Number of households rose 1.82% to 4.40 mil in Zimbabwe in 2024, according to the National Statistical Office.
Historically, number of households in Zimbabwe reached an all time high of 4.40 mil in 2024 and an all time low of 2.17 mil in 1992. When compared to Zimbabwe's main peers, number of households in Botswana amounted to 0.661 mil, 7.57 mil in Mozambique, 16.8 mil in South Africa and 4.26 mil in Zambia in 2024.
Zimbabwe has been ranked 59th within the group of 145 countries we follow in terms of number of households, 6 places above the position seen 10 years ago.
| Number of Households | Unit | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
| Angola | mil | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 5.36 | 5.53 | 5.69 | 5.87 | 6.04 | ||||||||||
| Botswana | mil | 0.625 | 0.634 | 0.641 | 0.647 | 0.654 | ||||||||||||||||
| Congo (DRC) | mil | ... | ... | 15.0 | 15.3 | 15.8 | 16.2 | 16.6 | ||||||||||||||
| Lesotho | mil | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | |
| Malawi | mil | 4.27 | 4.38 | 4.50 | 4.62 | 4.75 | ||||||||||||||||
| Mozambique | mil | 6.21 | 6.37 | 6.54 | 6.72 | 7.41 | ||||||||||||||||
| Namibia | mil | 0.603 | 0.613 | 0.622 | 0.632 | 0.641 | ||||||||||||||||
| South Africa | mil | 18.4 | 18.9 | 19.2 | 19.4 | 16.7 | ||||||||||||||||
| Swaziland | mil | 0.273 | 0.278 | 0.281 | 0.284 | 0.287 | ||||||||||||||||
| Tanzania | mil | 12.0 | 12.3 | 12.7 | 13.0 | 13.4 | ||||||||||||||||
| Zambia | mil | 3.62 | 3.73 | 3.85 | 3.99 | 4.12 | ||||||||||||||||
| Zimbabwe | mil | 3.94 | 4.07 | 4.16 | 4.24 | 4.32 |
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