By the early 20th century, the mainland government permitted more white emigration and settlement to the region, and Mozambique had 370,000 Portuguese settlers, who improved its economy, by the 1960s.
到20世紀初，大陸政府允許該地區出現更多的白人移民和定居點，而莫桑比克有70萬葡萄牙定居者，到20世紀60年代經濟改善。