Zimbabwe - Urban population

Urban population

The value for Urban population in Zimbabwe was 4,792,105 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 4,792,105 in 2020 and a minimum value of 476,164 in 1960.

Definition: Urban population refers to people living in urban areas as defined by national statistical offices. It is calculated using World Bank population estimates and urban ratios from the United Nations World Urbanization Prospects. Aggregation of urban and rural population may not add up to total population because of different country coverages.

Source: World Bank staff estimates based on the United Nations Population Division's World Urbanization Prospects: 2018 Revision.

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Year Value
1960 476,164
1961 500,665
1962 528,409
1963 567,387
1964 609,177
1965 653,686
1966 701,130
1967 751,723
1968 805,826
1969 862,792
1970 918,330
1971 977,914
1972 1,041,731
1973 1,109,362
1974 1,180,505
1975 1,250,782
1976 1,323,662
1977 1,399,355
1978 1,479,137
1979 1,564,679
1980 1,657,385
1981 1,757,324
1982 1,864,536
1983 1,986,835
1984 2,117,960
1985 2,256,125
1986 2,401,699
1987 2,554,148
1988 2,710,874
1989 2,868,463
1990 3,024,147
1991 3,176,318
1992 3,324,547
1993 3,432,105
1994 3,528,870
1995 3,620,850
1996 3,708,423
1997 3,791,270
1998 3,869,370
1999 3,942,523
2000 4,010,951
2001 4,074,399
2002 4,134,392
2003 4,131,349
2004 4,122,108
2005 4,119,361
2006 4,123,874
2007 4,135,515
2008 4,154,578
2009 4,181,250
2010 4,215,138
2011 4,257,061
2012 4,306,228
2013 4,359,432
2014 4,416,224
2015 4,473,872
2016 4,531,238
2017 4,589,452
2018 4,650,597
2019 4,717,307
2020 4,792,105

Urban population (% of total population)

Urban population (% of total population) in Zimbabwe was 32.24 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 34.59 in 2002, while its lowest value was 12.61 in 1960.

Definition: Urban population refers to people living in urban areas as defined by national statistical offices. The data are collected and smoothed by United Nations Population Division.

Source: United Nations Population Division. World Urbanization Prospects: 2018 Revision.

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Year Value
1960 12.61
1961 12.82
1962 13.08
1963 13.58
1964 14.09
1965 14.62
1966 15.17
1967 15.73
1968 16.31
1969 16.88
1970 17.36
1971 17.86
1972 18.36
1973 18.87
1974 19.40
1975 19.87
1976 20.36
1977 20.85
1978 21.35
1979 21.85
1980 22.37
1981 22.90
1982 23.43
1983 24.07
1984 24.74
1985 25.41
1986 26.11
1987 26.81
1988 27.52
1989 28.25
1990 28.99
1991 29.74
1992 30.50
1993 30.94
1994 31.34
1995 31.73
1996 32.13
1997 32.53
1998 32.94
1999 33.35
2000 33.76
2001 34.17
2002 34.59
2003 34.48
2004 34.29
2005 34.11
2006 33.93
2007 33.74
2008 33.56
2009 33.38
2010 33.20
2011 33.02
2012 32.83
2013 32.65
2014 32.50
2015 32.39
2016 32.30
2017 32.24
2018 32.21
2019 32.21
2020 32.24

Classification

Topic: Environment Indicators

Sub-Topic: Density & urbanization