Zimbabwe

Republic of Zimbabwe

Zimbabwe (ZW, ZWE) is a country in Eastern Africa, with Harare as its capital. The currency is the Zimbabwean Gold (ZWG, ZWG) and US Dollar (USD, $). The international dialling code is +263 and the trunk prefix is 0; mobile numbers are written like 071 234 5678. The time zone is Africa/Harare. Official languages: Shona, English, and North Ndebele.

CurrencyZWG, USDZWG $

Dial code+263e.g. 071 234 5678

Time zoneHarareUTC+02:00

LanguageShona+2 more

CapitalHarare

Population17.2M390.8K km²

Overview

Official name: Republic of Zimbabwe
Native name: Zimbabwe
ISO 3166-1 alpha-2: ZW
ISO 3166-1 alpha-3: ZWE
ISO 3166-1 numeric: 716
IOC code: ZIM
Demonym: Zimbabwean
Capital: Harare
Region: Africa › Eastern Africa
Status: Independent, UN member
Groups: Eastern Africa
United Nations
Internet domain: .zw
Coordinates: -20, 30
Area: 390,757 km²
Population: 17,150,400
GDP: $58.6B ($3.4K per person)
Literacy: 83.6%
Landlocked: Yes
Land borders: 🇧🇼 Botswana
🇲🇿 Mozambique
🇿🇦 South Africa
🇿🇲 Zambia

Currency

Zimbabwean Gold ZWG

Symbol: ZWG
Minor units: 2 decimals
Example: ZWG 1,234.50

US Dollar USD

Symbol: $
Minor units: 2 decimals
Example: US$1,234.50

Former currencies: ZWL ZWR ZWD RHD

Languages

Language	Status	Share of population
Shona sn	Official	81% (13.9M)
English en	Official	42% (7.2M)
North Ndebele nd	Official	12% (2.1M)
mxc mxc		6.5% (1.1M)
ndc ndc		6.1% (1M)
kck kck		5.3% (909K)
Nyanja ny		1.9% (325.9K)
Venda ve		0.64% (109.8K)
Tswana tn		0.22% (37.7K)

Time zones

Time zone	Local time	Standard	Daylight saving	Name
Africa/Harare		UTC+02:00	none	Central Africa Time

Phone numbers

Calling code: +263
Dial-out prefix: 00
Trunk prefix: 0
National number length: 7–10 digits
Emergency number: 112 pattern 112|99[3-59]

Number types

Type	National format	International format	Layout	Digits
Fixed line	013 12345	+263 13 12345	XXX XXXXX	7, 9
Mobile	071 234 5678	+263 71 234 5678	XXX XXX XXXX	9
Toll free	0800 1234	+263 800 1234	XXXX XXXX	7
VoIP	08686 123456	+263 8686 123456	XXXXX XXXXXX	10

Check a phone number

Show the 9 formatting rules

Digits pattern	Leading digits	Format	International
`(\d{2})(\d{3,5})`	`1\|2(?:0[0-36-9]\|29\|58)\|67[0-46-9]\|(?:55\|68)[0-69]`	`$1 $2`	`$1 $2`
`(\d{3})(\d{3,5})`	`2(?:0[45]\|[27]\|48)\|37\|675\|(?:55\|68)[78]`	`$1 $2`	`$1 $2`
`(\d{3})(\d{4})`	`80`	`$1 $2`	`$1 $2`
`(\d{4})(\d{3,5})`	`548`	`$1 $2`	`$1 $2`
`(\d{2})(\d{3})(\d{3,4})`	`29[013-9]`	`$1 $2 $3`	`$1 $2 $3`
`(\d{2})(\d{7})`	`[256]\|39\|8[13-59]`	`$1 $2`	`$1 $2`
`(\d{2})(\d{3})(\d{4})`	`7`	`$1 $2 $3`	`$1 $2 $3`
`(\d{3})(\d{3})(\d{3,4})`	`3`	`$1 $2 $3`	`$1 $2 $3`
`(\d{4})(\d{6})`	`8`	`$1 $2`	`$1 $2`

Address and postal code

No address data.

Calendar, units and conventions

First day of the week: Sunday
Weekend: Saturday to Sunday
First week of the year: Contains at least 1 day of the new year
Hour cycle: 24-hour (0–23), also h
Calendars: gregorian
Measurement system: Metric
Temperature: Celsius
Paper size: A4
Locales: en-ZW
nd-ZW
sn-ZW

Number and date formats

As written by the Shona (Zimbabwe) locale (sn-ZW), amounts in ZWG.

Number: 1,234,567.891
Percent: 45.7%
Currency (ZWG): ZWG 1,234,567.89
Accounting: (ZWG 1,234,567.89)
Currency, name: 1,234,567.89 ZWG
Compact short: 1.2M
Compact long: 1.2M
Scientific: 1.235E6
Speed: 88 km/h
Temperature: 21.5°C
Date, full: 2026 Kurume 27, Chishanu
Date, long: 2026 Kurume 27
Date, medium: 2026 Kur 27
Date, short: 2026-03-27
Time, medium: 15:04:05
Time, short: 15:04
Date and time: 2026 Kur 27 15:04
Month and year: 2026 Kurume
Weekday: Chishanu
Relative time: Nezuro · +3 d · -2 h
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