Population aged 15–64 — all countries

Population aged 15–64 — Zimbabwe

Population aged 15–64 in Zimbabwe in 2025 — 9,518,709 people. Ranked 73 in the world out of 217. Since 1960, the indicator has risen by 407.2%.

2025 9.52M people +3.06% vs 2024
World rank 73of 217
Period maximum 9.52M people2025
Period minimum 1.88M people1960

Trend over time

1960–2025 · people

Population aged 15–64 — Zimbabwe, 1960–202502.5M5M7.5M10M19601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 1,876,858 people1962: 1,968,956 people1964: 2,069,370 people1966: 2,212,306 people1968: 2,365,326 people1970: 2,527,925 people1972: 2,695,698 people1974: 2,876,115 people1976: 3,056,163 people1978: 3,148,540 people1980: 3,370,469 people1982: 3,777,605 people1984: 4,083,886 people1986: 4,399,793 people1988: 4,699,047 people1990: 5,047,687 people1992: 5,363,400 people1994: 5,438,564 people1996: 5,747,736 people1998: 6,192,624 people2000: 6,506,112 people2002: 6,677,970 people2004: 6,809,071 people2006: 6,923,589 people2008: 7,063,584 people2010: 7,193,677 people2012: 7,355,440 people2014: 7,520,003 people2016: 7,752,608 people2018: 8,060,640 people2020: 8,420,934 people2022: 8,802,666 people2024: 9,236,166 people2025: 9,518,709 people
Change over the period: +7.64M (+407.16%) Average annual rate: 2.53 %

Comparison, 2025

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

Zimbabwe 9.52M people
World 5.36B people
Sub-Saharan Africa 745M people
Eastern Africa computed 290M people
Lower-middle-income countries computed 2.13B people
Population aged 15–64 — Zimbabwe, by year Zimbabwe All countries CSV XLSX
Year people Change Change, %
2025 9.52M +282,543 +3.06%
2024 9.24M +239,172 +2.66%
2023 9M +194,328 +2.21%
2022 8.8M +188,432 +2.19%
2021 8.61M +193,300 +2.3%
2020 8.42M +186,078 +2.26%
2019 8.23M +174,216 +2.16%
2018 8.06M +161,170 +2.04%
2017 7.9M +146,862 +1.89%
2016 7.75M +127,480 +1.67%
2015 7.63M +105,125 +1.4%
2014 7.52M +91,054 +1.23%
2013 7.43M +73,509 +1%
2012 7.36M +77,335 +1.06%
2011 7.28M +84,428 +1.17%
2010 7.19M +69,379 +0.97%
2009 7.12M +60,714 +0.86%
2008 7.06M +58,151 +0.83%
2007 7.01M +81,844 +1.18%
2006 6.92M +72,195 +1.05%
2005 6.85M +42,323 +0.62%
2004 6.81M +56,608 +0.84%
2003 6.75M +74,493 +1.12%
2002 6.68M +83,930 +1.27%
2001 6.59M +87,928 +1.35%
2000 6.51M +121,462 +1.9%
1999 6.38M +192,026 +3.1%
1998 6.19M +225,178 +3.77%
1997 5.97M +219,710 +3.82%
1996 5.75M +193,024 +3.47%
1995 5.55M +116,148 +2.14%
1994 5.44M +38,709 +0.72%
1993 5.4M +36,455 +0.68%
1992 5.36M +126,615 +2.42%
1991 5.24M +189,098 +3.75%
1990 5.05M +180,812 +3.72%
1989 4.87M +167,828 +3.57%
1988 4.7M +148,812 +3.27%
1987 4.55M +150,442 +3.42%
1986 4.4M +160,576 +3.79%
1985 4.24M +155,331 +3.8%
1984 4.08M +149,163 +3.79%
1983 3.93M +157,118 +4.16%
1982 3.78M +157,440 +4.35%
1981 3.62M +249,696 +7.41%
1980 3.37M +201,023 +6.34%
1979 3.17M +20,906 +0.66%
1978 3.15M +22,278 +0.71%
1977 3.13M +70,099 +2.29%
1976 3.06M +88,424 +2.98%
1975 2.97M +91,624 +3.19%
1974 2.88M +92,065 +3.31%
1973 2.78M +88,352 +3.28%
1972 2.7M +85,273 +3.27%
1971 2.61M +82,500 +3.26%
1970 2.53M +81,796 +3.34%
1969 2.45M +80,803 +3.42%
1968 2.37M +77,793 +3.4%
1967 2.29M +75,227 +3.4%
1966 2.21M +72,979 +3.41%
1965 2.14M +69,957 +3.38%
1964 2.07M +55,786 +2.77%
1963 2.01M +44,628 +2.27%
1962 1.97M +46,071 +2.4%
1961 1.92M +46,027 +2.45%
1960 1.88M

About the indicator

The population aged 15 to 64 inclusive — the group that international statistics treat as working age regardless of the national retirement age. Its growth relative to the other groups is called the demographic dividend: it gives a country a period when workers are many and dependents are few. That period is finite, and this series shows which countries are passing through it now and which have already passed it.

Important: The 15–64 bounds are a convention and do not coincide with the retirement age in any country. This is not the number of people employed — the labor force indicator covers that.

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