Population in Guinea-Bissau compared to Zimbabwe: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Guinea-Bissau and Zimbabwe: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Guinea-Bissau	Zimbabwe	Guinea-Bissau	Zimbabwe
1960	577,633	3,809,389	-	-
1961	582,532	3,930,401	0.85%	3.18%
1962	589,474	4,055,959	1.19%	3.19%
1963	594,418	4,185,877	0.84%	3.2%
1964	588,543	4,320,006	-0.99%	3.2%
1965	575,005	4,458,462	-2.3%	3.2%
1966	566,908	4,601,217	-1.41%	3.2%
1967	569,011	4,748,307	0.37%	3.2%
1968	578,170	4,900,440	1.61%	3.2%
1969	581,610	5,058,181	0.59%	3.22%
1970	584,403	5,215,918	0.48%	3.12%
1971	586,221	5,374,712	0.31%	3.04%
1972	586,620	5,542,445	0.07%	3.12%
1973	592,808	5,720,404	1.05%	3.21%
1974	613,338	5,908,328	3.46%	3.29%
1975	650,966	6,098,658	6.13%	3.22%
1976	694,191	6,287,105	6.64%	3.09%
1977	741,789	6,449,512	6.86%	2.58%
1978	791,694	6,543,575	6.73%	1.46%
1979	819,867	6,647,556	3.56%	1.59%
1980	829,303	7,041,303	1.15%	5.92%
1981	842,432	7,498,635	1.58%	6.49%
1982	855,891	7,796,496	1.6%	3.97%
1983	869,592	8,098,404	1.6%	3.87%
1984	883,519	8,391,488	1.6%	3.62%
1985	897,697	8,686,813	1.6%	3.52%
1986	912,126	8,982,578	1.61%	3.4%
1987	926,862	9,284,644	1.62%	3.36%
1988	942,061	9,583,094	1.64%	3.21%
1989	957,789	9,864,798	1.67%	2.94%
1990	973,669	10,137,281	1.66%	2.76%
1991	994,639	10,404,816	2.15%	2.64%
1992	1,024,356	10,702,700	2.99%	2.86%
1993	1,058,745	10,860,288	3.36%	1.47%
1994	1,092,031	10,873,148	3.14%	0.12%
1995	1,119,949	10,974,599	2.56%	0.93%
1996	1,143,535	11,158,360	2.11%	1.67%
1997	1,165,545	11,369,827	1.92%	1.9%
1998	1,187,473	11,594,297	1.88%	1.97%
1999	1,210,206	11,783,458	1.91%	1.63%
2000	1,234,741	11,892,055	2.03%	0.92%
2001	1,261,273	11,971,901	2.15%	0.67%
2002	1,289,307	12,087,653	2.22%	0.97%
2003	1,318,806	12,232,323	2.29%	1.2%
2004	1,349,563	12,365,896	2.33%	1.09%
2005	1,381,585	12,483,432	2.37%	0.95%
2006	1,415,303	12,636,445	2.44%	1.23%
2007	1,450,986	12,804,058	2.52%	1.33%
2008	1,488,054	12,959,149	2.55%	1.21%
2009	1,526,377	13,142,790	2.58%	1.42%
2010	1,566,347	13,356,548	2.62%	1.63%
2011	1,608,076	13,595,424	2.66%	1.79%
2012	1,651,417	13,817,887	2.7%	1.64%
2013	1,695,973	14,013,808	2.7%	1.42%
2014	1,741,122	14,207,359	2.66%	1.38%
2015	1,786,457	14,399,013	2.6%	1.35%
2016	1,831,893	14,600,294	2.54%	1.4%
2017	1,877,072	14,812,482	2.47%	1.45%
2018	1,922,168	15,034,452	2.4%	1.5%
2019	1,967,696	15,271,368	2.37%	1.58%
2020	2,013,255	15,526,888	2.32%	1.67%
2021	2,058,841	15,797,210	2.26%	1.74%
2022	2,105,529	16,069,056	2.27%	1.72%
2023	2,153,339	16,340,822	2.27%	1.69%
2024	2,201,352	16,634,373	2.23%	1.8%
2025	2,249,512	16,950,805	2.19%	1.9%
2026	2,297,807	17,273,591	2.15%	1.9%
2027	2,346,190	17,600,621	2.11%	1.89%
2028	2,394,226	17,932,015	2.05%	1.88%
2029	2,441,574	18,268,967	1.98%	1.88%
2030	2,488,931	18,610,356	1.94%	1.87%
2031	2,536,893	18,956,207	1.93%	1.86%
2032	2,585,565	19,311,368	1.92%	1.87%
2033	2,634,701	19,675,929	1.9%	1.89%
2034	2,683,078	20,041,125	1.84%	1.86%
2035	2,730,136	20,409,159	1.75%	1.84%
2036	2,777,887	20,778,662	1.75%	1.81%
2037	2,826,159	21,144,748	1.74%	1.76%
2038	2,873,929	21,512,919	1.69%	1.74%
2039	2,921,973	21,881,123	1.67%	1.71%
2040	2,969,699	22,250,123	1.63%	1.69%
2041	3,016,537	22,627,428	1.58%	1.7%
2042	3,063,161	23,000,906	1.55%	1.65%
2043	3,109,927	23,371,301	1.53%	1.61%
2044	3,156,704	23,740,630	1.5%	1.58%
2045	3,204,242	24,102,391	1.51%	1.52%
2046	3,251,465	24,462,491	1.47%	1.49%
2047	3,298,563	24,816,449	1.45%	1.45%
2048	3,345,853	25,168,419	1.43%	1.42%
2049	3,392,557	25,518,513	1.4%	1.39%
2050	3,438,597	25,866,397	1.36%	1.36%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Guinea-Bissau increased by 404,872 people (a 29.3% growth), while Zimbabwe gained 1,915,581 people (a 15.3% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Guinea-Bissau gained 501,849 (a 28.1% growth), while Zimbabwe's population increased by 2,811,079 (a 19.5% growth).

Guinea-Bissau was ranked 148th most populous country in 2005 and is 146th in 2025. Zimbabwe was ranked 70th in 2005 and ranked 74th now.

The UN's World Population Prospects forecasts that with changing growth rate trends in 25 years (in 2050) Guinea-Bissau's population will grow by 50.3% to 3,438,597 people with a rank change from 146th to 136th. The population of Zimbabwe will increase by 50.3% to 25,866,397 people and rank change from 74th to 65th.