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How many babies are born in Zimbabwe?

505 thousand babies born in Zimbabwe in 2026. That is 0.38% of all births worldwide, and the 55th largest of any country. UN projection

2024–2100 uses the UN World Population Prospects 2024 medium scenario, based on assumptions about fertility, mortality and migration. These are projections, not observed births or guaranteed outcomes. Uncertainty increases further into the future; this site does not display prediction intervals.

Births in Zimbabwe: history and projections

10K100K 1 CE1000150018002100
Annual births, logarithmic scale. Shading marks modelled years before 1800; the dashed line marks UN projections from 2024.
Every figure refers to the area inside Zimbabwe’s present-day borders. Before 1800 the state did not exist in its current form. See how borders are handled.
Year Estimated births Population Per 1,000 Evidence
1 CE ~1.8K ~43K 41.4 Modelled estimate
1000 ~6.9K ~170K 40.7 Modelled estimate
1500 ~15K ~340K 45.1 Modelled estimate
1800 ~50.5K ~1.09M 46.6 Historical reconstruction
1900 ~51.7K ~1.11M 46.6 Historical reconstruction
1950 140K 2.79M 50.3 UN estimate
2000 430K 11.9M 36.1 UN estimate
2023 497K 16.3M 30.4 UN estimate
2026 505K 17.3M 29.3 UN projection
2050 577K 25.9M 22.3 UN projection
2075 564K 33.3M 16.9 UN projection
2100 500K 37.2M 13.5 UN projection

What the numbers show

The highest annual births in Zimbabwe among estimates through 2023 were in 2012, at about 522K. That is roughly 292 times the estimated ~1.79K births a year in 1 CE.

At 3.57 children per woman, fertility in Zimbabwe is above the level of about 2.1 that would hold a population steady over the long run without migration.

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How many babies are born in Zimbabwe each year?

An estimated 505 thousand babies are born in Zimbabwe in 2026, according to the UN World Population Prospects 2024 medium projection. That is about 1,380 a day and 0.38% of all births worldwide.

What is the birth rate in Zimbabwe?

Zimbabwe has an estimated 29.3 births per 1,000 people in 2026, and a total fertility rate of 3.57 children per woman.

Where these numbers come from

2026 figures are the UN World Population Prospects 2024 medium scenario. UN estimates cover 1950–2023; projections cover 2024–2100. Earlier years come from Gapminder’s reconstructions (1800–1949) and a model applied to HYDE population estimates (before 1800). The full chain is set out in the methodology, and every source is listed on the sources page.