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Zimbabwe: Rural population growth

0.88percent · 2025+18.3% since 2015

Annual rural population growth rate for year t is the exponential rate of growth of midyear rural population from year t-1 to t, expressed as a percentage. Rural population refers to people living in rural areas as defined by national statistical offices. It is calculated as the difference between total population and urban population. Annual figures for Zimbabwe from 1961 to 2025.

19862025

Every year

YearValue (percent)Note
20250.878
20240.785
20230.716
20220.351
20210.352
20200.357
20190.356
20180.399
20170.495
20160.604
20150.742
20140.982
20131.246
20121.569
20111.731
20101.582
20091.383
20081.184
20071.298
20061.195
20050.916
20041.045
20031.135
20020.868
20010.52
20000.717
19991.372
19981.666
19971.55
19961.3
19950.539
1994-0.297
19931.017
19922.231
19911.801
19901.763
19891.825
19882.026
19872.149
19862.212
19852.384
19842.581
19832.96
19823.147
19815.58
19805.075
19790.924
19780.818
19771.938
19762.444
19752.579
19742.644
19732.571
19722.478
19712.395
19702.454
19692.512
19682.443
19672.416
19662.438
19652.493
19642.578
19632.703
19622.787
19612.785

Source

Published by World Bank, produced by United Nations, World Bank. Licence: CC BY 4.0. Retrieved 2026-11-08.

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World Bank (2026). Rural population growth. Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/worldbank-rural-population-growth (accessed 2026-11-14). catalog snapshot 2026-11-08.

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