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Population: 19,182,000
Capital: Maputo
Religion: Indigenous beliefs, Christian, Muslim
Life expectancy at birth:
42.6 years
Infant mortality:
146 per 1000 births
Adult literacy rate: 76.1% (male) 49.8% (female)
Gross national income: $600 per capita
Est. Number of adults and children living with HIV/AIDS, end of 2003
Adults and children: 1,300,000
Adults (15-49): 1,200,000
(Adult infection rate: 12.2%)
Women (15-49): 670,000
Children (0-15): 99,000
Estimated number of AIDS-related deaths, 2003
Adults and children: 110,000
Estimated number of orphans, 2003
Children under 17 who have lost one or both parents to AIDS: 470,000
From the UN Report on the Global AIDS Epidemic, 2004
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