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Zimbabwe


Map of Zimbabwe
Courtesy of CIA


Vital Statistics
Areal extent: 390,580 sq.km.~
Population (1997): 11,924,000 millions**
Population density: 30.5 per sq. km.
Urban population, % of total (1980/1997): 19.6/33.2
Population growth (1985-1990/1995-2000): 3.2/2.1**
Life expectancy (1975-80/1995-2000): 53.8/48.5**
Fertility rate (1980/1996): 6.8/3.8¬
Capital: Harare
Largest city/population (1992): Harare/1,184,200~
Gross National Product (1997): $8.6* billions
GNP per capita (1997): $750*
GNP per capita annual growth rate (1975-1995): -1.2%¬
Human Development Index rank/value (2003): 145/0.496
* = World Bank 1999
** World Resources Institute 1998
~ = Instituto del Tercer Mundo 1997
¬ = Human Development Report (UNDP)
n.a. = Information not available at present



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