Recognised as Country
Zimbabwe
- ZW
- Africa
- ZWG
- .zw
Zimbabwe (ZW/ZWE) is a country in Africa with its capital at Harare. It covers about 390,757 km² with a population of roughly 16,000,000, uses the ZWG, dials on +263, owns the .zw internet domain and keeps its capital on Africa/Harare. It borders 4 countries.
Identity
Official short nameZimbabwe
CapitalHarare
ContinentAfrica
ISO 3166-1 alpha-2ZW
ISO 3166-1 alpha-3ZWE
Internet TLD.zw
Calling code+263
Currency codeZWG
Geography
Latitude19.0154° S
Longitude29.1549° E
HemisphereSouthern and Eastern
Area390,757 km²150,872 square miles
Land neighbours4
Distance from London8,343 kmto the approximate centre of Zimbabwe, not to Harare. SSE, bearing 151.4°
Time
These values depend on today’s date and change daily.
Time zone of the capitalAfrica/Hararethe IANA zone for Harare; a large country spans several zones
Standard offsetUTC+02:00
Observes daylight savingNothe offset is the same all year
Offset in JanuaryUTC+02:00
Offset in JulyUTC+02:00
Current offsetUTC+02:00
Local time now22 Sept 2026, 15:12
Hours ahead of UTC2
Population & scale
Population16,000,000≈estimate, 2024 edition, extended to all 196 states in September 2026. Population and area are the latest available national or UN estimates, rounded, and are not exact
Population density40.9 per km²≈
Share of world population0.198%≈against a world population of about 8.1 billion
Area rank in this dataset60 of 196
Population rank in this dataset74 of 196
Neighbouring countries
Zambia669 km centre to centre
Mozambique672 km centre to centre
South Africa1,428 km centre to centre
Botswana593 km centre to centre
About this data
Dataset version2024 edition, extended to all 196 states in September 2026. Population and area are the latest available national or UN estimates, rounded, and are not exact
Time zone sourcethe IANA time zone database, via the platform
Last updated2026-09-10
StabilityISO codes, TLDs and calling codes are stable; population and area are estimates that change
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