Mozambique

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  • Food and Nutrition Technical Assistance Project FANTA

    Topics: Health, HIV/AIDS, Maternal Health, Nutrition

    Approaches: Nutrition, Nutrition, Nutrition, NutritionNutrition

    Geographic Areas: Africa, Asia & the Pacific, Ethiopia, Ghana, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, India, Kenya, Latin America & the Carribean, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Nicaragua, Niger, Nigeria, Rwanda, South Africa, Sudan, Swaziland, Zambia

  • Kellogg Southern Africa Leadership (KSAL) Program

    Topics: Academic Partnerships, Agricultural Practices, Ecotourism, Environment, HIV/AIDS, International Health, Leadership, Leadership Development, Nutrition, Training and Technical Assistance

    Approaches: Training and Technical Assistance,

    Geographic Areas: Mozambique, Botswana, Malawi, Lesotho, Swaziland, Zimbabwe, South Africa

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Mozambiqueat a Glance

LocationSoutheastern Africa, bordering the Mozambique channel, between South Africa and Tanzania

Population19,406,703

Population Growth Rate1.48%

ReligionsCatholic 23.8%, Zionist Christian 17.5%, Muslim 17.8%, other 17.8%, none 23.1%

Languages26.1%, Xichangana 11.3%, Portuguese 8.8% (official; spoken by 27% of population as a second language), Elomwe 7.6%, Cisena 6.8%, Echuwabo 5.8%, other Mozambican languages 32%, other foreign languages 0.3%, unspecified 1.3%

Literacy
definition:  age 15 and over can read and write
total population:  47.8%
male: 63.5%
female:  32.7% (2003 est.)

Related Resources
CIA Factbook-Mozambique