Talk:Demographics of Zimbabwe

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Many would context the accuracy of the population estimates that underly this graph, due to significant unreported migration by Zimbabwean, predominantly of wage earning age, to neighbouring Southern African countries as economic refugees. Some reports estimate in excess of 2 million of the 12 million Zimbabweans currently live in South Africa, Mozambique or Botswana.

November 2006,
According to an article [1] in the British newspaper, 'The Independent', the current population could have fallen as low as 8 million, a 4 million decrease since the last census taken in 2002. The reason for this precipitous decline is mainly due to the proliferation of AIDS, coupled with the economic disintegration under the Mugabe regime. Average life expectancy for women has fallen to 34 years, where this was just over 65 years only a decade ago. Average life expectancy for men is only barely higher at 37 years. Infant mortality has doubled since the nineties.