Africa · Eastern Africa
Capital: Harare
Zimbabwe
Explore the facts and rankings that shape Zimbabwe in Country Blitz, from its population and economy to its military, innovation, manufacturing, and neighboring countries.
Country Blitz power profile
Overall rank #108
Zimbabwe's Country Blitz power profile compares population, GDP, military expenditure, research-and-development spending, and manufacturing output across every playable country. A lower numerical rank represents a stronger position in that category.
Population
17.0M
#73 of 196
63rd percentile
2025 · World Bank WDI / UN population sources
View data source ↗GDP (Nominal)
$51.22B
#94 of 196
52nd percentile
2025 · World Bank WDI
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$98.4M
#146 of 196
26th percentile
2024 · SIPRI via World Bank WDI
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Data unavailable
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Manufacturing Output
$7.64B
#85 of 196
57th percentile
2025 · World Bank WDI
View data source ↗Quick facts
- Capital
- Harare
- Region
- Africa
- Subregion
- Eastern Africa
- Country code
- ZWE
- Neighbors
- BotswanaMozambiqueSouth AfricaZambia
Three interesting facts
Zimbabwe shares land borders with 4 countries: Botswana, Mozambique, South Africa, and Zambia.
Zimbabwe spans roughly 390,757 square kilometers, placing it around 60th by area in this factbook.
The country’s linguistic landscape includes English, Shona, and North Ndebele, reflecting a notably diverse cultural history.
Geography
Zimbabwe on the map
Zimbabwe is located in Southern Africa, between South Africa and Zambia. Its terrain is mostly high plateau with higher central plateau (high veld), mountains in east. The climate is tropical, moderated by altitude, rainy season (November to March). In area, the country is about four times the size of Indiana, slightly larger than Montana.
Economy
Economic profile
Zimbabwe's economy is characterized by low income Sub-Saharan economy, political instability and endemic corruption have prevented reforms and stalled debt restructuring, new Zimbabwe Gold (ZiG) currency latest effort to combat ongoing hyperinflation, reliant on natural resource extraction, agriculture and remittances. Major industries include mining (coal, gold, platinum, copper, nickel, tin, diamonds, clay, numerous metallic and nonmetallic ores), steel, wood products, cement, chemicals, fertilizer, clothing and footwear, foodstuffs, beverages. Important agricultural products include sugarcane, beef, maize, cabbages, potatoes, tomatoes, milk, onions, bananas, wheat (2023). Notable exports include gold, tobacco, nickel, minerals, diamonds (2023).
Demographics
People and population
Zimbabwe has an estimated population of 17,073,087. Languages spoken include Shona (official, most widely spoken) 80.9%, Ndebele (official, second most widely spoken) 11.5%, English (official, traditionally used for official business) 0.3%, 13 minority languages (official, includes Chewa, Chibarwe, Kalanga, Koisan, Nambya, Ndau, Shangani, sign language, Sotho, Tonga, Tswana, Venda, and Xhosa) 7%, other 0.3% (2022 est.). The population includes African 99.6% (predominantly Shona, Ndebele is the second largest ethnic group), other (includes Caucasian, Asiatic, mixed race) 0.4% (2022 est.). The urban population represents 32.5% of total population (2023).
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