E = Emigrants The Component method simulates how a population changes according to the components of demographic change which are fertility, mortality and migration. Using the cohort-component model has the greatest advantage of providing detailed demographic data of population growth. However, the approach requires availability of key information on the three major components (births, deaths, migration) by age cohort, to produce the reasonable population projections. In Zimbabwe, the current challenge with this approach is that data on migration is very difficult to get. The mathematical formula was chosen mainly because it does not need inputs required by the component method. This means that the present calculations do not take into account immigration or emigration factors contributing to population growth. This is consistent with other studies done in the country (Zimstat, 2009). The mathematical formula is appropriate because the population of Zimbabwe over years has shown to continuously increase and following closely a geometric pattern (Mandishona, 1987). Thus the geometric formula has been used to project the population of adult Zimbabweans aged 18 plus, that is the voting population up to 2018. The 2012 population census data was used as the base population to project the 2017 and 2018 voting population. The 2018 projections were calculated using the following geometric formula R = Pt*(1+r)^n Pt - base population (last census) R - Is the growth rate N = number of years after the base year The projections are presented in tables according to gender, province, district of residence and also specific ages. Census and Survey Processing System (CSPro), a statistical data processing software package, was used for the production of the tables in the current report. Pt = P0 + (B -D) + (I-E) 4

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