• Population*......................................................................43,786,115 (July 2008 est.)
• Population growth rate .............................................................-0.501% (2008 est.)
• Birth rate.....................................................17.71 births/1,000 population (2008 est.)
• Death rate................................................22.7 deaths/1,000 population (2008 est.)
• Net migration rate**...............................-0.02 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2008 est.)
• Ethnic groups.......................black African 79%, white 9.6%, colored 8.9%, Indian/Asian 2.5% (2001 census)

* Note: estimates for this country explicitly take into account the effects of excess mortality due to AIDS; this can result in lower life expectancy, higher infant mortality and death rates, lower population and growth rates, and changes in the distribution of population by age and sex than would otherwise be expected (July 2008 est.).
**Note: there is an increasing flow of Zimbabweans into South Africa and Botswana in search of better economic opportunities.