Editing Zimbabwe (section)

===Ethnic groups===
[[File:Tonga wall baskets producer from Zimbabwe.JPG|alt=Tonga Woman|thumb|upright|A Tonga woman pleating a basket]]
According to the 2022 census report, 99.6% of the population is of African origin.<ref name=Census2022/> The majority people, the Shona, comprise 82%, while Ndebele make up 14% of the population.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.infoplease.com/world/social-statistics/ethnicity-and-race-countries |title=Ethnicity and Race by Countries |date=21 May 2020 |website=Infoplease}}</ref> The Ndebele descended from Zulu migrations in the 19th century and the other tribes with which they intermarried. Up to one million Ndebele may have left the country over the last five years,{{when|date=June 2021}} mainly for South Africa.{{citation needed|date=August 2024}} Other ethnic groups include [[Venda]], [[Tonga people (Zambia and Zimbabwe)|Tonga]], [[Tsonga people|Tsonga]], [[Kalanga people|Kalanga]], [[Sotho people|Sotho]], [[Ndau people|Ndau]], [[Nambya people|Nambya]], [[Tswana people|Tswana]], [[Xhosa people|Xhosa]] and [[Lozi people|Lozi]].

Minority ethnic groups include [[white Zimbabweans]], who make up less than 1% of the total population. White Zimbabweans are mostly of British origin, but there are also [[Afrikaners|Afrikaner]], [[Greeks in Zimbabwe|Greek]], [[Portuguese people|Portuguese]], [[Franco-Mauritians|French]] and Dutch communities. The white population dropped from a peak of around 278,000, or 4.3% of the population, in 1975.<ref>Wiley, David and Isaacman, Allen F. (1981). ''Southern Africa: society, economy, and liberation''. Michigan State University, University of Minnesota. p. 55</ref> The 2022 census lists the total white population at 24,888 (roughly 0.16% of the population), one-eleventh of its peak.<ref name=Census2022/> Most emigration has been to the United Kingdom (between [[Zimbabweans in the United Kingdom|200,000 and 500,000]] Britons are of Rhodesian or Zimbabwean origin), South Africa, Botswana, [[Zimbabweans in Zambia|Zambia]],<ref>{{cite news |title=Business Zimbabwe's land reform: Zambia's gain, a cautionary tale for South Africa? |url=https://www.dw.com/en/zimbabwes-land-reform-zambias-gain-a-cautionary-tale-for-south-africa/a-47095154 |work=Deutsche Welle |date=16 January 2019}}</ref> Mozambique,<ref>{{cite news |title=Zimbabwe's white farmers start anew in Mozambique |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/features/2015/10/zimbabwe-white-farmers-start-anew-mozambique-151027095006428.html |work=Al-Jazeera |date=28 October 2015}}</ref> Canada, Australia and New Zealand. [[Coloureds]] form 0.1% of the population, and various [[Asian people|Asian]] ethnic groups, mostly of Indian and Chinese origin, are 0.04%.<ref name=Census2022/>