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Zimbabwe People 1996

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) (July 1995 est.)

Population growth rate:

1.78% (1995 est.)

Birth rate:

36.35 births/1,000 population (1995 est.)

Death rate:

18.54 deaths/1,000 population (1995 est.)

Net migration rate:

NA migrant(s)/1,000 population (1995 est.)

note:

following the settlement of hostilities in Mozambique in 1992, refugees from the fighting there began to return to their homes; this process continues at a lesser rate in 1995; there is a small but steady flow of Zimbabweans into South Africa in search of better paid employment

Infant mortality rate:

72.7 deaths/1,000 live births (1995 est.)

Life expectancy at birth:

total population:

41.35 years

male:

39.73 years

female:

43.01 years (1995 est.)

Total fertility rate:

4.93 children born/woman (1995 est.)

Nationality:

noun:

Zimbabwean(s)

adjective:

Zimbabwean

Ethnic divisions:

African 98% (Shona 71%, Ndebele 16%, other 11%), white 1%, mixed and Asian 1%

Religions:

syncretic (part Christian, part indigenous beliefs) 50%, Christian 25%, 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%

Labor force:

3.1 million

by occupation:

agriculture 74%, transport and services 16%, mining, manufacturing, construction 10% (1987)

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