Maputo Province · Mozambique
Matola population
1,198,988people · latest figure
Matola has a population of 1,198,988, making it the 2nd largest place we list in Mozambique. It is in Maputo Province.
Matola holds 3.3% of Mozambique's 36,639,851 people. Maputo, the largest place we list there, is only slightly larger. Twenty years earlier the World Gazetteer recorded 543,907, a rise of 120%.
The 2005 figure comes from the World Gazetteer archive restored on this site. The two sources may draw the settlement's boundary differently, so treat the change as indicative rather than exact. Why figures differ.
Nearby in size
| Place | Region | Population |
|---|---|---|
| Maputo | Maputo City | 1,254,837 |
| Nampula | Nampula | 770,379 |
| Beira | Sofala | 687,764 |
| Chimoio | Manica | 422,046 |
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 UN World Population Prospects 2024 (medium variant) where the UN lists the country separately; the handful it reports under a parent state keep a GeoNames figure and are marked as such. Sources & method.