COUNTRY FACT SHEET Location: Area: Coast line: Population: Age structure: Population growth rate: Birth rate: Death rate: Infant mortality rate: Life expectancy at birth: Total fertility rate: Capital: Main towns: Land use: Territorial provinces: Ethnic groups: Languages: South-eastern Africa, bordering the Mozambique Channel, between South Africa and Tanzania. Border countries: South Africa to the south; Malawi, South Africa, Swaziland, Zambia and Zimbabwe to the west; Tanzania to the north Total: 801 590 square km Land: 784 090 square km Water: 17 500 square km 2 470 km 21 669 278 (2009 estimate) 0–14 years: 44.3% (male 4 829 272 / female 4 773 209) 15–64 years: 52.8% (male 5 605 227 / female 5 842 679) 65+ years: 2.9% (male 257 119 / female 361 772) (2009 estimate) 1.792 (2008 estimate) 38.21 births/1 000 population (2008 estimate) 20.29 deaths/1 000 population (2008 estimate) Total: 107.84 deaths/1 000 live births Male: 110.67 deaths/1 000 live births Female: 104.97 deaths/1 000 live births (2008 estimate) Total population: 41.04 years Male: 41.62 years Female: 40.44 years (2008 estimate) 5.24 children born/woman (2008 estimate) Maputo Beira, Chimoio, Inhambane, Lichinga, Maputo, Nampula, Pemba, Quelimane and Tete Arable land 5.43%; permanent crops 0.29%; other 94.28% Cape Delgado, Inhambane, Manica, Maputo city, Maputo province, Nampula, Niassa, Sofala, Tete, Zambézia African 99.66% (Lomwe, Makhuwa, Sena, Tsonga and others), Portuguese 0.06%, Euro-Africans 0.2%, Indians 0.08% Emakhuwa 26.1%, Xichangana 11.3%, Portuguese 8.8% (official), Elomwe 7.6%, Cisena 6.8%, Echuwabo 5.8%, other Mozambican languages 32%, other foreign languages 0.3%, unspecified 1.3% (1997 census) xii A P R M COU N T RY R EV IEW R EP ORT NO. 11