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Harare Province, which includes the city of Harare, is the most populous of Zimbabwe's ten provinces, with over two million inhabitants in 2012. Manicaland Province and Midlands Province are the second and third most populous provinces, respectively. Seven of the ten provinces have a population larger than one million. Only three, Bulawayo, Matabeleland North and Matabeleland South are the least populous provinces. According to 2012 census data, Bulawayo is the least populous province, with around 650,000 inhabitants, though the city/provincial government disputes these statistics, arguing that they are politically motivated.[1] Bulawayo produced its own municipal statistics showing a population 1.2 million.[1] Depending on which data is accepted, either Bulawayo or Matabeleland South is the country's least populous province.
List by current population
editRank | Province | Census population, 2012[2] | % of the total population, 2012 |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Harare | 2,123,132 | 16.26 |
2 | Manicaland | 1,752,698 | 13.42 |
3 | Midlands | 1,614,941 | 12.36 |
4 | Mashonaland West | 1,501,656 | 11.50 |
5 | Masvingo | 1,485,090 | 11.37 |
6 | Mashonaland East | 1,344,955 | 10.30 |
7 | Mashonaland Central | 1,152,520 | 8.82 |
8 | Matabeleland North | 749,017 | 5.73 |
9 | Matabeleland South | 683,893 | 5.24 |
10 | Bulawayo | 653,337 (or 1,200,337[1]) | 5.00 (or 9.19) |
— | Zimbabwe total | 13,061,239 | — |
Historical population data
editSince independence
editProvince | 2012 population | % of total population, 2012 | % change, 2002–2012 | 2002 population | % of total population, 2002 | % change, 1992–2002 | 1992 population | % of total population, 1992 | % change, 1982–1992 | 1982 population | % of total population, 1982 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Harare | 2,123,132 | 16.26 | +11.97 | 1,896,134 | 16.30 | +28.22 | 1,478,810 | 14.21 | — | — | — |
Manicaland | 1,752,698 | 13.42 | +11.71 | 1,568,930 | 13.49 | +2.03 | 1,537,676 | 14.78 | +39.89 | 1,099,202 | 14.57 |
Midlands | 1,614,941 | 12.36 | +10.31 | 1,463,993 | 12.59 | +12.42 | 1,302,214 | 12.52 | +19.26 | 1,091,844 | 14.47 |
Mashonaland West | 1,501,656 | 11.50 | +22.62 | 1,224,670 | 10.53 | +9.65 | 1,116,928 | 10.74 | +30.03 | 858,962 | 11.38 |
Masvingo | 1,485,090 | 11.37 | +12.47 | 1,320,438 | 11.35 | +8.07 | 1,221,845 | 11.75 | +18.43 | 1,031,697 | 13.67 |
Mashonaland East | 1,344,955 | 10.30 | +19.30 | 1,127,413 | 9.69 | +9.10 | 1,033,336 | 9.93 | –30.93 | 1,495,984 | 19.82 |
Mashonaland Central | 1,152,520 | 8.82 | +15.78 | 995,427 | 8.56 | +16.11 | 857,318 | 8.24 | +52.17 | 563,407 | 7.47 |
Matabeleland North | 749,017 | 5.73 | +6.25 | 704,948 | 6.06 | +9.98 | 640,957 | 6.17 | –27.60 | 885,339 | 11.73 |
Matabeleland South | 683,893 | 5.24 | +4.72 | 653,054 | 5.61 | +10.36 | 591,747 | 5.69 | +13.88 | 519,606 | 6.89 |
Bulawayo | 653,337 | 5.00 | –3.45 | 676,650 | 5.82 | +8.97 | 620,936 | 5.97 | — | — | — |
Zimbabwe total | 13,061,239 | — | +12.29 | 11,631,657 | — | +11.82 | 10,401,767 | — | +37.84 | 7,546,041 | — |
References
edit- ^ a b c Dube, Vusumuzi (6 December 2015). "Bulawayo population figures contradict 2012 Zimstat census results". Bulawayo24 News. Retrieved 26 July 2018.
- ^ a b "Zimbabwe Provinces". www.statoids.com. Retrieved 26 July 2018.