Angola vs Mozambique: Birth rate

Angola
37.59 births per 1,000 people
in 2023
Mozambique
37.49 births per 1,000 people
in 2023
Angola rank
7th
Mozambique rank
8th

Birth rate over time

  • Angola
  • Mozambique
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How they compare

Angola currently reports 37.59 births per 1,000 people against 37.49 births per 1,000 people in Mozambique, a difference of 0.1 births per 1,000 people.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 74 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Mozambique ahead.

Angola ranks 7th and Mozambique ranks 8th of 236 countries.

Angola has averaged higher in every one of the 8 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Angola Mozambique Difference Ahead
1950s 48.23 births per 1,000 people 47.37 births per 1,000 people 0.8547 births per 1,000 people Angola
1960s 52.15 births per 1,000 people 48.16 births per 1,000 people 3.99 births per 1,000 people Angola
1970s 49.41 births per 1,000 people 48.67 births per 1,000 people 0.7396 births per 1,000 people Angola
1980s 50.18 births per 1,000 people 50.13 births per 1,000 people 0.0501 births per 1,000 people Angola
1990s 48.58 births per 1,000 people 45.02 births per 1,000 people 3.57 births per 1,000 people Angola
2000s 46.23 births per 1,000 people 42.17 births per 1,000 people 4.06 births per 1,000 people Angola
2010s 42.12 births per 1,000 people 40.85 births per 1,000 people 1.27 births per 1,000 people Angola
2020s 38.37 births per 1,000 people 38.15 births per 1,000 people 0.218 births per 1,000 people Angola

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher birth rate, Angola or Mozambique?
Angola, at 37.59 births per 1,000 people against 37.49 births per 1,000 people in Mozambique as of 2023.
What is the difference in birth rate between Angola and Mozambique?
0.1 births per 1,000 people, with Angola ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Angola and Mozambique?
74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.
How do Angola and Mozambique rank globally for birth rate?
Angola ranks 7th and Mozambique ranks 8th of 236 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Human Mortality Database (2025); UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – processed by Our World in Data, published as Birth rate. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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About this data

Indicator
Birth rate
Unit
births per 1,000 people
Source
Human Mortality Database (2025); UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
236 places, 18,723 data points, 1751–2023
Last refreshed

The total number of births per 1,000 people in a given year.