Guinea vs Zimbabwe: Has the population peaked?

Guinea
14.41 million people
in 2023
Zimbabwe
16.34 million people
in 2023
Guinea rank
75th
Zimbabwe rank
74th

Has the population peaked? over time

  • Guinea
  • Zimbabwe
5.0M10.0M15.0M195019862023

How they compare

Zimbabwe currently reports 16.34 million people against 14.41 million people in Guinea, a difference of 1.94 million people.

That makes Zimbabwe's figure about 1.1 times Guinea's.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 74 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Guinea ahead.

Guinea ranks 75th and Zimbabwe ranks 74th of 236 countries.

Across the 8 decades both report, Guinea averaged higher in 1 and Zimbabwe in 7.

Head to head by decade

Decade Guinea Zimbabwe Difference Ahead
1950s 3.25 million people 3.22 million people 21,650 people Guinea
1960s 3.86 million people 4.41 million people 542,508 people Zimbabwe
1970s 4.62 million people 5.98 million people 1.36 million people Zimbabwe
1980s 5.58 million people 8.52 million people 2.94 million people Zimbabwe
1990s 7.41 million people 10.99 million people 3.57 million people Zimbabwe
2000s 9.20 million people 12.46 million people 3.26 million people Zimbabwe
2010s 11.66 million people 14.31 million people 2.65 million people Zimbabwe
2020s 13.89 million people 15.93 million people 2.05 million people Zimbabwe

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher has the population peaked?, Guinea or Zimbabwe?
Zimbabwe, at 16.34 million people against 14.41 million people in Guinea as of 2023.
What is the difference in has the population peaked? between Guinea and Zimbabwe?
1.94 million people, with Zimbabwe ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Guinea and Zimbabwe?
74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.
How do Guinea and Zimbabwe rank globally for has the population peaked??
Guinea ranks 75th and Zimbabwe ranks 74th of 236 countries.
Where does this data come from?
UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – processed by Our World in Data, published as Has the population peaked?. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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About this data

Indicator
Has the population peaked?
Unit
people
Source
UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
236 places, 17,464 data points, 1950–2023
Last refreshed

Total population, measured on 1 July of the year shown.