Population 16,950,795
people· 2025
Published observation
Over time Full published history Zimbabwe 2025 · 16.95M
0 4.24M 8.48M 12.71M 16.95M 1960 1993 2025 1960: 3,809,389 1961: 3,930,401 1962: 4,055,959 1963: 4,185,877 1964: 4,320,006 1965: 4,458,462 1966: 4,601,217 1967: 4,748,307 1968: 4,900,440 1969: 5,058,181 1970: 5,215,918 1971: 5,374,712 1972: 5,542,445 1973: 5,720,404 1974: 5,908,328 1975: 6,098,658 1976: 6,287,105 1977: 6,449,512 1978: 6,543,575 1979: 6,647,556 1980: 7,041,303 1981: 7,498,635 1982: 7,796,496 1983: 8,098,404 1984: 8,391,488 1985: 8,686,813 1986: 8,982,578 1987: 9,284,644 1988: 9,583,094 1989: 9,864,798 1990: 10,137,281 1991: 10,404,816 1992: 10,702,700 1993: 10,860,288 1994: 10,873,148 1995: 10,974,599 1996: 11,158,360 1997: 11,369,827 1998: 11,594,297 1999: 11,783,458 2000: 11,892,055 2001: 11,971,901 2002: 12,087,653 2003: 12,232,323 2004: 12,365,896 2005: 12,483,432 2006: 12,636,445 2007: 12,804,058 2008: 12,959,149 2009: 13,142,790 2010: 13,356,548 2011: 13,595,424 2012: 13,817,887 2013: 14,013,808 2014: 14,207,359 2015: 14,399,013 2016: 14,600,294 2017: 14,812,482 2018: 15,034,452 2019: 15,271,368 2020: 15,526,888 2021: 15,797,210 2022: 16,069,056 2023: 16,340,822 2024: 16,634,373 2025: 16,950,795 Total population is based on the de facto definition of population, which counts all residents regardless of legal status or citizenship. The values shown are midyear estimates.
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