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👥 Mozambican Provinces by Population

Population of each province at the 2017 census.

📅 2017📏 million people11 entries🇲🇿 See all of this country’s rankings →
Each tile’s area is its share of the combined total of 28.86M (11 entries). Stronger colour means a higher rank.
1
NampulaNampula
6.10M
2
ZambeziaQuelimane
5.11M
3
TeteTete
2.76M
4
MaputoMatola
2.51M
5
Cabo DelgadoPemba
2.33M
6
SofalaBeira
2.22M
7
ManicaChimoio
1.91M
8
NiassaLichinga
1.87M
9
InhambaneInhambane
1.50M
10
GazaXai-Xai
1.45M
11
Maputo CityMaputo
1.10M

Highlights

Within Mozambique, Nampula ranks first in 2017 with 6.10M, followed by Zambezia (5.11M) and Tete (2.76M).

Across 11 entries, values run from 6.10M (Nampula) to 1.10M (Maputo City), with a median of 2.22M.

Source: National Institute of Statistics (INE), 2017 census (via Wikipedia), 2017. Unit: million people.

Source: National Institute of Statistics (INE), 2017 census (via Wikipedia) · CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikipedia); underlying data © the cited publisher · fetched Oct 14, 2026