Demographics of Zimbabwe

Source UN (World Population Prospects 2022)
Date05 Jun 2024

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.

  • Population
  • Growth rate

Zimbabwe population

Year Population Growth (%)
19502,791,3263.22
19553,263,6253.07
19603,806,3103.09
19654,447,1493.13
19705,202,9183.01
19756,097,0833.13
19807,049,9268.95
19858,690,5153.37
199010,113,8932.63
199510,994,0411.68
200011,834,6760.73
200512,224,7530.48
201012,839,7711.35
201514,154,9372.10
202015,669,6662.10
202115,993,5241.99
202216,320,5372.05
202316,665,4092.13
202417,020,3212.09
  • Total
  • Crude

Zimbabwe death and birth rate

Year Total Crude(per 1000)
DeathBirthCrude deathCrude birth
195046,367140,87916.59150.408
195551,336158,09815.71148.384
196054,201180,12614.22147.260
196555,967205,96912.56646.246
197059,680240,30111.44146.065
197569,080288,95511.30047.265
198075,903316,91811.06946.218
198573,793364,7678.49241.976
199088,462351,9008.74734.796
1995141,216359,23312.82532.625
2000200,034424,28016.80135.637
2005206,992430,07816.82034.947
2010171,444478,37713.28137.056
2015124,445481,6608.77433.960
2020127,551486,3938.13231.009
2021144,973488,8079.05730.537
2022146,000491,1958.94330.086
2023129,293493,8407.75529.622
2024131,381496,6557.71629.170
  • Population
  • Urbanization

Urban and rural population of Zimbabwe

Year Population Urban (%)
UrbanRural
1950292,3682,454,48410.644
1955371,1062,830,90911.590
1960472,4783,274,89112.608
1965644,7673,765,44514.620
1970898,5844,277,03417.362
19751,215,3314,900,03919.873
19801,602,6775,561,49522.371
19852,200,5956,458,26225.414
19902,951,9187,231,19528.988
19953,592,1517,728,19531.732
20004,125,9898,096,26233.758
20054,413,8668,526,16634.110
20104,676,1069,410,21133.196
20155,109,48510,667,96632.385
20205,700,46011,980,00532.242
20215,834,11312,226,34032.303
20225,972,82612,464,59732.395
20236,117,51112,695,58032.517
20246,269,46412,920,83732.670
  • Population pyramid
  • Gender ratio

Zimbabwe population by Age Group (2024)

Age group Male Female Total M per 100 F
PersonsShare (%)
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