Zimbabwe

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Facts

Population: 12,311,143 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 2007 est.).

Age structure: 0-14 years: 37.2% (male 2,308,731/female 2,266,027) 15-64 years: 59.3% (male 3,663,108/female 3,641,519) 65 years and over: 3.5% (male 198,867/female 232,891) (2007 est.).

Population growth rate: 0.595% (2007 est.).

Birth rate: 27.72 births/1,000 population (2007 est.).

Death rate: 21.76 deaths/1,000 population (2007 est.).

Net migration rate: 0 migrant(s)/1,000 population note: there is an increasing flow of Zimbabweans into South Africa and Botswana in search of better economic opportunities (2007 est.).

Sex ratio: at birth: 1.03 male(s)/female under 15 years: 1.019 male(s)/female 15-64 years: 1.006 male(s)/female 65 years and over: 0.854 male(s)/female total population: 1.005 male(s)/female (2007 est.).

Infant mortality rate: total: 51.12 deaths/1,000 live births male: 53.87 deaths/1,000 live births female: 48.29 deaths/1,000 live births (2007 est.).

Life expectancy at birth: total population: 39.5 years male: 40.62 years female: 38.35 years (2007 est.).

Total fertility rate: 3.08 children born/woman (2007 est.).

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.).

GDP (purchasing power parity): $25.36 billion (2006 est.).

GDP - real growth rate: -4.4% (2006 est.).

GDP - per capita (PPP): $2,100 (2006 est.).

GDP - composition by sector: agriculture: 17.7% industry: 22.9% services: 59.4% (2006 est.).

Labor force: 3.958 million (2006 est.).

Labor force - by occupation: agriculture: 66% industry: 10% services: 24% (1996).

Population below poverty line: 80% (2004 est.).

Household income or consumption by percentage share: lowest 10%: 2% highest 10%: 40.4% (1995).

Inflation rate (consumer prices): 976.4% official data; private sector estimates are much higher (2006 est.).

Unemployment rate: 80% (2005 est.).

Budget: revenues: $1.411 billion expenditures: $1.924 billion; including capital expenditures of $NA (2006 est.).

Agriculture - products: corn, cotton, tobacco, wheat, coffee, sugarcane, peanuts; sheep, goats, pigs.

Industries: mining (coal, gold, platinum, copper, nickel, tin, clay, numerous metallic and nonmetallic ores), steel; wood products, cement, chemicals, fertilizer, clothing and footwear, foodstuffs, beverages.

Industrial production growth rate: -1.8% (2006 est.).

Electricity - production: 9.412 billion kWh (2004).

Electricity - consumption: 11 billion kWh (2004).

Electricity - exports: 0 kWh (2004).

Electricity - imports: 2.25 billion kWh (2004).

Exports: $1.766 billion f.o.b. (2006 est.).

Exports - commodities: cotton, tobacco, gold, ferroalloys, textiles/clothing.

Exports - partners: South Africa 26.9%, China 7.9%, Japan 6.7%, Zambia 5.5%, Netherlands 5.4%, US 4.9%, Italy 4.5%, Germany 4.4% (2005).

Imports: $2.055 billion f.o.b. (2006 est.).

Imports - commodities: machinery and transport equipment, other manufactures, chemicals, fuels.

Imports - partners: South Africa 52.5%, China 5.7%, Botswana 4.1% (2005).

Debt - external: $5.26 billion (2006 est.).

Economic aid - recipient: $178 million; note - the EU and the US provide food aid on humanitarian grounds (2000 est.).

Currency (code): Zimbabwean dollar (ZWD).

Exchange rates: Zimbabwean dollars per US dollar - 162.07 (2006), 77.965 (2005), 5.729 (2004), 0.824 (2003), 0.055 (2002) note: these are official exchange rates; non-official rates vary significantly.

Fiscal year: calendar year.