Population of Zimbabwe

Source	UN (World Population Prospects 2022)
Date	13 Jun 2024

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The current population of Zimbabwe is 16,720,938 as of October 10, 2024, based on interpolation of the latest United Nations data. The population of Zimbabwe is projected at 17,020,321, or 17.02 million, as of July 1, 2024. The total population in Zimbabwe is projected at 16,665,409, or 16.67 million people for the year 2023.

Zimbabwe ranks 74th in the world by population on the 237 countries and territories list. Zimbabwe is ranked 26th among 58 countries and territories in Africa.

Population
Growth rate
Net change

Zimbabwe population estimates
Year	Population		Growth		Share (%)
Year	1 Jan	1 July	Net Change	rate (%)	to World
1950	2,746,396	2,791,326	89,860	3.220	0.11
1951	2,836,256	2,881,713	90,915	3.155	0.11
1952	2,927,171	2,973,713	93,084	3.130	0.11
1953	3,020,255	3,067,899	95,288	3.106	0.12
1954	3,115,543	3,164,517	97,947	3.095	0.12
1955	3,213,490	3,263,625	100,270	3.073	0.12
1956	3,313,760	3,365,477	103,434	3.074	0.12
1957	3,417,194	3,470,494	106,599	3.072	0.12
1958	3,523,793	3,578,800	110,015	3.074	0.12
1959	3,633,808	3,690,640	113,664	3.080	0.12
1960	3,747,472	3,806,310	117,676	3.092	0.13
1961	3,865,148	3,925,952	121,609	3.098	0.13
1962	3,986,757	4,049,778	126,041	3.113	0.13
1963	4,112,798	4,177,931	130,266	3.118	0.13
1964	4,243,064	4,310,332	134,535	3.121	0.13
1965	4,377,599	4,447,149	139,099	3.128	0.13
1966	4,516,698	4,588,529	143,661	3.131	0.13
1967	4,660,359	4,734,694	148,671	3.140	0.14
1968	4,809,030	4,886,347	154,635	3.165	0.14
1969	4,963,665	5,044,163	160,997	3.192	0.14
1970	5,124,662	5,202,918	156,513	3.008	0.14
1971	5,281,175	5,363,423	164,496	3.067	0.14
1972	5,445,671	5,532,842	174,341	3.151	0.14
1973	5,620,012	5,712,712	185,399	3.246	0.15
1974	5,805,411	5,903,530	196,239	3.324	0.15
1975	6,001,650	6,097,083	190,865	3.131	0.15
1976	6,192,515	6,288,387	191,744	3.049	0.15
1977	6,384,259	6,453,044	137,570	2.132	0.15
1978	6,521,829	6,549,349	55,039	0.840	0.15
1979	6,576,868	6,655,833	157,930	2.373	0.15
1980	6,734,798	7,049,926	630,256	8.946	0.16
1981	7,365,054	7,506,526	282,944	3.770	0.17
1982	7,647,998	7,803,855	311,715	3.995	0.17
1983	7,959,713	8,106,356	293,286	3.618	0.17
1984	8,252,999	8,398,567	291,136	3.467	0.18
1985	8,544,135	8,690,515	292,761	3.369	0.18
1986	8,836,896	8,983,044	292,296	3.254	0.18
1987	9,129,192	9,277,488	296,593	3.197	0.18
1988	9,425,785	9,568,739	285,908	2.988	0.19
1989	9,711,693	9,846,346	269,306	2.735	0.19
1990	9,980,999	10,113,893	265,788	2.628	0.19
1991	10,246,787	10,377,815	262,056	2.525	0.19
1992	10,508,843	10,641,501	265,316	2.493	0.19
1993	10,774,159	10,794,918	41,518	0.385	0.19
1994	10,815,677	10,858,594	85,834	0.790	0.19
1995	10,901,511	10,994,041	185,061	1.683	0.19
1996	11,086,572	11,178,171	183,198	1.639	0.19
1997	11,269,770	11,362,401	185,263	1.631	0.19
1998	11,455,033	11,548,364	186,662	1.616	0.19
1999	11,641,695	11,716,454	149,519	1.276	0.19
2000	11,791,214	11,834,676	86,925	0.734	0.19
2001	11,878,139	11,910,978	65,677	0.551	0.19
2002	11,943,816	11,984,644	81,656	0.681	0.19
2003	12,025,472	12,075,828	100,713	0.834	0.19
2004	12,126,185	12,160,881	69,393	0.571	0.19
2005	12,195,578	12,224,753	58,349	0.477	0.19
2006	12,253,927	12,330,490	153,126	1.242	0.19
2007	12,407,053	12,450,568	87,030	0.699	0.19
2008	12,494,083	12,550,347	112,529	0.897	0.18
2009	12,606,612	12,679,810	146,396	1.155	0.18
2010	12,753,008	12,839,771	173,525	1.351	0.18
2011	12,926,533	13,025,785	198,504	1.524	0.18
2012	13,125,037	13,265,331	280,588	2.115	0.19
2013	13,405,625	13,555,422	299,593	2.210	0.19
2014	13,705,218	13,855,753	301,070	2.173	0.19
2015	14,006,288	14,154,937	297,298	2.100	0.19
2016	14,303,586	14,452,704	298,237	2.064	0.19
2017	14,601,823	14,751,101	298,556	2.024	0.19
2018	14,900,379	15,052,184	303,610	2.017	0.20
2019	15,203,989	15,354,608	301,237	1.962	0.20
2020	15,505,226	15,669,666	328,880	2.099	0.20
2021	15,834,106	15,993,524	318,836	1.994	0.20

Zimbabwe population projections
Year	Population		Growth		Share (%)
Year	1 Jan	1 July	Net Change	rate (%)	to World
2022	16,152,942	16,320,537	335,190	2.054	0.20
2023	16,488,132	16,665,409	354,553	2.128	0.21
2024	16,842,685	17,020,321	355,273	2.087	0.21
2025	17,197,958	17,375,285	354,653	2.041	0.21
2026	17,552,611	17,731,592	357,963	2.019	0.21
2027	17,910,574	18,090,446	359,744	1.989	0.22
2028	18,270,318	18,451,235	361,834	1.961	0.22
2029	18,632,152	18,814,068	363,831	1.934	0.22
2030	18,995,983	19,179,393	366,820	1.913	0.22
2031	19,362,803	19,547,971	370,337	1.895	0.23
2032	19,733,140	19,919,582	372,884	1.872	0.23
2033	20,106,024	20,293,203	374,359	1.845	0.23
2034	20,480,383	20,668,334	375,901	1.819	0.23
2035	20,856,284	21,044,297	376,025	1.787	0.24
2036	21,232,309	21,420,364	376,111	1.756	0.24
2037	21,608,420	21,795,710	374,579	1.719	0.24
2038	21,982,999	22,169,385	372,771	1.682	0.24
2039	22,355,770	22,541,721	371,902	1.650	0.25
2040	22,727,672	22,912,369	369,393	1.612	0.25
2041	23,097,065	23,279,976	365,821	1.571	0.25
2042	23,462,886	23,644,449	363,126	1.536	0.25
2043	23,826,012	24,006,629	361,235	1.505	0.26
2044	24,187,247	24,367,005	359,517	1.475	0.26
2045	24,546,764	24,723,911	354,293	1.433	0.26
2046	24,901,057	25,075,678	349,241	1.393	0.26
2047	25,250,298	25,423,417	346,238	1.362	0.27
2048	25,596,536	25,766,806	340,540	1.322	0.27
2049	25,937,076	26,105,252	336,352	1.288	0.27
2050	26,273,428	26,438,589	330,321	1.249	0.27
2051	26,603,749	26,767,174	326,849	1.221	0.27
2052	26,930,598	27,091,756	322,316	1.190	0.28
2053	27,252,914	27,410,976	316,124	1.153	0.28
2054	27,569,038	27,725,551	313,026	1.129	0.28
2055	27,882,064	28,035,146	306,165	1.092	0.28
2056	28,188,229	28,338,431	300,405	1.060	0.29
2057	28,488,634	28,636,851	296,433	1.035	0.29
2058	28,785,067	28,930,746	291,358	1.007	0.29
2059	29,076,425	29,218,387	283,923	0.972	0.29
2060	29,360,348	29,499,214	277,733	0.941	0.29
2061	29,638,081	29,774,881	273,600	0.919	0.29
2062	29,911,681	30,044,786	266,210	0.886	0.30
2063	30,177,891	30,307,946	260,109	0.858	0.30
2064	30,438,000	30,565,551	255,101	0.835	0.30
2065	30,693,101	30,816,544	246,886	0.801	0.30
2066	30,939,987	31,061,017	242,060	0.779	0.30
2067	31,182,047	31,301,429	238,763	0.763	0.31
2068	31,420,810	31,536,232	230,843	0.732	0.31
2069	31,651,653	31,765,469	227,632	0.717	0.31
2070	31,879,285	31,990,138	221,706	0.693	0.31
2071	32,100,991	32,209,047	216,112	0.671	0.31
2072	32,317,103	32,421,533	208,859	0.644	0.31
2073	32,525,962	32,627,476	203,028	0.622	0.32
2074	32,728,990	32,827,927	197,873	0.603	0.32
2075	32,926,863	33,021,446	189,165	0.573	0.32
2076	33,116,028	33,207,261	182,466	0.549	0.32
2077	33,298,494	33,385,667	174,346	0.522	0.32
2078	33,472,840	33,556,723	167,766	0.500	0.32
2079	33,640,606	33,720,831	160,450	0.476	0.32
2080	33,801,056	33,877,434	152,756	0.451	0.33
2081	33,953,812	34,026,923	146,223	0.430	0.33
2082	34,100,035	34,169,077	138,085	0.404	0.33
2083	34,238,120	34,303,467	130,695	0.381	0.33
2084	34,368,815	34,431,906	126,183	0.366	0.33
2085	34,494,998	34,553,813	117,629	0.340	0.33
2086	34,612,627	34,668,325	111,397	0.321	0.33
2087	34,724,024	34,776,289	104,530	0.301	0.33
2088	34,828,554	34,877,815	98,522	0.282	0.33
2089	34,927,076	34,974,313	94,475	0.270	0.34
2090	35,021,551	35,065,411	87,720	0.250	0.34
2091	35,109,271	35,149,062	79,581	0.226	0.34
2092	35,188,852	35,225,253	72,802	0.207	0.34
2093	35,261,654	35,295,032	66,756	0.189	0.34
2094	35,328,410	35,358,926	61,032	0.173	0.34
2095	35,389,442	35,416,870	54,856	0.155	0.34
2096	35,444,298	35,469,605	50,614	0.143	0.34
2097	35,494,912	35,517,791	45,758	0.129	0.34
2098	35,540,670	35,561,279	41,217	0.116	0.34
2099	35,581,887	35,599,779	35,783	0.101	0.34
2100	35,617,670	35,633,415	31,490	0.088	0.34