| Zimbabwe |
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| Geography | |
| Location: | Southern Africa, between South Africa and Zambia. |
| Area: | total:
390,757 sq km land: 386,847 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: | 11,651,858 country comparison to the world: 72 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 2010 est.) |
| Age structure: | 0-14
years: 43.1% (male 2,535,827/female 2,485,825) 15-64 years: 53% (male 2,809,979/female 3,368,181) 65 years and over: 3.9% (male 193,816/female 258,230) (2010 est.) |
| Population growth rate: | 2.954% (2010 est.) |
| Birth rate: | 31.57 births/1,000 population (2010 est.) |
| Death rate: | 14.9 deaths/1,000 population (July 2010 est.) |
| Sex ratio: | at
birth: 1.03 male(s)/female under 15 years: 1.02 male(s)/female 15-64 years: 0.83 male(s)/female 65 years and over: 0.75 male(s)/female total population: 0.91 male(s)/female (2010 est.) |
| Infant mortality rate: | total:
30.9 deaths/1,000 live births male: 33.44 deaths/1,000 live births female: 28.29 deaths/1,000 live births (2010 est.) |
| Life expectancy at birth: | total
population: 47.55 years male: 47.98 years female: 47.11 years (2010 est.) |
| Total fertility rate: | 3.66 children born/woman (2010 est.) |
| HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate: | 15.3% (2007 est.) |
| HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS: | 1.3 million (2007 est.) |
| HIV/AIDS - deaths: | 140,000 (2007 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): | $332 million (2009 est.) |
| GDP (official exchange rate): | $3.598 billion |
| GDP - real growth rate: | 3.7% (2009 est.) |
| GDP - per capita (PPP): | Less than $100 (2009 est.) |
| GDP - composition by sector: | agriculture:
19.1% industry: 23.9% services: 56.9% (2009 est.) |
| Labor force - by occupation: | agriculture:
66% industry: 10% services: 24% (1996) |
| Population below poverty line: | 68% (2004) |
| Inflation rate (consumer prices): | 5.1% (2009 est.) |
| Investment (gross fixed): | 21.5% of GDP (2009 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: | -2% (2009 est.) |
| Exports - commodities: | cotton, tobacco, gold, ferroalloys, textiles/clothing |
| Currency (code): | Zimbabwean dollar (ZWD) |
| 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) |
| Legal system: | mixture of Roman-Dutch and English common law |
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| Source : CIA
The World Factbook |
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