| People | Zimbabwe |
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Population:
 | 12,382,920 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, higher death rates, lower population growth rates, and changes in the distribution of population by age and sex than would otherwise be expected (July 2008 est.) |
Population density:
 | 33 people per sq km land area |
Age structure:
 | 0-14 years: 37% (male 2,314,527/female 2,270,998) 15-64 years: 59.4% (male 3,704,689/female 3,656,173) 65 years and over: 3.5% (male 197,821/female 238,712) (2008 est.) |
Median age:
 | total: 20.3 years male: 20.2 years female: 20.4 years (2008 est.) |
Population growth rate:
 | 0.568% (2008 est.) |
Birth rate:
 | 27.38 births/1,000 population (2008 est.) |
Death rate:
 | 21.7 deaths/1,000 population (2008 est.) |
Net migration rate:
 | NA note: there is an increasing flow of Zimbabweans into South Africa and Botswana in search of better economic opportunities (2008 est.) |
Sex ratio:
 | at birth: 1.03 male(s)/female under 15 years: 1.02 male(s)/female 15-64 years: 1.01 male(s)/female 65 years and over: 0.83 male(s)/female total population: 1.01 male(s)/female (2008 est.) |
Infant mortality rate:
 | total: 50.58 deaths/1,000 live births male: 53.29 deaths/1,000 live births female: 47.8 deaths/1,000 live births (2008 est.) |
Life expectancy at birth:
 | total population: 39.73 years male: 40.87 years female: 38.55 years (2008 est.) |
Total fertility rate:
 | 3.03 children born/woman (2008 est.) |
Major infectious diseases:
 | degree of risk: high food or waterborne diseases: bacterial and protozoal diarrhea, hepatitis A, and typhoid fever vectorborne disease: malaria water contact disease: schistosomiasis animal contact disease: rabies (2008) |
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.) |
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 est.) |
People - note:
 | void |
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