Population Statistics
Zimbabwe
Population
|
14,546,314 |
|
[July 2020 est.] |
Language
|
Shona [official] |
|
Nbebele [official] |
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English [official] |
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Minority languages including Chewa, Tonga, Chibarwe, Kalanga, Koisan, Nambya, Ndau, Shangani, sign language, Sotho, Tonga, Tswana, Venda and Xhosa |
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All minority languages listed above are officially recognised. |
Religion
| Protestant Christianity | 74.8% |
|---|---|
| No Religion | 10.5% |
| Roman Catholic Christianity | 7.3% |
| Other Christianity | 5.3% |
| Other Religion | 2.1% |
|
[2015 est.] |
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Ethnicity
| African | 99.4% |
|---|---|
| – Shona | 80% |
| – Nbele | 14% |
| – Other including Venda, Batonga/Balonka and Shangani/Shangane | 5.4% |
| Other including British and European | 0.4% |
| Unspecified | 0.2% |
|
[2012 est.] |
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|
Accurate statistics on the demography of Zimbabwe are unavailable. |
|
Australians with Zimbabwean Ancestry
| 16,937 |
| [Census, 2016] |
Zimbabweans in Australia
Population
|
34,787 |
|
[Census, 2016] |
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This figure refers to the number of Australian residents that were born in Zimbabwe. |
Median Age
|
41 |
|
[Census, 2016] |
Gender
| Male | 49.4% |
|---|---|
| Female | 50.6% |
|
[Census, 2016] |
|
Religion
| Anglican Christianity | 16.5% |
|---|---|
| Catholic Christianity | 16.4% |
| Christianity [undefined] | 12.4% |
| Pentecostal Christianity | 10.3% |
| Other Religion | 25.6% |
| No Religion | 14.7% |
| Not Stated | 3.7% |
|
[Census, 2016] |
|
Ancestry
| English | 29.1% |
|---|---|
| Zimbabwean | 23.9% |
| African [undefined] | 10.9% |
| Scottish | 7.7% |
| Other Ancestry | 28.4% |
|
[Census, 2016] |
|
Language Spoken at Home
| English | 62.9% |
|---|---|
| Shona | 27.7% |
| Ndebele | 3.5% |
| Afrikaans | 1.8% |
| Other | 3.7% |
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Of those who speak a language other than English at home, 98.4% speak English fluently. |
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|
[Census, 2016] |
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Diaspora
| Western Australia | 33.5% |
|---|---|
| Queensland | 25.5% |
| New South Wales | 18.7% |
| Victoria | 13.5% |
| Other | 8.8% |
|
[Census, 2016] |
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Arrival to Australia
| Prior to 2007 | 56.4% |
|---|---|
| 2007 - 2011 | 27.5% |
| 2012 - 2016 | 14.6% |
|
[Census, 2016] |
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