Mozambique: Provinces, Cities, Urban Localities & Agglomeration - Population Statistics, Maps, Charts, Weather and Web Information

Provinces

The population of the provinces of Mozambique according to census results and latest official projections.

Name	Abbr.	Status	Capital	Area A-L (km²)	Population Census (Cfa) 1980-08-01	Population Census (Cfa) 1997-08-01	Population Census (Cfa) 2007-09-16	Population Census (Cfa) 2017-08-01	Population Projection (P) 2023-07-01
Mozambique	MOZ	Rep	Maputo	799,380	12,130,000	16,075,708	20,632,434	27,909,798	32,419,700		→
Cabo Delgado	CAB	Prov	Pemba	82,625	940,000	1,380,202	1,634,162	2,320,261	2,744,900	8262500	→
Gaza	GAZ	Prov	Xai-Xai	75,709	990,900	1,116,903	1,236,284	1,422,460	1,476,700	7570900	→
Inhambane	INH	Prov	Inhambane	68,615	997,600	1,157,182	1,304,820	1,488,676	1,581,100	6861500	→
Manica	MAN	Prov	Chimoio	61,661	641,200	1,039,463	1,438,386	1,945,994	2,298,800	6166100	→
Maputo	MAP	Prov	Maputo	26,011	491,800	830,908	1,225,489	1,968,906	2,479,800	2601100	→
Maputo Cidade	MAC	Cap	Maputo	347	755,300	987,943	1,111,638	1,120,867	1,133,200	34700	→
Nampula	NAM	Prov	Nampula	81,606	2,402,700	3,063,456	4,084,656	5,758,920	6,649,900	8160600	→
Niassa	NIA	Prov	Lichinga	129,056	514,100	808,572	1,213,398	1,810,794	2,202,800	12905600	→
Sofala	SOF	Prov	Beira	68,018	1,065,200	1,368,671	1,685,663	2,259,248	2,674,800	6801800	→
Tete	TET	Prov	Tete	100,724	831,000	1,226,008	1,807,485	2,648,941	3,173,900	10072400	→
Zambézia	ZAM	Prov	Quelimane	105,008	2,500,200	3,096,400	3,890,453	5,164,732	6,003,900	10500800	→

The enumerated resident population is 26,899,105 in 2017; the omission rate is estimated to be 3.7%.
(1980) Statistik des Auslands: Mosambik 1987.
(1997) (2007) (2017) (2023) Instituto Nacional de Estatistica Moçambique (web).

Major Cities

	Name	Adm.	Population Census (Cf) 2017-08-01
1	Maputo	MAC	1,080,277
2	Matola	MAP	1,032,197
3	Nampula	NAM	663,212
4	Beira	SOF	592,090
5	Chimoio	MAN	363,336
6	Tete	TET	307,338

Major Agglomeration

	Name	Adm.	Population Census (Cf) 2017-08-01
1	Maputo	MAC	2,112,474

Contents: Cities & Urban Localities

The population of all cities and urban localities in Mozambique according to census results.

Name	Status	Adm.	Population Census (Cf) 1997-08-01	Population Census (Cf) 2007-09-16	Population Census (Cf) 2017-08-01	Area
Alto Molócuè		ZAM	13,441	42,200	...	0
Angoche	City	NAM	85,703	89,998	...	0
Beira	City	SOF	397,368	431,583	592,090	63300	→
Bela Vista (Matutuíne)		MAP	2,305	2,588	...	0
Boane		MAP	17,222	23,524	...	0
Búzi		SOF	14,152	14,092	...	0
Caia		SOF	10,473	18,233	...	0
Caniçado (Guijá)		GAZ	4,899	5,689	...	0
Catandica (Bárue)		MAN	24,682	22,271	...	0
Chibuto	City	GAZ	51,454	63,184	...	0
Chicualacuala (Vila Eduardo Mondlane)		GAZ	5,544	8,321	...	0
Chimoio	City	MAN	171,056	237,497	363,336	17400	→
Chinde		ZAM	16,903	15,116	...	0
Chiúre		CAB	18,352	32,603	...	0
Chókwè	City	GAZ	49,730	53,062	...	9100
Cuamba	City	NIA	57,205	79,013	...	0
Dondo	City	SOF	71,644	70,817	...	0
Gondola		MAN	26,379	33,877	...	0
Gorongosa		SOF	11,968	18,761	...	0
Gurué	City	ZAM	99,335	145,466	...	0
Homoíne		INH	6,043	7,272	...	0
Iapala		NAM	9,559	17,344	...	0
Ibo (Vila do Ibo)		CAB	3,054	4,908	...	0
Inhambane	City	INH	52,370	65,149	82,119	17400	→
Inhaminga (Cheringoma)		SOF	1,717	9,956	...	0
Inharrime		INH	3,970	8,106	...	0
Inhassoro		INH	5,319	11,297	...	0
Insaca (Mecanhelas)		NIA	5,294	5,741	...	0
Lichinga	City	NIA	85,758	142,331	242,204	29000	→
Luabo		ZAM	5,562	6,112	...	0
Machipanda		MAN	13,284	13,742	...	0
Macia (Bilene Macia)		GAZ	21,162	27,795	...	0
Macomia		CAB	13,185	19,997	...	0
Macone (Moma)		NAM	16,252	25,557	...	0
Maganja da Costa		ZAM	10,519	15,410	...	0
Magude		MAP	9,477	10,692	...	0
Malema		NAM	4,752	20,277	...	0
Mandimba		NIA	9,751	16,323	...	0
Mandlacaze		GAZ	23,342	10,317	...	0
Manhiça		MAP	10,381	56,165	...	0
Manica	City	MAN	28,568	36,124	...	0
Maputo	City	MAC	966,837	1,094,628	1,080,277	34700	→
Marracuene		MAP	10,295	11,236	...	0
Marromeu		SOF	18,551	39,409	...	0
Marrupa		NIA	6,469	8,235	...	0
Massinga		INH	17,567	20,930	...	0
Matola	City	MAP	424,662	671,556	1,032,197	37500	→
Maxixe	City	INH	93,985	108,824	...	28200	→
Meconta		NAM	13,277	9,376	...	0
Messica		MAN	10,409	13,695	...	0
Metangula (Lago)		NIA	6,852	12,772	...	0
Milange		ZAM	16,666	30,257	...	0
Moamba		MAP	5,536	12,862	...	0
Moatize		TET	26,560	38,924	...	0
Moçambique	City	NAM	42,407	48,063	...	22600	→
Mocímboa da Praia		CAB	25,506	39,010	...	0
Mocuba	City	ZAM	124,650	168,736	...	0
Monapo		NAM	20,384	43,160	...	0
Montepuez	City	CAB	56,433	76,139	...	0
Morrumbala		ZAM	10,890	20,727	...	0
Morrumbene		INH	13,467	10,789	...	0
Mossuril		NAM	17,866	20,730	...	0
Mueda		CAB	15,517	23,480	...	0
Murrupula		NAM	13,658	16,791	...	0
Mutuáli		NAM	27,895	28,342	...	0
Nacala-a-Velha		NAM	4,899	15,691	...	0
Nacala Porto (incl. Maiaia/Mutiva & Muanona)	City	NAM	158,248	206,449	...	34000	→
Namaacha		MAP	10,010	12,725	...	0
Namacurra		ZAM	2,873	19,497	...	0
Namapa-Eráti		NAM	8,902	22,713	...	0
Nametil (Mogovolas)		NAM	7,631	45,160	...	0
Namialo		NAM	30,066	32,048	...	0
Nampula	City	NAM	303,346	471,717	663,212	32000	→
Nhamatanda		SOF	16,384	25,902	...	0
Nhamayabué (Mutarara)		TET	5,961	8,685	...	0
Nova Mambone (Govuro)		INH	1,687	2,137	...	0
Pebane		ZAM	8,940	14,779	...	0
Pemba	City	CAB	84,897	138,716	200,529	19400	→
Praia do Bilene (Bilene)		GAZ	5,354	7,951	...	0
Quelimane	City	ZAM	150,116	193,343	246,915	11700	→
Quissico (Zavala)		INH	6,071	10,391	...	0
Ressano Garcia		MAP	7,345	7,689	...	0
Ribáuè		NAM	6,233	26,035	...	0
Sanga (Unango)		NIA	2,971	3,602	...	0
Songo (Cahora-Bassa)		TET	12,285	26,775	...	0
Tete	City	TET	101,984	155,870	307,338	28600	→
Ulongué (Angónia)		TET	21,502	13,620	...	0
Vilankulo (Vilanculos)		INH	19,840	37,176	...	0
Xai-Xai	City	GAZ	99,442	115,752	132,884	13500	→
Xilembene		GAZ	6,561	20,440	...	0
Xinavane		MAP	8,625	9,930	...	0

In contrast to the provinces, the tabulated city population figures are not adjusted for underenumeration.
(1997) provided by Axel Pieles.
(2007) (2017) Instituto Nacional de Estatistica Moçambique (web).