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Mozambique: map and facts
Mozambique is in Eastern Africa. It has about 35.6 million people (2025), the 46th largest population. It covers 799,380 km², the 34th largest by area. That is about 45 people per km². Its highest point is Monte Binga, at 2,436 m. The longest river on its map is the Zambezi, 2,574 km from source to mouth.
Facts
- Population: 35,631,653 (2025, World Bank)
- Area: 799,380 km² (2024, World Bank)
- Capital: Maputo
- Highest point: Monte Binga, 2,436 m (Wikidata)
- Forest: 41.3% of the land (2024, World Bank)
Rivers
The longest rivers on the map of Mozambique, with the length of each whole river (Wikidata):
- Zambezi: 2,574 km
- Limpopo: 1,750 km
- Ruvuma: 800 km
- Luangwa: 770 km
- Save: 640 km
- Shire: 402 km
- Maputo: 300 km
Also on the map: Lurio, Mazowe, Ligonha, Licungo and Pungwe.
Mountains and landscapes
Its highest peaks:
- Monte Binga: 2,436 m (its highest point)
- Serra Namuli: 2,419 m
Mountain ranges: Eastern Highlands and Lebombo Mountains.
Plateaus, plains, deserts and other regions: Zambezi Delta.
Land
Land cover seen from satellites (NASA MODIS, 2024): savanna 54.6%, grassland 24.4%, deciduous broadleaf forest 8%, wooded savanna 7.2%, mixed forest 1.7%, water 1.5%.
Landforms, worked out from the height of the land (USGS GMTED2010): plains 44.9%, hills 26.9%, plateaus 23.2%, mountains 5%.
Forests covered 41.3% of its land in 2024, down from 52.9% in 1990 (World Bank).
Minerals and fuels
- World #2 in titanium among the countries USGS lists (2025)
- World #3 in zircon among the countries USGS lists (2025)
- World #5 in graphite among the countries USGS lists (2025)
Neighbours
Mozambique shares land borders with Eswatini, Malawi, South Africa, Tanzania, Zambia and Zimbabwe on this map.
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Sources
India’s boundaries are drawn according to India’s official position, simplified for small-scale maps (data: Natural Earth, India view). Each figure shows its year and source; some are rounded. Data release 2026.2.
- Natural Earth (naturalearthdata.com), public domain. Boundaries follow India's official position (Natural Earth's India point of view). Terms
- GMTED2010 courtesy of the U.S. Geological Survey (Danielson and Gesch 2011, USGS Open-File Report 2011-1073). Terms
- Friedl, M., Sulla-Menashe, D. (2022). MODIS/Terra+Aqua Land Cover Type Yearly L3 Global 500m SIN Grid V061. NASA EOSDIS Land Processes DAAC. doi:10.5067/MODIS/MCD12Q1.061. Terms
- The World Bank: World Development Indicators, Population, total (SP.POP.TOTL): UN Population Division, national statistical offices (2025 data, retrieved 2026-10-17). CC BY 4.0. Rounded by Make Me Smarter. Terms
- The World Bank: World Development Indicators, Surface area (AG.SRF.TOTL.K2): FAO (2024 data, retrieved 2026-10-17). CC BY 4.0. Terms
- The World Bank: World Development Indicators, Forest area (% of land area) (AG.LND.FRST.ZS): FAO, FAOSTAT (2024 data, retrieved 2026-10-17). CC BY 4.0. Rounded by Make Me Smarter. Terms
- Wikidata (CC0): names, capitals, peak heights and river lengths, checked by Make Me Smarter. Terms
- Credit: U.S. Geological Survey, Mineral Commodity Summaries 2026 data release (doi:10.5066/P1WKQ63T). Terms
- Landforms worked out by Make Me Smarter from GMTED2010.
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