Demographics of Zambia

Source	UN (World Population Prospects 2022)
Date	07 Jun 2024

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There are 10.43 million males and 10.71 million females in Zambia. The percentage of the male population is 49.33%, compared to 50.67% of the female population. Zambia has 282k more females than males. The sex ratio in Zambia in 2024 will be 97.367 males per 100 females. Zambia is in the 76th position in terms of the female-to-male ratio.

Zambia population
Year	Population	Growth (%)
1950	2,318,448	2.82
1955	2,677,209	2.96
1960	3,119,430	3.14
1965	3,658,024	3.22
1970	4,281,671	2.70
1975	4,931,249	2.96
1980	5,720,438	2.97
1985	6,686,449	3.00
1990	7,686,401	2.53
1995	8,684,135	2.45
2000	9,891,136	2.85
2005	11,564,870	3.46
2010	13,792,086	3.42
2015	16,248,230	3.16
2020	18,927,715	2.88
2021	19,473,125	2.80
2022	20,017,675	2.72
2023	20,569,737	2.72
2024	21,134,695	2.70

Population
Growth

Zambia death and birth rate
Year	Total		Crude(per 1000)
Year	Death	Birth	Crude death	Crude birth
1950	45,796	112,653	19.740	48.559
1955	49,882	131,525	18.619	49.092
1960	53,971	155,895	17.285	49.929
1965	59,445	182,544	16.234	49.852
1970	66,744	213,897	15.527	49.759
1975	67,571	244,190	13.656	49.349
1980	77,525	273,029	13.520	47.614
1985	97,818	320,521	14.602	47.845
1990	127,934	363,130	16.597	47.110
1995	151,823	409,724	17.434	47.048
2000	166,997	453,873	16.876	45.866
2005	146,214	511,013	12.659	44.242
2010	127,079	576,081	9.219	41.794
2015	116,885	614,471	7.196	37.832
2020	124,943	661,531	6.602	34.953
2021	135,787	672,000	6.973	34.511
2022	134,488	683,355	6.716	34.127
2023	129,554	694,807	6.296	33.768
2024	129,508	704,170	6.126	33.310

Total
Crude

Urban and rural population of Zambia
Year	Population		Urban (%)
Year	Urban	Rural	Urban (%)
1950	265,701	2,044,741	11.500
1955	382,236	2,252,228	14.509
1960	552,492	2,492,354	18.145
1965	832,850	2,730,557	23.372
1970	1,266,841	2,907,087	30.351
1975	1,734,432	3,230,399	34.934
1980	2,344,812	3,544,418	39.815
1985	2,758,109	4,197,103	39.655
1990	3,163,284	4,863,969	39.407
1995	3,390,243	5,746,834	37.104
2000	3,665,128	6,866,093	34.802
2005	4,448,559	7,603,597	36.911
2010	5,450,667	8,399,366	39.355
2015	6,747,236	9,353,351	41.907
2020	8,336,381	10,342,892	44.629
2021	8,692,602	10,542,189	45.192
2022	9,062,291	10,741,328	45.761
2023	9,445,888	10,940,237	46.335
2024	9,843,878	11,138,886	46.914

Population
Urbanization

Zambia population by Age Group (2024)
Age group	Male	Female	Total		M per 100 F
Age group	Male	Female	Persons	Share (%)	M per 100 F
00-04	1,620,146	1,614,255	3,234,401	15.30	100.365
05-09	1,467,755	1,467,601	2,935,355	13.89	100.010
10-14	1,353,687	1,357,133	2,710,820	12.83	99.746
15-19	1,188,219	1,198,561	2,386,780	11.29	99.137
20-24	986,763	1,005,090	1,991,852	9.42	98.177
25-29	837,453	857,364	1,694,816	8.02	97.678
30-34	717,852	733,766	1,451,619	6.87	97.831
35-39	619,548	628,569	1,248,117	5.91	98.565
40-44	508,266	515,641	1,023,908	4.84	98.570
45-49	392,673	408,877	801,551	3.79	96.037
50-54	277,776	306,267	584,042	2.76	90.697
55-59	186,388	221,358	407,747	1.93	84.202
60-64	123,140	158,918	282,058	1.33	77.487
65-69	73,726	106,518	180,244	0.85	69.215
70-74	39,762	65,845	105,607	0.50	60.387
75-79	20,637	36,387	57,023	0.27	56.715
80-84	9,030	17,551	26,581	0.13	51.450
85-89	2,827	6,475	9,302	0.04	43.660
90-94	625	1,772	2,397	0.01	35.271
95-99	100	329	428	0.00	30.395
100+	8	39	47	0.00	20.513
Total	10,426,381	10,708,316	21,134,695		97.367

Population pyramid
Gender ratio