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Zimbabwe: Population

Millions of people · 1800–2025 · 226 observations · forecasts to 2031 · pop

2025
17 millionpeople
Change on 2024
+1.9%year on year
Average growth, 2015–2025
+1.6%a year

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Recent values

Millions of people

YearValue
203118.9Forecast
203018.5Forecast
202918.2Forecast
202817.8Forecast
202717.5Forecast
202617.2Forecast
202517.0
202416.6
202316.3
202216.1
202115.8
202015.5
201915.3
201815.0
201714.8
201614.6

Sources

  • Federico & Tena-Junguito1800–1938
  • Gapminder1800–2023
  • Albers, Jerven & Suesse1900–2015
  • Fouquin & Hugot (CEPII)1950–2014
  • Maddison Project Database1950–2022
  • Penn World Table1954–2019
  • WDI (archive)1960–1997
  • World Development Indicators1960–2025
  • Bordo1970–1997
  • United Nations1970–2024
  • IMF World Economic Outlook1980–2022
  • IMF WEO (forecast)2022–2031
  • Gapminder (forecast)2023–2030

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Please cite: Müller, K., Xu, C., Lehbib, M., & Chen, Z. (2025). The Global Macro Database: A New International Macroeconomic Dataset. NBER Working Paper 33714. BibTeX →

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