comparison to the world: 41st 10.2 deaths/1,000 population (2017 est.) Total fertility rate 3.89 children born/woman (2022 est.) Country comparison to the world: 30th 3.97 children born/woman (2018 est.) Country comparison to the world: 33rd Official government fertility rates over the past decade were 3.6 (2002 Census), 3.8 (2006 survey also says women actually wanted on average 3.3 children) and 3.8 (2012 Census). Population growth rate 1.95% (2022 est.) Country comparison to the world: 44th 1.68% (2018 est.) Country comparison to the world: 60th 1.56% (2017 est.) Mother's mean age at first birth 20 years (2015 est.) note: median age at first birth among women 25-29 Contraceptive prevalence rate 66.8% (2015) Net migration rate -4.83 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2022 est.) Country comparison to the world: 200th -7.3 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2018 est.) Country comparison to the world: 208th -8.5 migrants/1,000 population (2017).There is an increasing flow of Zimbabweans into South Africa and Botswana in search of better economic opportunities. Dependency ratios total dependency ratio: 79.5 (2015 est.) youth dependency ratio: 74.4 (2015 est.) elderly dependency ratio: 5.1 (2015 est.) potential support ratio: 19.7 (2015 est.) Urbanization urban population: 66% of total population (2022) rate of urbanization: 2.41% annual rate of change (2020-25 est.) urban population: 32.2% of total population (2018) rate of urbanization: 2.19% annual rate of change (2015-20 est.) Major infectious diseases degree of risk: high (2020) food or waterborne diseases: bacterial and protozoal diarrhea, hepatitis A, and typhoid fever vectorborne diseases: malaria and dengue fever water contact diseases: schistosomiasis animal contact diseases: rabies Sex ratio (2011 est.) at birth: 1.03 male(s)/female under 15 years: 1.02 male(s)/female 15-64 years: 0.92 male(s)/female 65 years and over: 0.70 male(s)/female total population: 0.95 male(s)/female AIDS Adult prevalence rate 13.3% (2017 est.) 15.3% (2007) 33.7% (2001 est.) 25% (1999 estimate). People living with HIV/AIDS 1.3 million (2017 est.) 1.3 million (2007 est.) 2.3 million (2001 est.) Deaths 22,000 (2017 est.) 140,000 (2007 est.) 200,000 (2001 est.) 160,000 annually (1999 estimate). Life expectancy at birth total population: 63.32 years. Country comparison to the world: 209 male: 61.18 years (2022 est.) female: 65.52 years (2022 est.) total population: 61.1 years male 59 years female: 63.2 years (2018 est.) total population 60.4 years male 58.3 years female 62.5 years (2017 est.) total population 47.55 years male 47.98 years female 47.11 years (2010 est.) Physicians density 0.08 physicians/1,000 population (2014) Hospital bed density 1.7 beds/1,000 population (2011) Obesity -