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How many babies are born in Mozambique?

1.32 million babies born in Mozambique in 2026. That is 1.00% of all births worldwide, and the 21st largest of any country. UN projection

2024–2100 uses the UN World Population Prospects 2024 medium scenario, based on assumptions about fertility, mortality and migration. These are projections, not observed births or guaranteed outcomes. Uncertainty increases further into the future; this site does not display prediction intervals.

Births in Mozambique: history and projections

10K100K1M 1 CE1000150018002100
Annual births, logarithmic scale. Shading marks modelled years before 1800; the dashed line marks UN projections from 2024.
Every figure refers to the area inside Mozambique’s present-day borders. Before 1800 the state did not exist in its current form. See how borders are handled.
Year Estimated births Population Per 1,000 Evidence
1 CE ~2.6K ~62K 41.2 Modelled estimate
1000 ~13K ~300K 43.4 Modelled estimate
1500 ~42K ~1,000K 41.8 Modelled estimate
1800 ~91.6K ~2M 45.8 Historical reconstruction
1900 ~195K ~4.25M 45.8 Historical reconstruction
1950 278K 5.91M 47.1 UN estimate
2000 790K 18.1M 43.6 UN estimate
2023 1.26M 33.6M 37.5 UN estimate
2026 1.32M 36.6M 36.1 UN projection
2050 1.59M 63.5M 25.0 UN projection
2075 1.6M 89M 17.9 UN projection
2100 1.48M 104M 14.2 UN projection

What the numbers show

The highest annual births in Mozambique among estimates through 2023 were in 2023, at about 1.26M. That is roughly 491 times the estimated ~2.57K births a year in 1 CE.

At 4.54 children per woman, fertility in Mozambique is above the level of about 2.1 that would hold a population steady over the long run without migration.

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How many babies are born in Mozambique each year?

An estimated 1.32 million babies are born in Mozambique in 2026, according to the UN World Population Prospects 2024 medium projection. That is about 3,620 a day and 1.00% of all births worldwide.

What is the birth rate in Mozambique?

Mozambique has an estimated 36.1 births per 1,000 people in 2026, and a total fertility rate of 4.54 children per woman.

Where these numbers come from

2026 figures are the UN World Population Prospects 2024 medium scenario. UN estimates cover 1950–2023; projections cover 2024–2100. Earlier years come from Gapminder’s reconstructions (1800–1949) and a model applied to HYDE population estimates (before 1800). The full chain is set out in the methodology, and every source is listed on the sources page.