Population growth — all countries

Population growth — Zimbabwe

Population growth in Zimbabwe in 2025 — 1.88%. Ranked 54 in the world out of 217. Since 1961, the indicator has fallen by 1.24 pp.

2025 1.88% +0.1 pp vs 2024
World rank 54of 217
Period maximum 6.29%1981
Period minimum 0.12%1994

Trend over time

1961–2025 · % per year

Population growth — Zimbabwe, 1961–20250246819611968197519821989199620032010201720241961: 3.13%1963: 3.15%1965: 3.15%1967: 3.15%1969: 3.17%1971: 3%1973: 3.16%1975: 3.17%1977: 2.55%1979: 1.58%1981: 6.29%1983: 3.8%1985: 3.46%1987: 3.31%1989: 2.9%1991: 2.6%1993: 1.46%1995: 0.93%1997: 1.88%1999: 1.62%2001: 0.67%2003: 1.19%2005: 0.95%2007: 1.32%2009: 1.41%2011: 1.77%2013: 1.41%2015: 1.34%2017: 1.44%2019: 1.56%2021: 1.73%2023: 1.68%2025: 1.88%
Change over the period: −1.24 pp Annual average: -0.02 pp

Comparison, 2025

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

Zimbabwe 1.88%
World 0.91%
Eastern Africa computed 2.52%
Population growth — Zimbabwe, by year Zimbabwe All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 1.88 +0.1 pp
2024 1.78 +0.1 pp
2023 1.68 −0.03 pp
2022 1.71 −0.02 pp
2021 1.73 +0.07 pp
2020 1.66 +0.1 pp
2019 1.56 +0.08 pp
2018 1.49 +0.04 pp
2017 1.44 +0.05 pp
2016 1.39 +0.05 pp
2015 1.34 −0.03 pp
2014 1.37 −0.04 pp
2013 1.41 −0.22 pp
2012 1.62 −0.15 pp
2011 1.77 +0.16 pp
2010 1.61 +0.21 pp
2009 1.41 +0.2 pp
2008 1.2 −0.11 pp
2007 1.32 +0.1 pp
2006 1.22 +0.27 pp
2005 0.95 −0.14 pp
2004 1.09 −0.1 pp
2003 1.19 +0.23 pp
2002 0.96 +0.29 pp
2001 0.67 −0.25 pp
2000 0.92 −0.7 pp
1999 1.62 −0.34 pp
1998 1.96 +0.08 pp
1997 1.88 +0.22 pp
1996 1.66 +0.73 pp
1995 0.93 +0.81 pp
1994 0.12 −1.34 pp
1993 1.46 −1.36 pp
1992 2.82 +0.22 pp
1991 2.6 −0.12 pp
1990 2.72 −0.17 pp
1989 2.9 −0.27 pp
1988 3.16 −0.14 pp
1987 3.31 −0.04 pp
1986 3.35 −0.11 pp
1985 3.46 −0.1 pp
1984 3.56 −0.24 pp
1983 3.8 −0.1 pp
1982 3.9 −2.4 pp
1981 6.29 +0.54 pp
1980 5.75 +4.18 pp
1979 1.58 +0.13 pp
1978 1.45 −1.1 pp
1977 2.55 −0.49 pp
1976 3.04 −0.13 pp
1975 3.17 −0.06 pp
1974 3.23 +0.07 pp
1973 3.16 +0.09 pp
1972 3.07 +0.07 pp
1971 3 −0.07 pp
1970 3.07 −0.1 pp
1969 3.17 +0.01 pp
1968 3.15 +0.01 pp
1967 3.15 −0 pp
1966 3.15 −0 pp
1965 3.15 +0 pp
1964 3.15 +0 pp
1963 3.15 +0.01 pp
1962 3.14 +0.02 pp
1961 3.13

About the indicator

The annual population growth rate is the change in population size over a year as a percent of the previous year. It takes in both natural increase (births minus deaths) and net migration. Negative values mean the population is shrinking; at 1% a year population doubles in about 70 years, at 2% in about 35.

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