Spain vs Zimbabwe: Share of children, working-age adults, and older people

Spain
6.35 million people
in 2023
Zimbabwe
6.75 million people
in 2023
Spain rank
59th
Zimbabwe rank
58th

Share of children, working-age adults, and older people over time

  • Spain
  • Zimbabwe
2.0M4.0M6.0M8.0M10.0M195019862023

How they compare

Zimbabwe currently reports 6.75 million people against 6.35 million people in Spain, a difference of 400,130 people.

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

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

Spain ranks 59th and Zimbabwe ranks 58th of 236 countries.

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

Head to head by decade

Decade Spain Zimbabwe Difference Ahead
1950s 7.75 million people 1.46 million people 6.29 million people Spain
1960s 8.80 million people 2.13 million people 6.67 million people Spain
1970s 9.71 million people 2.89 million people 6.83 million people Spain
1980s 8.98 million people 4.10 million people 4.88 million people Spain
1990s 6.82 million people 4.99 million people 1.84 million people Spain
2000s 6.39 million people 5.22 million people 1.17 million people Spain
2010s 6.99 million people 6.21 million people 778,840 people Spain
2020s 6.57 million people 6.65 million people 84,738 people Zimbabwe

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher share of children, working-age adults, and older people, Spain or Zimbabwe?
Zimbabwe, at 6.75 million people against 6.35 million people in Spain as of 2023.
What is the difference in share of children, working-age adults, and older people between Spain and Zimbabwe?
400,130 people, with Zimbabwe ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Spain and Zimbabwe?
74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.
How do Spain and Zimbabwe rank globally for share of children, working-age adults, and older people?
Spain ranks 59th and Zimbabwe ranks 58th of 236 countries.
Where does this data come from?
UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – processed by Our World in Data, published as Share of children, working-age adults, and older people. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator
Share of children, working-age adults, and older people
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. This only includes people aged 0-14.