Mozambique: City or Countryside? 1950 vs 2026 vs 2050
Mozambique: how many people live in urban and in rural areas - in 1950, today and in 2050 (UN projection).
Mozambique: 2% urban (1950) → 38% (2026) → 53% (2050, UN projection) · 14 million urban, 23 million rural today · majority urban by 2044 (projection)
What counts as urban? Urban = living in an area that the country itself defines as urban. Each country uses its own definition (based on administrative boundaries, population size or density, economic activity, or a mix of these), so similar places can be classified differently in different countries, and a change of definition can cause a jump in a country's line.
Data: share of the population living in urban areas, based on each country's national definition. United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division (2025), World Urbanization Prospects 2025 - via Our World in Data. 1950-2025: UN estimates; 2026-2050: UN projections. Before 1950: HYDE v3.3 (PBL Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency), a modelled reconstruction of historical settlement patterns, not direct observations; where HYDE and the UN define urban differently, the line before 1950 is gently adjusted so that it joins the UN 1950 value without a jump.
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