Population
16.9M
Unitary Presidential system
GDP per capita, PPP
$6,470
in 2025
Passport power
#141
36 visa-free destinations
Top-rated city
Victoria Falls
of 8 cities rated
Country overview
- Official name
- Republic of Zimbabwe
- Capital
- Harare
- Continent
- Africa / Southern Africa
- Area
- 390,757 km²
- Population
- 16.9M
- Density
- 38.9/km²
- Government
- Unitary Presidential system
- UN member
- Yes
- Independent
- Yes
- Driving side
- Left
- TLD
- .zw
- Calling code
- +263
- Timezone
- UTC+02:00
Regions
Visa and travel
- Passport power rank
- #141 of 199
- Visa-free destinations
- 36
- Total accessible
- 59
Culture and society
- Languages
- Chibarwe, English, Kalanga, Khoisan, Ndau, Northern Ndebele (isiNdebele), Chewa, Shona (chiShona), Sotho, Tonga, Tswana, Tsonga, Venda, Xhosa, Zimbabwean Sign Language
- Religions
- Christianity 84.1%, No religion 10.2%, Traditional faiths 4.5%, Others 1.2%
- Currencies
- $ ZWL — Zimbabwean dollar
Key figures
- HDI
- 0.598
- GDP per capita (2025)
- $6,470
- Life expectancy (2024)
- 63.1 yrs
- Internet users (2024)
- 41.6%
- Gini index (2019)
- 50.3
- Inflation (2022)
- 104.7%
- Unemployment (2025)
- 9.3%
- Urban population (2025)
- 40.5%
- Life satisfaction (2025)
- 3.4/10
- PM2.5 (2024)
- 20.1 µg/m³
- Homicide rate (2022)
- 6.8/100k
- Human capital (2020)
- 0.47