Area: 390.860 Km²
Population: 11.365.000 (2001 est.)
Density: 29 pop/Km²

System of government: Presidential Republic
Capital: Harare (1.410.000 pop.)
Major cities: Bulawayo 415.000 pop.
Ethnic majority: Shona 77%, Ndebele 16%
Border countries: Zambia NORTH, Mozambique EAST, South Africa SOUTH, Botswana WEST

Principal mountains: Inyangani 2593 m
Principal rivers: Zambezi 820 Km (zimbabwean tract, total 2736 Km)
Principal lakes: Lake Kariba
Principal islands: -
Climate: Tropical

Language: English (official), Shona
Religion: Indigenous Beliefs 80%, Christian 20%
Currency: Zimbabwean Dollar (ZWD)