Republic of Mozambique República de Moçambique  (Portuguese)
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Capital and largest city	Maputo 25°57′S 32°35′E / 25.950°S 32.583°E / -25.950; 32.583
Official languages	Portuguese
Swahili Mwani Chewa Tsonga
Religion (2017)	56.1% Christianity —28.7% Roman Catholic —27.3% Protestant —0.1% Other Christian 18.0% Islam 17.9% Unaffiliated 7.4% Traditional faiths 0.6% Others
Demonym(s)	Mozambican
Government	Unitary dominant-party semi-presidential constitutional republic
• President	Filipe Nyusi
• Prime Minister	Adriano Maleiane
Legislature	Assembly of the Republic
Formation
• Portuguese East Africa	1 March 1498
• Independence from Portugal	25 June 1975
• Admitted to the United Nations	16 September 1975
• Mozambique Civil War	1977 - 4 October 1992
• Current Constitution	December 21, 2004
Area
• Total	Lua error in Module:Convert at line 1850: attempt to index local 'en_value' (a nil value). (35th)
• Water (%)	2.2
Population
• 2020 estimate	30,066,648 (48th)
• 2017 census	27,909,798
• Density	Lua error in Module:Convert at line 1850: attempt to index local 'en_value' (a nil value). (178th)
GDP (PPP)	2019 estimate
• Total	$41.473 billion
• Per capita	$1,331
GDP (nominal)	2019 estimate
• Total	$15.372 billion
• Per capita	$493
Gini (2008)	▲ 45.7 medium
HDI (2018)	0.456 low · 181st
Currency	Metical (MZN)
Time zone	UTC+2 (CAT)
Driving side	left
Calling code	+258
ISO 3166 code	MZ
Internet TLD	.mz
Website www.portaldogoverno.gov.mz
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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.

Mozambique, officially the Republic of Mozambique, is a country in southeastern Africa. Its capital is Maputo. There are about 31 million people. In 1975, Mozambique became independent from Portugal. (National Day on 25th June, 1975) The country was named Moçambique by the Portuguese after the Island of Mozambique which was the capital of Portuguese Africa. After independence from Portugal it became the People's Republic of Mozambique. There was a big civil war from 1977 to 1992.