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Zimbabwe population
Zimbabwe population now
17,353,198
A projection read at this second, not a count: the UN's totals for 1 January 2026 and 2027, joined by a straight line. 95% range for 31 December 2026: 16.7–18.2 million.
Mid-2023, UN estimate: 16,340,821
- Year
- 2026
- projection · medium
- Population, mid-2026
- 17.2736 million
- 95% range, 31 Dec: 16.7–18.2 million
- Median age
- 19.3
- Aged 65+
- 3.5%
male female projection · one cell = 5,000 people
How to read this: one row for each age, newborns at the bottom; men on the left, women on the right.
ZWE · 1950–2100 · in brief
Zimbabwe in numbers
Zimbabwe had 16,340,821 people in mid-2023, the 74th-largest population of the 236 countries and areas the UN reports, and 0.20% of the world's people. That is 5.9 times its 1950 population of 2.8 million.
In the UN's medium projection it is still growing in 2100, when it reaches 37.2 million. The projection is uncertain: on 1 January 2100 the UN's 95% range runs from 20.9 million to 69.7 million.
Births outnumber deaths in every year from 1950 to 2100, estimates and projection alike.
The median age was 18.4 in 1950 and 18.8 in 2023; the projection has 36.7 in 2100. 3.6% of people were 65 or older in 2023, against 15.2% projected for 2100. The working-age population (15–64) is projected to peak in 2099 at 24.0 million.
By size it is the 74th country in 2023; the projection puts it 65th in 2050 and 59th in 2100. In the medium projection it overtakes Romania in 2030, the Netherlands in 2031 and Cambodia in 2032. It is overtaken by Benin in 2072 and Burundi in 2085.
- Population, mid-2023
- 16,340,821
- Rank by population, 2023
- 74 of 236
- Share of the world, 2023
- 0.20%
- Change in a year, mid-2022 to mid-2023
- +1.69% · +271,765 people
- People per km² of land, 2023
- 42
- Land area, 2023
- 386,850 km²
- Births, 2023
- 496,917
- Deaths, 2023
- 124,412
- Net migration, 2023
- −97,380
- Children per woman, 2023
- 3.72
- Median age, 2023
- 18.8 years
- Life expectancy at birth, 2023
- 62.8 years
- In a city, 2025
- 23 of every 100
- Population, mid-1950
- 2,790,906
- Projected, mid-2050
- 25,866,384
- Projected, mid-2100
- 37,166,572
ZWE · 1950–2100 · total population
Population, 1950–2100
estimate projection, up to the bottom of the 95% range 95% range medium projection. One column is one year's population, read on 1 January; the paper rules divide it into equal cells.
Show the numbers: Zimbabwe, 1950–2100
| Year | Kind | Population, 1 Jan | 95% range | Births | Deaths | Children per woman | Life expectancy |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950 | estimate | 2,746,396 | 140,346 | 46,670 | 7.04 | 49.4 | |
| 1951 | estimate | 2,835,415 | 143,900 | 47,972 | 7.06 | 49.8 | |
| 1952 | estimate | 2,926,368 | 147,318 | 48,953 | 7.07 | 50.2 | |
| 1953 | estimate | 3,019,438 | 150,908 | 49,770 | 7.08 | 50.6 | |
| 1954 | estimate | 3,114,895 | 154,570 | 50,488 | 7.09 | 51.0 | |
| 1955 | estimate | 3,212,871 | 158,336 | 51,151 | 7.10 | 51.4 | |
| 1956 | estimate | 3,313,560 | 162,603 | 51,800 | 7.12 | 51.8 | |
| 1957 | estimate | 3,417,510 | 166,950 | 52,427 | 7.14 | 52.2 | |
| 1958 | estimate | 3,524,798 | 171,414 | 53,053 | 7.16 | 52.6 | |
| 1959 | estimate | 3,635,564 | 175,962 | 53,541 | 7.17 | 53.0 | |
| 1960 | estimate | 3,750,038 | 180,915 | 53,955 | 7.20 | 53.5 | |
| 1961 | estimate | 3,868,739 | 185,877 | 54,346 | 7.21 | 54.0 | |
| 1962 | estimate | 3,992,064 | 191,006 | 54,691 | 7.23 | 54.5 | |
| 1963 | estimate | 4,119,854 | 195,986 | 55,001 | 7.23 | 54.9 | |
| 1964 | estimate | 4,251,900 | 201,125 | 55,277 | 7.23 | 55.4 | |
| 1965 | estimate | 4,388,111 | 206,762 | 55,596 | 7.23 | 55.9 | |
| 1966 | estimate | 4,528,814 | 211,933 | 55,920 | 7.20 | 56.4 | |
| 1967 | estimate | 4,673,619 | 217,579 | 56,372 | 7.16 | 56.8 | |
| 1968 | estimate | 4,822,995 | 223,790 | 56,921 | 7.11 | 57.1 | |
| 1969 | estimate | 4,977,886 | 230,262 | 57,636 | 7.04 | 57.5 | |
| 1970 | estimate | 5,138,475 | 237,535 | 58,553 | 6.98 | 57.8 | |
| 1971 | estimate | 5,293,361 | 245,148 | 59,720 | 6.94 | 58.0 | |
| 1972 | estimate | 5,456,062 | 254,924 | 61,202 | 6.94 | 58.2 | |
| 1973 | estimate | 5,628,828 | 265,336 | 63,453 | 6.94 | 58.1 | |
| 1974 | estimate | 5,811,980 | 274,115 | 65,310 | 6.88 | 58.2 | |
| 1975 | estimate | 6,004,677 | 284,338 | 67,391 | 6.83 | 58.3 | |
| 1976 | estimate | 6,192,639 | 292,504 | 71,079 | 6.77 | 57.6 | |
| 1977 | estimate | 6,381,571 | 299,966 | 74,826 | 6.71 | 57.0 | |
| 1978 | estimate | 6,517,454 | 306,020 | 83,036 | 6.66 | 54.7 | |
| 1979 | estimate | 6,569,696 | 307,814 | 84,155 | 6.59 | 54.9 | |
| 1980 | estimate | 6,725,417 | 315,730 | 74,554 | 6.52 | 59.1 | |
| 1981 | estimate | 7,357,189 | 347,285 | 75,922 | 6.45 | 59.5 | |
| 1982 | estimate | 7,640,080 | 356,477 | 76,546 | 6.33 | 59.9 | |
| 1983 | estimate | 7,952,912 | 364,329 | 77,788 | 6.20 | 60.0 | |
| 1984 | estimate | 8,243,897 | 366,882 | 76,833 | 6.04 | 60.6 | |
| 1985 | estimate | 8,539,079 | 367,769 | 77,009 | 5.87 | 60.9 | |
| 1986 | estimate | 8,834,547 | 367,712 | 77,812 | 5.69 | 61.0 | |
| 1987 | estimate | 9,130,609 | 366,734 | 79,967 | 5.50 | 60.7 | |
| 1988 | estimate | 9,438,679 | 360,829 | 83,331 | 5.28 | 60.2 | |
| 1989 | estimate | 9,727,508 | 358,950 | 88,111 | 5.07 | 59.5 | |
| 1990 | estimate | 10,002,087 | 359,971 | 94,530 | 4.88 | 58.3 | |
| 1991 | estimate | 10,272,476 | 363,263 | 102,325 | 4.71 | 57.0 | |
| 1992 | estimate | 10,537,155 | 366,774 | 111,475 | 4.57 | 55.6 | |
| 1993 | estimate | 10,868,244 | 351,643 | 123,606 | 4.39 | 54.0 | |
| 1994 | estimate | 10,852,331 | 348,215 | 131,867 | 4.28 | 52.5 | |
| 1995 | estimate | 10,893,966 | 347,511 | 140,812 | 4.15 | 51.1 | |
| 1996 | estimate | 11,055,231 | 361,586 | 156,313 | 4.11 | 49.0 | |
| 1997 | estimate | 11,261,488 | 379,430 | 163,141 | 4.08 | 48.5 | |
| 1998 | estimate | 11,478,167 | 399,660 | 174,037 | 4.07 | 47.5 | |
| 1999 | estimate | 11,710,427 | 419,663 | 187,271 | 4.06 | 46.4 | |
| 2000 | estimate | 11,856,488 | 429,631 | 193,299 | 4.01 | 46.0 | |
| 2001 | estimate | 11,927,622 | 436,531 | 208,628 | 3.98 | 44.5 | |
| 2002 | estimate | 12,016,181 | 441,668 | 197,503 | 3.92 | 45.9 | |
| 2003 | estimate | 12,159,125 | 447,857 | 204,800 | 3.86 | 45.4 | |
| 2004 | estimate | 12,305,520 | 449,199 | 200,900 | 3.78 | 46.0 | |
| 2005 | estimate | 12,426,272 | 446,943 | 198,404 | 3.69 | 46.6 | |
| 2006 | estimate | 12,540,591 | 444,835 | 195,872 | 3.63 | 47.1 | |
| 2007 | estimate | 12,732,299 | 456,483 | 194,669 | 3.68 | 47.6 | |
| 2008 | estimate | 12,875,817 | 471,211 | 190,685 | 3.78 | 48.5 | |
| 2009 | estimate | 13,042,482 | 493,086 | 183,780 | 3.95 | 49.8 | |
| 2010 | estimate | 13,243,097 | 505,804 | 170,235 | 4.04 | 51.9 | |
| 2011 | estimate | 13,469,998 | 518,550 | 158,991 | 4.13 | 53.9 | |
| 2012 | estimate | 13,720,850 | 522,389 | 151,254 | 4.13 | 55.4 | |
| 2013 | estimate | 13,914,924 | 518,165 | 143,410 | 4.11 | 56.8 | |
| 2014 | estimate | 14,112,693 | 503,038 | 136,686 | 4.01 | 58.1 | |
| 2015 | estimate | 14,302,024 | 488,386 | 132,188 | 3.91 | 59.0 | |
| 2016 | estimate | 14,496,002 | 477,484 | 128,714 | 3.83 | 59.8 | |
| 2017 | estimate | 14,704,586 | 471,228 | 127,197 | 3.77 | 60.3 | |
| 2018 | estimate | 14,920,378 | 470,991 | 125,094 | 3.74 | 60.9 | |
| 2019 | estimate | 15,148,526 | 475,267 | 126,465 | 3.75 | 61.1 | |
| 2020 | estimate | 15,394,209 | 481,152 | 126,360 | 3.75 | 61.5 | |
| 2021 | estimate | 15,659,568 | 488,642 | 138,736 | 3.77 | 60.1 | |
| 2022 | estimate | 15,934,852 | 496,240 | 124,999 | 3.77 | 62.4 | |
| 2023 | estimate | 16,203,259 | 496,917 | 124,412 | 3.72 | 62.8 | |
| 2024 | estimate | 16,478,384 | 497,215 | 124,718 | 3.67 | 63.1 | |
| 2025 | projection | 16,790,361 | 16.5–17.1 million | 500,731 | 125,303 | 3.62 | 63.4 |
| 2026 | projection | 17,111,229 | 16.6–17.6 million | 505,305 | 125,985 | 3.57 | 63.6 |
| 2027 | projection | 17,435,931 | 16.7–18.2 million | 511,119 | 126,844 | 3.52 | 63.9 |
| 2028 | projection | 17,765,295 | 16.8–18.7 million | 518,464 | 127,794 | 3.47 | 64.2 |
| 2029 | projection | 18,098,722 | 17.0–19.3 million | 525,707 | 128,673 | 3.42 | 64.4 |
| 2030 | projection | 18,439,188 | 17.2–19.7 million | 533,092 | 129,708 | 3.38 | 64.7 |
| 2031 | projection | 18,781,509 | 17.4–20.2 million | 540,143 | 130,846 | 3.33 | 65.0 |
| 2032 | projection | 19,130,887 | 17.7–20.8 million | 546,702 | 131,958 | 3.29 | 65.2 |
| 2033 | projection | 19,491,824 | 17.9–21.4 million | 551,936 | 133,285 | 3.25 | 65.4 |
| 2034 | projection | 19,860,019 | 18.1–21.9 million | 557,018 | 134,540 | 3.21 | 65.7 |
| 2035 | projection | 20,222,227 | 18.3–22.5 million | 561,188 | 135,710 | 3.17 | 65.9 |
| 2036 | projection | 20,596,066 | 18.5–23.0 million | 564,959 | 137,036 | 3.13 | 66.2 |
| 2037 | projection | 20,961,240 | 18.6–23.6 million | 567,821 | 138,372 | 3.09 | 66.4 |
| 2038 | projection | 21,328,231 | 18.9–24.2 million | 570,228 | 139,739 | 3.06 | 66.6 |
| 2039 | projection | 21,697,585 | 19.0–24.8 million | 572,901 | 141,235 | 3.02 | 66.8 |
| 2040 | projection | 22,064,650 | 19.3–25.4 million | 574,957 | 142,816 | 2.99 | 67.0 |
| 2041 | projection | 22,435,569 | 19.5–26.0 million | 576,240 | 144,466 | 2.96 | 67.3 |
| 2042 | projection | 22,819,275 | 19.7–26.6 million | 578,948 | 146,299 | 2.93 | 67.5 |
| 2043 | projection | 23,182,513 | 19.9–27.1 million | 579,511 | 148,061 | 2.90 | 67.7 |
| 2044 | projection | 23,560,062 | 20.0–27.7 million | 579,645 | 150,063 | 2.87 | 67.9 |
| 2045 | projection | 23,921,193 | 20.1–28.2 million | 579,238 | 152,197 | 2.84 | 68.1 |
| 2046 | projection | 24,283,568 | 20.2–28.8 million | 578,582 | 154,416 | 2.81 | 68.3 |
| 2047 | projection | 24,641,387 | 20.4–29.4 million | 577,684 | 156,932 | 2.78 | 68.5 |
| 2048 | projection | 24,991,506 | 20.7–30.1 million | 577,142 | 159,465 | 2.75 | 68.7 |
| 2049 | projection | 25,345,314 | 20.9–30.8 million | 577,025 | 162,086 | 2.72 | 68.9 |
| 2050 | projection | 25,691,689 | 21.1–31.5 million | 576,697 | 164,804 | 2.69 | 69.1 |
| 2051 | projection | 26,041,080 | 21.2–32.0 million | 577,173 | 167,649 | 2.67 | 69.3 |
| 2052 | projection | 26,393,703 | 21.3–32.6 million | 576,529 | 170,826 | 2.64 | 69.5 |
| 2053 | projection | 26,733,865 | 21.5–33.3 million | 576,348 | 174,112 | 2.62 | 69.6 |
| 2054 | projection | 27,075,615 | 21.5–34.0 million | 576,060 | 177,468 | 2.59 | 69.8 |
| 2055 | projection | 27,399,516 | 21.6–34.7 million | 576,488 | 180,800 | 2.57 | 70.0 |
| 2056 | projection | 27,728,230 | 21.6–35.4 million | 576,466 | 184,251 | 2.55 | 70.2 |
| 2057 | projection | 28,041,853 | 21.9–35.9 million | 576,231 | 187,844 | 2.53 | 70.3 |
| 2058 | projection | 28,363,186 | 21.9–36.7 million | 576,908 | 191,395 | 2.50 | 70.5 |
| 2059 | projection | 28,673,656 | 21.9–37.3 million | 577,233 | 194,950 | 2.48 | 70.7 |
| 2060 | projection | 28,978,109 | 21.9–38.2 million | 576,855 | 198,678 | 2.46 | 70.8 |
| 2061 | projection | 29,279,897 | 22.0–39.2 million | 576,644 | 202,259 | 2.44 | 71.0 |
| 2062 | projection | 29,587,595 | 22.1–39.8 million | 577,016 | 205,953 | 2.42 | 71.2 |
| 2063 | projection | 29,893,128 | 22.1–40.8 million | 577,298 | 209,578 | 2.40 | 71.3 |
| 2064 | projection | 30,194,114 | 22.3–41.3 million | 577,288 | 213,112 | 2.38 | 71.5 |
| 2065 | projection | 30,478,314 | 22.2–42.2 million | 577,128 | 216,655 | 2.37 | 71.7 |
| 2066 | projection | 30,771,592 | 22.4–42.9 million | 577,099 | 220,061 | 2.35 | 71.8 |
| 2067 | projection | 31,051,397 | 22.5–43.9 million | 576,036 | 223,372 | 2.33 | 72.0 |
| 2068 | projection | 31,334,380 | 22.5–44.4 million | 575,012 | 226,717 | 2.31 | 72.2 |
| 2069 | projection | 31,607,587 | 22.6–45.3 million | 574,212 | 229,979 | 2.30 | 72.3 |
| 2070 | projection | 31,879,341 | 22.6–46.1 million | 572,386 | 233,236 | 2.28 | 72.5 |
| 2071 | projection | 32,141,487 | 22.6–47.1 million | 570,545 | 236,571 | 2.27 | 72.6 |
| 2072 | projection | 32,399,358 | 22.5–48.0 million | 568,666 | 240,037 | 2.25 | 72.8 |
| 2073 | projection | 32,669,232 | 22.7–48.5 million | 567,228 | 243,513 | 2.24 | 72.9 |
| 2074 | projection | 32,933,085 | 22.6–48.9 million | 565,699 | 247,050 | 2.23 | 73.1 |
| 2075 | projection | 33,181,760 | 22.6–49.7 million | 564,300 | 250,418 | 2.21 | 73.3 |
| 2076 | projection | 33,422,839 | 22.6–50.4 million | 561,293 | 253,942 | 2.20 | 73.4 |
| 2077 | projection | 33,664,234 | 22.7–51.5 million | 559,114 | 257,549 | 2.19 | 73.6 |
| 2078 | projection | 33,896,422 | 22.5–52.3 million | 557,069 | 261,450 | 2.18 | 73.7 |
| 2079 | projection | 34,116,762 | 22.5–53.0 million | 554,235 | 265,306 | 2.16 | 73.9 |
| 2080 | projection | 34,333,948 | 22.4–53.6 million | 552,016 | 269,483 | 2.15 | 74.0 |
| 2081 | projection | 34,546,106 | 22.5–54.6 million | 549,643 | 273,910 | 2.14 | 74.2 |
| 2082 | projection | 34,749,952 | 22.4–55.4 million | 547,001 | 278,564 | 2.13 | 74.3 |
| 2083 | projection | 34,937,309 | 22.3–56.2 million | 544,504 | 283,105 | 2.12 | 74.5 |
| 2084 | projection | 35,123,717 | 22.3–56.9 million | 541,453 | 287,787 | 2.11 | 74.7 |
| 2085 | projection | 35,302,905 | 22.3–57.8 million | 538,499 | 292,521 | 2.10 | 74.8 |
| 2086 | projection | 35,472,344 | 22.2–58.5 million | 535,823 | 297,225 | 2.09 | 75.0 |
| 2087 | projection | 35,640,258 | 22.1–59.3 million | 532,869 | 301,926 | 2.08 | 75.1 |
| 2088 | projection | 35,802,530 | 22.1–60.1 million | 530,300 | 306,659 | 2.06 | 75.3 |
| 2089 | projection | 35,940,748 | 22.0–61.0 million | 527,675 | 311,519 | 2.06 | 75.4 |
| 2090 | projection | 36,084,025 | 22.0–61.9 million | 524,966 | 316,207 | 2.05 | 75.6 |
| 2091 | projection | 36,224,353 | 21.9–63.3 million | 523,222 | 320,406 | 2.04 | 75.8 |
| 2092 | projection | 36,344,465 | 21.8–64.4 million | 520,449 | 324,559 | 2.03 | 75.9 |
| 2093 | projection | 36,465,699 | 21.9–65.1 million | 517,834 | 328,817 | 2.02 | 76.1 |
| 2094 | projection | 36,566,598 | 21.7–66.0 million | 515,410 | 332,581 | 2.02 | 76.2 |
| 2095 | projection | 36,684,860 | 21.7–66.6 million | 513,577 | 336,384 | 2.01 | 76.4 |
| 2096 | projection | 36,794,607 | 21.4–67.5 million | 511,066 | 339,909 | 2.00 | 76.5 |
| 2097 | projection | 36,886,366 | 21.3–67.7 million | 508,721 | 343,330 | 2.00 | 76.7 |
| 2098 | projection | 36,978,209 | 21.2–68.4 million | 506,437 | 346,355 | 1.99 | 76.9 |
| 2099 | projection | 37,061,563 | 21.1–69.0 million | 503,366 | 349,344 | 1.98 | 77.0 |
| 2100 | projection | 37,131,556 | 20.9–69.7 million | 500,347 | 352,325 | 1.98 | 77.2 |
Show the numbers: Zimbabwe, mid-2026, by single year of age
| Age | Male | Female |
|---|---|---|
| 0 | 246,400 | 242,020 |
| 1 | 241,714 | 237,647 |
| 2 | 238,888 | 234,867 |
| 3 | 237,086 | 233,117 |
| 4 | 233,896 | 230,036 |
| 5 | 229,255 | 225,562 |
| 6 | 224,918 | 221,388 |
| 7 | 221,216 | 217,871 |
| 8 | 218,830 | 215,704 |
| 9 | 218,770 | 215,904 |
| 10 | 221,025 | 218,368 |
| 11 | 224,976 | 222,500 |
| 12 | 229,651 | 227,372 |
| 13 | 231,762 | 229,683 |
| 14 | 229,696 | 227,684 |
| 15 | 223,890 | 221,902 |
| 16 | 215,711 | 213,940 |
| 17 | 204,930 | 203,560 |
| 18 | 193,222 | 192,432 |
| 19 | 183,748 | 183,665 |
| 20 | 177,734 | 178,496 |
| 21 | 174,301 | 176,094 |
| 22 | 169,964 | 172,926 |
| 23 | 163,544 | 167,759 |
| 24 | 155,633 | 161,680 |
| 25 | 146,944 | 155,141 |
| 26 | 137,361 | 147,536 |
| 27 | 125,852 | 138,000 |
| 28 | 113,004 | 127,052 |
| 29 | 101,231 | 116,997 |
| 30 | 91,333 | 108,274 |
| 31 | 85,521 | 103,285 |
| 32 | 83,378 | 101,818 |
| 33 | 84,160 | 102,776 |
| 34 | 84,524 | 102,955 |
| 35 | 82,309 | 100,611 |
| 36 | 80,622 | 99,018 |
| 37 | 80,016 | 98,268 |
| 38 | 81,019 | 98,363 |
| 39 | 89,386 | 109,990 |
| 40 | 97,593 | 121,122 |
| 41 | 98,424 | 120,267 |
| 42 | 96,948 | 117,894 |
| 43 | 92,881 | 114,326 |
| 44 | 88,539 | 111,273 |
| 45 | 81,392 | 104,560 |
| 46 | 73,012 | 96,160 |
| 47 | 67,171 | 91,007 |
| 48 | 60,926 | 85,904 |
| 49 | 54,068 | 79,896 |
| 50 | 47,554 | 73,657 |
| 51 | 41,856 | 66,370 |
| 52 | 37,649 | 59,668 |
| 53 | 34,541 | 55,030 |
| 54 | 31,432 | 50,525 |
| 55 | 28,672 | 45,979 |
| 56 | 26,712 | 41,740 |
| 57 | 25,513 | 37,970 |
| 58 | 24,624 | 34,574 |
| 59 | 23,553 | 31,533 |
| 60 | 22,259 | 29,036 |
| 61 | 20,934 | 27,225 |
| 62 | 19,858 | 26,184 |
| 63 | 19,213 | 25,832 |
| 64 | 18,787 | 25,796 |
| 65 | 18,446 | 25,844 |
| 66 | 18,169 | 25,929 |
| 67 | 17,900 | 25,992 |
| 68 | 17,681 | 26,022 |
| 69 | 17,444 | 25,916 |
| 70 | 16,969 | 25,402 |
| 71 | 16,282 | 24,474 |
| 72 | 15,447 | 23,225 |
| 73 | 14,410 | 21,664 |
| 74 | 13,222 | 19,947 |
| 75 | 11,958 | 18,244 |
| 76 | 10,708 | 16,564 |
| 77 | 8,592 | 13,486 |
| 78 | 6,854 | 10,976 |
| 79 | 6,074 | 10,012 |
| 80 | 5,268 | 8,936 |
| 81 | 4,500 | 7,860 |
| 82 | 3,778 | 6,814 |
| 83 | 3,117 | 5,815 |
| 84 | 2,538 | 4,883 |
| 85 | 2,061 | 4,075 |
| 86 | 1,656 | 3,350 |
| 87 | 1,304 | 2,684 |
| 88 | 1,021 | 2,144 |
| 89 | 797 | 1,732 |
| 90 | 611 | 1,389 |
| 91 | 458 | 1,092 |
| 92 | 342 | 855 |
| 93 | 256 | 676 |
| 94 | 188 | 530 |
| 95 | 136 | 406 |
| 96 | 95 | 304 |
| 97 | 64 | 218 |
| 98 | 42 | 149 |
| 99 | 23 | 88 |
| 100+ | 27 | 124 |
ZWE · 1950–2100 · every age, every year
Zimbabwe, every age in every year
Each column is a year and each row an age; the denser the ink in a cell, the more people. Everyone born in the same year climbs one 45° diagonal, so famines, baby booms and migration show up as streaks. Select a cell to follow its generation.
ZWE · ages 15–64
Who does the work in Zimbabwe
On the UN's projection, Zimbabwe will have the most working-age people it ever has in 2099: 23,966,000 people aged 15–64. In 2023 it had 8,996,990.
aged 15–64 children under 15 aged 65 and over
How to read this: take 100 people of working age — the orange row — and the two rows under it are the children (teal) and the people of 65 and over (violet) who lived alongside them in 2023.
At no point between 1950 and 2100 do fewer than 50 dependants live alongside every 100 people aged 15–64 here.
fewer than 50 dependants per 100 the same, projected 50 or more
How to read this: one stripe a year from 1950 to 2100. A stripe takes colour in a year when fewer than 50 dependants live alongside every 100 people of working age, and stays grey otherwise; hatching means the year is projected.
ZWE · arrivals minus departures
Who arrives in Zimbabwe, and who leaves
In 2020–2025 Zimbabwe loses 81,471 people a year: everyone who arrives, minus everyone who leaves. The age at which that happens most is 20–24, at 17,314 a year more leaving than arriving.
more arrive than leave more leave than arrive
How to read this: age runs left to right, babies to 100. A blue square above the line means arrivals outnumber departures at that age, an orange square below it means the opposite. The figures are the UN's projection for 2020–2025; nobody recorded migration by age before 2020.
Across the counted years, 1950 to 2023, its biggest single-year gain was 390,593 (1980); its biggest loss, 243,947 (1993).
In 2024, 429,108 people living in Zimbabwe had been born in another country, 3 of every 100 people there, against 6 in 1990.
ZWE · births by the mother's age · 1950–2100
Who has the babies in Zimbabwe
Of every 100 babies born in Zimbabwe in 2023, 19 had a mother under 20, 65 a mother aged 20 to 34 and 16 a mother aged 35 or older. In 1950 it was 18 under 20 and 18 aged 35 or older.
18 · 64 · 18
19 · 65 · 16
13 · 69 · 18
The mother's age: under 20 20 to 34 35 or older projected
How to read this: one block a year, 100 squares in each, a square for every hundredth baby. The colour is the mother's age group, and the three numbers underneath are those groups in order, youngest first.
- Babies born, 2023
- 496,917
- Average age when women have a baby
- 28.1 years
- 29.4 in 1950
- Babies a year per 1,000 girls aged 15–19
- 98
- 164 in 1950
Babies by the mother's age, 1950–2100
| Mother's age | 1950 | 1975 | 2000 | 2023 | 2050 projected | 2100 projected |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10–14 | 3,160 | 4,214 | 2,762 | 1,628 | 1,066 | 274 |
| 15–19 | 22,486 | 50,028 | 92,678 | 90,691 | 76,929 | 28,414 |
| 20–24 | 35,492 | 86,180 | 147,702 | 148,710 | 146,920 | 90,702 |
| 25–29 | 29,717 | 58,981 | 98,844 | 100,958 | 137,675 | 134,484 |
| 30–34 | 24,118 | 41,626 | 50,809 | 74,775 | 111,270 | 136,500 |
| 35–39 | 15,106 | 25,540 | 23,805 | 57,144 | 77,983 | 85,099 |
| 40–44 | 8,065 | 14,222 | 10,911 | 20,675 | 22,594 | 22,857 |
| 45–49 | 2,088 | 3,381 | 2,047 | 2,295 | 2,227 | 1,992 |
| 50–54 | 114 | 166 | 73 | 41 | 33 | 25 |
| All babies | 140,346 | 284,338 | 429,631 | 496,917 | 576,697 | 500,347 |
The UN's births for each year, split by the mother's age in the UN's own proportions.
ZWE · healthy years · 2021
Years in good health in Zimbabwe
Of the 58.5 years a baby born in Zimbabwe in 2021 could expect, about 51.2 would be lived in full health (95% range 50.5–52.1). That leaves 7.3 years in less than full health, fewer than the world's 9.5, which mostly means lives are shorter here, with fewer years in which to be ill.
52.2 in full health, 8.3 not: 60.5 years
50.2 in full health, 6.0 not: 56.2 years
a year in full health a year in less than full health
How to read this: each square is a year of life, each row ten years; filled squares are years in full health, rounded to whole years.
Women: 52.2 healthy years of 60.5. Men: 50.2 of 56.2. In 2019, before the pandemic, the healthy years were 52.0.
ZWE · forced from home · end of 2025
Displacement in Zimbabwe
At the end of 2025, Zimbabwe was hosting 18,065 people who had crossed a border into it, about 1 of every 1,000 people living there.
- hosted from abroad18,065
- Zimbabwe nationals abroad13,005
stayed inside their own country crossed a border
How to read this: one square stands for 500 people, so the rows can be compared with one another. The last row is people from Zimbabwe living in another country, wherever they are.
In 2025, 828 people asked for asylum in Zimbabwe for the first time; 1,478 people from Zimbabwe asked for asylum in another country. Of every 100 people from Zimbabwe whose claims were decided that year, 25 were given protection. Who asks for asylum, and who is given it
ZWE · of every 100 people
How people live in Zimbabwe
Of every 100 people in Zimbabwe in 2025, 23 lived in a city, 12 in a town or suburb and 65 in the countryside.
cities towns and suburbs rural areas
38 of every 100 have no electricity at home (2024). 58.4 of every 100 do not use the internet (2024).
How to read this: everyone here, shrunk to 100 squares, with the colour saying whether that hundredth person lives in a city, a town or the countryside. Every country is measured by the same rule.
ZWE · adults 25 and over · 2020
How far people in Zimbabwe went in school
Of every 100 adults in Zimbabwe in 2020, 8 never went to school and 56 finished upper secondary or went further.
8 never went to school 10 some primary 15 finished primary 11 finished lower secondary 45 finished upper secondary 11 studied after school
The young went further: 6.8 of every 100 women aged 25–29 never went to school, against 16.9 of every 100 aged 60–64 (men: 7.7 against 12.9).
The middle projection has its working-age people most numerous in 2075; those among them who finished upper secondary are most numerous later, in 2085.
How to read this: every adult here as one of 100 squares. The stronger the colour, the further that person went in school (the Wittgenstein Centre, 2020).
ZWE · cities · 2025
Cities in Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe had 15 cities in 2025, home to 3.9 million people. The largest, Harare, holds 12 of every 100 people in Zimbabwe.
- Harare2,117,195
- Bulawayo492,771
- Ruwa185,224
- Mutare149,231
- Kwekwe135,991
- Masvingo122,019
- Chinhoyi97,159
- Norton90,287
- Kadoma88,029
- Marondera87,722
How to read this: the 10 biggest cities here in 2025, drawn on a single scale so the bars can be compared. Each is a built-up area on the UN's rule rather than a city government's patch.
Apparatus
Sources and method
Every figure on this page comes from the UN's World Population Prospects 2024: the annual country tables (estimates to 2023, projections with 95% intervals from 2024), and the population by single year of age and sex for the pyramid.
The censuses, surveys and registers behind the UN's estimates for Zimbabwe are listed, source by source, on the UN's own data sources page.
Sources: UN WPP 2024 · World Bank · UNHCR · country code lists · UN WUP 2025 · Wittgenstein Centre · WHO GHO · flag-icons · Natural Earth. Every source, its licence and how to cite it →
Checked before it was drawn
Verified 2026-09-30 · 73 canaries The pyramid for every year was checked against the published total. What that stamp counts, and what every page here has to pass before it can be built: how this site checks its figures.