A zoom lens for projection includes a first negative lens group, a second positive lens group, a third positive lens group, a fourth lens group, and a fifth positive lens group, which are sequentially arranged from the magnification side of the zoom lens. The first lens group and the fifth lens group are fixed, and the second lens group, the third lens group and the fourth lens group move along the optical axis of the zoom lens when magnification of the zoom lens is changed. Each of the first lens group and the second lens group is composed of two lenses. Each of the third lens group and the fifth lens group is composed of a positive lens, and the fourth lens group is composed of five lenses. Further, the reduction side of the zoom lens is telecentric.