Mozambique
Moçambique
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Elders in numbers
- of people are 65 or older
- 2.7%
- people aged 65 or older
- 974.1K
- will be 65 or older in 2050
- 3.6%
- is how long people live after 60, on average
- 15.6 years
- of people 65+ live alone
- 16.3%
- women 22.1%, men 8.9%
Sources: World Bank, 2025; World Bank projection for 2050; WHO, 2023; UN, 2022
Languages
45 languages, 7 of them endangered
- NathemboDefinitely endangered
- BarweVulnerable
- DemaVulnerable
- KundaVulnerable
- MaindoVulnerable
- MakweVulnerable
- PhimbiVulnerable
- Afrikaans
- Chewa
- Chibarwe
- Chopi
- Chuwabu
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- Ekoti
- Kiswahili
- Kokola
- Lolo
- Lomwe
- Makhuwa
- Makhuwa-Marrevone
- Makhuwa-Meetto
- Makhuwa-Saka
- Makhuwa-Shirima
- Makonde
- Malawi Lomwe
- Malawi Sena
- Manyawa
- Manyika
- Marenje
- Moniga
- Mozambican Ngoni
- Mozambican Sign Language
- Mwani
- Ndau
- Nsenga
- Nyungwe
- Ronga
- Swazi
- Takwane
- Tawara
- Tewe
- Tonga
- Tsonga
- Tswa
- Yao
- Zulu
Languages and their status: Glottolog v5.3, CC BY 4.0. Names: Wikidata.
UNESCO intangible heritage
- Ingoma Ya Mapiko2023
- Chopi Timbila2008
- Gule Wamkulu2008
List and years: ich.unesco.org
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