Mozambique: Population could double in the next three decades

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Mozambique: Population could double in the next three decades

2:33 CAT | 08 Jul 2025

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The population of Mozambique could double in the next three decades and, to face this growth, the country needs to define policies that focus on providing better food, education and health, so that the young population can maximize their capabilities in terms of a workforce for the country’s development.

This is one of the conclusions of the 2025 State of World Population report presented today in Maputo by the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA).

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UNFPA project officer Eládio Muianga said on the occasion that measures should be considered to control the fertility rate which, despite having fallen from 6.3 to 4.9 percent, remains high.

Muianga meanwhile argued that the definition of coercive fertility policies, oriented towards specific objectives, is not effective in achieving demographic transition [shift from high birth and death rates to low birth and death rates as a country develops.] and is harmful to society.

The UNFPA report titled “The Real fertility Crisis: The pursuit of reproductive agency in a changing world” argues that the global fertility “crisis” is not about the number of children being born, but rather about individuals lacking the autonomy to make their own reproductive choices, suggesting that creating a more just and sustainable society, where people have the resources and support to make informed decisions about family size, is the key to addressing this issue.

“The defence of proportional rights-based approaches in relation to accessible health care, education and quality of decent employment, which guarantees gender equality, as well as protection systems, can be a boon to achieving this much-desired demographic transition,” Eládio Muianga stressed this morning in Maputo.

🇲🇿 Mozambique launches #SWOP2025 today!

The real crisis isn’t fertility – it’s lack of choice.
UNFPA’s flagship report calls for advancing rights, gender equality & agency.#MyBodyMyLifeMyWorld #UNFPA #Mozambique pic.twitter.com/9ZDEs36lNk

— UNFPAMoçambique (@UNFPAMocambique) July 8, 2025