Population of Zimbabwe

Source	UN (World Population Prospects 2019)
Date	23 Aug 2021

The current population of Zimbabwe is 18,023,914 as of April 16, 2024, based on interpolation of the latest United Nations data. The population of Zimbabwe is projected at 15,092,171 or 15.092 million as of July 1, 2021. The total population in Zimbabwe is projected at 14,862,924 or 14.863 million people for the year 2020. Zimbabwe ranks number 74th in the world by population in the list of 235 countries/territories. Zimbabwe is ranked 26th among 58 countries in Africa.

Zimbabwe's population will be increased year by year. The Zimbabwe population is projected to reach 17.60 million in 2030 and increase further to 23.95 million in 2050 and 30.97 million by 2100. Zimbabwe accounts for 0.19 percent of the world population. However, its global share increased by 0.19% in 2013 and is projected to increase by 0.28% by 2100.

Zimbabwe was at 92nd position globally in 1950, and its rank is projected to increase to 66th in 2100.

Zimbabwe population projections

Year	Population	Growth		Share (%)
Year	Population	Net Change	rate (%)	to World
2020	14,862,924	217,456	1.48	0.19
2021	15,092,171	229,247	1.54	0.19
2022	15,331,428	239,257	1.59	0.19
2023	15,581,031	249,603	1.63	0.19
2024	15,840,804	259,773	1.67	0.19
2025	16,110,482	269,678	1.70	0.19
2026	16,390,393	279,911	1.74	0.19
2027	16,680,450	290,057	1.77	0.20
2028	16,979,324	298,874	1.79	0.20
2029	17,285,172	305,848	1.80	0.20
2030	17,596,447	311,275	1.80	0.20
2031	17,912,396	315,949	1.80	0.20
2032	18,232,658	320,262	1.79	0.21
2033	18,556,501	323,843	1.78	0.21
2034	18,883,215	326,714	1.76	0.21
2035	19,212,087	328,872	1.74	0.21
2036	19,542,425	330,338	1.72	0.22
2037	19,873,490	331,065	1.69	0.22
2038	20,204,549	331,059	1.67	0.22
2039	20,534,821	330,272	1.63	0.22
2040	20,863,619	328,798	1.60	0.22
2041	21,190,348	326,729	1.57	0.23
2042	21,514,441	324,093	1.53	0.23
2043	21,835,279	320,838	1.49	0.23
2044	22,152,223	316,944	1.45	0.23
2045	22,464,718	312,495	1.41	0.23
2046	22,772,389	307,671	1.37	0.24
2047	23,074,921	302,532	1.33	0.24
2048	23,371,912	296,991	1.29	0.24
2049	23,662,994	291,082	1.25	0.24
2050	23,947,923	284,929	1.20	0.24
2051	24,226,480	278,557	1.16	0.25
2052	24,498,653	272,173	1.12	0.25
2053	24,764,693	266,040	1.09	0.25
2054	25,024,977	260,284	1.05	0.25
2055	25,279,857	254,880	1.02	0.25
2056	25,529,346	249,489	0.99	0.26
2057	25,773,474	244,128	0.96	0.26
2058	26,012,596	239,122	0.93	0.26
2059	26,247,121	234,525	0.90	0.26
2060	26,477,355	230,234	0.88	0.26
2061	26,703,402	226,047	0.85	0.26
2062	26,925,198	221,796	0.83	0.26
2063	27,142,697	217,499	0.81	0.27
2064	27,355,758	213,061	0.78	0.27
2065	27,564,240	208,482	0.76	0.27
2066	27,768,073	203,833	0.74	0.27
2067	27,967,172	199,099	0.72	0.27
2068	28,161,275	194,103	0.69	0.27
2069	28,350,091	188,816	0.67	0.27
2070	28,533,327	183,236	0.65	0.28
2071	28,710,832	177,505	0.62	0.28
2072	28,882,447	171,615	0.60	0.28
2073	29,047,884	165,437	0.57	0.28
2074	29,206,827	158,943	0.55	0.28
2075	29,359,016	152,189	0.52	0.28
2076	29,504,310	145,294	0.49	0.28
2077	29,642,600	138,290	0.47	0.28
2078	29,773,689	131,089	0.44	0.29
2079	29,897,382	123,693	0.42	0.29
2080	30,013,542	116,160	0.39	0.29
2081	30,122,132	108,590	0.36	0.29
2082	30,223,190	101,058	0.34	0.29
2083	30,316,767	93,577	0.31	0.29
2084	30,402,952	86,185	0.28	0.29
2085	30,481,885	78,933	0.26	0.29
2086	30,553,630	71,745	0.24	0.29
2087	30,618,379	64,749	0.21	0.29
2088	30,676,489	58,110	0.19	0.29
2089	30,728,365	51,876	0.17	0.29
2090	30,774,407	46,042	0.15	0.30
2091	30,814,897	40,490	0.13	0.30
2092	30,850,044	35,147	0.11	0.30
2093	30,880,018	29,974	0.10	0.30
2094	30,904,984	24,966	0.08	0.30
2095	30,925,145	20,161	0.07	0.30
2096	30,940,779	15,634	0.05	0.30
2097	30,952,209	11,430	0.04	0.30
2098	30,959,811	7,602	0.02	0.30
2099	30,964,041	4,230	0.01	inf
2100	30,965,415	1,374	0.00	inf

Zimbabwe population estimates

Year	Population	Growth		Share (%)
Year	Population	Net Change	rate (%)	to World
1950	2,746,852	-	-	0.11
1951	2,832,261	85,409	3.11	0.11
1952	2,922,041	89,780	3.17	0.11
1953	3,015,656	93,615	3.20	0.11
1954	3,112,784	97,128	3.22	0.12
1955	3,213,286	100,502	3.23	0.12
1956	3,317,281	103,995	3.24	0.12
1957	3,425,069	107,788	3.25	0.12
1958	3,537,164	112,095	3.27	0.12
1959	3,654,173	117,009	3.31	0.12
1960	3,776,681	122,508	3.35	0.13
1961	3,905,034	128,353	3.40	0.13
1962	4,039,201	134,167	3.44	0.13
1963	4,178,726	139,525	3.45	0.13
1964	4,322,861	144,135	3.45	0.13
1965	4,471,177	148,316	3.43	0.13
1966	4,623,351	152,174	3.40	0.14
1967	4,779,827	156,476	3.38	0.14
1968	4,941,906	162,079	3.39	0.14
1969	5,111,337	169,431	3.43	0.14
1970	5,289,303	177,966	3.48	0.14
1971	5,476,982	187,679	3.55	0.15
1972	5,673,911	196,929	3.60	0.15
1973	5,877,726	203,815	3.59	0.15
1974	6,085,074	207,348	3.53	0.15
1975	6,293,875	208,801	3.43	0.15
1976	6,502,569	208,694	3.32	0.16
1977	6,712,827	210,258	3.23	0.16
1978	6,929,664	216,837	3.23	0.16
1979	7,160,023	230,359	3.32	0.16
1980	7,408,624	248,601	3.47	0.17
1981	7,675,591	266,967	3.60	0.17
1982	7,958,241	282,650	3.68	0.17
1983	8,254,747	296,506	3.73	0.18
1984	8,562,249	307,502	3.73	0.18
1985	8,877,489	315,240	3.68	0.18
1986	9,200,149	322,660	3.63	0.19
1987	9,527,203	327,054	3.55	0.19
1988	9,849,125	321,922	3.38	0.19
1989	10,153,852	304,727	3.09	0.19
1990	10,432,421	278,569	2.74	0.20
1991	10,680,995	248,574	2.38	0.20
1992	10,900,502	219,507	2.06	0.20
1993	11,092,766	192,264	1.76	0.20
1994	11,261,744	168,978	1.52	0.20
1995	11,410,714	148,970	1.32	0.20
1996	11,541,217	130,503	1.14	0.20
1997	11,653,242	112,025	0.97	0.20
1998	11,747,072	93,830	0.81	0.20
1999	11,822,719	75,647	0.64	0.19
2000	11,881,477	58,758	0.50	0.19
2001	11,923,914	42,437	0.36	0.19
2002	11,954,290	30,376	0.25	0.19
2003	11,982,224	27,934	0.23	0.19
2004	12,019,912	37,688	0.31	0.19
2005	12,076,699	56,787	0.47	0.18
2006	12,155,491	78,792	0.65	0.18
2007	12,255,922	100,431	0.83	0.18
2008	12,379,549	123,627	1.01	0.18
2009	12,526,968	147,419	1.19	0.18
2010	12,697,723	170,755	1.36	0.18
2011	12,894,322	196,599	1.55	0.18
2012	13,115,150	220,828	1.71	0.18
2013	13,350,373	235,223	1.79	0.18
2014	13,586,707	236,334	1.77	0.19
2015	13,814,629	227,922	1.68	0.19
2016	14,030,331	215,702	1.56	0.19
2017	14,236,595	206,264	1.47	0.19
2018	14,438,802	202,207	1.42	0.19
2019	14,645,468	206,666	1.43	0.19