Population in Germany compared to Zimbabwe: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Germany and Zimbabwe: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Germany	Zimbabwe	Germany	Zimbabwe
1960	72,814,900	3,809,389	-	-
1961	73,377,632	3,930,401	0.77%	3.18%
1962	74,025,784	4,055,959	0.88%	3.19%
1963	74,714,353	4,185,877	0.93%	3.2%
1964	75,318,337	4,320,006	0.81%	3.2%
1965	75,963,695	4,458,462	0.86%	3.2%
1966	76,600,311	4,601,217	0.84%	3.2%
1967	76,951,336	4,748,307	0.46%	3.2%
1968	77,294,314	4,900,440	0.45%	3.2%
1969	77,909,682	5,058,181	0.8%	3.22%
1970	78,169,289	5,215,918	0.33%	3.12%
1971	78,312,842	5,374,712	0.18%	3.04%
1972	78,688,452	5,542,445	0.48%	3.12%
1973	78,936,666	5,720,404	0.32%	3.21%
1974	78,967,433	5,908,328	0.04%	3.29%
1975	78,673,554	6,098,658	-0.37%	3.22%
1976	78,336,950	6,287,105	-0.43%	3.09%
1977	78,159,814	6,449,512	-0.23%	2.58%
1978	78,091,820	6,543,575	-0.09%	1.46%
1979	78,126,350	6,647,556	0.04%	1.59%
1980	78,288,576	7,041,303	0.21%	5.92%
1981	78,407,907	7,498,635	0.15%	6.49%
1982	78,333,366	7,796,496	-0.1%	3.97%
1983	78,128,282	8,098,404	-0.26%	3.87%
1984	77,858,685	8,391,488	-0.35%	3.62%
1985	77,684,873	8,686,813	-0.22%	3.52%
1986	77,720,436	8,982,578	0.05%	3.4%
1987	77,839,920	9,284,644	0.15%	3.36%
1988	78,144,619	9,583,094	0.39%	3.21%
1989	78,751,283	9,864,798	0.78%	2.94%
1990	79,433,029	10,137,281	0.87%	2.76%
1991	80,013,896	10,404,816	0.73%	2.64%
1992	80,624,598	10,702,700	0.76%	2.86%
1993	81,156,363	10,860,288	0.66%	1.47%
1994	81,438,348	10,873,148	0.35%	0.12%
1995	81,678,051	10,974,599	0.29%	0.93%
1996	81,914,831	11,158,360	0.29%	1.67%
1997	82,034,771	11,369,827	0.15%	1.9%
1998	82,047,195	11,594,297	0.02%	1.97%
1999	82,100,243	11,783,458	0.06%	1.63%
2000	82,211,508	11,892,055	0.14%	0.92%
2001	82,349,925	11,971,901	0.17%	0.67%
2002	82,488,495	12,087,653	0.17%	0.97%
2003	82,534,176	12,232,323	0.06%	1.2%
2004	82,516,260	12,365,896	-0.02%	1.09%
2005	82,469,422	12,483,432	-0.06%	0.95%
2006	82,376,451	12,636,445	-0.11%	1.23%
2007	82,266,372	12,804,058	-0.13%	1.33%
2008	82,110,097	12,959,149	-0.19%	1.21%
2009	81,902,307	13,142,790	-0.25%	1.42%
2010	81,776,930	13,356,548	-0.15%	1.63%
2011	80,274,983	13,595,424	-1.84%	1.79%
2012	80,425,823	13,817,887	0.19%	1.64%
2013	80,645,605	14,013,808	0.27%	1.42%
2014	80,982,500	14,207,359	0.42%	1.38%
2015	81,686,611	14,399,013	0.87%	1.35%
2016	82,348,669	14,600,294	0.81%	1.4%
2017	82,657,002	14,812,482	0.37%	1.45%
2018	82,905,782	15,034,452	0.3%	1.5%
2019	83,092,962	15,271,368	0.23%	1.58%
2020	83,160,871	15,526,888	0.08%	1.67%
2021	83,196,078	15,797,210	0.04%	1.74%
2022	83,177,813	16,069,056	-0.02%	1.72%
2023	83,287,273	16,340,822	0.13%	1.69%
2024	83,516,593	16,634,373	0.28%	1.8%
2025	83,045,276	16,950,805	-0.56%	1.9%
2026	82,619,736	17,273,591	-0.51%	1.9%
2027	82,420,656	17,600,621	-0.24%	1.89%
2028	82,209,650	17,932,015	-0.26%	1.88%
2029	81,988,746	18,268,967	-0.27%	1.88%
2030	81,767,011	18,610,356	-0.27%	1.87%
2031	81,541,291	18,956,207	-0.28%	1.86%
2032	81,315,327	19,311,368	-0.28%	1.87%
2033	81,094,150	19,675,929	-0.27%	1.89%
2034	80,879,704	20,041,125	-0.26%	1.86%
2035	80,669,570	20,409,159	-0.26%	1.84%
2036	80,445,835	20,778,662	-0.28%	1.81%
2037	80,222,108	21,144,748	-0.28%	1.76%
2038	80,001,936	21,512,919	-0.27%	1.74%
2039	79,780,699	21,881,123	-0.28%	1.71%
2040	79,565,092	22,250,123	-0.27%	1.69%
2041	79,361,541	22,627,428	-0.26%	1.7%
2042	79,167,400	23,000,906	-0.24%	1.65%
2043	78,962,964	23,371,301	-0.26%	1.61%
2044	78,743,160	23,740,630	-0.28%	1.58%
2045	78,518,131	24,102,391	-0.29%	1.52%
2046	78,293,579	24,462,491	-0.29%	1.49%
2047	78,066,226	24,816,449	-0.29%	1.45%
2048	77,826,011	25,168,419	-0.31%	1.42%
2049	77,578,876	25,518,513	-0.32%	1.39%
2050	77,335,610	25,866,397	-0.31%	1.36%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Germany decreased by 27,782 people (a 0.03% decline), while Zimbabwe gained 1,963,849 people (a 15.5% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Germany gained 271,067 (a 0.33% growth), while Zimbabwe's population increased by 2,676,871 (a 18.3% growth).

Germany was ranked 14th most populous country in 2006 and is 19th in 2026. Zimbabwe was ranked 70th in 2006 and ranked 74th now.

The UN's World Population Prospects forecasts that with changing growth rate trends in 24 years (in 2050) Germany's population will shrink by 6.4% to 77,335,610 people with a rank change from 19th to 24th. The population of Zimbabwe will increase by 49.7% to 25,866,397 people and rank change from 74th to 65th.