Zimbabwe - Population Growth 2020
1.66%
+0.10pp from 2019
Zimbabwe's population growth was 1.66% in 2020, increased +0.10pp from 1.56% in 2019. This was the 147th highest globally.
Global Ranking - 2020▾
| Rank | Country | Value | YoY |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | St. Martin (French part) | -7.52% | -51.3% |
| 2nd | Marshall Islands | -3.00% | -4.8% |
| 3rd | Tuvalu | -1.74% | -8.9% |
| 4th | Lebanon | -1.60% | 50.2% |
| 5th | Albania | -1.54% | 0.0% |
| 6th | Oman | -1.51% | -944.5% |
| 7th | Bosnia and Herzegovina | -1.39% | -12.8% |
| 8th | Northern Mariana Islands | -1.26% | 35.6% |
| 9th | Curaçao | -1.25% | -4.7% |
| 10th | Poland | -1.19% | -4,778.4% |
| 11th | Moldova | -1.10% | 31.4% |
| 12th | North Macedonia | -1.08% | -58.9% |
| 13th | Bulgaria | -1.00% | 29.0% |
| 14th | Kuwait | -0.95% | -135.1% |
| 15th | American Samoa | -0.90% | 35.2% |
| 16th | Croatia | -0.89% | 9.8% |
| 17th | Bahrain | -0.78% | 39.6% |
| 18th | Latvia | -0.70% | -0.9% |
| 19th | Serbia | -0.67% | -24.1% |
| 20th | Puerto Rico (US) | -0.64% | -276.1% |
| 21st | Ukraine | -0.62% | -11.0% |
| 22nd | St. Vincent and the Grenadines | -0.62% | 15.0% |
| 23rd | Aruba | -0.57% | -309.1% |
| 24th | Romania | -0.55% | -4.5% |
| 25th | Italy | -0.49% | 30.4% |
| 26th | United Arab Emirates | -0.47% | -145.0% |
| 27th | Dominica | -0.45% | -4.9% |
| 28th | Belarus | -0.42% | -109.9% |
| 29th | Hong Kong SAR, China | -0.36% | -148.6% |
| 30th | Virgin Islands (US) | -0.36% | -14.5% |
| 31st | Singapore | -0.31% | -127.3% |
| 32nd | Japan | -0.29% | -109.4% |
| 33rd | Hungary | -0.25% | -101.4% |
| 34th | Cuba | -0.24% | -9.4% |
| 35th | Greece | -0.21% | -103.7% |
| 36th | St. Kitts and Nevis | -0.17% | -46.6% |
| 37th | Monaco | -0.15% | -31.3% |
| 38th | Russian Federation | -0.14% | -477.4% |
| 39th | Armenia | -0.03% | 84.6% |
| 40th | Palau | -0.03% | 62.5% |
| 41st | Montenegro | -0.03% | -151.7% |
| 42nd | Lithuania | -0.03% | 91.1% |
| 43rd | Guyana | -0.02% | -101.1% |
| 44th | European Union | -0.01% | -106.8% |
| 45th | Mauritius | 0.00% | -92.9% |
| 46th | Fiji | 0.01% | 102.8% |
| 47th | Tonga | 0.03% | -65.7% |
| 48th | Uruguay | 0.05% | -34.1% |
| 49th | French Polynesia | 0.06% | 122.4% |
| 50th | Georgia | 0.07% | 140.0% |
| 51st | Kosovo | 0.07% | 115.4% |
| 52nd | Germany | 0.08% | -63.8% |
| 53rd | Slovak Republic | 0.09% | -36.6% |
| 54th | Portugal | 0.11% | 342.9% |
| 55th | Cabo Verde | 0.11% | -16.6% |
| 56th | Isle of Man | 0.13% | -29.7% |
| 57th | Korea | 0.14% | -60.4% |
| 58th | Finland | 0.14% | 30.4% |
| 59th | Thailand | 0.17% | -18.6% |
| 60th | United Kingdom | 0.17% | -67.1% |
| 61st | Barbados | 0.17% | -1.2% |
| 62nd | Estonia | 0.20% | -46.8% |
| 63rd | El Salvador | 0.20% | 391.4% |
| 64th | Trinidad and Tobago | 0.20% | -43.0% |
| 65th | New Caledonia | 0.20% | 775.9% |
| 66th | Guam | 0.22% | 140.2% |
| 67th | China | 0.24% | -32.9% |
| 68th | Czechia | 0.24% | -38.2% |
| 69th | Greenland | 0.25% | -29.9% |
| 70th | Jamaica | 0.26% | 134.8% |
| 71st | Denmark | 0.29% | -18.6% |
| 72nd | Bahamas, The | 0.30% | -39.6% |
| 73rd | San Marino | 0.31% | -24.4% |
| 74th | Grenada | 0.31% | 23.8% |
| 75th | France | 0.32% | -2.4% |
| 76th | St. Lucia | 0.33% | -8.9% |
| 77th | Channel Islands | 0.36% | -14.0% |
| 78th | Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of | 0.38% | -7.7% |
| 79th | United States | 0.41% | -20.7% |
| 80th | Austria | 0.42% | -6.6% |
| 81st | Bermuda | 0.43% | -0.8% |
| 82nd | Belgium | 0.43% | -20.3% |
| 83rd | Nauru | 0.48% | -49.5% |
| 84th | Argentina | 0.48% | -31.8% |
| 85th | Spain | 0.51% | -28.8% |
| 86th | Antigua and Barbuda | 0.53% | 9.5% |
| 87th | Sri Lanka | 0.53% | -13.3% |
| 88th | Netherlands | 0.56% | -15.2% |
| 89th | Micronesia, Federated States of | 0.57% | 69.2% |
| 90th | Brazil | 0.58% | -11.1% |
| 91st | Norway | 0.59% | -12.8% |
| 92nd | Slovenia | 0.67% | -3.8% |
| 93rd | Bhutan | 0.68% | 1.6% |
| 94th | Azerbaijan | 0.68% | -19.2% |
| 95th | Costa Rica | 0.69% | -17.3% |
| 96th | Myanmar | 0.71% | 1.3% |
| 97th | Sweden | 0.72% | -28.7% |
| 98th | Switzerland | 0.73% | 2.4% |
| 99th | Iran, Islamic Republic of | 0.77% | -28.7% |
| 100th | Mexico | 0.82% | -13.6% |
| 101st | Tunisia | 0.83% | -10.5% |
| 102nd | Bangladesh | 0.84% | -1.2% |
| 103rd | Indonesia | 0.85% | -9.2% |
| 104th | Seychelles | 0.85% | -3.9% |
| 105th | Liechtenstein | 0.87% | 5.7% |
| 106th | Chile | 0.90% | -43.9% |
| 107th | Viet Nam | 0.93% | -4.2% |
| 108th | Türkiye | 0.97% | -32.1% |
| 109th | India | 0.97% | -6.4% |
| 110th | Morocco | 1.03% | -0.4% |
| 111th | Samoa | 1.03% | -2.6% |
| 112th | Dominican Republic | 1.04% | 1.0% |
| 113th | Brunei Darussalam | 1.06% | -4.0% |
| 114th | Suriname | 1.08% | 3.6% |
| 115th | Eswatini | 1.08% | 16.3% |
| 116th | Canada | 1.08% | -25.8% |
| 117th | Philippines | 1.15% | -5.8% |
| 118th | Andorra | 1.18% | -31.9% |
| 119th | Ecuador | 1.18% | -30.1% |
| 120th | Lesotho | 1.18% | 0.8% |
| 121st | Peru | 1.19% | -30.5% |
| 122nd | Cyprus | 1.20% | -3.4% |
| 123rd | Australia | 1.23% | -16.5% |
| 124th | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 1.23% | -12.3% |
| 125th | Haiti | 1.24% | -4.1% |
| 126th | Nicaragua | 1.25% | -3.6% |
| 127th | Ireland | 1.26% | -20.4% |
| 128th | Belize | 1.28% | -12.3% |
| 129th | Malaysia | 1.33% | -16.5% |
| 130th | Libya | 1.35% | -8.8% |
| 131st | Paraguay | 1.35% | -0.2% |
| 132nd | Panama | 1.37% | -13.7% |
| 133rd | Kazakhstan | 1.41% | -2.9% |
| 134th | Colombia | 1.44% | -19.6% |
| 135th | Botswana | 1.44% | 1.2% |
| 136th | Cambodia | 1.47% | 16.5% |
| 137th | Guatemala | 1.47% | -3.2% |
| 138th | Faroe Islands | 1.48% | -4.3% |
| 139th | Lao PDR | 1.49% | -2.1% |
| 140th | Djibouti | 1.50% | -3.6% |
| 141st | Sint Maarten (Dutch part) | 1.53% | -8.9% |
| 142nd | Eritrea | 1.56% | 6.1% |
| 143rd | South Africa | 1.62% | -1.7% |
| 144th | Iceland | 1.62% | -26.2% |
| 145th | Egypt, Arab Republic of | 1.62% | -7.4% |
| 146th | Central African Republic | 1.64% | 22.2% |
| 147th | Zimbabwe | 1.66% | 6.1% |
| 148th | Luxembourg | 1.67% | -15.1% |
| 149th | Algeria | 1.71% | -7.0% |
| 150th | Kiribati | 1.74% | 16.7% |
| 151st | Honduras | 1.75% | -3.1% |
| 152nd | Israel | 1.76% | -7.6% |
| 153rd | Jordan | 1.80% | -9.5% |
| 154th | Pakistan | 1.80% | 6.6% |
| 155th | Mongolia | 1.81% | -1.7% |
| 156th | Uzbekistan | 1.87% | 3.2% |
| 157th | São Tomé and Principe | 1.88% | 24.0% |
| 158th | Gibraltar | 1.89% | 4.1% |
| 159th | Timor-Leste | 1.91% | -1.4% |
| 160th | Nepal | 1.93% | 62.7% |
| 161st | Kenya | 1.96% | -0.1% |
| 162nd | Comoros | 1.96% | 2.0% |
| 163rd | Macao SAR, China | 1.97% | 0.3% |
| 164th | Ghana | 1.99% | -0.8% |
| 165th | Cayman Islands | 2.00% | -4.1% |
| 166th | British Virgin Islands | 2.01% | -58.9% |
| 167th | New Zealand | 2.03% | 44.0% |
| 168th | Kyrgyz Republic | 2.05% | -8.7% |
| 169th | Liberia | 2.07% | 4.7% |
| 170th | Turkmenistan | 2.12% | -3.8% |
| 171st | Papua New Guinea | 2.13% | -5.7% |
| 172nd | Nigeria | 2.13% | -2.9% |
| 173rd | Iraq | 2.22% | -2.4% |
| 174th | Solomon Islands | 2.22% | -16.2% |
| 175th | Rwanda | 2.24% | -1.7% |
| 176th | Malta | 2.27% | -43.9% |
| 177th | Tajikistan | 2.28% | -3.7% |
| 178th | Guinea-Bissau | 2.29% | -2.2% |
| 179th | Sierra Leone | 2.31% | -0.6% |
| 180th | Vanuatu | 2.33% | -0.2% |
| 181st | Gambia, The | 2.37% | 0.5% |
| 182nd | Gabon | 2.39% | -3.4% |
| 183rd | Congo, Republic of | 2.39% | -0.5% |
| 184th | Togo | 2.41% | -1.3% |
| 185th | Burkina Faso | 2.44% | -3.7% |
| 186th | West Bank and Gaza | 2.49% | -1.0% |
| 187th | Côte d'Ivoire | 2.53% | -3.4% |
| 188th | Guinea | 2.55% | -0.4% |
| 189th | Madagascar | 2.57% | -1.3% |
| 190th | South Sudan | 2.60% | -10.9% |
| 191st | Senegal | 2.63% | -3.1% |
| 192nd | Malawi | 2.64% | -0.6% |
| 193rd | Benin | 2.66% | -2.7% |
| 194th | Sudan | 2.69% | -8.4% |
| 195th | Cameroon | 2.72% | -2.1% |
| 196th | Equatorial Guinea | 2.73% | -16.4% |
| 197th | Turks and Caicos Islands | 2.79% | -26.5% |
| 198th | Yemen, Republic of | 2.87% | -3.1% |
| 199th | Zambia | 2.90% | -1.9% |
| 200th | Maldives | 2.91% | -4.6% |
| 201st | Burundi | 2.91% | -11.4% |
| 202nd | Namibia | 2.91% | 4.0% |
| 203rd | Mauritania | 2.92% | -1.1% |
| 204th | Mozambique | 2.96% | 0.9% |
| 205th | Tanzania | 2.99% | 0.4% |
| 206th | Mali | 3.02% | 0.0% |
| 207th | Afghanistan | 3.15% | 5.7% |
| 208th | Chad | 3.18% | -1.2% |
| 209th | Congo, Democratic Republic of | 3.22% | 1.6% |
| 210th | Angola | 3.27% | -3.5% |
| 211th | Niger | 3.30% | -2.0% |
| 212th | Uganda | 3.33% | -1.7% |
| 213th | Syrian Arab Republic | 3.36% | -13.5% |
| 214th | Somalia, Fed. Rep. | 3.80% | 3.3% |
| 215th | Saudi Arabia | 4.83% | 1,199.2% |
| 216th | Qatar | 5.73% | 158.0% |
FAQ
What was Zimbabwe's population growth in 2020?▾
Zimbabwe's population growth in 2020 was 1.66%. This ranked 147th globally.
How did Zimbabwe's population growth change in 2020?▾
Zimbabwe's population growth increased by 6.1% in 2020 compared to 2019.
Which country had the highest population growth in 2020?▾
Qatar had the highest population growth in 2020 at 5.73%.
What is the population growth of Zimbabwe in 2020?▾
The population growth of Zimbabwe in 2020 was 1.66%. This ranked 147th globally.
How does 2020 compare to 2019 for Zimbabwe's population growth?▾
Zimbabwe's population growth went from 1.56% in 2019 to 1.66% in 2020, a 6.1% increase.
HistorySaid - pattern alert
Zimbabwe matched the Fiscal Dominance Trap pattern in 2020. Historically: 386 occurrences, 278 successful (72%). Outcome 24 months later: 104.7%. View full analysis →
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