Mozambique

Republic of Mozambique · Moçambique

Mozambique (MZ, MOZ) is a country in Eastern Africa, with Maputo as its capital. The currency is the Mozambican Metical (MZN, MZN). The international dialling code is +258; mobile numbers are written like 82 123 4567. The time zone is Africa/Maputo. Official language: Portuguese.

CurrencyMZNMZN

Dial code+258e.g. 82 123 4567

Time zoneMaputoUTC+02:00

LanguagePortuguese

CapitalMaputo

Population33.4M801.6K km²

Overview

Official name: Republic of Mozambique
Native name: Moçambique
ISO 3166-1 alpha-2: MZ
ISO 3166-1 alpha-3: MOZ
ISO 3166-1 numeric: 508
IOC code: MOZ
Demonym: Mozambican
Capital: Maputo
Region: Africa › Eastern Africa
Status: Independent, UN member
Groups: Eastern Africa
United Nations
Internet domain: .mz
Coordinates: -18.25, 35
Area: 801,590 km²
Population: 33,351,000
GDP: $50.6B ($1.5K per person)
Literacy: 56.1%
Landlocked: No
Land borders: 🇲🇼 Malawi
🇿🇦 South Africa
🇸🇿 Eswatini
🇹🇿 Tanzania
🇿🇲 Zambia
🇿🇼 Zimbabwe

Currency

Mozambican Metical MZN

Symbol: MZN
Minor units: 2 decimals
Example: 1234,50 MTn

Former currencies: MZM MZE

Languages

Language	Status	Share of population
Portuguese pt	Official	27% (9M)
Makhuwa vmw		13% (4.3M)
ndc ndc		9.9% (3.3M)
Tsonga ts		7.9% (2.6M)
ngl ngl		6.8% (2.3M)
Sena seh		4.6% (1.5M)
Makhuwa-Meetto mgh		4.5% (1.5M)
rng rng		3.4% (1.1M)
Nyanja ny		2.6% (867.1K)
Yao yao		2.4% (800.4K)
Swahili sw		0.028% (9.3K)
Zulu zu		0.0054% (1.8K)

Time zones

Time zone	Local time	Standard	Daylight saving	Name
Africa/Maputo		UTC+02:00	none	Central Africa Time

Phone numbers

Calling code: +258
Dial-out prefix: 00
Trunk prefix: none
National number length: 8–9 digits
Emergency number: 117 pattern 1(?:1[79]|9[78])

Number types

Type	National format	International format	Layout	Digits
Fixed line	21 123 456	+258 21 123 456	XX XXX XXX	8
Mobile	82 123 4567	+258 82 123 4567	XX XXX XXXX	9
Toll free	800 123 456	+258 800 123 456	XXX XXX XXX	9

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Show the 2 formatting rules

Digits pattern	Leading digits	Format	International
`(\d{2})(\d{3})(\d{3,4})`	`2\|8[2-9]`	`$1 $2 $3`	`$1 $2 $3`
`(\d{3})(\d{3})(\d{3})`	`8`	`$1 $2 $3`	`$1 $2 $3`

Address and postal code

Address layout

{Name}

{Organization}

{Street address}

{Postal code} {City}{State/province}

Predefined regions: 11

Postal code

Pattern: \d{4}
Examples: 1102 · 1119 · 3212

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Calendar, units and conventions

First day of the week: Sunday
Weekend: Saturday to Sunday
First week of the year: Contains at least 1 day of the new year
Hour cycle: 24-hour (0–23), also hB
Calendars: gregorian
Measurement system: Metric
Temperature: Celsius
Paper size: A4
Locales: mgh-MZ
pt-MZ
seh-MZ
vmw-MZ

Number and date formats

As written by the Portuguese (Mozambique) locale (pt-MZ), amounts in MZN.

Number: 1 234 567,891
Percent: 45,7%
Currency (MZN): 1 234 567,89 MTn
Accounting: (1 234 567,89 MTn)
Currency, name: 1 234 567,89 meticais moçambicanos
Compact short: 1,2 M
Compact long: 1,2 milhão
Scientific: 1,235E6
Speed: 88 quilómetros por hora
Temperature: 21,5 °C
Date, full: sexta-feira, 27 de março de 2026
Date, long: 27 de março de 2026
Date, medium: 27/03/2026
Date, short: 27/03/26
Time, medium: 15:04:05
Time, short: 15:04
Date and time: 27/03/2026, 15:04
Month and year: março de 2026
Weekday: sexta-feira
Relative time: ontem · dentro de 3 dias · há 2 horas
List: and: A, B e C
List: or: A, B ou C