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Mozambique: cities by population

Mozambique has a population of 29,495,962, with Maputo as its capital. The 50 largest of its 92 recorded towns and cities, ranked.

Figures are the latest available in GeoNames (CC BY 4.0), which draws on national censuses of varying dates — treat them as recent, not same-year. Country totals are GeoNames country data. Sources & method.

#	Place	Region	Population
1	Maputo	Maputo City	1,254,837
2	Matola	Maputo Province	1,198,988
3	Nampula	Nampula	770,379
4	Beira	Sofala	687,764
5	Chimoio	Manica	422,046
6	Tete	Tete	357,000
7	Quelimane	Zambezia Province	349,842
8	Lichinga	Niassa Province	281,341
9	Nacala	Nampula	239,808
10	Pemba	Cabo Delgado Province	232,932
11	Mocuba	Zambezia Province	196,001
12	Gurúè	Zambezia Province	168,971
13	Xai-Xai	Gaza Province	154,356
14	Maxixe	Inhambane Province	126,408
15	Mandimba	Niassa Province	118,922
16	Ressano Garcia	Maputo Province	110,000
17	Angoche	Nampula	104,540
18	Inhambane	Inhambane Province	95,388
19	Cuamba	Niassa Province	91,780
20	Montepuez	Cabo Delgado Province	88,442
21	Dondo	Sofala	82,260
22	Chibuto	Gaza Province	73,393
23	Manhiça	Maputo Province	65,240
24	Chokwé	Gaza Province	63,695
25	Mozambique	Nampula	55,829
26	Nametil	Nampula	52,457
27	Monapo	Nampula	50,134
28	Alto Molocue	Zambezia Province	49,019
29	Marromeu	Sofala	45,777
30	Mocímboa da Praia	Cabo Delgado Province	45,313
31	Moatize	Tete	45,213
32	Vilankulo	Inhambane Province	43,183
33	Manica	Manica	41,961
34	Gondola	Manica	39,351
35	Chiúre	Cabo Delgado Province	37,871
36	Namialo	Nampula	37,226
37	Milange	Zambezia Province	35,146
38	Mutuáli	Nampula	32,921
39	Macia	Gaza Province	32,286
40	Songo	Tete	31,101
41	Ribáuè	Nampula	30,241
42	Nhamatanda	Sofala	30,087
43	Micolene	Nampula	29,686
44	Mocímboa	Cabo Delgado Province	27,909
45	Boane	Maputo Province	27,325
46	Mueda	Cabo Delgado Province	27,274
47	Namapa-erati	Nampula	26,383
48	Catandica	Manica	25,869
49	Massinga	Inhambane Province	24,312
50	Mossuril	Nampula	24,079

Twenty years earlier: Mozambique in the 2005 World Gazetteer — population then 19,416,143.