Gender FVR Projected Census (2018) Difference % Difference Men 2622516 3349462 -726946 -21.70 Women 3073190 3874665 -801475 -20.69 Total 5695706 7224128 -1528421 -21.16 Overall, 21% of the projected population did not register to vote. Urban Registrants against Census Populations When ZESN examined the population of urban registrants, it found out that the FVR Urban population was generally lower than census data except for adult Zimbabweans aged 45-49 years. Figure 7.1 below shows the numbers of urban registrants and the census populations Numbers of Urban registrants and the Census Populations 600000 500000 400000 300000 200000 100000 0 18 - 20 - 25 - 30 - 35 - 40 - 45 - 50 - 55 - 60 - 65 - 70 - 75 - 80 - 85 - 90 - 95 - 100 - 105 - 110+ 19 24 29 34 39 44 49 54 59 64 69 74 79 84 89 94 99 104 109 VR 2012 2018 Figure 7.1: Numbers of Urban registrants and the Census Populations As shown in the graph above, the results seemed to suggest that young adults, especially those 39 and below living in urban areas, were under-registered when compared to those 40 and above. 44 | P a g e