Male population — all countries

Male population — Mozambique

Male population in Mozambique in 2025 — 17,300,760 people. Ranked 47 in the world out of 217. Since 1960, the indicator has risen by 428.7%.

2025 17.3M people +2.97% vs 2024
World rank 47of 217
Period maximum 17.3M people2025
Period minimum 3.27M people1960

Trend over time

1960–2025 · people

Male population — Mozambique, 1960–202505M10M15M20M19601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 3,272,411 people1962: 3,406,247 people1964: 3,557,075 people1966: 3,716,695 people1968: 3,885,950 people1970: 4,068,427 people1972: 4,280,117 people1974: 4,521,703 people1976: 4,800,913 people1978: 5,122,631 people1980: 5,441,966 people1982: 5,690,871 people1984: 5,934,481 people1986: 6,144,104 people1988: 6,155,298 people1990: 6,308,637 people1992: 6,570,859 people1994: 7,269,292 people1996: 7,987,786 people1998: 8,392,068 people2000: 8,757,708 people2002: 9,141,065 people2004: 9,553,445 people2006: 10,001,797 people2008: 10,493,724 people2010: 11,060,440 people2012: 11,715,016 people2014: 12,428,643 people2016: 13,192,329 people2018: 14,025,748 people2020: 14,896,433 people2022: 15,823,809 people2024: 16,802,082 people2025: 17,300,760 people
Change over the period: +14.03M (+428.69%) Average annual rate: 2.59 %

Comparison, 2025

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Mozambique

Mozambique 17.3M people
World 4.13B people
Sub-Saharan Africa 659M people
Eastern Africa computed 254M people
Low-income countries computed 393M people
Male population — Mozambique, by year Mozambique All countries CSV XLSX
Year people Change Change, %
2025 17.3M +498,678 +2.97%
2024 16.8M +494,783 +3.03%
2023 16.31M +483,490 +3.06%
2022 15.82M +469,480 +3.06%
2021 15.35M +457,896 +3.07%
2020 14.9M +444,135 +3.07%
2019 14.45M +426,550 +3.04%
2018 14.03M +422,024 +3.1%
2017 13.6M +411,395 +3.12%
2016 13.19M +389,721 +3.04%
2015 12.8M +373,965 +3.01%
2014 12.43M +362,772 +3.01%
2013 12.07M +350,855 +2.99%
2012 11.72M +338,250 +2.97%
2011 11.38M +316,326 +2.86%
2010 11.06M +292,304 +2.71%
2009 10.77M +274,412 +2.62%
2008 10.49M +253,570 +2.48%
2007 10.24M +238,357 +2.38%
2006 10M +229,236 +2.35%
2005 9.77M +219,116 +2.29%
2004 9.55M +210,009 +2.25%
2003 9.34M +202,371 +2.21%
2002 9.14M +194,848 +2.18%
2001 8.95M +188,509 +2.15%
2000 8.76M +182,116 +2.12%
1999 8.58M +183,524 +2.19%
1998 8.39M +182,950 +2.23%
1997 8.21M +221,332 +2.77%
1996 7.99M +264,093 +3.42%
1995 7.72M +454,401 +6.25%
1994 7.27M +480,973 +7.09%
1993 6.79M +217,460 +3.31%
1992 6.57M +131,994 +2.05%
1991 6.44M +130,228 +2.06%
1990 6.31M +96,321 +1.55%
1989 6.21M +57,018 +0.93%
1988 6.16M −9,667 −0.16%
1987 6.16M +20,861 +0.34%
1986 6.14M +102,227 +1.69%
1985 6.04M +107,396 +1.81%
1984 5.93M +117,264 +2.02%
1983 5.82M +126,346 +2.22%
1982 5.69M +129,900 +2.34%
1981 5.56M +119,005 +2.19%
1980 5.44M +142,589 +2.69%
1979 5.3M +176,746 +3.45%
1978 5.12M +166,851 +3.37%
1977 4.96M +154,867 +3.23%
1976 4.8M +144,411 +3.1%
1975 4.66M +134,799 +2.98%
1974 4.52M +124,875 +2.84%
1973 4.4M +116,711 +2.73%
1972 4.28M +110,110 +2.64%
1971 4.17M +101,580 +2.5%
1970 4.07M +93,361 +2.35%
1969 3.98M +89,116 +2.29%
1968 3.89M +86,134 +2.27%
1967 3.8M +83,121 +2.24%
1966 3.72M +80,935 +2.23%
1965 3.64M +78,685 +2.21%
1964 3.56M +76,335 +2.19%
1963 3.48M +74,493 +2.19%
1962 3.41M +71,715 +2.15%
1961 3.33M +62,121 +1.9%
1960 3.27M

About the indicator

The male population of a country as of mid-year. The series follows the World Population Prospects revisions of the UN and is compiled on the de facto definition of population, so it may diverge from national statistics that use the concept of resident population. Together with the female population it gives the sex structure, and that structure differs markedly: from a pronounced male surplus in the Gulf states with their labor migration to a female surplus where male mortality is high.

Important: The sum of the male and the female population matches total population — the UN reconciles them to a single total. For comparing countries the share is more useful than the absolute number: it says more about the structure of the population than size does.

Source: World Population Prospects (UN), license CC BY 3.0 IGO.