ACOG - Zimbabwe - IBM

Geography

Location: Southern Africa, northeast of Botswana

Area:
total area: 390,580 sq km
land area: 386,670 sq km
comparative area: slightly larger than Montana

Land boundaries: total 3,066 km, Botswana 813 km, Mozambique 1,231 km, South Africa225 km, Zambia 797 km

Coastline: 0 km


People

Population: 11,139,961 (July 1995 est.)

Age structure:
0-14 years: 47% (female 2,588,193; male 2,617,485)
15-64 years: 51% (female 2,915,697; male 2,723,511)
65 years and over: 2% (female 151,635; male 143,440)

Population growth rate: 1.78% (1995 est.)

Birth rate: 36.35 births/1,000 population

Death rate: 18.54 deaths/1,000 population

Net migration rate: NA migrant(s)/1,000 population

Infant mortality rate: 72.7 deaths/1,000 live births

Life expectancy at birth:
total population: 41.35 years
male: 39.73 years
female: 43.01 years

Total fertility rate: 4.93 children born/woman

Ethnic divisions: African 98% (Shona 71%, Ndebele 16%, other 11%), white 1%, mixed andAsian 1%

Religions: syncretic (part Christian, part indigenous beliefs) 50%, Christian25%, indigenous beliefs 24%, Muslim and other 1%

Languages: English (official), Shona, Sindebele

Literacy: age 15 and over can read and write (1982)
total population: 78%
male: 84%
female: 72%


Government

Names:
conventional long form: Republic of Zimbabwe
conventional short form: Zimbabwe

Type: parliamentary democracy

Capital: Harare

Independence: 18 April 1980 (from UK)

Constitution: 21 December 1979


Economy

National product: GDP - purchasing power parity - $17.4 billion

National product real growth rate: 3.5%

National product per capita: $1,580

Inflation rate (consumer prices): 22%

Unemployment rate: at least 45%

Electricity:
capacity: 2,040,000 kW
production: 9 billion kWh
consumption per capita: 913 kWh



Olympic Factoid
The volunteer staff of the 1996 Olympic Games totaled 50,152. They worked an estimated 850,000 shifts.