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Population growth (annual %)

2.85%▼ 0.07 pts vs 2024

Mozambique · Latest observation 2025

Population growth (annual %)

What is this?

How fast the population grows each year.

How to read it

  • Compare with GDP growth: if GDP grows slower, income per person falls.
  • Unit: %.

What does the data say?

Population growth (annual %) (Mozambique) is 2.85 % (2025), 0.10 points higher than in 1980.

Over all 46 observations since 1980, the highest was 6.76 (1994) and the lowest -0.17 (1988).

Why does it matter?

  • Households: Fast growth strains services.
  • Businesses: Expanding demand.
  • Government: Service spending must keep up.
  • Investors: Demographic momentum.
  • Mobile money: New adults each year are potential new customers.

What should I watch?

Data source

Source
World Bank, World Development Indicators (SP.POP.GROW)
Status
Fetched live on the last refresh
Latest observation
2025
Last updated
2026-10-17
Source published
2026-10-08
Frequency
Annual
Method
Compiled by the World Bank from national statistics offices, the IMF, ILO and other agencies. Definitions are harmonised across countries.
Limitations
Annual. The latest year is often missing or revised. Some series are modelled estimates rather than direct measurements.
Country:
-3035819802025High 6.76Low -0.17
Latest
2.85
Change
+0.10 pts
High
6.76 1994
Low
-0.17 1988
Average
2.55

Population growth (annual %) is 2.85 % (2025), 0.10 points higher than in 1980.

What is this?

How fast the population grows each year.

How to read it

Compare with GDP growth: if GDP grows slower, income per person falls.

Unit: %.

What does the data say?

Population growth (annual %) (Mozambique) is 2.85 % (2025), 0.10 points higher than in 1980.

Over all 46 observations since 1980, the highest was 6.76 (1994) and the lowest -0.17 (1988).

Why does it matter?

  • Households: Fast growth strains services.
  • Businesses: Expanding demand.
  • Government: Service spending must keep up.
  • Investors: Demographic momentum.
  • Mobile money: New adults each year are potential new customers.

Observed facts are above; these are possible implications, not measured effects.

Countries — 2025

CountryLatestYear on year
Angola3.00 %−1.4%
Tanzania2.86 %−0.7%
Mozambique2.85 %−2.5%
Zambia2.77 %−1.4%
Malawi2.56 %−0.8%
Sub-Saharan Africa2.43 %−0.6%
Kenya1.93 %−1.4%
Zimbabwe1.88 %+5.8%
Botswana1.61 %−1.4%
South Africa1.15 %−8.0%
Eswatini1.07 %+7.3%
Portugal1.03 %−6.4%
World0.91 %−5.3%
India0.89 %−0.4%
Brazil0.38 %−5.5%
China-0.17 %+38.0%

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What should I watch?

Real GDP growth-0.5 %−2.67 pts · 2025Population35.63 million+2.9% · 2025

Data source

Source
World Bank, World Development Indicators (SP.POP.GROW)
Frequency
Annual
Observations
46 (1980 – 2025) for Mozambique; 16 country in total
Source published
2026-10-08
Last retrieved
2026-10-17
Method
Compiled by the World Bank from national statistics offices, the IMF, ILO and other agencies. Definitions are harmonised across countries.
Limitations
Annual. The latest year is often missing or revised. Some series are modelled estimates rather than direct measurements.
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