Babies on Map births by country, 0 CE – 2026

Africa · Eastern Africa

How many babies are born in Mozambique?

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

Plus or minus about 6%. These years have not happened yet or have not been counted yet. They are the medium variant of the UN's projection, not a record of births that took place.

Births in Mozambique through history

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Estimated annual births in Mozambique, 0 CE to 2026, on a logarithmic scale. The shaded band on the left marks the years where births are modelled rather than recorded. The marker sits on 2026.
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 ~1000K 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
2024 1.28M 34.6M 37.0 UN projection
2026 1.32M 36.6M 36.1 UN projection

What the numbers show

Annual births in Mozambique are at their highest in the whole run of estimates in 2026, at about 1.32M. That is roughly 515 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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Where these numbers come from

2026 figures are the UN World Population Prospects 2024 medium variant. Earlier years come from the UN's estimates (1950 onward), 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.