Zimbabwe People:
Population:
12,746,990 (July 2005 est.)
note: Estimates for this country explicitly take into account the effects of excess mortality due to AIDS; this can result in lower life expectancy, higher infant mortality and death rates, lower population and growth rates, and changes in the distribution of population by age and sex than would otherwise be expected
Age structure:
0-14 years: 39.2% (male:2,522,609; female:2,474,131)
15-64 years: 57.1% (male:3,686,354; female:3,592,662)
65 years and over: 3.7% (male:235,478; female:235,756) (2005)
Median age:
total: 19.26 years
male: 19.28 years
female: 19.24 years (2005)
Population growth rate:
0.51% (2005 est.)
Birth rate:
29.74 births
/
1,000 population (2005 est.)
Death rate:
24.66 deaths
/
1,000 population (2005 est.)
Net migration rate:
0 migrant(s)
/
NaN population (2005 est.)
note: There is an increasing flow of Zimbabweans into South Africa and Botswana in search of better economic opportunities
Sex ratio:
at birth: 1.03 male(s)/female (2005)
under 15 years: 1.02 male(s)/female (2005)
15-64 years: 1.03 male(s)/female (2005)
65 years and over: 1 male(s)/female (2005)
total population: 1.02 male(s)/female (2005)
Infant mortality rate:
total: 67.69 deaths
/
1,000 live births (2005 est.)
male: 70.32 deaths
/
1,000 live births
female: 64.98 deaths
/
1,000 live births
Life expectancy at birth:
total: 36.67 years (2005 est.)
male: 37.21 years
female: 36.11 years
Total fertility rate:
3.54 children born/woman (2005 est.)
HIV/AIDS — adult prevalence rate:
24.6% (2001 est.)
HIV/AIDS — people living with HIV/AIDS:
1.8 million (2001 est.)
HIV/AIDS — deaths:
170,000 (2003 est.)
Major infectious diseases:
degree of risk: high
food or waterborne diseases: bacterial diarrhea, hepatitis A, and typhoid
vectorborne disease: malaria
water contact disease: schistosomiasis (2004)
Nationality:
noun: Zimbabwean(s)
adjective: Zimbabwean
Ethnic groups:
African 98%, Shona 82%, Ndebele 14%, other 2%, mixed and Asian 1%, white less than 1%
Religions:
syncretic (part Christian, part indigenous beliefs) 50%, Christian 25%, indigenous beliefs 24%, Muslim and other 1%
Languages:
English (official), Shona, Sindebele (the language of the Ndebele, sometimes called Ndebele), numerous but minor tribal dialects
Literacy:
definition: age 15 and over can read and write English
total population: 90.7%
male: 94.2%
female: 87.2% (2003)
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