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Urban population (% of total)

37.2% of people▲ 0.77 pts vs 2024

Mozambique · Latest observation 2025

Urban population (% of total)

What is this?

Share of people living in urban areas.

How to read it

  • Rising means people are moving to towns and cities.
  • Unit: % of people.

What does the data say?

Urban population (% of total) (Mozambique) is 37.2 % of people (2025), 24.08 points higher than in 1980. It is the highest in the period shown.

Over all 46 observations since 1980, the highest was 37.2 (2025) and the lowest 13.1 (1980).

Why does it matter?

  • Households: Urban households rely more on cash income and markets.
  • Businesses: Concentrated demand.
  • Government: Urban services and housing.
  • Investors: Urban consumer growth.
  • Mobile money: Urban areas typically have denser agent and merchant networks. Potential, not proven: check against internal transaction data before acting on it.

What should I watch?

Data source

Source
World Bank, World Development Indicators (SP.URB.TOTL.IN.ZS)
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:
1020304019802025High 37.2Low 13.1
Latest
37.2
Change
+24.08 pts
High
37.2 2025
Low
13.1 1980
Average
27.7

Urban population (% of total) is 37.2 % of people (2025), 24.08 points higher than in 1980. It is the highest in the period shown.

What is this?

Share of people living in urban areas.

How to read it

Rising means people are moving to towns and cities.

Unit: % of people.

What does the data say?

Urban population (% of total) (Mozambique) is 37.2 % of people (2025), 24.08 points higher than in 1980. It is the highest in the period shown.

Over all 46 observations since 1980, the highest was 37.2 (2025) and the lowest 13.1 (1980).

Why does it matter?

  • Households: Urban households rely more on cash income and markets.
  • Businesses: Concentrated demand.
  • Government: Urban services and housing.
  • Investors: Urban consumer growth.
  • Mobile money: Urban areas typically have denser agent and merchant networks. Potential, not proven: check against internal transaction data before acting on it.

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

Countries — 2025

CountryLatestYear on year
Brazil88.2 % of people+0.3%
Angola71.5 % of people+1.1%
Botswana68.0 % of people+0.7%
China66.3 % of people+0.7%
South Africa63.8 % of people+0.2%
Portugal61.5 % of people+0.3%
World57.8 % of people+0.5%
Zambia45.9 % of people+1.0%
Sub-Saharan Africa44.7 % of people+1.2%
Zimbabwe40.5 % of people+1.5%
Mozambique37.2 % of people+2.1%
Tanzania36.9 % of people+2.0%
India35.7 % of people+0.9%
Kenya32.2 % of people+1.0%
Eswatini26.7 % of people+1.8%
Malawi17.6 % of people+1.9%

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Population35.63 million+2.9% · 2025Internet users (% of people)20.5 % of people+0.58 pts · 2024

Data source

Source
World Bank, World Development Indicators (SP.URB.TOTL.IN.ZS)
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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