Población:
11,342,521
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 (July 2000 est.)
Estructura de Edades:
0-14 years:
39.64% (male 2,274,128; female 2,222,277)
15-64 years:
56.82% (male 3,251,860; female 3,192,888)
65 years and over:
3.54% (male 204,028; female 197,340) (2000 est.)
Indice de Crecimiento en la población:
0.26% (2000 est.)
Indice de Nacimiento:
25 births/1,000 population (2000 est.)
Indice de Muerte:
22.43 deaths/1,000 population (2000 est.)
Indice Neto de Migración:
0 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2000 est.)
note:
there is a small but steady flow of Zimbabweans into South Africa in search of better paid employment
Indice de sexo:
at birth:
1.03 male(s)/female
under 15 years:
1.02 male(s)/female
15-64 years:
1.02 male(s)/female
65 years and over:
1.03 male(s)/female
total population:
1.02 male(s)/female (2000 est.)
Indice de mortalidad Infantil:
62.25 deaths/1,000 live births (2000 est.)
Esperanza de vida al nacer:
total population:
37.78 years
male:
39.18 years
female:
36.34 years (2000 est.)
Indice Total de Fertilidad:
3.34 children born/woman (2000 est.)
Nacionalidad:
noun:
Zimbabwean(s)
adjective:
Zimbabwean
Grupos Etnicos:
African 98% (Shona 71%, Ndebele 16%, other 11%), white 1%, mixed and Asian 1%
Religiones:
syncretic (part Christian, part indigenous beliefs) 50%, Christian 25%, indigenous beliefs 24%, Muslim and other 1%
Idiomas:
English (official), Shona, Sindebele (the language of the Ndebele, sometimes called Ndebele), numerous but minor tribal dialects
Literatos:
definition:
age 15 and over can read and write English
total population:
85%
male:
90%
female:
80% (1995 est.)