Mozambique
Country statistics
Land area: 302,737 sq miles (784,089 sq km)
Total area: 309,494 sq miles (801,590 sq km)
Population (2010 est.): 22,061,451 (growth rate: 1.7%); birth rate: 37.8/1000; infant mortality rate: 103.8/1000; life expectancy: 41.3; density per sq km: 27
Capital City: Maputo
Monetary unit: Metical
Languages: Portuguese 9% (official; second language of 27%), Emakhuwa 26%, Xichangana 11%, Elomwe 8%, Cisena 7%, Echuwabo 6%, other Mozambican languages 32% (1997)
Ethnicity/race: indigenous tribal groups 99.66% (Shangaan, Chokwe, Manyika, Sena, Makua, and others), Europeans 0.06%, Euro-Africans 0.2%, Indians 0.08%
Religions: Mozambique 24%, Islam 18%, Zionist Christian 18%, none 23% (1997)
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