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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: 8,965,000 Catholics (27.7% of 32,420,000 total)

Pastoral Centres: 378 parishes, 1,790 mission stations (4 with resident priest, 1,786 without resident priest), 8 other centres

Clergy: 22 bishops (10 diocesan, 12 titular), 768 priests (375 diocesan, 393 religious), 2 permanent deacons (religious)

Non-Clergy: 1,506 religious (113 brothers, 1,393 sisters), 13 members of secular institutes (sisters), 653 major seminarians, 142 missionaries, 77,216 catechists