Zimbabwe
Population growth in Zimbabwe
Population growth in Zimbabwe: 3.19% a year in 1950 and 1.68% a year in 2023, by UN estimates.
- Latest, 2023
- 1.68% a year
- Since 1950
- −1.51 percentage points
- Rank, 2023
- 64 of 229
- counting from the highest
- World, 2023
- 0.87% a year
- Projected, 2100
- 0.19% a year
- UN projection (medium variant)
% a year · UN
What the numbers say
- The UN projection (medium variant) puts it at 0.19% a year in 2100, between -2.41% a year and 2.36% a year (95% prediction interval).
- The highest was 8.98% a year in 1980, the lowest -0.15% a year in 1993.
Every year
% a year · UN
| Year | Zimbabwe | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 1.68 | 0.87 |
| 2022 | 1.67 | 0.88 |
| 2021 | 1.74 | 0.8 |
| 2020 | 1.71 | 0.9 |
| 2019 | 1.61 | 1.03 |
| 2018 | 1.52 | 1.07 |
| 2017 | 1.46 | 1.13 |
| 2016 | 1.43 | 1.17 |
| 2015 | 1.35 | 1.18 |
| 2014 | 1.33 | 1.22 |
| 2013 | 1.41 | 1.23 |
| 2012 | 1.41 | 1.27 |
| 2011 | 1.85 | 1.26 |
| 2010 | 1.7 | 1.27 |
| 2009 | 1.53 | 1.28 |
| 2008 | 1.29 | 1.28 |
| 2007 | 1.12 | 1.28 |
| 2006 | 1.52 | 1.28 |
| 2005 | 0.92 | 1.27 |
| 2004 | 0.98 | 1.28 |
| 2003 | 1.2 | 1.29 |
| 2002 | 1.18 | 1.3 |
| 2001 | 0.74 | 1.33 |
| 2000 | 0.6 | 1.35 |
| 1999 | 1.24 | 1.35 |
| 1998 | 2 | 1.37 |
| 1997 | 1.91 | 1.39 |
| 1996 | 1.85 | 1.42 |
| 1995 | 1.47 | 1.45 |
| 1994 | 0.38 | 1.47 |
| 1993 | -0.15 | 1.52 |
| 1992 | 3.09 | 1.57 |
| 1991 | 2.54 | 1.63 |
| 1990 | 2.67 | 1.76 |
| 1989 | 2.78 | 1.78 |
| 1988 | 3.01 | 1.79 |
| 1987 | 3.32 | 1.84 |
| 1986 | 3.3 | 1.83 |
| 1985 | 3.4 | 1.8 |
| 1984 | 3.52 | 1.8 |
| 1983 | 3.59 | 1.78 |
| 1982 | 4.01 | 1.86 |
| 1981 | 3.77 | 1.82 |
| 1980 | 8.98 | 1.8 |
| 1979 | 2.34 | 1.79 |
| 1978 | 0.8 | 1.74 |
| 1977 | 2.11 | 1.75 |
| 1976 | 3.01 | 1.78 |
| 1975 | 3.08 | 1.8 |
| 1974 | 3.26 | 1.88 |
| 1973 | 3.2 | 1.94 |
| 1972 | 3.12 | 1.97 |
| 1971 | 3.03 | 1.97 |
| 1970 | 2.97 | 2.06 |
| 1969 | 3.18 | 2.06 |
| 1968 | 3.16 | 2.09 |
| 1967 | 3.15 | 2 |
| 1966 | 3.15 | 2.04 |
| 1965 | 3.16 | 2.09 |
| 1964 | 3.15 | 2.16 |
| 1963 | 3.16 | 2.28 |
| 1962 | 3.15 | 2.11 |
| 1961 | 3.14 | 1.67 |
| 1960 | 3.12 | 1.58 |
| 1959 | 3.1 | 1.73 |
| 1958 | 3.09 | 2 |
| 1957 | 3.09 | 2.07 |
| 1956 | 3.09 | 1.98 |
| 1955 | 3.09 | 2.01 |
| 1954 | 3.1 | 1.99 |
| 1953 | 3.11 | 1.9 |
| 1952 | 3.13 | 1.94 |
| 1951 | 3.16 | 1.75 |
| 1950 | 3.19 | 1.74 |
UN projection (medium variant) · 2024–2100
| Year | Zimbabwe | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 1.880.04–3.67 | 0.86 |
| 2025 | 1.89-0.2–3.8 | 0.84 |
| 2026 | 1.88-0.35–3.78 | 0.83 |
| 2027 | 1.87-0.22–3.73 | 0.81 |
| 2028 | 1.86-0.21–3.68 | 0.8 |
| 2029 | 1.86-0.15–3.65 | 0.78 |
| 2030 | 1.84-0.23–3.76 | 0.76 |
| 2031 | 1.84-0.13–3.83 | 0.75 |
| 2032 | 1.87-0.19–3.89 | 0.73 |
| 2033 | 1.87-0.25–3.83 | 0.72 |
| 2034 | 1.81-0.29–3.73 | 0.7 |
| 2035 | 1.83-0.12–3.86 | 0.69 |
| 2036 | 1.76-0.32–3.73 | 0.67 |
| 2037 | 1.74-0.21–3.64 | 0.65 |
| 2038 | 1.72-0.43–3.55 | 0.64 |
| 2039 | 1.68-0.43–3.63 | 0.62 |
| 2040 | 1.67-0.44–3.6 | 0.61 |
| 2041 | 1.7-0.53–3.63 | 0.59 |
| 2042 | 1.58-0.6–3.67 | 0.57 |
| 2043 | 1.62-0.48–3.58 | 0.56 |
| 2044 | 1.52-0.5–3.48 | 0.54 |
| 2045 | 1.5-0.65–3.65 | 0.52 |
| 2046 | 1.46-0.66–3.54 | 0.5 |
| 2047 | 1.41-0.63–3.33 | 0.48 |
| 2048 | 1.41-0.66–3.39 | 0.46 |
| 2049 | 1.36-0.84–3.38 | 0.44 |
| 2050 | 1.35-0.9–3.27 | 0.42 |
| 2051 | 1.35-0.72–3.34 | 0.4 |
| 2052 | 1.28-0.86–3.28 | 0.38 |
| 2053 | 1.27-0.89–3.3 | 0.36 |
| 2054 | 1.19-0.99–3.16 | 0.34 |
| 2055 | 1.19-0.92–3.25 | 0.33 |
| 2056 | 1.13-1.16–3.13 | 0.31 |
| 2057 | 1.14-1.03–3.24 | 0.3 |
| 2058 | 1.09-1.09–3.19 | 0.28 |
| 2059 | 1.06-1.19–3.18 | 0.27 |
| 2060 | 1.04-1.22–2.96 | 0.25 |
| 2061 | 1.05-1.22–3.12 | 0.24 |
| 2062 | 1.03-1.22–3.14 | 0.23 |
| 2063 | 1-1.22–3.09 | 0.22 |
| 2064 | 0.94-1.31–2.99 | 0.21 |
| 2065 | 0.96-1.39–3.04 | 0.2 |
| 2066 | 0.91-1.33–3.04 | 0.19 |
| 2067 | 0.91-1.36–2.94 | 0.18 |
| 2068 | 0.87-1.4–2.86 | 0.17 |
| 2069 | 0.86-1.44–2.88 | 0.16 |
| 2070 | 0.82-1.52–2.92 | 0.15 |
| 2071 | 0.8-1.56–2.89 | 0.14 |
| 2072 | 0.83-1.51–2.9 | 0.13 |
| 2073 | 0.8-1.52–2.97 | 0.12 |
| 2074 | 0.75-1.62–2.81 | 0.1 |
| 2075 | 0.72-1.73–2.81 | 0.09 |
| 2076 | 0.72-1.56–2.89 | 0.08 |
| 2077 | 0.69-1.78–2.82 | 0.07 |
| 2078 | 0.65-1.67–2.69 | 0.06 |
| 2079 | 0.64-1.62–2.77 | 0.05 |
| 2080 | 0.62-1.82–2.8 | 0.04 |
| 2081 | 0.59-1.78–2.68 | 0.03 |
| 2082 | 0.54-1.86–2.64 | 0.02 |
| 2083 | 0.53-1.81–2.67 | 0.01 |
| 2084 | 0.51-1.97–2.56 | -0 |
| 2085 | 0.48-2.01–2.56 | -0.01 |
| 2086 | 0.47-1.91–2.73 | -0.02 |
| 2087 | 0.45-1.98–2.66 | -0.03 |
| 2088 | 0.39-1.98–2.73 | -0.04 |
| 2089 | 0.4-2.02–2.71 | -0.05 |
| 2090 | 0.39-2.05–2.67 | -0.05 |
| 2091 | 0.33-2.16–2.58 | -0.06 |
| 2092 | 0.33-2.13–2.59 | -0.07 |
| 2093 | 0.28-2.12–2.53 | -0.07 |
| 2094 | 0.32-2.27–2.46 | -0.08 |
| 2095 | 0.3-2.3–2.53 | -0.09 |
| 2096 | 0.25-2.4–2.59 | -0.1 |
| 2097 | 0.25-2.25–2.45 | -0.11 |
| 2098 | 0.23-2.28–2.5 | -0.11 |
| 2099 | 0.19-2.43–2.46 | -0.12 |
| 2100 | 0.19-2.41–2.36 | -0.13 |
Good to know
- How fast the population grew or shrank in a year: births minus deaths, plus people moving in minus people moving out.
- Source: UN DESA, World Population Prospects 2024.
- The dashed line is the UN projection (medium variant), a scenario rather than a forecast; the band is its 95% prediction interval.
- Ranks count the 229 countries with a value in 2023, highest first.
- The faint line is the world as a whole, as the same source counts it.
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- Military spending0.56% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollars$134M in 2025
- Military spending per person$10 in 2025
- Military share of state spending5.3% of government spending in 2005
- Armed forces personnel51,000 people in 2020
- National power0.08% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workers0.88% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms imports20 million TIV in 2023
- Arms exports4 million TIV in 2001