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Continent: Southern Africa

Capital: Maputo

Area: 786,380 km²

Population: 26,573,706

Neighbouring Countries: ↙ Eswatini , ↙ South Africa , ← Zimbabwe , ↖ Zambia , ↑ Malawi , ↑ Tanzania , ↗ Comoros , ↗ Mayotte , → Madagascar

Religions: Roman Catholic 28.4%, Muslim 17.9%, Zionist Christian 15.5%, Protestant 12.2% (includes Pentecostal 10.9% and Anglican 1.3%), other 6.7%, none 18.7%, unspecified 0.7%

Languages: Emakhuwa 25.3%, Portuguese (official) 10.7%, Xichangana 10.3%, Cisena 7.5%, Elomwe 7%, Echuwabo 5.1%, other Mozambican languages 30.1%, other 0.3%, unspecified 3.7%

Ethnic Groups: African 99.66% (Makhuwa, Tsonga, Lomwe, Sena, and others), Europeans 0.06%, Euro-Africans 0.2%, Indians 0.08%

Area: 801,590 km²

Catholic Population: 8,652,000 Catholics (28.1% of 30,832,000 total)

Pastoral Centres: 355 parishes, 836 mission stations (20 with resident priest, 816 without resident priest), 523 other centres

Clergy: 21 bishops (11 diocesan, 10 titular), 717 priests (359 diocesan, 358 religious), 2 permanent deacons (religious)

Non-Clergy: 1,417 religious (92 brothers, 1,325 sisters), 13 members of secular institutes (sisters), 580 major seminarians, 163 missionaries, 65,420 catechists