ENTRY ONE:
THE NATURE OF GEOGRAPHY
Main InformationTotal area: 390,757 sq km
Land area: 386,847 sq km Water area: 3,910 sq km Size comparative to U.S. territory: slightly larger than Montana |
All countries that share a border |
total distance of coastline |
Zimbabwe shares borders with Botswana, Mozambique, South Africa, and Zambia. The total distance of the boundaries is 3,229 km.
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There is no coastline because Zimbabwe is a landlocked country.
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climate and terrain |
elevation |
The climate is tropical and moderated by altitude, rainy season from November to March.
The terrain is mostly high plateaus with higher central plateau (high veld), and mountains in the east. |
Point of lowest elevation: junction of the Runde and Save Rivers 162 m
Point of highest elevation: Inyangani 2,592 m |
ENTRY TWO:
population and migration
populationPopulation: 14.546,961
Population Density: Net Migration Rate: 0/1000 people |
Growth/decreaseCrude Birth Rate: 31.9
Crude Death Rate: 9.9 Rate of Natural Increase: 31.9 - 9.9 = 22 |
dependent populationPopulation ages <15: 37.8%
Population ages 65+: 3.5% Dependency Ratio: 41.3% |
life expectancyAt Birth (Total): 58 years
At Birth Females: 58.7 years At Birth Males: 57.3 years |
Education
Economy/wealth
health
population pyramids
Demographic Transition model
In the demographic transition model, Zimbabwe is right about in the middle of Stage 3. This is due to the improvement of medical technology hindering the crude death rate and the rapidly decreasing crude birth rate. With a crude birth rate of 31.9 and a crude death rate of 9.9, the rate of natural increase is very high at 22. Even with this huge rate of natural increase, Zimbabwe is further developing and continuing its rapid decrease in birth rate and rapid decrease in rate of natural increase.
GAPMINDER ACTIVE CHART (CRUDE BIRTH RATE VS WOMEN OF REPRODUCTIVE AGE MEAN YEARS IN SCHOOL)
Link: www.bit.ly/2djVTiO
As time progressed until the 1990's, Zimbabwe's crude birth rate since 1970 rapidly decreased. This is due to a an increase in mean years in school for women of reproductive age as time progressed. As gender equality increased over time in Zimbabwe, women spent less time at home raising children and leading on lives devoted to giving birth and nurturing young children. Women use their further education to get employed and join the workforce to support their own families financially. A strange pattern occurred in the 1990's. Although the mean years in school for women increased, the crude birth rate started increasing slowly again. This could be due to a major event that took place over the years or a significant social change that forced women to stay at home giving birth and raising children once again.
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