# Population in Zimbabwe

Population in Zimbabwe was 16.95 million in 2025. Source: World Bank.

- Indicator id: `population`
- Place id: `zw`
- Unit: persons
- Definition: Resident population. Spain and the EU: 1 January, with Spanish figures from the official municipal register (Padrón). United States: Census Bureau population estimates for 1 July. Other countries and the World: World Bank mid-year estimates, which count all residents regardless of legal status or citizenship.
- Note: For Denmark, Statistics Denmark counts the registered resident population on 1 January. Greenland and the Faroe Islands are excluded. The annual series selects the first-quarter reference date from FOLK1A. The World Bank series exists for every country, so use it (through compare) to rank countries on one basis.
- Source: World Bank, Population, total (SP.POP.TOTL) (https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SP.POP.TOTL)
- Retrieved: 2026-10-09
- License: CC BY 4.0 (commercial and non-commercial reuse, attribution required)
- Citation: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Population, total (SP.POP.TOTL). https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SP.POP.TOTL. Retrieved 2026-10-09.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/en/population/zimbabwe
- CSV: https://invokely.ai/download/population/zimbabwe.csv
- API: https://invokely.ai/api/v1/series?indicator=population&place=zw

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