital: Maputo

Independence: 25 June 1975 (from Portugal)

Constitution: 30 November 1990


Economy

National product: GDP - purchasing power parity - $10.6 billion

National product real growth rate: 5.8%

National product per capita: $610

Inflation rate (consumer prices): 50%

Unemployment rate: 50%

Electricity:
capacity: 2,360,000 kW
production: 1.7 billion kWh
consumption per capita: 58 kWh



Olympic Factoid
Closing Ceremony of the 1996 Games involved a crew of 2,100 who worked with more than 3,500 performers as well as thousands of athletes who celebrated on the field of Olympic Stadium.