Table 2 above compares ZESN projected voting population and ZEC provisional statistics. When the data is viewed by gender, the general trend is than more women than men across most provinces have registered to vote. Using the population projection, the gender divide is more apparent in provinces such as Matabeleland North (women = 86.2%; men = 79.3%) and South (women = 72.2%; men = 65.3%) and Manicaland (women = 75.4%; men = 70.2%). BVR Statistics by Age The figure below shows an overall picture of ZEC BVR statistics of Zimbabweans aged 18 years and above registered to vote in the 2018 elections. Results indicate that the majority of those registered to vote (70% or 3 612 039 out of the total 5 185 072) are aged between 20 years and 44 years. Only 13.9% are in the 45-60 age categories. Of the 70%, the highest population is 35-39 years (667 555, 13.20%), followed by the 20-24 years (666 467, 13.18%), then 25-24 years (652 726, 12.9%) and in fourth place the 30-34 age category (609942). The figure below shows the age distribution. 3