Mozambique

Exact population: 19,686,505 note: estimates for this country explicitly take into account the effects of excess mortality due to AIDS; this can result in lower life expectancy, higher infant mortality and death rates, lower population and growth rates, and changes in the distribution of population by age and sex than would otherwise be expected; the 1997 Mozambican census reported a population of 16,099,246 (July 2006 est.)
Literacy: Total population: 47.8%; male: 63.5%; female: 32.7%
Ethnicities: Indigenous tribal groups 99.66% (Makhuwa, Tsonga, Lomwe, Sena, and others), Europeans 0.06%, Euro-Africans 0.2%, Indians 0.08%
Land boundaries: Total: 4,571 km; border countries: Malawi 1,569 km, South Africa 491 km, Swaziland 105 km, Tanzania 756 km, Zambia 419 km, Zimbabwe 1,231 km
Terrain: Mostly coastal lowlands, uplands in center, high plateaus in northwest, mountains in west
Extremes: Lowest point: Indian Ocean 0 m; highest point: Monte Binga 2,436 m
Imports: South Africa 41.4%, Netherlands 11%, Portugal 3.3% (2004)
Exports: Netherlands 60.9%, South Africa 12.9%, Malawi 3.3% (2004)
Industries: Food, beverages, chemicals (fertilizer, soap, paints), aluminum, petroleum products, textiles, cement, glass, asbestos, tobacco

Source: CIA World Factbook