Facts and Figures

Full name:  Zimbabwe

Nationality
        noun: Zimbabwean(s)
        adjective: Zimbabwean

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Area
        total: 390,580 sq km
        land: 386,670 sq km
        water: 3,910 sq km

Population: 12,746,990

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 2005 est.)

Ethnic groups
        African 98% (Shona 82%, Ndebele 14%, other 2%)
        mixed and Asian 1%
        white less than 1%

Capital: Harare(1 190 000)

Largest Cities
        Bolwayno(630 000)
        Mutare(135 000)
        Gweru(130 000)
        Masvingo(55 000) 

Official Language
        English (official)
        Shona
        Sindebele (the language of the Ndebele, sometimes called Ndebele)
        numerous but minor tribal dialects

Religion
        syncretic (part Christian, part indigenous beliefs) 50%
        Christian 25%
        indigenous beliefs 24%
        Muslim and other 1%

Political system:  parliamentary democracy 

GDP:  purchasing power parity - $24.37 billion GDP per head:  purchasing power parity - $1,900  

Annual growth:  -8.2%

GDP - composition by sector:  
        agriculture: 18.1%
        industry: 24.3%
        services: 57.7% (2004 est.) 

Inflation:  133%

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