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Share of women in the population — Zimbabwe

Share of women in the population in Zimbabwe in 2025 — 52.29%. Ranked 26 in the world out of 217. Since 1960, the indicator has risen by 1.74 pp.

2025 52.29% −0.05 pp vs 2024
World rank 26of 217
Period maximum 52.76%2013
Period minimum 50.55%1960

Trend over time

1960–2025 · % of population

Share of women in the population — Zimbabwe, 1960–20255051525319601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 50.55%1962: 50.61%1964: 50.66%1966: 50.72%1968: 50.77%1970: 50.86%1972: 51.04%1974: 51.16%1976: 51.35%1978: 52.15%1980: 51.97%1982: 51.06%1984: 51.03%1986: 51.11%1988: 51.37%1990: 51.45%1992: 51.78%1994: 52.39%1996: 52.46%1998: 52.37%2000: 52.41%2002: 52.51%2004: 52.55%2006: 52.61%2008: 52.62%2010: 52.64%2012: 52.73%2014: 52.73%2016: 52.67%2018: 52.61%2020: 52.53%2022: 52.44%2024: 52.33%2025: 52.29%
Change over the period: +1.74 pp Annual average: 0.03 pp

Comparison, 2025

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Zimbabwe

Zimbabwe 52.29%
World 49.73%
Sub-Saharan Africa 50.15%
Eastern Africa computed 50.4%
Lower-middle-income countries computed 49.35%
Share of women in the population — Zimbabwe, by year Zimbabwe All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 52.29 −0.05 pp
2024 52.33 −0.05 pp
2023 52.38 −0.05 pp
2022 52.44 −0.05 pp
2021 52.49 −0.04 pp
2020 52.53 −0.04 pp
2019 52.57 −0.04 pp
2018 52.61 −0.03 pp
2017 52.64 −0.03 pp
2016 52.67 −0.03 pp
2015 52.7 −0.03 pp
2014 52.73 −0.03 pp
2013 52.76 +0.03 pp
2012 52.73 +0.06 pp
2011 52.67 +0.02 pp
2010 52.64 +0.01 pp
2009 52.63 +0.01 pp
2008 52.62 +0.02 pp
2007 52.6 −0.01 pp
2006 52.61 +0.01 pp
2005 52.61 +0.06 pp
2004 52.55 +0.04 pp
2003 52.52 +0.01 pp
2002 52.51 +0.02 pp
2001 52.48 +0.07 pp
2000 52.41 +0.06 pp
1999 52.35 −0.02 pp
1998 52.37 −0.05 pp
1997 52.42 −0.04 pp
1996 52.46 −0.01 pp
1995 52.48 +0.08 pp
1994 52.39 +0.19 pp
1993 52.2 +0.42 pp
1992 51.78 +0.32 pp
1991 51.47 +0.02 pp
1990 51.45 +0.02 pp
1989 51.42 +0.05 pp
1988 51.37 +0.14 pp
1987 51.23 +0.12 pp
1986 51.11 +0.04 pp
1985 51.07 +0.03 pp
1984 51.03 +0.03 pp
1983 51 −0.05 pp
1982 51.06 −0.11 pp
1981 51.16 −0.81 pp
1980 51.97 −0.7 pp
1979 52.67 +0.52 pp
1978 52.15 +0.56 pp
1977 51.59 +0.24 pp
1976 51.35 +0.11 pp
1975 51.24 +0.07 pp
1974 51.16 +0.05 pp
1973 51.11 +0.07 pp
1972 51.04 +0.08 pp
1971 50.96 +0.1 pp
1970 50.86 +0.06 pp
1969 50.8 +0.02 pp
1968 50.77 +0.03 pp
1967 50.75 +0.03 pp
1966 50.72 +0.03 pp
1965 50.69 +0.03 pp
1964 50.66 +0.03 pp
1963 50.64 +0.03 pp
1962 50.61 +0.03 pp
1961 50.58 +0.03 pp
1960 50.55 —

Eastern Africa, 2025

The same indicator for neighboring countries — with links to their pages

ZW Zimbabwe 52.29 MZ Mozambique 51.45 MW Malawi 51.19 RW Rwanda 51.18 SS South Sudan 50.82 ER Eritrea 50.62 ZM Zambia 50.5 DJ Djibouti 50.44 TZ Tanzania 50.42 UG Uganda 50.38 BI Burundi 50.32 KE Kenya 50.29 MU Mauritius 50.14 SO Somalia 49.91 ET Ethiopia 49.9 MG Madagascar 49.84 KM Comoros 49.72 SC Seychelles 44.94
Full table for all countries

About the indicator

The share of women in total population. Slightly more boys than girls are born (about 105 to 100), but because male mortality is higher the ratio evens out at older ages and then tilts toward women. Deviations from 50% in either direction point either to labor migration (the male surplus in the Gulf states) or to a gap in life expectancy.

Source: World Population Prospects (UN), license CC BY 3.0 IGO.

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