Male population — all countries

Male population — Zimbabwe

Male population in Zimbabwe in 2025 — 8,087,867 people. Ranked 73 in the world out of 217. Since 1960, the indicator has risen by 329.4%.

2025 8.09M people +2% vs 2024
World rank 73of 217
Period maximum 8.09M people2025
Period minimum 1.88M people1960

Trend over time

1960–2025 · people

Male population — Zimbabwe, 1960–202502.5M5M7.5M10M19601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 1,883,710 people1962: 2,003,237 people1964: 2,131,287 people1966: 2,267,492 people1968: 2,412,338 people1970: 2,563,097 people1972: 2,713,546 people1974: 2,885,369 people1976: 3,058,860 people1978: 3,131,089 people1980: 3,381,936 people1982: 3,815,868 people1984: 4,108,918 people1986: 4,391,856 people1988: 4,660,517 people1990: 4,922,073 people1992: 5,160,517 people1994: 5,176,332 people1996: 5,304,165 people1998: 5,522,606 people2000: 5,658,966 people2002: 5,741,030 people2004: 5,867,366 people2006: 5,988,021 people2008: 6,140,465 people2010: 6,325,021 people2012: 6,531,926 people2014: 6,715,517 people2016: 6,909,792 people2018: 7,125,471 people2020: 7,370,588 people2022: 7,642,717 people2024: 7,929,088 people2025: 8,087,867 people
Change over the period: +6.2M (+329.36%) Average annual rate: 2.27 %

Comparison, 2025

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

Zimbabwe 8.09M people
World 4.13B people
Sub-Saharan Africa 659M people
Eastern Africa computed 254M people
Lower-middle-income countries computed 1.66B people
Male population — Zimbabwe, by year Zimbabwe All countries CSV XLSX
Year people Change Change, %
2025 8.09M +158,779 +2%
2024 7.93M +148,154 +1.9%
2023 7.78M +138,217 +1.81%
2022 7.64M +137,235 +1.83%
2021 7.51M +134,894 +1.83%
2020 7.37M +127,146 +1.76%
2019 7.24M +117,971 +1.66%
2018 7.13M +110,364 +1.57%
2017 7.02M +105,315 +1.52%
2016 6.91M +99,653 +1.46%
2015 6.81M +94,622 +1.41%
2014 6.72M +95,669 +1.45%
2013 6.62M +87,922 +1.35%
2012 6.53M +96,551 +1.5%
2011 6.44M +110,354 +1.74%
2010 6.33M +99,443 +1.6%
2009 6.23M +85,113 +1.39%
2008 6.14M +71,254 +1.17%
2007 6.07M +81,190 +1.36%
2006 5.99M +71,843 +1.21%
2005 5.92M +48,812 +0.83%
2004 5.87M +59,092 +1.02%
2003 5.81M +67,244 +1.17%
2002 5.74M +52,113 +0.92%
2001 5.69M +29,951 +0.53%
2000 5.66M +44,487 +0.79%
1999 5.61M +91,873 +1.66%
1998 5.52M +113,084 +2.09%
1997 5.41M +105,357 +1.99%
1996 5.3M +88,665 +1.7%
1995 5.22M +39,168 +0.76%
1994 5.18M −14,995 −0.29%
1993 5.19M +30,810 +0.6%
1992 5.16M +110,744 +2.19%
1991 5.05M +127,700 +2.59%
1990 4.92M +129,963 +2.71%
1989 4.79M +131,593 +2.82%
1988 4.66M +132,108 +2.92%
1987 4.53M +136,553 +3.11%
1986 4.39M +141,220 +3.32%
1985 4.25M +141,718 +3.45%
1984 4.11M +140,926 +3.55%
1983 3.97M +152,124 +3.99%
1982 3.82M +153,769 +4.2%
1981 3.66M +280,163 +8.28%
1980 3.38M +235,643 +7.49%
1979 3.15M +15,204 +0.49%
1978 3.13M +9,003 +0.29%
1977 3.12M +63,226 +2.07%
1976 3.06M +84,993 +2.86%
1975 2.97M +88,498 +3.07%
1974 2.89M +88,653 +3.17%
1973 2.8M +83,170 +3.06%
1972 2.71M +77,661 +2.95%
1971 2.64M +72,788 +2.84%
1970 2.56M +74,290 +2.98%
1969 2.49M +76,469 +3.17%
1968 2.41M +73,654 +3.15%
1967 2.34M +71,192 +3.14%
1966 2.27M +69,122 +3.14%
1965 2.2M +67,083 +3.15%
1964 2.13M +65,038 +3.15%
1963 2.07M +63,012 +3.15%
1962 2M +60,886 +3.13%
1961 1.94M +58,641 +3.11%
1960 1.88M

About the indicator

The male population of a country as of mid-year. The series follows the World Population Prospects revisions of the UN and is compiled on the de facto definition of population, so it may diverge from national statistics that use the concept of resident population. Together with the female population it gives the sex structure, and that structure differs markedly: from a pronounced male surplus in the Gulf states with their labor migration to a female surplus where male mortality is high.

Important: The sum of the male and the female population matches total population — the UN reconciles them to a single total. For comparing countries the share is more useful than the absolute number: it says more about the structure of the population than size does.

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