Bulawayo lags behind on birth-rate, Mash Central leads – Zimstat

The Zimbabwe National Statistics Agency (Zimstat) has announced the birth rate for the population and it sees birth rates for the country.

Bulawayo, which has the lowest population contributed a mere 14,387 live births in the last 12 months. Crude birth rates (the amount of live births per 1,000 in an area) was also low on 21.6.

Compare that with Mashonaland Central, sitting at 32.7 for crude live birth rate and adding 45,240 births. The only crude live birth rate above 30 was Mashonaland West (32.0), adding 60,528 to the population.

Harare contributed the most humans 66,602 to the population even though its live birth rate sat at 27.4.

On the whole, Zimbabwe’s crude birth rate sits at 28.7. The world’s average is 18.1 according to 2021 data.

Zimstat live births and crude birth rates 2022

Province	Population	Live births in the Last 12 months	Crude Birth Rate
Bulawayo	665,952	14,387	21.6
Manicaland	2,037,703	59,978	29.4
Mashonaland Central	1,384,891	45,240	32.7
Mashonaland East	1,731,173	51,218	29.6
Mashonaland West	1,893,584	60,528	32.0
Matabeleland North	827,645	21,011	25.4
Matabeleland South	760,345	19,611	25.8
Midlands	1,811,905	53,954	29.8
Masvingo	1,638,528	43,206	26.4
Harare	2,427,231	66,602	27.4
Total	15,178,957	435,735	28.7