The present invention provides a zoom lens having a small F value in the entire zoom region and well correcting various aberrations, and an imaging device including the zoom lens. The zoom lens consists of a positive first lens group (G1), a negative second lens group (G2), a positive third lens group (G3), a negative fourth lens group (G4) and a positive The fifth lens group (G5) configuration, when zooming from the wide-angle end to the telephoto end, the distance between the first and second lens groups is always widened, and the distance between the second and third lens groups Always narrow, the interval between the third and fourth lens groups is always changing, the interval between the fourth and fifth lens groups is always widening, the first lens group from the object side in turn from the negative, positive, positive three The second lens group is composed of negative, negative, positive and negative lenses in sequence from the object side. The third lens group is composed of four positive lenses, two negative lenses and an aperture stop. The fifth lens A group consists of a lens component.