Population of Zimbabwe

Source	UN (World Population Prospects 2024)
Date	20 Aug 2025

The current population of Zimbabwe is 17,057,457 as of October 31, 2025, based on interpolation of the latest United Nations data. The population of Zimbabwe is projected at 16,950,795, or 16.95 million, as of July 1, 2025. The total population in Zimbabwe is projected at 16,634,373, or 16.63 million people, for the year 2024.

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.

Zimbabwe population projections

Year	Population		Growth		Share (%)
Year	1 Jan	1 July	Net Change	rate (%)	to World
2024	16,478,384	16,634,373	311,977	1.876	0.204
2025	16,790,361	16,950,795	320,868	1.893	0.206
2026	17,111,229	17,273,580	324,702	1.880	0.208
2027	17,435,931	17,600,613	329,364	1.871	0.210
2028	17,765,295	17,932,008	333,427	1.859	0.213
2029	18,098,722	18,268,955	340,466	1.864	0.215
2030	18,439,188	18,610,349	342,321	1.839	0.217
2031	18,781,509	18,956,198	349,378	1.843	0.220
2032	19,130,887	19,311,356	360,937	1.869	0.222
2033	19,491,824	19,675,922	368,195	1.871	0.225
2034	19,860,019	20,041,123	362,208	1.807	0.227
2035	20,222,227	20,409,146	373,839	1.832	0.230
2036	20,596,066	20,778,653	365,174	1.757	0.232
2037	20,961,240	21,144,735	366,991	1.736	0.235
2038	21,328,231	21,512,908	369,354	1.717	0.237
2039	21,697,585	21,881,118	367,065	1.678	0.240
2040	22,064,650	22,250,109	370,919	1.667	0.242
2041	22,435,569	22,627,422	383,706	1.696	0.245
2042	22,819,275	23,000,894	363,238	1.579	0.248
2043	23,182,513	23,371,287	377,549	1.615	0.250
2044	23,560,062	23,740,627	361,131	1.521	0.253
2045	23,921,193	24,102,380	362,375	1.504	0.255
2046	24,283,568	24,462,478	357,819	1.463	0.258
2047	24,641,387	24,816,446	350,119	1.411	0.260
2048	24,991,506	25,168,410	353,808	1.406	0.263
2049	25,345,314	25,518,501	346,375	1.357	0.265
2050	25,691,689	25,866,385	349,391	1.351	0.268
2051	26,041,080	26,217,392	352,623	1.345	0.270
2052	26,393,703	26,563,784	340,162	1.281	0.273
2053	26,733,865	26,904,740	341,750	1.270	0.275
2054	27,075,615	27,237,566	323,901	1.189	0.278
2055	27,399,516	27,563,873	328,714	1.193	0.280
2056	27,728,230	27,885,041	313,623	1.125	0.282
2057	28,041,853	28,202,519	321,333	1.139	0.285
2058	28,363,186	28,518,421	310,470	1.089	0.287
2059	28,673,656	28,825,882	304,453	1.056	0.289
2060	28,978,109	29,129,003	301,788	1.036	0.292
2061	29,279,897	29,433,746	307,698	1.045	0.294
2062	29,587,595	29,740,361	305,533	1.027	0.296
2063	29,893,128	30,043,621	300,986	1.002	0.299
2064	30,194,114	30,336,214	284,200	0.937	0.301
2065	30,478,314	30,624,953	293,278	0.958	0.303
2066	30,771,592	30,911,495	279,805	0.905	0.305
2067	31,051,397	31,192,889	282,983	0.907	0.308
2068	31,334,380	31,470,983	273,207	0.868	0.310
2069	31,607,587	31,743,464	271,754	0.856	0.312
2070	31,879,341	32,010,414	262,146	0.819	0.314
2071	32,141,487	32,270,423	257,871	0.799	0.316
2072	32,399,358	32,534,295	269,874	0.830	0.318
2073	32,669,232	32,801,158	263,853	0.804	0.321
2074	32,933,085	33,057,423	248,675	0.752	0.323
2075	33,181,760	33,302,300	241,079	0.724	0.325
2076	33,422,839	33,543,537	241,395	0.720	0.327
2077	33,664,234	33,780,328	232,188	0.687	0.329
2078	33,896,422	34,006,592	220,340	0.648	0.331
2079	34,116,762	34,225,355	217,186	0.635	0.333
2080	34,333,948	34,440,027	212,158	0.616	0.335
2081	34,546,106	34,648,029	203,846	0.588	0.337
2082	34,749,952	34,843,630	187,357	0.538	0.339
2083	34,937,309	35,030,513	186,408	0.532	0.340
2084	35,123,717	35,213,311	179,188	0.509	0.342
2085	35,302,905	35,387,624	169,439	0.479	0.344
2086	35,472,344	35,556,301	167,914	0.472	0.346
2087	35,640,258	35,721,394	162,272	0.454	0.347
2088	35,802,530	35,871,639	138,218	0.385	0.349
2089	35,940,748	36,012,387	143,277	0.398	0.350
2090	36,084,025	36,154,189	140,328	0.388	0.352
2091	36,224,353	36,284,409	120,112	0.331	0.353
2092	36,344,465	36,405,082	121,234	0.333	0.355
2093	36,465,699	36,516,149	100,899	0.276	0.356
2094	36,566,598	36,625,729	118,262	0.323	0.358
2095	36,684,860	36,739,734	109,747	0.299	0.359
2096	36,794,607	36,840,486	91,759	0.249	0.360
2097	36,886,366	36,932,287	91,843	0.249	0.362
2098	36,978,209	37,019,886	83,354	0.225	0.363
2099	37,061,563	37,096,560	69,993	0.189	0.364
2100	37,131,556	37,166,572	70,032	0.188	0.365

Zimbabwe population estimates

Year	Population		Growth		Share (%)
Year	1 Jan	1 July	Net Change	rate (%)	to World
1950	2,746,396	2,790,905	89,019	3.190	0.112
1951	2,835,415	2,880,892	90,953	3.157	0.114
1952	2,926,368	2,972,903	93,070	3.131	0.115
1953	3,019,438	3,067,166	95,457	3.112	0.116
1954	3,114,895	3,163,883	97,976	3.097	0.118
1955	3,212,871	3,263,215	100,689	3.086	0.119
1956	3,313,560	3,365,535	103,950	3.089	0.120
1957	3,417,510	3,471,154	107,288	3.091	0.122
1958	3,524,798	3,580,181	110,766	3.094	0.123
1959	3,635,564	3,692,801	114,474	3.100	0.125
1960	3,750,038	3,809,389	118,701	3.116	0.126
1961	3,868,739	3,930,401	123,325	3.138	0.128
1962	3,992,064	4,055,959	127,790	3.151	0.130
1963	4,119,854	4,185,877	132,046	3.155	0.131
1964	4,251,900	4,320,006	136,211	3.153	0.132
1965	4,388,111	4,458,462	140,703	3.156	0.134
1966	4,528,814	4,601,217	144,805	3.147	0.135
1967	4,673,619	4,748,307	149,376	3.146	0.137
1968	4,822,995	4,900,440	154,891	3.161	0.138
1969	4,977,886	5,058,181	160,589	3.175	0.140
1970	5,138,475	5,215,918	154,886	2.970	0.141
1971	5,293,361	5,374,712	162,701	3.027	0.143
1972	5,456,062	5,542,445	172,766	3.117	0.144
1973	5,628,828	5,720,404	183,152	3.202	0.146
1974	5,811,980	5,908,328	192,697	3.262	0.148
1975	6,004,677	6,098,658	187,962	3.082	0.150
1976	6,192,639	6,287,105	188,932	3.005	0.152
1977	6,381,571	6,449,512	135,883	2.107	0.153
1978	6,517,454	6,543,575	52,242	0.798	0.152
1979	6,569,696	6,647,556	155,721	2.343	0.152
1980	6,725,417	7,041,303	631,772	8.978	0.158
1981	7,357,189	7,498,635	282,891	3.773	0.166
1982	7,640,080	7,796,496	312,832	4.013	0.169
1983	7,952,912	8,098,404	290,985	3.594	0.172
1984	8,243,897	8,391,488	295,182	3.518	0.175
1985	8,539,079	8,686,813	295,468	3.402	0.178
1986	8,834,547	8,982,578	296,062	3.296	0.181
1987	9,130,609	9,284,644	308,070	3.318	0.184
1988	9,438,679	9,583,094	288,829	3.014	0.186
1989	9,727,508	9,864,798	274,579	2.784	0.188
1990	10,002,087	10,137,281	270,389	2.667	0.190
1991	10,272,476	10,404,816	264,679	2.544	0.192
1992	10,537,155	10,702,700	331,089	3.094	0.194
1993	10,868,244	10,860,288	-15,913	-0.147	0.194
1994	10,852,331	10,873,148	41,635	0.383	0.192
1995	10,893,966	10,974,599	161,265	1.469	0.191
1996	11,055,231	11,158,360	206,257	1.849	0.191
1997	11,261,488	11,369,827	216,679	1.906	0.192
1998	11,478,167	11,594,297	232,260	2.003	0.193
1999	11,710,427	11,783,458	146,061	1.240	0.194
2000	11,856,488	11,892,055	71,134	0.598	0.193
2001	11,927,622	11,971,901	88,559	0.740	0.191
2002	12,016,181	12,087,653	142,944	1.183	0.191
2003	12,159,125	12,232,323	146,395	1.197	0.191
2004	12,305,520	12,365,896	120,752	0.976	0.190
2005	12,426,272	12,483,432	114,319	0.916	0.190
2006	12,540,591	12,636,445	191,708	1.517	0.189
2007	12,732,299	12,804,058	143,518	1.121	0.189
2008	12,875,817	12,959,149	166,665	1.286	0.189
2009	13,042,482	13,142,790	200,615	1.526	0.190
2010	13,243,097	13,356,548	226,901	1.699	0.190
2011	13,469,998	13,595,424	250,852	1.845	0.191
2012	13,720,850	13,817,887	194,074	1.405	0.192
2013	13,914,924	14,013,808	197,769	1.411	0.192
2014	14,112,693	14,207,359	189,331	1.333	0.192
2015	14,302,024	14,399,013	193,978	1.347	0.193
2016	14,496,002	14,600,294	208,584	1.429	0.193
2017	14,704,586	14,812,482	215,792	1.457	0.194
2018	14,920,378	15,034,452	228,148	1.518	0.194
2019	15,148,526	15,271,368	245,683	1.609	0.196
2020	15,394,209	15,526,888	265,359	1.709	0.197
2021	15,659,568	15,797,210	275,284	1.743	0.199
2022	15,934,852	16,069,056	268,407	1.670	0.200
2023	16,203,259	16,340,822	275,125	1.684	0.202