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==Vital statistics== Registration of vital events in Zimbabwe is not complete. The Population Department of the United Nations prepared the following estimates.<ref>{{cite UN WPP|2022|rows=3101:3172|cols=M,X,AE,S,AH,S,AA,AV,AI}}</ref> {| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align: right;" |- ! style="width:70px;"|Period ! style="width:80px;"|Mid-year Population ! style="width:70px;"|Live births ! style="width:70px;"|Deaths ! style="width:70px;"|Natural change ! style="width:70px;"|CBR* ! style="width:70px;"|CDR* ! style="width:70px;"|NC* ! style="width:70px;"|TFR* ! style="width:70px;"|IMR* ! style="width:70px;"|Life expectancy (in years) |- |1950 |2 791 000 | 141 000 | 46 000 | 95 000 |style="color:blue"|50.4 |16.6 |33.8 |7.10 |102.2 |49.64 |- |1951 | 2 882 000 | 144 000 | 48 000 | 96 000 |49.9 |16.7 |33.2 |7.10 |101.4 |49.86 |- |1952 | 2 974 000 | 147 000 | 49 000 | 98 000 |49.5 |16.5 |33.1 |7.11 |99.8 |50.22 |- |1953 | 3 068 000 | 151 000 | 50 000 | 101 000 |49.1 |16.2 |32.9 |7.12 |98.1 |50.62 |- |1954 | 3 165 000 | 155 000 | 50 000 | 104 000 |48.8 |15.9 |32.8 |7.13 |96.4 |51.01 |- |1955 | 3 264 000 | 158 000 | 51 000 | 107 000 |48.4 |15.7 |32.7 |7.14 |95.0 |51.28 |- |1956 | 3 365 000 | 162 000 | 52 000 | 110 000 |48.1 |15.4 |32.7 |7.16 |93.6 |51.70 |- |1957 | 3 470 000 | 166 000 | 53 000 | 114 000 |47.9 |15.1 |32.8 |7.17 |92.2 |52.06 |- |1958 | 3 579 000 | 171 000 | 53 000 | 118 000 |47.7 |14.8 |32.8 |7.19 |90.6 |52.40 |- |1959 | 3 691 000 | 175 000 | 54 000 | 122 000 |47.4 |14.5 |32.9 |7.20 |88.8 |52.84 |- |1960 | 3 806 000 | 180 000 | 54 000 | 126 000 |47.3 |14.2 |33.0 |7.22 |87.1 |53.24 |- |1961 | 3 926 000 | 185 000 | 55 000 | 130 000 |47.0 |13.9 |33.1 |7.23 |85.3 |53.62 |- |1962 | 4 050 000 | 190 000 | 55 000 | 135 000 |46.9 |13.6 |33.3 |style="color:blue" |7.26 |83.3 |54.07 |- |1963 | 4 178 000 | 195 000 | 55 000 | 140 000 |46.6 |13.2 |33.4 |7.25 |81.3 |54.55 |- |1964 | 4 310 000 | 200 000 | 56 000 | 145 000 |46.4 |12.9 |33.5 |7.26 |79.2 |54.99 |- |1965 | 4 447 000 | 206 000 | 56 000 | 150 000 |46.2 |12.6 |33.7 |7.26 |77.1 |55.46 |- |1966 | 4 589 000 | 212 000 | 56 000 | 155 000 |46.1 |12.3 |33.8 |7.24 |75.2 |55.89 |- |1967 | 4 735 000 | 218 000 | 57 000 | 161 000 |45.9 |12.0 |33.9 |7.22 |73.5 |56.19 |- |1968 | 4 886 000 | 225 000 | 58 000 | 167 000 |45.9 |11.8 |34.1 |7.19 |72.1 |56.46 |- |1969 | 5 044 000 | 232 000 | 59 000 | 174 000 |46.0 |11.6 |34.3 |7.14 |71.0 |56.71 |- |1970 | 5 203 000 | 240 000 | 60 000 | 181 000 |46.1 |11.4 |34.6 |7.09 |70.1 |57.03 |- |1971 | 5 363 000 | 248 000 | 61 000 | 187 000 |46.2 |11.4 |34.8 |7.06 |69.6 |57.20 |- |1972 | 5 533 000 | 258 000 | 63 000 | 195 000 |46.5 |11.3 |35.2 |7.06 |69.3 |57.40 |- |1973 | 5 713 000 | 269 000 | 65 000 | 204 000 |47.0 |11.3 |35.7 |7.07 |69.1 |57.37 |- |1974 | 5 904 000 | 279 000 | 67 000 | 212 000 |47.2 |11.3 |35.9 |7.04 |69.0 |57.49 |- |1975 | 6 097 000 | 289 000 | 69 000 | 220 000 |47.3 |11.3 |36.0 |6.98 |69.2 |57.55 |- |1976 | 6 288 000 | 297 000 | 73 000 | 224 000 |47.1 |11.6 |35.6 |6.91 |69.3 |56.94 |- |1977 | 6 453 000 | 304 000 | 77 000 | 227 000 |46.7 |11.8 |34.9 |6.85 |69.3 |56.29 |- |1978 | 6 549 000 | 309 000 | 84 000 | 226 000 |46.6 |12.6 |34.0 |6.77 |69.0 |54.59 |- |1979 | 6 656 000 | 310 000 | 84 000 | 226 000 |46.3 |12.6 |33.8 |6.70 |68.5 |55.04 |- |1980 | 7 050 000 | 317 000 | 76 000 | 241 000 |46.2 |11.1 |35.1 |6.61 |66.9 |58.67 |- |1981 | 7 507 000 | 349 000 | 76 000 | 273 000 |46.5 |10.1 |style="color:blue" |36.4 |6.51 |64.8 |59.33 |- |1982 | 7 804 000 | 358 000 | 76 000 | 282 000 |45.9 |9.8 |36.1 |6.38 |62.0 |59.88 |- |1983 | 8 106 000 | 366 000 | 77 000 | 289 000 |45.1 |9.4 |35.7 |6.25 |59.2 |60.25 |- |1984 | 8 399 000 | 365 000 | 75 000 | 290 000 |43.4 |8.9 |34.5 |6.08 |55.7 |61.05 |- |1985 | 8 691 000 | 365 000 | 74 000 | 291 000 |42.0 |8.5 |33.5 |5.90 |52.9 |61.62 |- |1986 | 8 983 000 | 364 000 | 73 000 | 290 000 |40.5 |8.2 |32.3 |5.70 |50.8 |62.02 |- |1987 | 9 277 000 | 363 000 | 75 000 | 288 000 |39.2 |8.1 |31.0 |5.50 |49.5 |61.77 |- |1988 | 9 569 000 | 356 000 | 78 000 | 278 000 |37.2 |8.2 |29.0 |5.29 |49.2 |61.32 |- |1989 | 9 846 000 | 350 000 | 83 000 | 267 000 |35.6 |8.4 |27.2 |5.08 |49.7 |60.40 |- |1990 | 10 114 000 | 352 000 | 88 000 | 263 000 |34.8 |8.7 |26.0 |4.87 |50.9 |59.43 |- |1991 | 10 378 000 | 357 000 | 96 000 | 261 000 |34.4 |9.3 |25.2 |4.71 |52.6 |58.09 |- |1992 | 10 642 000 | 363 000 | 106 000 | 257 000 |34.1 |9.9 |24.2 |4.57 |54.8 |56.44 |- |1993 | 10 795 000 | 361 000 | 118 000 | 243 000 |33.1 |10.8 |22.3 |4.39 |57.1 |54.43 |- |1994 | 10 859 000 | 359 000 | 128 000 | 230 000 |32.8 |11.8 |21.1 |4.27 |58.9 |52.59 |- |1995 | 10 994 000 | 359 000 | 141 000 | 218 000 |32.6 |12.8 |19.8 |4.15 |60.5 |50.53 |- |1996 | 11 178 000 | 372 000 | 154 000 | 218 000 |33.2 |13.8 |19.4 |4.11 |61.8 |48.96 |- |1997 | 11 362 000 | 385 000 | 163 000 | 221 000 |33.8 |14.4 |19.4 |4.06 |61.7 |47.99 |- |1998 | 11 548 000 | 399 000 | 175 000 | 224 000 |34.5 |15.2 |19.4 |4.03 |61.4 |46.82 |- |1999 | 11 716 000 | 415 000 | 192 000 | 223 000 |35.3 |16.3 |19.0 |4.01 |60.6 |45.21 |- |2000 | 11 835 000 | 424 000 | 200 000 | 224 000 |35.6 |16.8 |18.8 |3.97 |59.9 |44.69 |- |2001 | 11 911 000 | 431 000 | style="color:red;"| 228 000 | 203 000 |36.0 |style="color:red" |19.0 |style="color:red" |16.9 |3.95 |58.9 |41.96 |- |2002 | 11 985 000 | 433 000 | 204 000 | 229 000 |35.9 |17.0 |19.0 |3.89 |58.3 |44.57 |- |2003 | 12 076 000 | 435 000 | 216 000 | 219 000 |35.9 |17.8 |18.1 |3.82 |57.7 |43.39 |- |2004 | 12 161 000 | 434 000 | 208 000 | 226 000 |35.5 |17.0 |18.5 |3.74 |58.1 |44.50 |- |2005 | 12 225 000 | 430 000 | 207 000 | 223 000 |34.9 |16.8 |18.1 |3.67 |58.5 |44.77 |- |2006 | 12 330 000 | 427 000 | 203 000 | 223 000 |34.5 |16.4 |18.1 |style="color:red" |3.62 |59.5 |45.36 |- |2007 | 12 451 000 | 436 000 | 204 000 | 232 000 |34.8 |16.3 |18.5 |3.65 |59.9 |45.61 |- |2008 | 12 550 000 | 449 000 | 197 000 | 252 000 |35.6 |15.6 |20.0 |3.77 |59.9 |46.72 |- |2009 | 12 680 000 | 469 000 | 189 000 | 280 000 |36.7 |14.8 |21.9 |3.95 |58.1 |48.06 |- |2010 | 12 840 000 | 478 000 | 171 000 | 307 000 |37.1 |13.3 |23.8 |4.03 |55.0 |50.65 |- |2011 | 13 026 000 | 487 000 | 155 000 | 332 000 |37.2 |11.9 |25.3 |4.10 |51.9 |53.35 |- |2012 | 13 265 000 | 490 000 | 142 000 | 347 000 |36.8 |10.7 |26.1 |4.10 |47.2 |55.63 |- |2013 | 13 555 000 | 492 000 | 133 000 | 360 000 |36.2 |9.8 |26.5 |4.06 |44.0 |57.46 |- |2014 | 13 856 000 | 488 000 | 127 000 | 361 000 |35.1 |9.1 |26.0 |3.96 |42.0 |58.85 |- |2015 | 14 155 000 | 482 000 | 124 000 | 357 000 |34.0 |8.8 |25.2 |3.85 |41.1 |59.59 |- |2016 | 14 453 000 | 480 000 | 122 000 | 358 000 |33.2 |8.4 |24.7 |3.77 |39.6 |60.31 |- |2017 | 14 751 000 | 481 000 | 122 000 | 358 000 |32.5 |8.3 |24.3 |3.71 |38.7 |60.71 |- |2018 | 15 052 000 | 484 000 | 120 000 | 364 000 |32.1 |8.0 |24.1 |3.66 |37.4 |61.41 |- |2019 | 15 271 000 |475 000 | 126 000 | 349 000 |31.1 |8.3 |22.8 |3.75 |36.8 |61.1 |- |2020 | 15 527 000 |481 000 | 126 000 | 355 000 |31.0 |8.1 |22.9 |3.75 |35.7 |61.5 |- |2021 | 15 797 000 |489 000 | 139 000 | 350 000 | 30.9 |8.8 |22.2 |3.77 |34.8 |60.1 |- |2022 | 16 069 000 | 496000 | 125 000 | 371 000 |30.9 |7.8 |23.1 |3.77 |34.1 |62.4 |- |2023 |style="color:blue" |16 341 000 |style="color:blue" |497 000 |124 000 |style="color:blue" |373 000 |30.4 |7.6 |22.8 |3.72 |33.2 |62.8 |- | colspan="11" style="text-align:left;" | * <small> CBR = crude birth rate (per 1000); CDR = crude death rate (per 1000); NC = natural change (per 1000); IMR = infant mortality rate per 1000 births; TFR = total fertility rate (number of children per woman)</small> |} ===Demographic and Health Surveys=== Total Fertility Rate (TFR) (Wanted Fertility Rate) and Crude Birth Rate (CBR):<ref>{{cite web|url=http://dhsprogram.com/pubs/pdf/FR251/OD43.pdf|title=National Health Survey 1958|website=Dhsprogram.com|access-date=2017-08-27}}</ref> {| class="wikitable" |- ! style="width:70pt;"| Year ! style="width:50pt;"| CBR (Total) ! style="width:50pt;"| TFR (Total) ! style="width:50pt;"| CBR (Urban) ! style="width:50pt;"| TFR (Urban) ! style="width:50pt;"| CBR (Rural) ! style="width:50pt;"| TFR (Rural) |- | 1982β1984 | style="text-align:right;"| | style="text-align:right;"| 6.66 | style="text-align:right;"| | style="text-align:right;"| 5.33 | style="text-align:right;"| | style="text-align:right;"| 7.28 |- | 1985β1988 | style="text-align:right;"| | style="text-align:right;"| 5.31 | style="text-align:right;"| | style="text-align:right;"| 3.86 | style="text-align:right;"| | style="text-align:right;"| 6.06 |- | 1994 | style="text-align:right;"| 31.6 | style="text-align:right;"| 4.29 (3.5) | style="text-align:right;"| 30.5 | style="text-align:right;"| 3.09 (2.6) | style="text-align:right;"| 32.0 | style="text-align:right;"| 4.85 (3.9) |- | 1999 | style="text-align:right;"| 30.8 | style="text-align:right;"| 3.96 (3.4) | style="text-align:right;"| 31.3 | style="text-align:right;"| 2.96 (2.6) | style="text-align:right;"| 30.5 | style="text-align:right;"| 4.57 (3.8) |- | 2005β2006 | style="text-align:right;"| 31.0 | style="text-align:right;"| 3.8 (3.3) | style="text-align:right;"| 28.5 | style="text-align:right;"| 2.6 (2.3) | style="text-align:right;"| 32.0 | style="text-align:right;"| 4.6 (3.9) |- | 2010β2011 | style="text-align:right;"| 34 | style="text-align:right;"| 4.1 (3.4) | style="text-align:right;"| 34 | style="text-align:right;"| 3.1 (2.7) | style="text-align:right;"| 34 | style="text-align:right;"| 4.8 (4.0) |- | 2015 | style="text-align:right;"| 32.0 | style="text-align:right;"| 4.0 (3.6) | style="text-align:right;"| 31.1 | style="text-align:right;"| 3.0 (2.7) | style="text-align:right;"| 32.7 | style="text-align:right;"| 4.7 (4.1) |- | 2023-24 | style="text-align:right;"| 28.9 | style="text-align:right;"| 3.9 | style="text-align:right;"| 28.4 | style="text-align:right;"| 3.1 | style="text-align:right;"| 29.4 | style="text-align:right;"| 4.6 |} Fertility data as of 2010β2011 (DHS Program):<ref>{{cite web|url=http://dhsprogram.com/pubs/pdf/FR254/FR254.pdf|title=Zimbabwe Demographic and Health Survey : 2010β11|website=Dhsprogram.com|access-date=2017-08-27}}</ref> {| class="wikitable sortable" |- ! style="width:100pt;"| Province ! style="width:100pt;"| Total fertility rate ! style="width:100pt;"| Percentage of women age 15β49 currently pregnant ! style="width:100pt;"| Mean number of children ever born to women age 40β49 |- |[[Manicaland Province|Manicaland]]|| 4.8 || 8.8 || 4.9 |- |[[Mashonaland Central Province|Mashonaland Central]]|| 4.5 || 9.1 || 5.0 |- |[[Mashonaland East Province|Mashonaland East]]|| 4.5 || 7.3 || 4.2 |- |[[Mashonaland West Province|Mashonaland West]]|| 4.5 || 8.5 || 5.0 |- |[[Matabeleland North Province|Matabeleland North]]|| 4.1 || 7.7 || 5.2 |- |[[Matabeleland South Province|Matabeleland South]]|| 4.2 || 6.6 || 4.6 |- |[[Midlands Province|Midlands]]|| 4.2 || 7.6 || 4.8 |- |[[Masvingo Province|Masvingo]]|| 4.7 || 11.1 || 4.6 |- |[[Harare Province|Harare]]|| 3.1 || 8.4 || 3.5 |- |[[Bulawayo]]|| 2.8 || 4.8 || 3.2 |} === Life expectancy at birth === [[Life expectancy]] from 1950 to 2021 (''UN World Population Prospects''):<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=World Population Prospects β Population Division β United Nations |url=https://population.un.org/wpp/ |access-date=2022-07-13 |website=population.un.org}}</ref> [[File:Life expectancy in Zimbabwe.svg|thumb|300px|Life expectancy in Zimbabwe]] {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" |- !Period !Life expectancy in<br />Years |- |1950β1955 |48.54 |- |1955β1960 |{{increase}} 50.59 |- |1960β1965 |{{increase}} 52.48 |- |1965β1970 |{{increase}} 54.13 |- |1970β1975 |{{increase}} 55.78 |- |1975β1980 |{{increase}} 57.84 |- |1980β1985 |{{increase}} 60.54 |- |1985β1990 |{{decrease}} 60.18 |- |1990β1995 |{{decrease}} 54.66 |- |1995β2000 |{{decrease}} 47.35 |- |2000β2005 |{{decrease}} 44.13 |- |2005β2010 |{{increase}} 48.35 |- |2010β2015 |{{increase}} 57.64 |- |2020 |{{increase}} 61.12 |- |2021 |{{decrease}} 59.25 |}
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