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   Mozambique: women live longer than all 12 UN projections expected — by 11.1 years (median)

   The 1998 projection expected 49.5 years for 2020–2025, the 2022 one 65.2 years for 2023; the UN now estimates 66.5 years. Before 2020 the projections missed the same way, by 14.2 years (median).

   Source: UN World Population Prospects 1998–2024; national statisticsOpen on the chart →

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• Mozambique: 84% of its electricity is made without coal, gas or oil, but there is 4.6 times less of it per person than in a typical country
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• Mozambique: 10 of 11 UN projections since 1998 expected fewer births
• Mozambique: fertility has been falling since 2011, from 5.60 to 4.76 children per woman
• Mozambique: in 13 years out of 16 the IMF expected faster growth than came
• Mozambique and Kenya: about 6.32 children per woman each in 1990, 4.76 and 3.21 in 2023

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