Most Populous Provinces in Mozambique

List of the 10 most populous provinces in Mozambique. Highlight for the province of Nampula which is the province of Mozambique with the most population.

List of the 10 most populous provinces in Mozambique

The list of the 10 most populous provinces in Mozambique includes the list of provinces in Mozambique taking into account their population, according to data from the local Census carried out in 2017. The most populous province in Mozambique is Nampula followed by the province of Zambézia and the province of Tete that complete the podium of the ranking of the provinces of Mozambique with the most population in 2017. The provinces of Nampula and Zambézia stand out from the other provinces in the number of inhabitants because each province includes 2 cities in the list of the most populous cities in Mozambique. As the administrative organization of Mozambique includes 11 provinces, only the province of Maputo city is missing from this count, which has 1,101,170 inhabitants, being the least populous province in Mozambique . All other provinces are present in this top-10 of the provinces in Mozambique with the most population .

List of the 10 most populous provinces in Mozambique

10th Gaza

Opening this list of the 10 most populous provinces in Mozambique we have the province of Gaza, which is precisely one of the least populous in the African country.

9th Inhambane

With 1,496,824 inhabitants, Inhambane is one of the least populated provinces in Mozambique .

8th Niassa

Of the provinces with the least population in Mozambique , Niassa had 1,865,976 inhabitants in 2017.

7th Manica

Manica is in 7th place among the provinces of Mozambique with the most population , registering 1,911,237 people in 2017.

6th Sofala

Boosted by the city of Beira, one of the most populated cities in Mozambique , the Province of Mozambique has 2,221,803 inhabitants, according to the 2017 Census.

5th Cabo Delgado

With 2,333,298 inhabitants, Cabo Delgado is one of the provinces with the most population in Mozambique .

4th Maputo

Maputo province could not be missing from this ranking as the capital, Matola, is the most populous city in Mozambique .

3rd Tete

On the podium of the most populous provinces in Mozambique is the province of Tete, largely due to the “fault” of the city that gives the province its name. It has 2,764,169 inhabitants.

2nd Zambezia

With more than 5 million inhabitants, the province of Zambézia is included in this ranking due to having one of the most populous cities in Mozambique , such as Mocuba or Quelimane.

1st Nampula

The most populous province in Mozambique is Nampula with over 6 million inhabitants, driven by the city of the same name which is one of the most populous cities in Mozambique .

List of the 10 most populous provinces in Mozambique

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