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Mozambique Alive - About Mozambique

The People of Mozambique:
Population: 19,406,703 (July 2005)
Median Age: 18.29 years
Birth Rate: 35.79 births per 1,000 population
Death Rate: 20.99 deaths per 1,000 population
Infant Mortality Rate: 130.79 deaths/1,000 live births
Life Expectancy: 40.32 years overall
Males: 39.9 years
Females: 40.75 years

HIV Prevalence Rate: 12.2%
HIV/AIDS Living: 1.3 Million
HIV/AIDS Deaths: 110,000


Ethnic Groups:
Ingenuous Tribal Groups (99.66% - Makhuwa, Tsonga, Lomwe, Sena, etc.)
Europeans (0.06%)
Euro-Africans (0.2%)
Indians (0.08%)

Religions:
Catholic (23.8%), Zionist Christian (17.5%), Muslim (17.8%), Other (17.8%), None 23.1%)

Languages:
Emakhuwa (26.1%), Xichangana (11.3%), Portuguese (8.8% 0 official language; spoken by 27% as a second language), Elomwe (7.6%), Cisena (6.8%), Echuwabo (5.8%), Other (32%)