Population in cities over 1 million — all countries

Population in cities over 1 million — Mozambique

Population in cities over 1 million in Mozambique in 2025 — 3,214,733 people. Ranked 68 in the world out of 121. Since 1960, the indicator has risen by 1,506.4%.

2025 3.21M people +3.42% vs 2024
World rank 68of 121
Period maximum 3.21M people2025
Period minimum 200,125 people1960

Trend over time

1960–2025 · people

Population in cities over 1 million — Mozambique, 1960–202501M2M3M4M19601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 200,125 people1962: 232,976 people1964: 271,692 people1966: 317,044 people1968: 370,386 people1970: 433,037 people1972: 484,948 people1974: 537,665 people1976: 598,527 people1978: 669,047 people1980: 751,512 people1982: 811,302 people1984: 874,394 people1986: 942,391 people1988: 1,015,885 people1990: 1,095,109 people1992: 1,180,756 people1994: 1,273,104 people1996: 1,372,961 people1998: 1,456,818 people2000: 1,517,480 people2002: 1,582,003 people2004: 1,650,885 people2006: 1,724,281 people2008: 1,823,070 people2010: 1,964,036 people2012: 2,132,054 people2014: 2,331,811 people2016: 2,570,004 people2018: 2,737,163 people2020: 2,816,363 people2022: 2,935,832 people2024: 3,108,288 people2025: 3,214,733 people
Change over the period: +3.01M (+1,506.36%) Average annual rate: 4.36 %

Comparison, 2025

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

Mozambique 3.21M people
World computed 2.01B people
Sub-Saharan Africa computed 204M people
Eastern Africa computed 45.67M people
Low-income countries computed 94.17M people
Population in cities over 1 million — Mozambique, by year Mozambique All countries CSV XLSX
Year people Change Change, %
2025 3.21M +106,445 +3.42%
2024 3.11M +93,090 +3.09%
2023 3.02M +79,366 +2.7%
2022 2.94M +65,888 +2.3%
2021 2.87M +53,581 +1.9%
2020 2.82M +43,309 +1.56%
2019 2.77M +35,891 +1.31%
2018 2.74M +31,793 +1.18%
2017 2.71M +135,366 +5.27%
2016 2.57M +124,380 +5.09%
2015 2.45M +113,813 +4.88%
2014 2.33M +104,299 +4.68%
2013 2.23M +95,458 +4.48%
2012 2.13M +87,727 +4.29%
2011 2.04M +80,291 +4.09%
2010 1.96M +73,594 +3.89%
2009 1.89M +67,372 +3.7%
2008 1.82M +60,220 +3.42%
2007 1.76M +38,569 +2.24%
2006 1.72M +37,321 +2.21%
2005 1.69M +36,075 +2.19%
2004 1.65M +35,019 +2.17%
2003 1.62M +33,863 +2.14%
2002 1.58M +32,795 +2.12%
2001 1.55M +31,728 +2.09%
2000 1.52M +30,827 +2.07%
1999 1.49M +29,835 +2.05%
1998 1.46M +31,082 +2.18%
1997 1.43M +52,775 +3.84%
1996 1.37M +50,923 +3.85%
1995 1.32M +48,934 +3.84%
1994 1.27M +47,091 +3.84%
1993 1.23M +45,257 +3.83%
1992 1.18M +43,674 +3.84%
1991 1.14M +41,973 +3.83%
1990 1.1M +40,397 +3.83%
1989 1.05M +38,827 +3.82%
1988 1.02M +37,474 +3.83%
1987 978,411 +36,020 +3.82%
1986 942,391 +34,670 +3.82%
1985 907,721 +33,327 +3.81%
1984 874,394 +32,169 +3.82%
1983 842,225 +30,923 +3.81%
1982 811,302 +29,768 +3.81%
1981 781,534 +30,022 +3.99%
1980 751,512 +42,893 +6.05%
1979 708,619 +39,572 +5.91%
1978 669,047 +36,620 +5.79%
1977 632,427 +33,900 +5.66%
1976 598,527 +31,558 +5.57%
1975 566,969 +29,304 +5.45%
1974 537,665 +27,292 +5.35%
1973 510,373 +25,425 +5.24%
1972 484,948 +23,819 +5.17%
1971 461,129 +28,092 +6.49%
1970 433,037 +32,621 +8.15%
1969 400,416 +30,030 +8.11%
1968 370,386 +27,767 +8.1%
1967 342,619 +25,575 +8.07%
1966 317,044 +23,599 +8.04%
1965 293,445 +21,753 +8.01%
1964 271,692 +20,142 +8.01%
1963 251,550 +18,574 +7.97%
1962 232,976 +17,160 +7.95%
1961 215,816 +15,691 +7.84%
1960 200,125

About the indicator

The population of urban agglomerations with more than one million residents. The unit of count is the agglomeration, not the city within its administrative boundaries, and that is essential: along administrative lines many of the largest concentrations of people break up into dozens of municipalities. The indicator measures not urbanization as such but its concentration in large centers — a country can be highly urbanized without a single million-plus city.

Important: The table covers about 120 territories — the rest have no agglomerations of this size, and that is a zero, not a gap. Aggregates for groups of countries are therefore calculated at a lowered coverage threshold.

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