Mozambique 
Facts
Population: 20,905,585
note: estimates for this country explicitly take into account the effects of excess mortality due to AIDS; this can result in lower life expectancy, higher infant mortality and death rates, lower population and growth rates, and changes in the distribution of population by age and sex than would otherwise be expected; the 1997 Mozambican census reported a population of 16,099,246 (July 2007 est.).
Age structure: 0-14 years: 44.7% (male 4,692,126/female 4,647,960)
15-64 years: 52.5% (male 5,345,618/female 5,633,511)
65 years and over: 2.8% (male 244,886/female 341,484) (2007 est.).
Population growth rate: 1.803% (2007 est.).
Birth rate: 38.54 births/1,000 population (2007 est.).
Death rate: 20.51 deaths/1,000 population (2007 est.).
Net migration rate: 0 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2007 est.).
Sex ratio: at birth: 1.02 male(s)/female
under 15 years: 1.01 male(s)/female
15-64 years: 0.949 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 0.717 male(s)/female
total population: 0.968 male(s)/female (2007 est.).
Infant mortality rate: total: 109.93 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 112.81 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 106.99 deaths/1,000 live births (2007 est.).
Life expectancy at birth: total population: 40.9 years
male: 41.4 years
female: 40.4 years (2007 est.).
Total fertility rate: 5.29 children born/woman (2007 est.).
HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate: 12.2% (2003 est.).
HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS: 1.3 million (2003 est.).
HIV/AIDS - deaths: 110,000 (2003 est.).
Nationality: noun: Mozambican(s)
adjective: Mozambican.
Ethnic groups: African 99.66% (Makhuwa, Tsonga, Lomwe, Sena, and others), Europeans 0.06%, Euro-Africans 0.2%, Indians 0.08%.
Religions: Catholic 23.8%, Muslim 17.8%, Zionist Christian 17.5%, other 17.8%, none 23.1% (1997 census).
Languages: Emakhuwa 26.1%, 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% (1997 census).
Literacy: definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 47.8%
male: 63.5%
female: 32.7% (2003 est.).
GDP (purchasing power parity): $29.17 billion (2006 est.).
GDP - real growth rate: 7.9% (2006 est.).
GDP - per capita (PPP): $1,500 (2006 est.).
GDP - composition by sector: agriculture: 21.1%
industry: 30.9%
services: 48% (2006 est.).
Labor force: 9.4 million (2006 est.).
Labor force - by occupation: agriculture: 81%
industry: 6%
services: 13% (1997 est.).
Population below poverty line: 70% (2001 est.).
Household income or consumption by percentage share: lowest 10%: 2.5%
highest 10%: 31.7% (1997).
Inflation rate (consumer prices): 12.8% (2006 est.).
Unemployment rate: 21% (1997 est.).
Budget: revenues: $1.391 billion
expenditures: $1.822 billion (2006 est.).
Agriculture - products: cotton, cashew nuts, sugarcane, tea, cassava (tapioca), corn, coconuts, sisal, citrus and tropical fruits, potatoes, sunflowers; beef, poultry.
Industries: food, beverages, chemicals (fertilizer, soap, paints), aluminum, petroleum products, textiles, cement, glass, asbestos, tobacco.
Industrial production growth rate: 3.4% (2000).
Electricity - production: 11.58 billion kWh (2004).
Electricity - consumption: 9.592 billion kWh (2004).
Electricity - exports: 8.75 billion kWh (2004).
Electricity - imports: 7.576 billion kWh (2004).
Exports: $2.429 billion f.o.b. (2006 est.).
Exports - commodities: aluminum, prawns, cashews, cotton, sugar, citrus, timber; bulk electricity.
Exports - partners: Netherlands 59.7%, South Africa 16.2%, Zimbabwe 2.9% (2005).
Imports: $2.815 billion f.o.b. (2006 est.).
Imports - commodities: machinery and equipment, vehicles, fuel, chemicals, metal products, foodstuffs, textiles.
Imports - partners: South Africa 42.9%, Netherlands 11.5%, Portugal 3.6% (2005).
Debt - external: $2.392 billion (2006 est.).
Economic aid - recipient: $632.8 million (2001).
Currency (code): metical (MZM).
Exchange rates: meticais per US dollar - 25.4 (2006), 23,061 (2005), 22,581 (2004), 23,782 (2003), 23,678 (2002)
note: in 2006 Mozambique revalued its currency, with 1000 old meticais equal to 1 new meticais.
Fiscal year: calendar year.
Statistics: C.I.A. World Factbook. Updated: July 20, 2007.
Press
(Government-owned news agency), Maputo
http://www.poptel.org.uk/mozambique-news/
(Independent), Maputo
http://www.canalmoz.com/
MediaFax
(Independent newsletter), Maputo
Metical
(Independent newsletter), Maputo
(Government-managed), Maputo
http://www.jornalnoticias.co.mz/
Savana
(Independent weekly (Portuguese-language)), Maputo
Mozambique in the News
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Many have missed out on the economic boom of the past decade that has seen robust growth rates but which has been largely driven by huge capital investments that have created few employment opportunities.
In the climactic scene of what has been the most popular play showing in Maputo, the citizens of a crime-ridden suburb take matters into their own hands.
Moses Serugo, writing for The Monitor of Kampala, reviews an art show by Mozambican artist Feil dos Santos that features land-mines and AK-47s made into art.
World Press Review contributing editor Dave Clemens remembers assassinated journalist Carlos Cardoso.
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