The People of Zimbabwe

[Source of Information: Zimbabwe homepage, which appears taken from CIA World Factbook]

Population: 11,139,961 (July 1995 est.)

• 0-14 years: 47% (female 2,588,193; male 2,617,485)
• 15-64 years: 51% (female 2,915,697; male 2,723,511)
• 65 years and over: 2% (female 151,635; male 143,440) (July 1995 est.)

Population growth rate: 1.78% (1995 est.)

Birth rate: 36.35 births/1,000 population (1995 est.)

Death rate: 18.54 deaths/1,000 population (1995 est.)

Net migration rate: NA migrant(s)/1,000 population (1995 est.) note: following the settlement of hostilities in Mozambique in 1992, refugees from the fighting there began to return to their homes; this process continues at a lesser rate in 1995; there is a small but steady flow of Zimbabweans into South Africa in search of better paid employment

Infant mortality rate: 72.7 deaths/1,000 live births (1995 est.)

Life expectancy at birth:

• total population: 41.35 years
• male: 39.73 years
• female: 43.01 years (1995 est.)

Nationality:

• noun: Zimbabwean(s)
• adjective: Zimbabwean

Ethnic divisions:

• African 98% (Shona 71%, Ndebele 16%, Tonga and others 11%),
• white 1%
• mixed and Asian 1%

Religions:

• syncretic (part Christian, part indigenous beliefs) 50%
• Christian 25%
• indigenous beliefs 24%
• Muslim and other 1%

Literacy: age 15 and over can read and write (1982)

• total population: 78%
• male: 84%
• female: 72%