Zimbabwe
Urban population in Zimbabwe
Urban population in Zimbabwe: 10.7% in 1950 and 40.5% in 2025, by UN estimates.
- Latest, 2025
- 40.5%
- Since 1950
- +29.8 percentage points
- Rank, 2025
- 178 of 229
- counting from the highest
- Projected, 2050
- 55.7%
- UN projection (World Urbanization Prospects 2025)
% of people · UN
What the numbers say
- The UN projection (World Urbanization Prospects 2025) puts it at 55.7% in 2050.
Every year
% of people · UN
| Year | Zimbabwe |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 40.5 |
| 2024 | 39.9 |
| 2023 | 39.3 |
| 2022 | 38.7 |
| 2021 | 37.9 |
| 2020 | 37 |
| 2019 | 36.2 |
| 2018 | 35.4 |
| 2017 | 34.7 |
| 2016 | 34.1 |
| 2015 | 33.6 |
| 2014 | 33.2 |
| 2013 | 32.9 |
| 2012 | 32.8 |
| 2011 | 32.8 |
| 2010 | 32.7 |
| 2009 | 32.7 |
| 2008 | 32.7 |
| 2007 | 32.7 |
| 2006 | 32.7 |
| 2005 | 32.7 |
| 2004 | 32.6 |
| 2003 | 32.6 |
| 2002 | 32.6 |
| 2001 | 32.5 |
| 2000 | 32.4 |
| 1999 | 32.3 |
| 1998 | 32.1 |
| 1997 | 31.9 |
| 1996 | 31.7 |
| 1995 | 31.4 |
| 1994 | 31.2 |
| 1993 | 30.9 |
| 1992 | 30.6 |
| 1991 | 30.2 |
| 1990 | 29.6 |
| 1989 | 28.9 |
| 1988 | 28.2 |
| 1987 | 27.3 |
| 1986 | 26.5 |
| 1985 | 25.6 |
| 1984 | 24.8 |
| 1983 | 24.1 |
| 1982 | 23.5 |
| 1981 | 22.9 |
| 1980 | 22.3 |
| 1979 | 21.8 |
| 1978 | 21.3 |
| 1977 | 20.8 |
| 1976 | 20.3 |
| 1975 | 19.8 |
| 1974 | 19.4 |
| 1973 | 18.9 |
| 1972 | 18.4 |
| 1971 | 17.9 |
| 1970 | 17.4 |
| 1969 | 16.9 |
| 1968 | 16.4 |
| 1967 | 15.8 |
| 1966 | 15.1 |
| 1965 | 14.5 |
| 1964 | 14 |
| 1963 | 13.5 |
| 1962 | 13.1 |
| 1961 | 12.8 |
| 1960 | 12.5 |
| 1959 | 12.2 |
| 1958 | 11.9 |
| 1957 | 11.7 |
| 1956 | 11.4 |
| 1955 | 11.2 |
| 1954 | 11.1 |
| 1953 | 10.9 |
| 1952 | 10.8 |
| 1951 | 10.8 |
| 1950 | 10.7 |
UN projection (World Urbanization Prospects 2025) · 2026–2050
| Year | Zimbabwe |
|---|---|
| 2026 | 41.1 |
| 2027 | 41.7 |
| 2028 | 42.3 |
| 2029 | 42.9 |
| 2030 | 43.5 |
| 2031 | 44.1 |
| 2032 | 44.7 |
| 2033 | 45.3 |
| 2034 | 45.9 |
| 2035 | 46.5 |
| 2036 | 47.1 |
| 2037 | 47.8 |
| 2038 | 48.4 |
| 2039 | 49 |
| 2040 | 49.6 |
| 2041 | 50.2 |
| 2042 | 50.8 |
| 2043 | 51.4 |
| 2044 | 52 |
| 2045 | 52.6 |
| 2046 | 53.2 |
| 2047 | 53.8 |
| 2048 | 54.5 |
| 2049 | 55.1 |
| 2050 | 55.7 |
Good to know
- The share of people living in places the country itself counts as urban.
- Source: UN DESA, World Urbanization Prospects 2025.
- The dashed line is the UN projection (World Urbanization Prospects 2025), a scenario rather than a forecast.
- Ranks count the 229 countries with a value in 2025, highest first.
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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