Zimbabwe 
Facts
Population:
11,365,366
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 2001 est.)
Age structure:
0-14 years:
38.68% (male 2,223,332; female 2,172,479)
15-64 years:
57.69% (male 3,319,982; female 3,236,286)
65 years and over:
3.63% (male 208,785; female 204,502) (2001 est.)
Population growth rate:
0.15% (2001 est.)
Birth rate:
24.68 births/1,000 population (2001 est.)
Death rate:
23.22 deaths/1,000 population (2001 est.)
Net migration rate:
0 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2001 est.)
note:
there is a small but steady flow of Zimbabweans into South Africa in search of better paid employment
Sex ratio:
at birth:
1.03 male(s)/female
under 15 years:
1.02 male(s)/female
15-64 years:
1.03 male(s)/female
65 years and over:
1.02 male(s)/female
total population:
1.02 male(s)/female (2001 est.)
Infant mortality rate:
62.61 deaths/1,000 live births (2001 est.)
Life expectancy at birth:
total population:
37.13 years
male:
38.51 years
female:
35.7 years (2001 est.)
Total fertility rate:
3.28 children born/woman (2001 est.)
HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate:
25.06% (1999 est.)
HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS:
1.5 million (1999 est.)
HIV/AIDS - deaths:
160,000 (1999 est.)
Nationality:
noun:
Zimbabwean(s)
adjective:
Zimbabwean
Ethnic groups:
African 98% (Shona 71%, Ndebele 16%, other 11%), mixed and Asian 1%, white less than 1%
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
Literacy:
definition:
age 15 and over can read and write English
total population:
85%
male:
90%
female:
80% (1995 est.)
GDP:
purchasing power parity - $28.2 billion (2000 est.)
GDP - real growth rate:
-6.1% (2000 est.)
GDP - per capita:
purchasing power parity - $2,500 (2000 est.)
GDP - composition by sector:
agriculture:
28%
industry:
32%
services:
40% (1997 est.)
Population below poverty line:
60% (1999 est.)
Household income or consumption by percentage share:
lowest 10%:
1.8%
highest 10%:
46.9% (1990)
Inflation rate (consumer prices):
60% (2000 est.)
Labor force:
5.5 million (2000 est.)
Labor force - by occupation:
agriculture 66%, services 24%, industry 10% (1996 est.)
Unemployment rate:
50% (2000 est.)
Budget:
revenues:
$2.5 billion
expenditures:
$2.9 billion, including capital expenditures of $279 million (FY96/97 est.)
Industries:
mining (coal, gold, copper, nickel, tin, clay, numerous metallic and nonmetallic ores), steel, wood products, cement, chemicals, fertilizer, clothing and footwear, foodstuffs, beverages
Industrial production growth rate:
NA%
Electricity - production:
5.78 billion kWh (1999)
Electricity - production by source:
fossil fuel:
69.98%
hydro:
30.02%
nuclear:
0%
other:
0% (1999)
Electricity - consumption:
6.939 billion kWh (1999)
Electricity - exports:
0 kWh (1999)
Electricity - imports:
1.564 billion kWh (1999)
Agriculture - products:
corn, cotton, tobacco, wheat, coffee, sugarcane, peanuts; cattle, sheep, goats, pigs
Exports:
$1.8 billion (f.o.b., 2000 est.)
Exports - commodities:
tobacco 29%, gold 7%, ferroalloys 7%, cotton 5% (1999 est.)
Exports - partners:
South Africa 10%, UK 9%, Malawi 8%, Botswana 8%, Japan 7%, (1999 est.)
Imports:
$1.3 billion (f.o.b., 2000 est.)
Imports - commodities:
machinery and transport equipment 35%, other manufactures 18%, chemicals 17%, fuels 14% (1999 est.)
Imports - partners:
South Africa 46%, UK 6%, China 4%, Germany 4%, US 3% (1999 est.)
Debt - external:
$4.1 billion (2000 est.)
Economic aid - recipient:
$200 million (2000 est.)
Currency:
Zimbabwean dollar (ZWD)
Currency code:
ZWD
Exchange rates:
Zimbabwean dollars per US dollar - 54.9451 (January 2001), 43.2900 (2000), 38.3142 (1999), 21.4133 (1998), 11.8906 (1997), 9.9206 (1996)
Fiscal year:
1 July - 30 June
Statistics: CIA World Factbook.
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(Government-owned), Bulawayo
http://www.chronicle.co.zw/
Daily News
(Pro-opposition), Harare
(Independent weekly), Harare
http://www.fingaz.co.zw/
(Government-owned), Harare
http://www.zimbabweherald.com/
Insider, The
(Independent), Harare
(Civic and human rights online publication), Harare
http://www.kubatana.net/
Kwayedza
(Government-controlled weekly, Shona-language),
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Valerie Tagwira's novel gives an insight into the challenges faced by a wide cross section of Zimbabwe, where life expectancy has dropped to 37, possibly the lowest in the world.
Southern Africa is "finally" assuming leadership in trying to resolve the burning Zimbabwean crisis on their doorstep.
With rapidly spiralling levels of inflation and unemployment, leaving the country on the verge of economic collapse, all vested parties should come together to hammer out a solution.
A proposal by the ruling Zanu-PF party to extend President Robert Mugabe’s term in office by two more years has raised speculation that the autocrat wants to stay in power for life.
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