Key demographics
- Population
- 16.9M
- Density
- 38.9/km²
- HDI
- 0.598 (Medium)
- Gini index (2019)
- 50.3
- Life expectancy (2024)
- 63.1 yrs
- Fertility rate (2024)
- 3.67
- Urban population (2025)
- 40.5%
- Literacy rate (2019)
- 93.2%
- Labor force (2025)
- 68.5%
- Gender wage gap (2023)
- -0.9%
Population structure
- Dependency ratio
- 78.1%
- Profile
- Very Young
- Urban population (2025)
- 40.5%
- Birth rate (2024)
- 29.9 /1000
- Death rate (2024)
- 7.5 /1000
- Largest city (2025)
- 23.8%
- Fertility rate (2024)
- 3.67
- Infant mortality (2024)
- 62.4 /1000
- Slum population (2022)
- 54.9%
- Tourism (2020)
- 639.0K
Languages and culture
| Language | Native name |
|---|---|
| Chibarwe | - |
| English | English |
| Kalanga | - |
| Khoisan | - |
| Ndau | - |
| Northern Ndebele | isiNdebele |
| Chewa | - |
| Shona | chiShona |
| Sotho | - |
| Tonga | - |
| Tswana | - |
| Tsonga | - |
| Venda | - |
| Xhosa | - |
| Zimbabwean Sign Language | - |
| Religion | Percentage |
|---|---|
| Christianity | 84.1% |
| No religion | 10.2% |
| Traditional faiths | 4.5% |
| Others | 1.2% |
| Ethnicity | Percentage |
|---|---|
| Indigenous african | 99.6% |
| European | 0.2% |
| Coloured | 0.1% |
| Others | 0.1% |
- Demonym (male)
- Zimbabwean
- Demonym (female)
- Zimbabwean
- National anthem
- National Anthem of Zimbabwe
Healthcare
- Life expectancy (2024)
- 63.1 yrs
- HALE (2021)
- 51.3 yrs
- Health spending (2023)
- 2.9% of GDP
- Infant mortality (2024)
- 62.4/1000
- UHC index (2023)
- 59/100
- Hospital beds (2014)
- 2.0/1000
- Physicians (2023)
- 0.14/1000
- Nurses (2022)
- 3.07/1000
- Health spending per capita (2023)
- $63
- Out-of-pocket (2023)
- 10.6%
Education and technology
- Literacy rate (2019)
- 93.2%
- Education spending (2023)
- 0.4% of GDP
- Learning outcomes (2020)
- 396
- Internet users (2024)
- 41.6%
- Mobile subscriptions (2024)
- 94.3/100
- Broadband (2024)
- 1.9/100
- Secure servers (2024)
- 90/1M
Broadband connectivity
- Broadband per 100 (2024)
- 1.9
Geography and practical
- Area
- 390,757 km²
- Continent
- Africa
- Region
- Africa
- Subregion
- Southern Africa
- Landlocked
- Yes
- Driving side
- Left
- Timezones
- UTC+02:00
- Calling codes
- +263
- TLD
- .zw
- Maps
- Google Maps · OpenStreetMap
National symbols
- Flag
- The flag of Zimbabwe is composed of seven equal horizontal bands of green, yellow, red, black, red, yellow and green, with a white isosceles triangle superimposed on the hoist side of the field. This triangle is edged in black, spans about one-fourth the width of the field and has its base on the hoist end. A yellow Zimbabwe Bird superimposed on a five-pointed red star is centered in the triangle.
- National anthem
- National Anthem of Zimbabwe