Demographics of Zimbabwe

Source	UN (World Population Prospects 2022)
Date	05 Jun 2024

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There are 8.06 million males and 8.96 million females in Zimbabwe. The percentage of the male population is 47.35%, compared to 52.65% of the female population. Zimbabwe has 903k more females than males. The sex ratio in Zimbabwe in 2024 will be 89.922 males per 100 females. Zimbabwe is in the 17th position in terms of the female-to-male ratio.

Zimbabwe population
Year	Population	Growth (%)
1950	2,791,326	3.22
1955	3,263,625	3.07
1960	3,806,310	3.09
1965	4,447,149	3.13
1970	5,202,918	3.01
1975	6,097,083	3.13
1980	7,049,926	8.95
1985	8,690,515	3.37
1990	10,113,893	2.63
1995	10,994,041	1.68
2000	11,834,676	0.73
2005	12,224,753	0.48
2010	12,839,771	1.35
2015	14,154,937	2.10
2020	15,669,666	2.10
2021	15,993,524	1.99
2022	16,320,537	2.05
2023	16,665,409	2.13
2024	17,020,321	2.09

Population
Growth

Zimbabwe death and birth rate
Year	Total		Crude(per 1000)
Year	Death	Birth	Crude death	Crude birth
1950	46,367	140,879	16.591	50.408
1955	51,336	158,098	15.711	48.384
1960	54,201	180,126	14.221	47.260
1965	55,967	205,969	12.566	46.246
1970	59,680	240,301	11.441	46.065
1975	69,080	288,955	11.300	47.265
1980	75,903	316,918	11.069	46.218
1985	73,793	364,767	8.492	41.976
1990	88,462	351,900	8.747	34.796
1995	141,216	359,233	12.825	32.625
2000	200,034	424,280	16.801	35.637
2005	206,992	430,078	16.820	34.947
2010	171,444	478,377	13.281	37.056
2015	124,445	481,660	8.774	33.960
2020	127,551	486,393	8.132	31.009
2021	144,973	488,807	9.057	30.537
2022	146,000	491,195	8.943	30.086
2023	129,293	493,840	7.755	29.622
2024	131,381	496,655	7.716	29.170

Total
Crude

Urban and rural population of Zimbabwe
Year	Population		Urban (%)
Year	Urban	Rural	Urban (%)
1950	292,368	2,454,484	10.644
1955	371,106	2,830,909	11.590
1960	472,478	3,274,891	12.608
1965	644,767	3,765,445	14.620
1970	898,584	4,277,034	17.362
1975	1,215,331	4,900,039	19.873
1980	1,602,677	5,561,495	22.371
1985	2,200,595	6,458,262	25.414
1990	2,951,918	7,231,195	28.988
1995	3,592,151	7,728,195	31.732
2000	4,125,989	8,096,262	33.758
2005	4,413,866	8,526,166	34.110
2010	4,676,106	9,410,211	33.196
2015	5,109,485	10,667,966	32.385
2020	5,700,460	11,980,005	32.242
2021	5,834,113	12,226,340	32.303
2022	5,972,826	12,464,597	32.395
2023	6,117,511	12,695,580	32.517
2024	6,269,464	12,920,837	32.670

Population
Urbanization

Zimbabwe population by Age Group (2024)
Age group	Male	Female	Total		M per 100 F
Age group	Male	Female	Persons	Share (%)	M per 100 F
00-04	1,181,725	1,161,445	2,343,170	13.77	101.746
05-09	1,125,495	1,118,810	2,244,304	13.19	100.598
10-14	1,090,369	1,099,678	2,190,047	12.87	99.153
15-19	912,510	946,451	1,858,960	10.92	96.414
20-24	825,669	889,071	1,714,740	10.07	92.869
25-29	640,388	725,759	1,366,147	8.03	88.237
30-34	481,412	600,381	1,081,793	6.36	80.184
35-39	439,661	587,984	1,027,645	6.04	74.774
40-44	421,065	534,091	955,157	5.61	78.838
45-49	296,885	375,422	672,307	3.95	79.080
50-54	198,934	266,469	465,402	2.73	74.656
55-59	130,608	178,772	309,380	1.82	73.058
60-64	96,212	136,423	232,635	1.37	70.525
65-69	84,400	127,489	211,889	1.24	66.202
70-74	68,987	104,162	173,150	1.02	66.230
75-79	37,667	58,782	96,448	0.57	64.079
80-84	17,991	31,547	49,538	0.29	57.029
85-89	6,231	12,658	18,890	0.11	49.226
90-94	1,899	4,800	6,699	0.04	39.563
95-99	408	1,369	1,778	0.01	29.803
100+	43	201	244	0.00	21.393
Total	8,058,559	8,961,764	17,020,323		89.922

Population pyramid
Gender ratio