Zambia vs Zimbabwe statistics compared

Zambia has a population of 21.3M (ranked 63/197), compared with 16.6M in Zimbabwe (ranked 74/197). Zambia's land area is 287,024 sq mi versus 149,364 sq mi for Zimbabwe (ranked 37th vs. 60th).

By GDP, Zambia ranks 115/197 ($26.3B) and Zimbabwe ranks 99/197 ($44.2B). By GDP per capita, Zambia ranks 169/197 ($1,235), while Zimbabwe ranks 144/197 ($2,656).

Zambia and Zimbabwe: Comparison Charts

Zambia and Zimbabwe economies compared

GDP

Zambia

Zimbabwe

Table

Year	GDP
	Zambia	Zimbabwe
1960	$698,739,721	$1,052,990,485
1961	$682,359,727	$1,096,646,688
1962	$679,279,729	$1,117,601,690
1963	$704,339,719	$1,159,511,793
1964	$822,639,671	$1,217,138,098
1965	$1,061,199,576	$1,311,435,906
1966	$1,238,999,505	$1,281,749,603
1967	$1,340,639,464	$1,397,002,112
1968	$1,573,739,371	$1,479,600,019
1969	$1,926,399,230	$1,747,998,941
1970	$1,788,779,285	$1,884,206,452
1971	$1,653,259,341	$2,178,716,475
1972	$1,872,416,680	$2,677,729,616
1973	$2,434,255,237	$3,309,353,866
1974	$2,910,981,262	$3,982,161,721
1975	$2,442,672,141	$4,371,301,052
1976	$2,742,859,263	$4,318,372,348
1977	$2,515,296,940	$4,364,382,451
1978	$2,811,032,473	$4,351,600,850
1979	$3,353,445,378	$5,177,459,817
1980	$3,884,530,854	$6,678,868,738
1981	$4,008,126,497	$8,011,374,445
1982	$3,871,117,093	$8,539,701,388
1983	$3,321,048,451	$7,764,067,625
1984	$2,719,518,933	$6,352,126,411
1985	$2,252,454,500	$5,637,259,754
1986	$1,664,413,508	$6,217,524,201
1987	$2,265,250,972	$6,741,215,643
1988	$3,728,878,149	$7,814,784,729
1989	$3,994,673,161	$8,286,323,367
1990	$3,288,381,797	$8,783,817,407
1991	$3,376,806,697	$8,641,482,396
1992	$3,182,810,841	$6,751,472,744
1993	$3,273,505,344	$6,563,813,829
1994	$3,656,806,166	$6,890,675,555
1995	$3,806,983,413	$7,111,271,273
1996	$3,597,220,962	$8,553,147,289
1997	$4,303,288,480	$8,529,572,287
1998	$3,537,741,942	$6,401,968,715
1999	$3,404,284,891	$6,858,013,652
2000	$3,600,632,111	$6,689,958,139
2001	$4,094,441,301	$6,777,385,246
2002	$4,193,850,445	$6,342,116,911
2003	$4,901,869,764	$5,727,592,261
2004	$6,221,110,219	$5,805,598,867
2005	$8,331,870,169	$5,755,215,663
2006	$12,756,858,899	$5,443,896,938
2007	$14,056,957,976	$5,291,950,526
2008	$17,910,858,638	$4,415,703,156
2009	$15,328,342,304	$9,665,815,601
2010	$20,265,559,484	$12,041,602,762
2011	$23,459,515,276	$14,101,801,031
2012	$25,503,060,420	$17,114,762,914
2013	$28,037,239,463	$19,091,004,042
2014	$27,141,023,558	$19,495,547,523
2015	$21,251,216,799	$19,963,058,858
2016	$20,958,412,538	$20,548,759,858
2017	$25,873,601,261	$51,074,726,484
2018	$26,311,507,274	$34,156,057,417
2019	$23,308,667,781	$25,715,657,177
2020	$18,137,764,931	$26,868,564,055
2021	$22,096,416,932	$27,240,507,842
2022	$29,163,782,140	$32,789,657,378
2023	$27,577,956,471	$35,231,369,343
2024	$26,325,775,287	$44,187,704,410

Zambia and Zimbabwe economies compared

GDP per capita

Zambia

Zimbabwe

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Zambia	Zimbabwe
1960	$221.6	$276.4
1961	$209.7	$279
1962	$202.3	$275.5
1963	$203.2	$277
1964	$230	$281.7
1965	$287.4	$294.1
1966	$325	$278.6
1967	$341	$294.2
1968	$387	$302
1969	$459	$346
1970	$414	$361
1971	$372	$405
1972	$410	$483
1973	$518	$579
1974	$601	$674
1975	$490	$717
1976	$533	$687
1977	$474	$677
1978	$514	$665
1979	$595	$779
1980	$669	$949
1981	$670	$1,068
1982	$627	$1,095
1983	$520	$959
1984	$413	$757
1985	$332	$649
1986	$238.2	$692
1987	$315	$726
1988	$504	$815
1989	$526	$840
1990	$422	$866
1991	$423	$831
1992	$389	$631
1993	$391	$604
1994	$426	$634
1995	$433	$648
1996	$400	$767
1997	$466	$750
1998	$373	$552
1999	$350	$582
2000	$359	$563
2001	$397	$566
2002	$394	$525
2003	$446	$468
2004	$549	$469
2005	$711	$461
2006	$1,052	$431
2007	$1,119	$413
2008	$1,376	$341
2009	$1,136	$735
2010	$1,451	$902
2011	$1,625	$1,037
2012	$1,710	$1,239
2013	$1,821	$1,362
2014	$1,707	$1,372
2015	$1,296	$1,386
2016	$1,239	$1,407
2017	$1,483	$3,448
2018	$1,464	$2,272
2019	$1,259	$1,684
2020	$952	$1,730
2021	$1,127	$1,724
2022	$1,447	$2,041
2023	$1,331	$2,156
2024	$1,235	$2,656

Zambia vs. Zimbabwe life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Zambia

Zimbabwe

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Zambia	Zimbabwe
1950	46.8	49.4
1951	47.2	49.8
1952	47.6	50.2
1953	48	50.6
1954	48.4	51
1955	48.8	51.4
1956	49.1	51.8
1957	49.5	52.2
1958	49.9	52.6
1959	50.3	53
1960	50.6	53.5
1961	51	54
1962	51.3	54.5
1963	51.6	54.9
1964	51.2	55.4
1965	52.1	55.9
1966	52.3	56.4
1967	52.5	56.8
1968	52.7	57.1
1969	53	57.5
1970	53.4	57.8
1971	53.9	58
1972	54.4	58.2
1973	54.9	58.1
1974	55.4	58.2
1975	55.7	58.2
1976	56.1	57.6
1977	56.3	57
1978	56.3	54.7
1979	56	54.9
1980	55.5	59.1
1981	55	59.4
1982	54.4	59.9
1983	53.7	60
1984	52.9	60.6
1985	52	60.9
1986	51.1	61
1987	50.4	60.7
1988	49.7	60.2
1989	48.9	59.4
1990	48.2	58.3
1991	47.4	57
1992	47	55.6
1993	46.7	54
1994	46.3	52.5
1995	46.1	51.1
1996	45.8	49
1997	45.7	48.5
1998	45.7	47.6
1999	45.9	46.4
2000	46.6	46
2001	47.4	44.5
2002	48.5	45.9
2003	49.6	45.4
2004	50.5	46
2005	51.6	46.6
2006	52.7	47.1
2007	53.7	47.6
2008	54.8	48.5
2009	55.9	49.7
2010	56.9	51.9
2011	57.8	53.9
2012	58.7	55.4
2013	59.4	56.8
2014	60.1	58.1
2015	60.7	59
2016	61.1	59.8
2017	61.6	60.3
2018	62.1	60.9
2019	62.9	61.1
2020	63.4	61.5
2021	62.4	60.1
2022	65.3	62.4
2023	66.3	62.8
2024	66.5	63.1
2025	66.7	63.3

Zambia and Zimbabwe population clocks and comparison

Population

Zambia

Zimbabwe

Table

Year	Population
	Zambia	Zimbabwe
1960	3,153,729	3,809,389
1961	3,254,086	3,930,401
1962	3,358,099	4,055,959
1963	3,465,907	4,185,877
1964	3,577,017	4,320,006
1965	3,692,086	4,458,462
1966	3,812,003	4,601,217
1967	3,936,343	4,748,307
1968	4,065,593	4,900,440
1969	4,197,116	5,058,181
1970	4,321,718	5,215,918
1971	4,442,525	5,374,712
1972	4,569,309	5,542,445
1973	4,702,693	5,720,404
1974	4,842,746	5,908,328
1975	4,990,086	6,098,658
1976	5,143,842	6,287,105
1977	5,302,480	6,449,512
1978	5,465,374	6,543,575
1979	5,631,728	6,647,556
1980	5,802,833	7,041,303
1981	5,983,289	7,498,635
1982	6,178,637	7,796,496
1983	6,381,038	8,098,404
1984	6,580,490	8,391,488
1985	6,780,953	8,686,813
1986	6,986,471	8,982,578
1987	7,191,282	9,284,644
1988	7,391,440	9,583,094
1989	7,589,216	9,864,798
1990	7,786,169	10,137,281
1991	7,981,650	10,404,816
1992	8,176,680	10,702,700
1993	8,373,921	10,860,288
1994	8,576,269	10,873,148
1995	8,785,763	10,974,599
1996	9,004,053	11,158,360
1997	9,237,063	11,369,827
1998	9,482,408	11,594,297
1999	9,740,005	11,783,458
2000	10,017,631	11,892,055
2001	10,325,185	11,971,901
2002	10,647,949	12,087,653
2003	10,983,595	12,232,323
2004	11,338,198	12,365,896
2005	11,718,819	12,483,432
2006	12,129,553	12,636,445
2007	12,565,085	12,804,058
2008	13,021,324	12,959,149
2009	13,490,389	13,142,790
2010	13,965,594	13,356,548
2011	14,437,796	13,595,424
2012	14,913,629	13,817,887
2013	15,398,997	14,013,808
2014	15,895,315	14,207,359
2015	16,399,089	14,399,013
2016	16,914,423	14,600,294
2017	17,441,320	14,812,482
2018	17,973,569	15,034,452
2019	18,513,839	15,271,368
2020	19,059,395	15,526,888
2021	19,603,607	15,797,210
2022	20,152,938	16,069,056
2023	20,723,965	16,340,822
2024	21,314,956	16,634,373

Fertility rates in Zambia and Zimbabwe

Fertility rate

Zambia

Zimbabwe

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Zambia	Zimbabwe
1960	6.95	7.2
1961	6.98	7.21
1962	7.01	7.23
1963	7.06	7.23
1964	7.09	7.23
1965	7.12	7.23
1966	7.14	7.2
1967	7.15	7.16
1968	7.18	7.11
1969	7.18	7.04
1970	7.22	6.98
1971	7.26	6.94
1972	7.3	6.94
1973	7.34	6.94
1974	7.36	6.88
1975	7.42	6.83
1976	7.39	6.77
1977	7.35	6.71
1978	7.29	6.66
1979	7.22	6.59
1980	7.14	6.52
1981	7.07	6.45
1982	7.04	6.33
1983	7.01	6.2
1984	6.97	6.04
1985	6.93	5.87
1986	6.87	5.69
1987	6.8	5.5
1988	6.7	5.28
1989	6.64	5.07
1990	6.57	4.88
1991	6.46	4.72
1992	6.35	4.57
1993	6.3	4.39
1994	6.26	4.28
1995	6.23	4.15
1996	6.18	4.11
1997	6.12	4.08
1998	6.07	4.07
1999	6	4.06
2000	5.92	4.01
2001	5.85	3.98
2002	5.77	3.93
2003	5.71	3.86
2004	5.7	3.78
2005	5.7	3.69
2006	5.68	3.64
2007	5.61	3.68
2008	5.53	3.78
2009	5.45	3.95
2010	5.36	4.04
2011	5.26	4.13
2012	5.14	4.13
2013	5.01	4.11
2014	4.89	4.01
2015	4.78	3.91
2016	4.67	3.83
2017	4.57	3.77
2018	4.49	3.74
2019	4.42	3.75
2020	4.32	3.75
2021	4.25	3.77
2022	4.18	3.77
2023	4.1	3.72

Zambia and Zimbabwe demographics compared

Median age

Zambia

Zimbabwe

Table

Year	Median age, years
	Zambia	Zimbabwe
1960	17	16.4
1961	16.9	16.2
1962	16.8	16
1963	16.7	15.8
1964	16.6	15.7
1965	16.6	15.7
1966	16.5	15.7
1967	16.5	15.7
1968	16.4	15.7
1969	16.4	15.7
1970	16.2	15.7
1971	16.1	15.8
1972	15.9	15.8
1973	15.8	15.8
1974	15.7	15.9
1975	15.5	15.9
1976	15.4	15.8
1977	15.4	15.8
1978	15.3	15.7
1979	15.3	15.6
1980	15.2	15.6
1981	15.3	15.7
1982	15.3	15.8
1983	15.4	15.8
1984	15.4	15.8
1985	15.5	15.9
1986	15.5	15.9
1987	15.6	15.9
1988	15.6	15.9
1989	15.7	16.1
1990	15.7	16.3
1991	15.7	16.5
1992	15.8	16.4
1993	15.8	16.3
1994	15.8	16.4
1995	15.8	16.6
1996	15.8	16.9
1997	15.8	17.2
1998	15.8	17.5
1999	15.8	17.7
2000	15.9	17.8
2001	15.9	18
2002	16	18.1
2003	16.1	18.2
2004	16.2	18.3
2005	16.3	18.3
2006	16.3	18.5
2007	16.4	18.5
2008	16.5	18.5
2009	16.6	18.4
2010	16.7	18.3
2011	16.8	18.2
2012	16.9	18.1
2013	17	18
2014	17.1	18
2015	17.2	18
2016	17.4	18
2017	17.5	18.1
2018	17.7	18.2
2019	17.9	18.3
2020	18	18.5
2021	18.2	18.6
2022	18.4	18.7
2023	18.6	18.9
2024	18.8	19

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