Population — Total Population - Both sexes in Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe: Population — Total Population - Both sexes was 16,341 1000 No in 2023. ▲ Rising
Population — Total Population - Both sexes in Zimbabwe, 2010–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 No.
Analysis
Zimbabwe recorded 16,341 1000 No for population — total population - both sexes in 2023. That is the highest value across all 14 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 1.7% on the previous year and up 16.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, population — total population - both sexes in Zimbabwe peaked at 16,341 1000 No in 2023 and was at its lowest, 13,356 1000 No, in 2010.
That places Zimbabwe 78th out of 194 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 14 years of available data.
Population — Total Population - Both sexes in Zimbabwe, year by year
| Year | 1000 No | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 13,356 1000 No | — |
| 2011 | 13,595 1000 No | +1.8% |
| 2012 | 13,818 1000 No | +1.6% |
| 2013 | 14,014 1000 No | +1.4% |
| 2014 | 14,207 1000 No | +1.4% |
| 2015 | 14,399 1000 No | +1.3% |
| 2016 | 14,600 1000 No | +1.4% |
| 2017 | 14,812 1000 No | +1.5% |
| 2018 | 15,034 1000 No | +1.5% |
| 2019 | 15,271 1000 No | +1.6% |
| 2020 | 15,527 1000 No | +1.7% |
| 2021 | 15,797 1000 No | +1.7% |
| 2022 | 16,069 1000 No | +1.7% |
| 2023 | 16,341 1000 No | +1.7% |
Zimbabwe compared with similar countries
- Zimbabwe's 16,341 1000 No is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 11,637 1000 No, 1.4× the median. (41 countries reporting)
- Zimbabwe's 16,341 1000 No is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 15,373 1000 No, 1.1× the median. (34 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 14,311 1000 No | 13,356 1000 No | 15,271 1000 No | 10 |
| 2020s | 15,934 1000 No | 15,527 1000 No | 16,341 1000 No | 4 |
Countries ranked near Zimbabwe
More agriculture & rural data for Zimbabwe
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 34.41 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0947 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 286.19 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.8815 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0002 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.595 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 9.5% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 9.5% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.9% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.3% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is population — total population - both sexes in Zimbabwe?
- Population — total population - both sexes in Zimbabwe was 16,341 1000 No in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest population — total population - both sexes recorded in Zimbabwe?
- The highest recorded value was 16,341 1000 No in 2023.
- What is the lowest population — total population - both sexes recorded in Zimbabwe?
- The lowest recorded value was 13,356 1000 No in 2010.
- How does Zimbabwe rank for population — total population - both sexes?
- Zimbabwe ranks 78th out of 194 countries with data for 2023.
- Is population — total population - both sexes rising or falling in Zimbabwe?
- Over the last ten years it is up 16.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Zimbabwe data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Population — Total Population - Both sexes. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
A food balance sheet presents a comprehensive picture of the pattern of a country's food supply during a specified reference period. The food balance sheet shows for each food item - i.e. each primary commodity and a number of processed commodities potentially available for human consumption - the sources of supply and its utilization. The total quantity of foodstuffs produced in a country added to the total quantity imported and adjusted to any change in stocks that may have occurred since the beginning of the reference period gives the supply available during that period. On the utilization side a distinction is made between the quantities exported, fed to livestock, used for seed, put to manufacture for food use and non-food uses, losses during storage and transportation, and food supplies available for human consumption. The per caput supply of each such food item available for human consumption is then obtained by dividing the respective quantity by the related data on the population actually partaking of it. Data on per capita food supplies are expressed in terms of quantity and - by applying appropriate food composition factors for all primary and processed products - also in terms of caloric value and protein and fat content.