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Zimbabwe
Republic of Zimbabwe
Quick facts
- Capital
- Harare
- Population
- 14 m
- Area
- 390,757 km²
- Region
- Eastern Africa
- Languages
- Chibarwe, English, Kalanga
- Currency
- Botswana pula (P)
- Demonym
- Zimbabwean
- UN member
- Yes
How Zimbabwe compares
Economy size$42 B
99th of 178 worldwide · 5th of 17 in Eastern Africa
Income per person$2,497
131st of 178 worldwide · 4th of 17 in Eastern Africa
Life expectancy63.1 yrs
163rd of 179 worldwide · 16th of 17 in Eastern Africa
Internet access41.6%
140th of 179 worldwide · 4th of 17 in Eastern Africa
Military spending$98 M
142nd of 163 worldwide · 13th of 16 in Eastern Africa
Highlights
GDP
$42 B
World Bank2024
Gross Domestic Product — the total market value of all goods and services produced in a year, at current prices.
GDP per capita
$2,497
World Bank2024
GDP divided by population — a rough measure of average economic output per person.
Life expectancy
63.1 yrs
World Bank2024
Years a newborn would live if current mortality patterns held throughout its life.
Researchers (per million)
95
Full-time-equivalent researchers per million people.
Internet users
41.6%
ITU / World Bank2024
Share of the population that used the internet in the last three months.
Resource rents
6.4%
World Bank2021
Total natural-resource rents (oil, gas, mineral, forest) as a share of GDP.
The history journey
From the great medieval stone city of the Shona, through the Mutapa and Rozvi states, the Ndebele kingdom, British colonisation as Southern Rhodesia, and a long liberation war to independence in 1980.
Pilot a cinematic, sourced journey through its eras — moment by moment.