Zimbabwe's population rose from 11.2M in 1996 to 17M in 2025.
Zimbabwe · Population & demographics
Size, growth, ages, births, deaths, urbanisation and migration.
23 indicators · 23 with data
Zimbabwe's population growth rose from 1.7 % in 1996 to 1.9 % in 2025.
Zimbabwe's population density rose from 28.1 in 1994 to 42.2 in 2023.
Zimbabwe's population, female (% of total) fell from 52.5 % in 1996 to 52.3 % in 2025.
Zimbabwe's urbanisation rose from 31.7 % in 1996 to 40.5 % in 2025.
Zimbabwe's urban population rose from 3.53M in 1996 to 6.86M in 2025.
Zimbabwe's rural population rose from 7.62M in 1996 to 10.1M in 2025.
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- Fertilitydown −1.3 %37th of 217
- Birth rate, crudedown −1.7 %31st of 217
- Death rate, crudedown −1.5 %100th of 217
- Adolescent fertility ratedown −2.6 %198th of 217
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- Median ageup +0.1 yrs197th of 216
- Children (0–14)down −0.6 pts23rd of 217
- Working age (15–64)up +0.6 pts197th of 217
- Seniors (65+)down −0.0 pts177th of 217
- Age dependency ratiodown −2.0 pts21st of 217
- Old-age dependency ratiodown −0.1 pts171st of 217
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- Net migrationup +9.9 %196th of 217
- Migrant stockdown −0.1 pts142nd of 216
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- Refugees hosteddown −8.6 %94th of 178
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- Life expectancyup +0.3 yrs200th of 217
- Life expectancy at birth, femaleup +0.3 yrs200th of 217
- Life expectancy at birth, maleup +0.3 yrs201st of 217