Population: 12,576,742 (July, 2003 est.), 11,342,521 (July 2000 est.)
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Demographics of Zimbabwe, Data of FAO, year 2005 ; Number of inhabitants in thousands.

Age structure:
0-14 years:39.7% (male 2,517,608; female 2,471,342) (2003 est.), 39.64% (male 2,274,128; female 2,222,277) (2000 est.)
15-64 years: 56.8% (male 3,600,832; female 3,542,497) (2003 est.), 56.82% (male 3,251,860; female 3,192,888) (2000 est.)
65 years and over: 3.5% (male 224,631; female 219,832) (2003 est.), 3.54% (male 204,028; female 197,340) (2000 est.) Image File history File links Zimbabwe-demography. ... Image File history File links Zimbabwe-demography. ... Possible meanings: Faro Airport (Portugal) Federation of Astrobiology Organizations Financial Aid Office Food and Agriculture Organization This page expands a three-character combination which might be any or all of: an abbreviation, an acronym, an initialism, a word in English, or a word in another language. ...

Median age:
total: 18.9 years
female: 18.9 years (2002)
male: 18.9 year

Population growth rate: 0.83% (2003 est.), 0.26% (2000 est.)

Birth rate: 30.34 births/1,000 population (2003 est.), 25 births/1,000 population (2000 est.)

Death rate: 22.02 deaths/1,000 population (2003 est.), 22.43 deaths/1,000 population (2000 est.)

Net migration rate: 0 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2000 est.)
Note: there is an increasing flow of Zimbabweans into South Africa and Botswana in search of better economic opportunities (2003 est.)

Sex ratio:
at birth: 1.03 male(s)/female (2003, 2000 est.)
under 15 years: 1.02 male(s)/female (2003, 2000 est.)
15-64 years: 1.02 male(s)/female (2003, 2000 est.)
65 years and over: 1.02 male(s)/female (2003 est.), 1.03 male(s)/female (2000 est.)
total population: 1.02 male(s)/female (2003, 2000 est.)

Infant mortality rate:
total: 66.47 deaths/1,000 live births (2003 est.), 62.25 deaths/1,000 live births (2000 est.)
female: 63.69 deaths/1,000 live births (2003 est.)
male: 69.17 deaths/1,000 live births (2003 est.)

AIDS adult infection rate: 33.7% (2001 est.), 25% (1999 estimate).

HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS: 2.3 million (2001 est.)

Deaths from AIDS: 200,000 (2001 est.), 160,000 annually (1999 estimate).

Life expectancy at birth:
total population: 39.01 years (2003 est.), 37.78 years (2000 est.)
male: 40.09 years (2003 est.), 39.18 years (2000 est.)
female: 37.89 years (2003 est.), 36.34 years (2000 est.)

Total fertility rate: 3.66 children born/woman (2003 est.), 3.34 children born/woman (2000 est.)

Nationality: noun: Zimbabwean(s) adjective: Zimbabwean

Ethnic groups (2005 Est.): black 99% (Shona 80-84%, Ndebele 8-10% -- up to 1 million Ndebele may have left the country, mainly for South Africa, over the last five years -- other 8-10%, Bantus of other tribes also came from neighboring Mozambique.), white 1%; (mostly British, and Afrikaners and Portuguese Mozambicans)The white population dropped from a peak of 275,000 in 1970 to possibly 120,000 in 1999, and was estimated at little more than 85,000 in 2006, recently emigration has been slowing due to a ceasing of land seizures, Mixed Race 0.5%, Asian (Chinese, Indian) 0.5% Shona (IPA: ) is the name collectively given to several groups of people in Zimbabwe and western Mozambique. ... This article relates to the Ndebele people of Zimbabwe. ... Afrikaners (sometimes known as Boers) are white South Africans, predominantly of Calvinist German, French Huguenot, Friesian and Walloons descent who speak Afrikaans. ...

Religions: syncretic (part Christian, part indigenous beliefs) 50%, Christian 25%, indigenous beliefs 24%, Muslim and other 1% Syncretism is the attempt to reconcile disparate, even opposing, beliefs and to meld practices of various schools of thought. ... A Christian is a follower of Jesus Christ. ... A Muslim (Arabic: مسلم, Turkish:Müslüman, Persian:مسلمان, Bosnian: Musliman) is an adherent of Islam. ...

Languages: English (official), Shona, Sindebele (the language of the Ndebele, sometimes called Ndebele), numerous but minor tribal dialects The English language is a West Germanic language that originates in England. ... Shona (or ChiShona) is a native language of Zimbabwe; the term is also used to identify those Kintu speaking peoples in Southern Africa who speak one of the Shona languages. ... Title page of one of the earliest Sindebele phrase books, published for the use of settlers in Matabeleland. This article relates to the Ndebele language spoken by the Ndebele or Matabele people of Zimbabwe. ...

Literacy: definition: age 15 and over can read and write English total population: 90.7% (2003 est.), 85% (2000 est.) male: 94.2% (2003 est.), 90% (2000 est.) female: 87.2% (2003 est.), 80% (1995 est.)

See also: Zimbabwe