Mozambique vs Zimbabwe
Mozambique vs Zimbabwe: Net migration rate
Net migration rate in 2023: -1.1 per 1,000 people in Mozambique and -6 per 1,000 people in Zimbabwe, by UN estimates. In 2023 the value was higher in Mozambique, by 4.9 per 1,000 people.
per 1,000 people · UN
What the numbers say
- Mozambique has been higher since 2007, when it overtook Zimbabwe.
- In 2023, Mozambique ranked 152 and Zimbabwe ranked 205 of 229 countries, counting from the highest.
- The UN projection (medium variant) puts Mozambique at -0.8 per 1,000 people and Zimbabwe at -2.1 per 1,000 people in 2100.
Every year
per 1,000 people · UN
| Year | Mozambique | Zimbabwe |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | -1.1 | -6 |
| 2022 | -1.1 | -6.4 |
| 2021 | -0.7 | -4.7 |
| 2020 | -0.8 | -5.8 |
| 2019 | -1.6 | -6.8 |
| 2018 | -1.7 | -7.8 |
| 2017 | -0.9 | -8.7 |
| 2016 | -1.6 | -9.6 |
| 2015 | -2 | -11.3 |
| 2014 | -2.1 | -12.5 |
| 2013 | -2.3 | -12.6 |
| 2012 | -2.6 | -12.8 |
| 2011 | -2.7 | -8 |
| 2010 | -4.2 | -8.1 |
| 2009 | -4.5 | -8.3 |
| 2008 | -4.7 | -8.8 |
| 2007 | -4.7 | -9.2 |
| 2006 | -4.6 | -4.5 |
| 2005 | -4.7 | -10.8 |
| 2004 | -5.1 | -10.3 |
| 2003 | -5.1 | -7.9 |
| 2002 | -5.4 | -8.4 |
| 2001 | -5.7 | -11.6 |
| 2000 | -5.8 | -13.9 |
| 1999 | -5.8 | -7.3 |
| 1998 | -4.3 | 0.6 |
| 1997 | -4.7 | 0 |
| 1996 | 5.5 | 0.1 |
| 1995 | 6.8 | -4.1 |
| 1994 | 62.4 | -16.1 |
| 1993 | 19.4 | -22.5 |
| 1992 | -9.5 | 7.1 |
| 1991 | -5.1 | 0.4 |
| 1990 | -9.7 | 0.5 |
| 1989 | -15.5 | 0.4 |
| 1988 | -22.4 | 1.2 |
| 1987 | -34.5 | 2.3 |
| 1986 | -9.5 | 0.7 |
| 1985 | -6 | 0.5 |
| 1984 | -5.7 | 0.6 |
| 1983 | -6.1 | 0.6 |
| 1982 | -6.2 | 4.2 |
| 1981 | -5 | 1.5 |
| 1980 | -13.2 | 55.5 |
| 1979 | 7.6 | -10.2 |
| 1978 | 9 | -26.1 |
| 1977 | 8.9 | -13.8 |
| 1976 | 6.2 | -5.2 |
| 1975 | 6.2 | -4.8 |
| 1974 | 5.5 | -2.7 |
| 1973 | 5 | -3.3 |
| 1972 | 4 | -3.8 |
| 1971 | 1.3 | -4.2 |
| 1970 | -2.2 | -4.6 |
| 1969 | -3 | -2.4 |
| 1968 | -3.4 | -2.4 |
| 1967 | -3.6 | -2.5 |
| 1966 | -4.2 | -2.4 |
| 1965 | -4.1 | -2.3 |
| 1964 | -4.8 | -2.2 |
| 1963 | -5.3 | -2.1 |
| 1962 | -5.5 | -2.1 |
| 1961 | -5.9 | -2.1 |
| 1960 | -8.1 | -2.2 |
| 1959 | -9.8 | -2.2 |
| 1958 | -10.8 | -2.1 |
| 1957 | -10 | -2.1 |
| 1956 | -9.8 | -2 |
| 1955 | -9.8 | -2 |
| 1954 | -9.7 | -1.9 |
| 1953 | -9.9 | -1.9 |
| 1952 | -9.2 | -1.8 |
| 1951 | -8.7 | -1.7 |
| 1950 | -9.5 | -1.7 |
UN projection (medium variant) · 2024–2100
| Year | Mozambique | Zimbabwe |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | -1.1-19.9–14.9 | -3.6-22–13.6 |
| 2025 | -1.8-23.2–18.1 | -3.2-23.7–15 |
| 2026 | -1.5-24.1–18.6 | -3.2-24.9–14.9 |
| 2027 | -1.4-23.7–19.2 | -3.1-24–14.7 |
| 2028 | -1.4-24.4–20.9 | -3.2-23.7–14.9 |
| 2029 | -1.4-25.9–21 | -3.1-22.1–14.3 |
| 2030 | -1.5-24.4–18.9 | -3.3-23.4–15.4 |
| 2031 | -1.2-23.2–21.1 | -3.2-22.8–15.3 |
| 2032 | -1-23.6–20.8 | -2.8-23–15.3 |
| 2033 | -1.1-23.1–20.7 | -2.6-22–15.6 |
| 2034 | -0.6-21.9–19.8 | -3-23.5–15.7 |
| 2035 | -1-22.7–19.1 | -2.5-20.7–16.9 |
| 2036 | -1-23.1–19.9 | -3-23.6–16.2 |
| 2037 | -1.3-24.5–20.3 | -3-21.8–14.6 |
| 2038 | -1.1-24.4–20.5 | -2.8-22.8–15.3 |
| 2039 | -1.1-25.5–21 | -3-22.6–15.1 |
| 2040 | -1.1-24.7–19.9 | -2.8-21.9–15.3 |
| 2041 | -1.4-24.8–20 | -2.1-22.9–16.7 |
| 2042 | -1-24.7–19.3 | -3-23.5–15.6 |
| 2043 | -1.5-23.9–18.5 | -2.3-22.1–17.3 |
| 2044 | -1.4-23.7–19 | -2.9-22.6–15.4 |
| 2045 | -1.7-23.9–20.8 | -2.7-22.5–16.8 |
| 2046 | -1.5-23.6–19.5 | -2.7-22.5–16.3 |
| 2047 | -1.4-23.1–21 | -2.8-21.8–15.4 |
| 2048 | -1.4-22.1–19.1 | -2.5-22.4–16.6 |
| 2049 | -1.2-24.2–19.9 | -2.7-23.3–16 |
| 2050 | -1.6-24.2–20.4 | -2.4-22.4–16 |
| 2051 | -1.6-23.7–20.7 | -2.2-21.3–16.1 |
| 2052 | -1.3-23.7–20.5 | -2.5-22.8–15.3 |
| 2053 | -1.7-23.9–20.9 | -2.2-22.8–15.9 |
| 2054 | -1.4-24.9–20 | -2.7-23.6–15.2 |
| 2055 | -1.1-24.3–20.4 | -2.4-22.4–15.8 |
| 2056 | -0.8-23.6–20.4 | -2.8-23.7–14.7 |
| 2057 | -0.9-24.6–20.9 | -2.4-23.1–16.3 |
| 2058 | -0.9-22.5–19.9 | -2.6-22–16.1 |
| 2059 | -0.9-23.9–22.1 | -2.7-23.5–15.8 |
| 2060 | -1.3-25.1–17.8 | -2.6-23.2–14.4 |
| 2061 | -0.8-24.7–20.2 | -2.3-22.4–15.5 |
| 2062 | -1.3-24.6–19.6 | -2.2-22.6–16.2 |
| 2063 | -1.8-25.3–19.7 | -2.2-22.7–16 |
| 2064 | -1.5-26.9–18.7 | -2.6-23.4–15.4 |
| 2065 | -1.6-24.2–18.6 | -2.2-23.6–15.9 |
| 2066 | -1.3-25.2–19.6 | -2.5-22.6–16.2 |
| 2067 | -1.5-24.2–18.2 | -2.2-23.5–15.8 |
| 2068 | -1.4-23.7–19.9 | -2.4-23.2–15.2 |
| 2069 | -0.9-24.5–20.6 | -2.3-23.4–15.4 |
| 2070 | -1.3-24.9–19.9 | -2.4-22.6–14.7 |
| 2071 | -1.1-25.9–18.9 | -2.4-23.4–15.5 |
| 2072 | -1.2-25.6–19.9 | -1.8-23.1–16.5 |
| 2073 | -1.2-25.6–20.8 | -1.8-22.1–16.3 |
| 2074 | -1.4-25.9–19.5 | -2.1-23–15.8 |
| 2075 | -1.2-25.6–20.9 | -2.2-24–16.2 |
| 2076 | -1.2-24.3–20.2 | -2-21.9–17.6 |
| 2077 | -1.2-24.9–20.4 | -2.1-23.6–15.6 |
| 2078 | -0.9-22.6–20.4 | -2.2-22.6–15.2 |
| 2079 | -1.1-24–20.4 | -2.1-23.9–15.8 |
| 2080 | -1.3-26–18.4 | -2-23.6–16 |
| 2081 | -1.2-24.3–19 | -2.1-23.8–15.8 |
| 2082 | -1-25.7–20.9 | -2.3-23.6–15.2 |
| 2083 | -0.9-25.2–18.8 | -2.1-24.3–15.9 |
| 2084 | -1.2-26.6–18.8 | -2.1-23.5–15.3 |
| 2085 | -1-26.3–19.6 | -2.2-24.1–15.6 |
| 2086 | -1-25.5–18.3 | -2-24.3–16.8 |
| 2087 | -0.9-25.5–18.9 | -1.9-22.4–15.5 |
| 2088 | -1-26–19.3 | -2.4-24.6–16 |
| 2089 | -0.8-25.2–20.3 | -2-23.7–15.2 |
| 2090 | -1-25.7–19.2 | -1.9-24.2–17.4 |
| 2091 | -1.4-26.3–19.6 | -2.3-24.1–16.5 |
| 2092 | -1-26.7–19.3 | -2.1-23.6–16.4 |
| 2093 | -0.9-28.4–20.5 | -2.4-24.7–15.4 |
| 2094 | -1-26.1–19.5 | -1.8-23.1–15.9 |
| 2095 | -0.9-25.5–20.2 | -1.8-23.9–15.8 |
| 2096 | -0.9-25.7–19.1 | -2.2-24.4–16.9 |
| 2097 | -1-27.4–19.9 | -2-23.2–15.9 |
| 2098 | -0.8-27.5–19 | -2.1-24.1–15.4 |
| 2099 | -1-28.5–20.8 | -2.3-25–15.4 |
| 2100 | -0.8-27.1–19.6 | -2.1-23.1–15.6 |
Each country on its own
Good to know
- People moving in minus people moving out in a year, per 1,000 residents; below zero, more left than arrived.
- Source: UN DESA, World Population Prospects 2024.
- The dashed line is the UN projection (medium variant), a scenario rather than a forecast; the band is its 95% prediction interval.
- Ranks count the 229 countries with a value in 2023, highest first.
How the layers work, where their data comes from and what they can’t tell you: Countries through time
Mozambique vs Zimbabwe
Health
- Life expectancyMozambique: 63.6 years in 2023Zimbabwe: 62.8 years in 2023
- Child mortalityMozambique: 5.9 per 100 live births in 2024Zimbabwe: 6.5 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityMozambique: 49.7 per 1,000 live births in 2023Zimbabwe: 33.2 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- DepressionMozambique: 3.9% in 2017Zimbabwe: 3.19% in 2017
- Suicide rateMozambique: 17.2 per 100,000 people in 2017Zimbabwe: 26.4 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationMozambique: 33.6 million people in 2023Zimbabwe: 16.3 million people in 2023
- Population growthMozambique: 2.94% a year in 2023Zimbabwe: 1.68% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateMozambique: 4.76 births per woman in 2023Zimbabwe: 3.72 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationMozambique: 37.2% in 2025Zimbabwe: 40.5% in 2025
- Median ageMozambique: 16.3 years in 2023Zimbabwe: 17.8 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overMozambique: 2.8% in 2023Zimbabwe: 3.6% in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingMozambique: 1.87% of GDP in 2025Zimbabwe: 0.56% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsMozambique: $446M in 2025Zimbabwe: $134M in 2025
- Military spending per personMozambique: $13 in 2025Zimbabwe: $10 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingMozambique: 6% of government spending in 2025Zimbabwe: 5.3% of government spending in 2005
- Armed forces personnelMozambique: 11,000 people in 2020Zimbabwe: 51,000 people in 2020
- National powerMozambique: 0.13% of world capability in 2022Zimbabwe: 0.08% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersMozambique: 0.08% of the labour force in 2020Zimbabwe: 0.88% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsMozambique: 14 million TIV in 2025Zimbabwe: 20 million TIV in 2023
- Arms exportsMozambique: 1 million TIV in 1977Zimbabwe: 4 million TIV in 2001