Zimbabwe  
   
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:  13,061,239 (2012 Pop Census)
Age structure:

0-14 years: 41.1% (2,681,128/female 2,691,143)
15-24 years: 22.1% 20.0% (male 1,242,698/female 1,365,008)
25-54 years:30.7% (male 1,894,688 /female 2,118,146)
55-64 years: 3.9% (male 217,556 /female 291,505)
65 years and over: 4.3% (male 244,469/female 314,898) (2012 Pop Census)

Population growth rate: 1.1% (2012 Pop Census)
Birth rate: 31.9 births/1,000 population (2012 Pop Census)
Death rate:  10.2 /1,000 population (2012 Pop Census)
Sex ratio: 

at birth: 0.97 male(s)/female (2012 Pop Census)
0-14 years: 1.00 male(s)/female (2012 Pop Census)
15-24 years: 0.91 male(s)/female (2012 Pop Census)
25-54 years: 0.89 male(s)/female (2012 Pop Census)
55-64 years: 0.75 male(s)/female (2012 Pop Census)
65 years and over: 0.78 male(s)/female (2012 Pop Census)
total population: 0.93 male(s)/female (2014 est.) (2012 Pop Census)

Infant mortality rate:

total: 64.00 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 70.00 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 57.00 deaths/1,000 live births (2014 est.)

Life expectancy at birth: 

total population: 58.00 years
male: 55.4 years
female: 55.97 years (2002 Pop Census)

Total fertility rate: 3.8 children born/woman (2012 Pop Census)
Current contraceptive use among married women 15-49 years old(any method): 59% (ZDHS 2010-2011)
Unmet need of contraceptive:  13% (ZDHS 2010-2011)
HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS:  1,242,768 (NAC 2012)
HIV/AIDS - deaths:  45,6211 (NAC 2012)
Literacy:

definition: age 15 and over can read and write English
total population: 96% (2012 Pop Census)
male: 97% (2012 Pop Census)
female: 95% (2012 Pop Census)

Economy
GDP (purchasing power parity):  $7.496 billion (2013 est.)
GDP (official exchange rate):  $11.744 billion
GDP - real growth rate:  3.2% (2013 est.)
GDP - per capita (PPP):  $890 (2013 est.)
GDP - composition by sector:

agriculture: 10.1%
industry: 11.0%
services: 3.3% (2013 est.)

Labor force - by occupation: 

agriculture: 66%
industry: 10%
services: 24% (1996)
Unemployment Rate (Broad) 2011..... 10.7%

Population below poverty line: 68% (2004)
Inflation rate (consumer prices): 8.5% (2013 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: 1.5% (2013 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
 
 

 
 

Source :

UN_Demographic and Health Surveys (DHS), Multiple Indicator Cluster Surveys (MICS) and other national surveys; United Nations Population Division
CIA The World Factbook

Update date: August 2014