| Zimbabwe |
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| Geography | |
| Location: | Southern Africa, between South Africa and Zambia. |
| Area: | total:
390,580 sq km land: 386,670 sq km water: 3,910 sq km |
| Natural Resources: | coal, chromium ore, asbestos, gold, nickel, copper, iron ore, vanadium, lithium, tin, platinum group metals |
| Population and Health | |
| Population: | 12,236,805
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 2006 est.) |
| Age structure: | 0-14
years: 37.4% (male 2,307,170/female 2,265,298) 15-64 years: 59.1% (male 3,616,528/female 3,621,190) 65 years and over: 3.5% (male 199,468/female 227,151) (2006 est.) |
| Population growth rate: | 0.62% (2006 est.) |
| Birth rate: | 28.01 births/1,000 population (2006 est.) |
| Death rate: | 21.84 deaths/1,000 population (2006 est.) |
| Sex ratio: | at
birth: 1.03 male(s)/female under 15 years: 1.02 male(s)/female 15-64 years: 1 male(s)/female 65 years and over: 0.88 male(s)/female total population: 1 male(s)/female (2006 est.) |
| Infant mortality rate: | total:
51.71 deaths/1,000 live births male: 54.5 deaths/1,000 live births female: 48.83 deaths/1,000 live births (2006 est.) |
| Life expectancy at birth: | total
population: 39.29 years male: 40.39 years female: 38.16 years (2006 est.) |
| Total fertility rate: | 3.13 children born/woman (2006 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.) |
| Literacy: | definition:
age 15 and over can read and write total population: 90.7% male: 94.2% female: 87.2% (2003 est.) |
| Economy | |
| GDP (purchasing power parity): | $25.05 billion (2006 est.) |
| GDP (official exchange rate): | $3.146 billion (2006 est.) |
| GDP - real growth rate: | -4.4% (2006 est.) |
| GDP - per capita (PPP): | $2,000 (2006 est.) |
| GDP - composition by sector: | agriculture:
17.7% industry: 22.9% services: 59.4% (2006 est.) |
| Labor force - by occupation: | agriculture:
66% industry: 10% services: 24% (1996) |
| Population below poverty line: | 80% (2004 est.) |
| Inflation rate (consumer prices): | 976.4% official data; private sector estimates are much higher (2006 est.) |
| Investment (gross fixed): | 16.1% of GDP (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.) |
| Exports - commodities: | cotton, tobacco, gold, ferroalloys, textiles/clothing |
| Currency (code): | Zimbabwean dollar (ZWD) |
| Fiscal year: | calendar year |
| Others | |
| Nationality: | noun:
Zimbabwean(s) adjective: Zimbabwean |
| 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 |
| Country name: | conventional
long form: Republic of Zimbabwe conventional short form: Zimbabwe former: Southern Rhodesia, Rhodesia |
| Government type: | parliamentary democracy |
| Capital: | name:
Harare geographic coordinates: 17 50 S, 31 03 E time difference: UTC+2 (7 hours ahead of Washington, DC during Standard Time) |
| Administrative divisions: | 8 provinces and 2 cities* with provincial status; Bulawayo*, Harare*, Manicaland, Mashonaland Central, Mashonaland East, Mashonaland West, Masvingo, Matabeleland North, Matabeleland South, Midlands |
| Independence: | 18 April 1980 (from UK) |
| National holidays: | Independence Day - 18 April |
| Legal system: | mixture of Roman-Dutch and English common law |
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| Source : CIA
The World Factbook |
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