Editing Demographics of Zimbabwe (section)

===Current estimates===
[[File:Human population density Zimbabwe.png|thumb|Population density (2022)]]
Based on {{UN_Population|source}}, the population of Zimbabwe was estimated by the [[United Nations]] at {{UN_Population|Zimbabwe}} in {{UN_Population|Year}}. About 38.9% comprised youths under 15, while another 56.9% grouped persons aged between 15 and 65 years. Only around 4.2% of citizens were apparently over 65.<ref name="WPP 2010">{{cite web|url=http://esa.un.org/unpd/wpp/index.htm |title=World Population Prospects, the 2012 Revision |publisher=[[United Nations]] |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110506065230/http://esa.un.org/unpd/wpp/index.htm |archive-date=2011-05-06 }}</ref>
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: right;"
|-
!
! style="width:80px;"|Total population
! style="width:80px;"|Population aged 0–14 (%)
! style="width:80px;"|Population aged 15–64 (%)
! style="width:80px;"|Population aged 65+ (%)
|-
| 1950
|2 747 000||42.0||54.8||3.2
|-
| 1955
|3 204 000||43.8||52.9||3.3
|-
| 1960
|3 752 000||45.3||51.4||3.4
|-
| 1965
|4 422 000||47.7||49.0||3.3
|-
| 1970
|5 206 000||48.1||48.7||3.2
|-
| 1975
|6 170 000||48.4||48.5||3.1
|-
| 1980
|7 289 000||48.9||48.1||3.0
|-
| 1985
|8 855 000||47.9||49.1||3.0
|-
| 1990
|10 469 000||46.1||50.9||3.0
|-
| 1995
|11 685 000||44.3||52.5||3.2
|-
| 2000
|12 509 000||41.7||54.9||3.4
|-
| 2005
|12 710 000||40.1||56.1||3.8
|-
| 2010
|13 080 000||38.9||56.9||4.2
|}

Population Estimates by Sex and Age Group (01.VII.2020):<ref>{{Cite web |title=UNSD — Demographic and Social Statistics |url=https://unstats.un.org/unsd/demographic-social/products/dyb/dyb_2022/ |access-date=2024-01-25 |website=unstats.un.org}}</ref>
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! style="width:80pt;"|Age Group
! style="width:80pt;"|Male
! style="width:80pt;"|Female
! style="width:80pt;"|Total
! style="width:80pt;"|%
|- style="text-align:right;" 
|| Total
|| 7 287 922
|| 7 891 035
|| 15 178 957
|| 100
|- style="text-align:right;" 
|| 0
|| 220 711
|| 221 948
|| 442 659
|| 2.9
|- style="text-align:right;" 
|| 1–4
|| 815 889
|| 817 766
|| 1 633 655
|| 10.7
|- style="text-align:right;" 
|| 5–9
|| 1 032 460
|| 1 037 226
|| 2 069 686
|| 13.6
|- style="text-align:right;" 
|| 10–14
|| 992 173
|| 994 369
|| 1 986 542
|| 13.1
|- style="text-align:right;" 
|| 15–19
|| 603 279
|| 791 914
|| 1 573 123
|| 10.4
|- style="text-align:right;" 
|| 20–24
|| 603 279
|| 676 121
|| 1 279 400
|| 8.4
|- style="text-align:right;" 
|| 25–29
|| 478 758
|| 559 313
|| 1 038 071
|| 6.8
|- style="text-align:right;" 
|| 30–34
|| 434 810
|| 510 887
|| 945 697
|| 6.2
|- style="text-align:right;" 
|| 35–39
|| 463 676
|| 533 369
|| 997 045
|| 6.6
|- style="text-align:right;" 
|| 40–44
|| 385 120
|| 410 155
|| 795 275
|| 5.2
|- style="text-align:right;" 
|| 45–49
|| 328 502
|| 332 942
|| 661 444
|| 4.4
|- style="text-align:right;" 
|| 50–54
|| 224 187
|| 226 417
|| 450 604
|| 3.0
|- style="text-align:right;" 
|| 55–59
|| 128 893
|| 180 111
|| 309 004
|| 2.0
|- style="text-align:right;" 
|| 60–64
|| 117 633
|| 177 522
|| 295 155
|| 1.9
|- style="text-align:right;" 
|| 65–69
|| 103 166
|| 151 151
|| 254 317
|| 1.7
|- style="text-align:right;" 
|| 70–74
|| 67 666
|| 103 527
|| 171 193
|| 1.1
|- style="text-align:right;" 
|| 75–79
|| 44 665
|| 65 358
|| 110 023
|| 0.7
|- style="text-align:right;" 
|| 80–84
|| 31 067
|| 45 038 
|| 76 105
|| 0.5
|- style="text-align:right;" 
|| 85–89
|| 17 048
|| 26 442
|| 43 490
|| 0.3
|- style="text-align:right;" 
|| 90–94
|| 8 620
|| 15 692
|| 24 312
|| 0.16
|- style="text-align:right;" 
|| 95–99
|| 2 454
|| 5 311
|| 7 765
|| 0.05
|- style="text-align:right;" 
|| 100+
|| 1 523
|| 3 754
|| 5 277
|| 0.03
|-
! style="width:50px;"|Age group 
! style="width:80pt;"|Male
! style="width:80px;"|Female
! style="width:80px;"|Total
! style="width:50px;"|Percent
|- style="text-align:right;" 
|| 0–14
|| 2 837 556
|| 2 918 635
|| 6 132 546
|| 40.4
|- style="text-align:right;" 
|| 15–64
|| 4 361 627
|| 4 778 499
|| 8 344 818
|| 54.97
|- style="text-align:right;" 
|| 65+
|| 240 038
|| 337 468
|| 692 482
|| 4.56
|}