Demographics of Zimbabwe

Source	UN (World Population Prospects 2019)
Date	13 Dec 2021

As of 2021, the population of Zimbabwe is projected at 15.09 million, up by 1.54% compared with 14.86 million in 2020. Zimbabwe is ranked 74th in terms of population and 70th in terms of population growth rate.

There are 0.43 million births in Zimbabwe in 2021. That is 1,176 per day, which is ranked 60th. The crude birth rate is 28.36 per 1000 people. There are 0.12 million deaths in Zimbabwe in 2021. That is 317 per day, which is ranked 73rd. The crude death rate is 7.63 per 1000 people.

5.83 million people are living in urban areas, which is 32.3% of Zimbabwe population. Zimbabwe is ranked 197th in terms of urbanization.

The Sex Ratio in Zimbabwe in 2021 is 91.36 males per 100 females. There are 7.21 million males and 7.89 million females in Zimbabwe. The percentage of female population is 52.26% compare to 47.74% male population. Zimbabwe has 0.68 million more females than males. Zimbabwe is at 20th position out of 201 countries/territories in terms of female to male ratio.

Zimbabwe population

Year	Population	Growth (%)
1950	2,746,852	-
1955	3,213,289	3.23
1960	3,776,679	3.35
1965	4,471,178	3.43
1970	5,289,312	3.48
1975	6,293,875	3.43
1980	7,408,630	3.47
1985	8,877,489	3.68
1990	10,432,409	2.74
1995	11,410,721	1.32
2000	11,881,482	0.50
2005	12,076,697	0.47
2010	12,697,728	1.36
2015	13,814,642	1.68
2016	14,030,338	1.56
2017	14,236,599	1.47
2018	14,438,812	1.42
2019	14,645,473	1.43
2020	14,862,927	1.48
2021	15,092,171	1.54

Total
Crude

Zimbabwe death and birth rate

Year	Total		Crude(per 1000)
Year	Death	Birth	Crude death	Crude birth
1950	48,036	136,282	17.18	48.57
1955	51,598	154,500	15.99	48.01
1960	54,784	182,001	14.44	48.00
1965	57,170	213,302	12.76	47.64
1970	61,382	251,455	11.54	47.32
1975	69,051	302,081	10.94	47.90
1980	72,291	337,930	9.72	45.34
1985	73,136	361,860	8.25	40.60
1990	94,172	374,630	9.07	36.22
1995	144,375	370,133	12.71	32.56
2000	195,559	376,216	16.53	31.78
2005	217,916	410,061	17.91	33.76
2010	173,875	466,336	13.68	36.46
2015	119,805	467,254	8.67	33.98
2020	114,806	431,769	7.69	28.98
2021	115,567	429,358	7.63	28.36

Population
Urbanization

Urban and rural population of Zimbabwe

Year	Population		Urbanization
Year	Urban	Rural	growth rate (%)	Urban (%)
1950	292,368	2,454,484	-	10.644
1955	371,106	2,830,909	4.93	11.590
1960	472,478	3,274,891	5.00	12.608
1965	644,767	3,765,445	7.16	14.620
1970	898,584	4,277,034	6.27	17.362
1975	1,215,331	4,900,039	5.80	19.873
1980	1,602,677	5,561,495	5.95	22.371
1985	2,200,595	6,458,262	6.64	25.414
1990	2,951,918	7,231,195	5.52	28.988
1995	3,592,151	7,728,195	3.12	31.732
2000	4,125,989	8,096,262	2.56	33.758
2005	4,413,866	8,526,166	0.73	34.110
2010	4,676,106	9,410,211	1.44	33.196
2015	5,109,485	10,667,966	2.00	32.385
2020	5,700,460	11,980,005	2.31	32.242
2021	5,834,113	12,226,340	2.34	32.303

Population pyramid
Gender ratio

Zimbabwe population by Age Group (2011)

Age group	Male	Female	Total		M per 100 F
Age group	Male	Female	Persons	Share (%)	M per 100 F
00-04	1,019,343	1,006,951	2,026,294	13.43	101.231
05-09	1,118,515	1,109,893	2,228,408	14.77	100.777
10-14	992,740	988,927	1,981,667	13.13	100.386
15-19	835,893	842,103	1,677,996	11.12	99.263
20-24	691,340	719,888	1,411,228	9.35	96.034
25-29	522,079	609,317	1,131,396	7.50	85.683
30-34	435,127	567,972	1,003,099	6.65	76.611
35-39	391,392	496,194	887,586	5.88	78.879
40-44	349,469	413,170	762,639	5.05	84.582
45-49	254,414	298,353	552,767	3.66	85.273
50-54	185,970	218,224	404,194	2.68	85.220
55-59	140,461	176,752	317,213	2.10	79.468
60-64	102,677	143,785	246,462	1.63	71.410
65-69	73,918	116,354	190,272	1.26	63.529
70-74	44,108	75,303	119,411	0.79	58.574
75-79	28,835	55,683	84,518	0.56	51.784
80-84	13,991	32,109	46,100	0.31	43.573
85-89	4,214	12,644	16,858	0.11	33.328
90-94	694	3,007	3,701	0.02	23.079
95-99	49	295	344	0.00	16.610
100+	2	16	18	0.00	12.500
Total	7,205,231	7,886,940	15,092,171		91.356