Population of Zambia

Source	UN (World Population Prospects 2022)
Date	13 Jun 2024

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The current population of Zambia is 21,480,001 as of October 10, 2024, based on interpolation of the latest United Nations data. The population of Zambia is projected at 21,134,695, or 21.13 million, as of July 1, 2024. The total population in Zambia is projected at 20,569,737, or 20.57 million people for the year 2023.

Zambia ranks 63rd in the world by population on the 237 countries and territories list. Zambia is ranked 22nd among 58 countries and territories in Africa.

Population
Growth rate
Net change

Zambia population estimates
Year	Population		Growth		Share (%)
Year	1 Jan	1 July	Net Change	rate (%)	to World
1950	2,285,718	2,318,448	65,459	2.824	0.09
1951	2,351,177	2,384,836	67,319	2.823	0.09
1952	2,418,496	2,453,511	70,030	2.854	0.09
1953	2,488,526	2,525,024	72,997	2.891	0.10
1954	2,561,523	2,599,541	76,036	2.925	0.10
1955	2,637,559	2,677,209	79,299	2.962	0.10
1956	2,716,858	2,758,241	82,766	3.001	0.10
1957	2,799,624	2,842,807	86,367	3.038	0.10
1958	2,885,991	2,931,128	90,274	3.080	0.10
1959	2,976,265	3,023,340	94,151	3.114	0.10
1960	3,070,416	3,119,430	98,027	3.143	0.10
1961	3,168,443	3,219,451	102,016	3.169	0.10
1962	3,270,459	3,323,427	105,936	3.188	0.11
1963	3,376,395	3,431,381	109,973	3.205	0.11
1964	3,486,368	3,542,764	112,791	3.184	0.11
1965	3,599,159	3,658,024	117,731	3.219	0.11
1966	3,716,890	3,777,680	121,580	3.219	0.11
1967	3,838,470	3,901,288	125,636	3.221	0.11
1968	3,964,106	4,029,173	130,133	3.230	0.11
1969	4,094,239	4,159,007	129,537	3.115	0.11
1970	4,223,776	4,281,671	115,790	2.704	0.12
1971	4,339,566	4,399,919	120,706	2.744	0.12
1972	4,460,272	4,523,581	126,617	2.799	0.12
1973	4,586,889	4,653,289	132,800	2.854	0.12
1974	4,719,689	4,789,038	138,698	2.896	0.12
1975	4,858,387	4,931,249	145,725	2.955	0.12
1976	5,004,112	5,079,672	151,119	2.975	0.12
1977	5,155,231	5,233,292	156,122	2.983	0.12
1978	5,311,353	5,391,355	160,003	2.968	0.13
1979	5,471,356	5,553,462	164,213	2.957	0.13
1980	5,635,569	5,720,438	169,737	2.967	0.13
1981	5,805,306	5,897,481	184,351	3.126	0.13
1982	5,989,657	6,090,818	202,322	3.322	0.13
1983	6,191,979	6,291,070	198,183	3.150	0.13
1984	6,390,162	6,488,072	195,819	3.018	0.14
1985	6,585,981	6,686,449	200,936	3.005	0.14
1986	6,786,917	6,890,967	208,100	3.020	0.14
1987	6,995,017	7,095,185	200,337	2.824	0.14
1988	7,195,354	7,294,325	197,942	2.714	0.14
1989	7,393,296	7,491,275	195,959	2.616	0.14
1990	7,589,255	7,686,401	194,292	2.528	0.14
1991	7,783,547	7,880,466	193,837	2.460	0.15
1992	7,977,384	8,074,337	193,907	2.402	0.15
1993	8,171,291	8,270,917	199,253	2.409	0.15
1994	8,370,544	8,474,216	207,344	2.447	0.15
1995	8,577,888	8,684,135	212,493	2.447	0.15
1996	8,790,381	8,902,019	223,276	2.508	0.15
1997	9,013,657	9,133,156	238,999	2.617	0.15
1998	9,252,656	9,372,430	239,548	2.556	0.16
1999	9,492,204	9,621,238	258,069	2.682	0.16
2000	9,750,273	9,891,136	281,725	2.848	0.16
2001	10,031,998	10,191,964	319,932	3.139	0.16
2002	10,351,930	10,508,294	312,729	2.976	0.17
2003	10,664,659	10,837,973	346,628	3.199	0.17
2004	11,011,287	11,188,040	353,506	3.160	0.17
2005	11,364,793	11,564,870	400,153	3.460	0.18
2006	11,764,946	11,971,567	413,243	3.452	0.18
2007	12,178,189	12,402,073	447,768	3.611	0.18
2008	12,625,957	12,852,966	454,017	3.533	0.19
2009	13,079,974	13,318,087	476,226	3.576	0.19
2010	13,556,200	13,792,086	471,773	3.421	0.20
2011	14,027,973	14,265,814	475,682	3.335	0.20
2012	14,503,655	14,744,658	482,006	3.269	0.21
2013	14,985,661	15,234,976	498,630	3.273	0.21
2014	15,484,291	15,737,793	507,004	3.222	0.21
2015	15,991,295	16,248,230	513,870	3.163	0.22
2016	16,505,165	16,767,761	525,191	3.132	0.22
2017	17,030,356	17,298,054	535,395	3.095	0.23
2018	17,565,751	17,835,893	540,284	3.029	0.23
2019	18,106,035	18,380,477	548,883	2.986	0.24
2020	18,654,918	18,927,715	545,594	2.883	0.24
2021	19,200,512	19,473,125	545,226	2.800	0.25

Zambia population projections
Year	Population		Growth		Share (%)
Year	1 Jan	1 July	Net Change	rate (%)	to World
2022	19,745,738	20,017,675	543,874	2.717	0.25
2023	20,289,612	20,569,737	560,251	2.724	0.26
2024	20,849,863	21,134,695	569,664	2.696	0.26
2025	21,419,527	21,706,928	574,801	2.648	0.26
2026	21,994,328	22,285,947	583,238	2.617	0.27
2027	22,577,566	22,874,132	593,132	2.593	0.27
2028	23,170,698	23,469,301	597,205	2.545	0.28
2029	23,767,903	24,069,686	603,566	2.508	0.28
2030	24,371,469	24,676,417	609,897	2.472	0.29
2031	24,981,366	25,288,002	613,272	2.425	0.29
2032	25,594,638	25,905,154	621,031	2.397	0.30
2033	26,215,669	26,528,160	624,982	2.356	0.30
2034	26,840,651	27,154,050	626,798	2.308	0.31
2035	27,467,449	27,782,051	629,203	2.265	0.31
2036	28,096,652	28,412,879	632,454	2.226	0.32
2037	28,729,106	29,047,769	637,327	2.194	0.32
2038	29,366,433	29,687,072	641,279	2.160	0.33
2039	30,007,712	30,330,252	645,081	2.127	0.33
2040	30,652,793	30,973,549	641,512	2.071	0.34
2041	31,294,305	31,615,986	643,362	2.035	0.34
2042	31,937,667	32,260,579	645,825	2.002	0.35
2043	32,583,492	32,906,910	646,836	1.966	0.35
2044	33,230,328	33,554,740	648,824	1.934	0.36
2045	33,879,152	34,204,865	651,427	1.905	0.36
2046	34,530,579	34,857,072	652,986	1.873	0.37
2047	35,183,565	35,510,018	652,906	1.839	0.37
2048	35,836,471	36,162,890	652,838	1.805	0.38
2049	36,489,309	36,813,065	647,513	1.759	0.38
2050	37,136,822	37,460,435	647,226	1.728	0.39
2051	37,784,048	38,105,845	643,594	1.689	0.39
2052	38,427,642	38,752,282	649,280	1.676	0.40
2053	39,076,922	39,399,626	645,407	1.638	0.40
2054	39,722,329	40,043,906	643,154	1.606	0.41
2055	40,365,483	40,686,691	642,416	1.579	0.41
2056	41,007,899	41,326,885	637,971	1.544	0.42
2057	41,645,870	41,964,332	636,925	1.518	0.42
2058	42,282,795	42,598,889	632,187	1.484	0.43
2059	42,914,982	43,229,363	628,761	1.455	0.43
2060	43,543,743	43,856,537	625,587	1.426	0.44
2061	44,169,330	44,478,285	617,909	1.389	0.44
2062	44,787,239	45,093,776	613,073	1.360	0.45
2063	45,400,312	45,705,782	610,940	1.337	0.45
2064	46,011,252	46,316,632	610,761	1.319	0.46
2065	46,622,013	46,924,543	605,061	1.289	0.46
2066	47,227,074	47,526,893	599,638	1.262	0.47
2067	47,826,712	48,124,364	595,304	1.237	0.47
2068	48,422,016	48,719,035	594,037	1.219	0.47
2069	49,016,053	49,307,106	582,106	1.181	0.48
2070	49,598,159	49,884,747	573,176	1.149	0.48
2071	50,171,335	50,454,618	566,565	1.123	0.49
2072	50,737,900	51,020,304	564,808	1.107	0.49
2073	51,302,708	51,583,346	561,277	1.088	0.50
2074	51,863,985	52,141,361	554,753	1.064	0.50
2075	52,418,738	52,690,876	544,277	1.033	0.51
2076	52,963,015	53,230,474	534,919	1.005	0.51
2077	53,497,934	53,762,597	529,326	0.985	0.52
2078	54,027,260	54,284,504	514,488	0.948	0.52
2079	54,541,748	54,797,590	511,683	0.934	0.53
2080	55,053,431	55,304,603	502,343	0.908	0.53
2081	55,555,774	55,804,263	496,978	0.891	0.54
2082	56,052,752	56,296,658	487,813	0.867	0.54
2083	56,540,565	56,781,298	481,467	0.848	0.54
2084	57,022,032	57,257,819	471,574	0.824	0.55
2085	57,493,606	57,724,627	462,042	0.800	0.55
2086	57,955,648	58,183,982	456,669	0.785	0.56
2087	58,412,317	58,635,944	447,255	0.763	0.56
2088	58,859,572	59,079,834	440,524	0.746	0.57
2089	59,300,096	59,512,051	423,910	0.712	0.57
2090	59,724,006	59,931,245	414,479	0.692	0.57
2091	60,138,485	60,340,927	404,884	0.671	0.58
2092	60,543,369	60,739,749	392,760	0.647	0.58
2093	60,936,129	61,127,975	383,692	0.628	0.59
2094	61,319,821	61,507,980	376,319	0.612	0.59
2095	61,696,140	61,881,200	370,120	0.598	0.60
2096	62,066,260	62,246,894	361,268	0.580	0.60
2097	62,427,528	62,601,459	347,863	0.556	0.60
2098	62,775,391	62,946,037	341,293	0.542	0.61
2099	63,116,684	63,281,014	328,660	0.519	0.61
2100	63,445,344	63,604,541	318,393	0.501	0.61