People Of Zimbabwe

Population	12,671,860 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 2004 est.)
Age structure	0-14 years: 39.4% (male 2,520,082; female 2,472,641) 15-64 years: 57% (male 3,649,400; female 3,571,631) 65 years and over: 3.6% (male 230,272; female 227,834) (2004 est.)
Median age	total: 19.1 years female: 19.1 years (2004 est.) male: 19.1 years
Population growth rate	0.68% (2004 est.)
Birth rate	30.05 births/1,000 population (2004 est.)
Death rate	23.3 deaths/1,000 population (2004 est.)
Net migration rate	negligible migrant(s)/1,000 population note: there is an increasing flow of Zimbabweans into South Africa and Botswana in search of better economic opportunities (2004 est.)
Sex ratio	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: 1.01 male(s)/female total population: 1.02 male(s)/female (2004 est.)
Infant mortality rate	total: 67.08 deaths/1,000 live births female: 64.33 deaths/1,000 live births (2004 est.) male: 69.74 deaths/1,000 live births
Life expectancy at birth	total population: 37.82 years male: 38.63 years female: 36.99 years (2004 est.)
Total fertility rate	3.6 children born/woman (2004 est.)
HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate	33.7% (2001 est.)
HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS	2.3 million (2001 est.)
HIV/AIDS - deaths	200,000 (2001 est.)
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	conventional long form: Republic of Zimbabwe conventional short form: Zimbabwe former: Southern Rhodesia, Rhodesia

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This information was reproduced in part from the CIA World Fact book.

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