Population growth — all countries

Population growth — Mozambique

Population growth in Mozambique in 2025 — 2.85%. Ranked 17 in the world out of 217. Since 1961, the indicator has risen by 1.06 pp.

2025 2.85% −0.07 pp vs 2024
World rank 17of 217
Period maximum 6.76%1994
Period minimum -0.17%1988

Trend over time

1961–2025 · % per year

Population growth — Mozambique, 1961–2025-20246819611968197519821989199620032010201720241961: 1.79%1963: 2%1965: 2.06%1967: 2.11%1969: 2.18%1971: 2.46%1973: 2.96%1975: 3.25%1977: 3.56%1979: 3.79%1981: 2.03%1983: 2.09%1985: 1.87%1987: 0.41%1989: 0.83%1991: 1.95%1993: 3.17%1995: 5.98%1997: 2.74%1999: 2.25%2001: 2.23%2003: 2.26%2005: 2.31%2007: 2.38%2009: 2.59%2011: 2.79%2013: 2.89%2015: 2.9%2017: 2.99%2019: 2.94%2021: 2.96%2023: 2.95%2025: 2.85%
Change over the period: +1.06 pp Annual average: 0.02 pp

Comparison, 2025

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

Mozambique 2.85%
World 0.91%
Eastern Africa computed 2.52%
Low-income countries computed 2.66%
Population growth — Mozambique, by year Mozambique All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 2.85 −0.07 pp
2024 2.92 −0.03 pp
2023 2.95 +0.01 pp
2022 2.95 −0.01 pp
2021 2.96 −0.01 pp
2020 2.96 +0.03 pp
2019 2.94 −0.04 pp
2018 2.98 −0.01 pp
2017 2.99 +0.06 pp
2016 2.93 +0.03 pp
2015 2.9 +0 pp
2014 2.9 +0.01 pp
2013 2.89 +0.02 pp
2012 2.87 +0.08 pp
2011 2.79 +0.11 pp
2010 2.68 +0.09 pp
2009 2.59 +0.13 pp
2008 2.47 +0.09 pp
2007 2.38 +0.03 pp
2006 2.35 +0.04 pp
2005 2.31 +0.03 pp
2004 2.28 +0.02 pp
2003 2.26 +0.02 pp
2002 2.24 +0.02 pp
2001 2.23 +0.02 pp
2000 2.2 −0.04 pp
1999 2.25 −0.03 pp
1998 2.28 −0.46 pp
1997 2.74 −0.54 pp
1996 3.28 −2.7 pp
1995 5.98 −0.78 pp
1994 6.76 +3.59 pp
1993 3.17 +1.23 pp
1992 1.94 −0.01 pp
1991 1.95 +0.5 pp
1990 1.44 +0.62 pp
1989 0.83 +1 pp
1988 -0.17 −0.58 pp
1987 0.41 −1.34 pp
1986 1.75 −0.12 pp
1985 1.87 −0.11 pp
1984 1.99 −0.1 pp
1983 2.09 −0.1 pp
1982 2.19 +0.17 pp
1981 2.03 −0.72 pp
1980 2.75 −1.04 pp
1979 3.79 +0.02 pp
1978 3.77 +0.21 pp
1977 3.56 +0.2 pp
1976 3.36 +0.12 pp
1975 3.25 +0.15 pp
1974 3.1 +0.14 pp
1973 2.96 +0.2 pp
1972 2.76 +0.3 pp
1971 2.46 +0.21 pp
1970 2.25 +0.07 pp
1969 2.18 +0.03 pp
1968 2.15 +0.04 pp
1967 2.11 +0.02 pp
1966 2.09 +0.03 pp
1965 2.06 +0.04 pp
1964 2.02 +0.03 pp
1963 2 +0.05 pp
1962 1.95 +0.16 pp
1961 1.79

About the indicator

The annual population growth rate is the change in population size over a year as a percent of the previous year. It takes in both natural increase (births minus deaths) and net migration. Negative values mean the population is shrinking; at 1% a year population doubles in about 70 years, at 2% in about 35.

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