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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Venezuela	Zimbabwe	Venezuela	Zimbabwe
1960	8,160,090	3,809,389	-	-
1961	8,455,915	3,930,401	3.63%	3.18%
1962	8,756,870	4,055,959	3.56%	3.19%
1963	9,064,021	4,185,877	3.51%	3.2%
1964	9,377,712	4,320,006	3.46%	3.2%
1965	9,697,790	4,458,462	3.41%	3.2%
1966	10,024,854	4,601,217	3.37%	3.2%
1967	10,358,513	4,748,307	3.33%	3.2%
1968	10,697,530	4,900,440	3.27%	3.2%
1969	11,040,280	5,058,181	3.2%	3.22%
1970	11,387,790	5,215,918	3.15%	3.12%
1971	11,741,008	5,374,712	3.1%	3.04%
1972	12,099,180	5,542,445	3.05%	3.12%
1973	12,463,537	5,720,404	3.01%	3.21%
1974	12,835,351	5,908,328	2.98%	3.29%
1975	13,215,892	6,098,658	2.96%	3.22%
1976	13,606,284	6,287,105	2.95%	3.09%
1977	14,006,812	6,449,512	2.94%	2.58%
1978	14,416,684	6,543,575	2.93%	1.46%
1979	14,834,552	6,647,556	2.9%	1.59%
1980	15,258,218	7,041,303	2.86%	5.92%
1981	15,687,297	7,498,635	2.81%	6.49%
1982	16,121,874	7,796,496	2.77%	3.97%
1983	16,562,205	8,098,404	2.73%	3.87%
1984	17,008,841	8,391,488	2.7%	3.62%
1985	17,461,434	8,686,813	2.66%	3.52%
1986	17,923,536	8,982,578	2.65%	3.4%
1987	18,394,963	9,284,644	2.63%	3.36%
1988	18,871,020	9,583,094	2.59%	3.21%
1989	19,348,921	9,864,798	2.53%	2.94%
1990	19,827,010	10,137,281	2.47%	2.76%
1991	20,304,896	10,404,816	2.41%	2.64%
1992	20,780,948	10,702,700	2.34%	2.86%
1993	21,254,520	10,860,288	2.28%	1.47%
1994	21,725,188	10,873,148	2.21%	0.12%
1995	22,193,821	10,974,599	2.16%	0.93%
1996	22,662,113	11,158,360	2.11%	1.67%
1997	23,131,685	11,369,827	2.07%	1.9%
1998	23,601,337	11,594,297	2.03%	1.97%
1999	24,066,593	11,783,458	1.97%	1.63%
2000	24,526,708	11,892,055	1.91%	0.92%
2001	24,979,922	11,971,901	1.85%	0.67%
2002	25,435,671	12,087,653	1.82%	0.97%
2003	25,892,703	12,232,323	1.8%	1.2%
2004	26,340,838	12,365,896	1.73%	1.09%
2005	26,785,804	12,483,432	1.69%	0.95%
2006	27,224,686	12,636,445	1.64%	1.23%
2007	27,649,363	12,804,058	1.56%	1.33%
2008	28,053,696	12,959,149	1.46%	1.21%
2009	28,438,298	13,142,790	1.37%	1.42%
2010	28,813,101	13,356,548	1.32%	1.63%
2011	29,185,212	13,595,424	1.29%	1.79%
2012	29,553,826	13,817,887	1.26%	1.64%
2013	29,912,198	14,013,808	1.21%	1.42%
2014	30,254,079	14,207,359	1.14%	1.38%
2015	30,573,972	14,399,013	1.06%	1.35%
2016	30,765,720	14,600,294	0.63%	1.4%
2017	30,565,323	14,812,482	-0.65%	1.45%
2018	29,807,592	15,034,452	-2.48%	1.5%
2019	28,938,098	15,271,368	-2.92%	1.58%
2020	28,444,077	15,526,888	-1.71%	1.67%
2021	28,237,826	15,797,210	-0.73%	1.74%
2022	28,213,017	16,069,056	-0.09%	1.72%
2023	28,300,854	16,340,822	0.31%	1.69%
2024	28,405,543	16,634,373	0.37%	1.8%
2025	28,516,898	16,950,805	0.39%	1.9%
2026	28,633,718	17,273,591	0.41%	1.9%
2027	28,758,565	17,600,621	0.44%	1.89%
2028	28,885,166	17,932,015	0.44%	1.88%
2029	29,014,444	18,268,967	0.45%	1.88%
2030	29,151,809	18,610,356	0.47%	1.87%
2031	29,295,744	18,956,207	0.49%	1.86%
2032	29,442,534	19,311,368	0.5%	1.87%
2033	29,587,099	19,675,929	0.49%	1.89%
2034	29,735,159	20,041,125	0.5%	1.86%
2035	29,883,329	20,409,159	0.5%	1.84%
2036	30,020,167	20,778,662	0.46%	1.81%
2037	30,146,546	21,144,748	0.42%	1.76%
2038	30,268,328	21,512,919	0.4%	1.74%
2039	30,386,284	21,881,123	0.39%	1.71%
2040	30,495,445	22,250,123	0.36%	1.69%
2041	30,590,207	22,627,428	0.31%	1.7%
2042	30,674,532	23,000,906	0.28%	1.65%
2043	30,749,671	23,371,301	0.24%	1.61%
2044	30,813,805	23,740,630	0.21%	1.58%
2045	30,871,490	24,102,391	0.19%	1.52%
2046	30,923,463	24,462,491	0.17%	1.49%
2047	30,974,366	24,816,449	0.16%	1.45%
2048	31,021,600	25,168,419	0.15%	1.42%
2049	31,059,954	25,518,513	0.12%	1.39%
2050	31,094,884	25,866,397	0.11%	1.36%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Venezuela increased by 3,788,168 people (a 14.1% growth), while Zimbabwe gained 1,915,581 people (a 15.3% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Venezuela lost -1,963,235 (a 6.42% decline), while Zimbabwe's population increased by 2,811,079 (a 19.5% growth).

Venezuela was ranked 41st most populous country in 2005 and is 54th 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) Venezuela's population will grow by 8.68% to 31,094,884 people with a rank change from 54th to 62nd. The population of Zimbabwe will increase by 50.3% to 25,866,397 people and rank change from 74th to 65th.