Demographics of Zimbabwe

The total population of Zimbabwe is 16,913,261 people. People in Zimbabwe speak the Shona, English, and Ndebele languages. The linguistic diversity of Zimbabwe is diverse according to a fractionalization scale which for Zimbabwe is 0.4472. The median age is approximately 20.2 years. Life expectancy in Zimbabwe is 58. The female fertility rate in Zimbabwe is 4.3. Around 7% of the population of Zimbabwe are obese. The ethnic diversity is diverse according to a fractionalization scale which for Zimbabwe is 0.3874. To find out specifics of language, religion, age, gender distribution, and advancement of people in Zimbabwe see the sections below, as well as visit the section concerning the education in the country.

Population

In Zimbabwe, the population density is 33 people per square kilometer (86 per square mile). Because of this statistic, this country is considered to be sparsely populated. The total population of Zimbabwe is 16,913,261 people. Zimbabwe has approximately 355,000 foreign immigrants. Immigrants in Zimbabwe represent 0.2 percent of the total number of immigrants in the world. Immigrants in Zimbabwe represent 2.6 percent of the total number of immigrants in the world. The ethnic diversity of Zimbabwe is diverse according to a fractionalization scale based on ethnicity. Ethnic fractionalization (EF) deals with the number, sizes, socioeconomic distribution, and geographical location of distinct cultural groups, usually in a state or some otherwise delineated territory. Specific cultural features might refer to language, skin color, religion, ethnicity, customs and traditions, history, or other distinctive criteria, alone or in combination. Frequently, these features are used for social exclusion and the monopolization of power. The index of ethnic fractionalization in Zimbabwe is 0.3874. This means that a certain diversity is present in Zimbabwe, although all people can still be divided into a relatively small number of major ethnic groups. EF is usually measured as 1 minus the Herfindahl concentration index of ethnolinguistic group shares, which reproduces the probability that two randomly drawn individuals from the population belong to different groups. The theoretical maximum of EF of 1 means that each person belongs to a different group. Read below for statistics of Zimbabwe on median age and gender distribution at various ages.

Age

The median age is approximately 20.2 years. The median age for men is 19.9, while the median age for women is 20.4.

Gender

The sex ratio, or the number of males for each female (estimated at birth), is 1.03. It can be further divided into the following categories: sex ratio under 15 - 1.02; sex ratio from 15 to 64 - 0.81; sex ratio over 64 - 0.78; total sex ratio - 0.91. Total sex ratio is different from sex ratio estimated at birth. This is due to the fact that some newborns are considered in the sex ratio estimated at birth but pass away within the first weeks of their life and are not included in the total sex ratio.

Religion

The majority religion of Zimbabwe is Christianity, the followers of which comprise 87% of all religious believers in the country. Christianity is an Abrahamic monotheistic religion based on the life and teachings of Jesus Christ as presented in the New Testament. Christianity is the world's largest religion, with over 2.4 billion adherents, known as Christians. Christians believe that Jesus is the Son of God and the savior of humanity whose coming as Christ or the Messiah was prophesied in the Old Testament. Besides Christianity, there are several other religions present within the country. Other religions in Zimbabwe are Islam, folk religions, Judaism. The religious diversity of Zimbabwe is rather diverse according to a fractionalization scale based on the number of religions in Zimbabwe. The index of religious fractionalization in Zimbabwe is 0.7363. This score means that there are several major religions distributed evenly within Zimbabwe.

General development

Zimbabwe is considered to be a developing nation. The developmental stage of a nation is determined by a number of factors including, but not limited to, economic prosperity, life expectancy, income equality, and quality of life. As a developing nation, Zimbabwe may not be able to offer consistent social services to its citizens. These social services may include things like public education, reliable healthcare, and law enforcement. Citizens of developing nations may have lower life expectancies than citizens of developed nations. In Zimbabwe, 17.09 in every 100 people use internet. Zimbabwe has a Human Development Index (HDI) of 0.492. Zimbabwe has a lower medium HDI score. This indicates that the majority of citizens will struggle to attain a desirable life due to flawed economic and social systems. The migration rate in Zimbabwe is 0%. In Zimbabwe, 68% of the population lives below the poverty line. The percentage of citizens living below the poverty line in Zimbabwe is very high when compared with other nations. This situation is indicative of a variety of alarming economic and political factors. It is not advisable to make any investments in countries with this level of poverty.

Language

People in Zimbabwe speak the Shona, English, and Ndebele languages. The linguistic diversity of Zimbabwe is diverse according to a fractionalization scale based on the number of unrelated languages spoken in Zimbabwe. The index of linguistic fractionalization in Zimbabwe is 0.4472. This means that there are a few major languages spoken in Zimbabwe. Unrelated languages share few characteristics of grammatical structure, vocabulary, and etymological heritage. Linguistic diversity often results in issues of social and cultural fractionalization that can impact a country’s political circumstance and public policies.