Geographic note: world's fourth-largest island; strategic location
along Mozambique Channel
People ———
Population: 13,670,507 (July 1996 est.)
Age structure:
0-14 years: 45% (male 3,105,958; female 3,034,279)
15-64 years: 52% (male 3,499,021; female 3,573,052)
65 years and over: 3% (male 224,710; female 233,487) (July 1996 est.)
Population growth rate: 2.83% (1996 est.)
Birth rate: 42.63 births/1,000 population (1996 est.)
Death rate: 14.38 deaths/1,000 population (1996 est.)
Net migration rate: 0 migrant(s)/1,000 population (1996 est.)
Sex ratio:
at birth: 1.03 male(s)/female
under 15 years: 1.02 male(s)/female
15-64 years: 0.98 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 0.96 male(s)/female
all ages: 1 male(s)/female (1996 est.)
Infant mortality rate: 93.5 deaths/1,000 live births (1996 est.)