Introduction At the time of writing this paper, Zimbabwe has entered the 4th stage of its new biometric voter registration (BVR) for the 2018 harmonised elections. The current and ongoing BVR blitz is expected to end on 19 December 2017. However, there is already conversation on the possibility of extending the BVR blitz owing to reportedly low voter registration turnout. Zimbabwe Election Support Network (ZESN) is fully behind the idea of extending the blitz to allow potential voters to register to vote. Thus, in light of the low voter turnout recorded todate 4,173,897 by end of registration of 12 December 2018 according to Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) website), ZESN continues to call for concerted efforts and channelling of resources towards ensuring that all eligible voters are registered so that they able to vote come 2018. ZESN maintains the position that a comprehensive voters’ roll is one of the major cornerstones to ensuring that 2018 and, indeed future elections are credibility. Judging by the reasons provided by ZEC for turned away potential voters (defaced IDs, no IDs, photocopied IDs, drivers licence, aliens without birth certificates, Non-Citizen Residents, underage), ZESN continues to advocate for ordinary Zimbabwean men and women to receive timely and sufficient information on voter registration procedures and requirements. ZESN calls upon the ZEC to put measures in place for effective discharge of the new voter registration system, allowing adequate time for voter registration so as to ensure that the registration process is all-inclusive and that potential voters are not disenfranchised. ZESN recognizes that the ‘network challenges’ being experienced by the registration system need to be addressed to ensure that the process moves smoothly. ZESN remains committed to working with other electoral stakeholders and to support the necessary and commendable work being done by ZEC to adopt the use of the new biometric voter registration. Consistent with its mandate of promoting Democratic Elections in Zimbabwe, and in addition to the December 2016 overall population projections for Zimbabweans aged 18+, ZESN has come up with ward-based projections of the Zimbabwean population aged 18 and above in 2018. Thus, the current work has been motivated by the need to provide reliable wardbased population projections to allow for a more focused support of the registration process. Objective The overarching objective of the report is to provide ZESN and interested stakeholders with ward based comprehensive scientific data on population dynamics for 2018. Methodology Consistent with the December population projection report, two main categories of methodologies for population forecasting were considered for this paper. These are: 1. The cohort-component method. The Component method simulates how a population changes according to the components of demographic change which are fertility, mortality and migration. The current challenge with this approach is that data on migration is very difficult to get 2. The Ratio method: The use of mathematical functions applied to population figures but not to each of the components The current methodology also used the mathematical formula to make population projections. As already highlighted in the previous report on the same subject, the mathematical formula was chosen mainly because it does not require inputs required by the component method. As a result, the present calculations do not take into account immigration or emigration factors contributing to population growth. This is consistent with © Zimbabwe Election Support Network 2017 3