Zambia · Population

On this page you can find past, current and future population statistics for Zambia (from 1950-2100), population map, demographics, live population counter etc. . Question: What is the population of Zambia? Answer: Current population of Zambia is: 21 902 660*^[1], area 752614 km², population density 29.1 p/km². Capital of Zambia is Lusaka. Continent: Africa.

Zambia · Population 1950-2100

Zambia · historical and predicted populations (both sexes) for the period 1950-2100 (millions) De facto population in Zambia as of 1 July of the year indicated. Source United Nations Population Division [1].

What was the Zambia population at your birthday?*

Enter your birth date to find out. [1]

Current Zambia population

21 902 660

Today	This year
Population growth Today xx Changes every 62.549 sec.	Population growth This year xx
Births Today xx Changes every 48.965 sec.	Births This year xx [x]
Deaths Today xx Changes every 225.473 sec.	Deaths This year xx [x]

Sources: [1]
Today's statistic since midnight 00:00.
This year, statistic changes since 1st January
Population = Births** - Deaths

Zambia population map

City density ^[2] • population density ^[3] • Legend (Click on marker to hide it)

• Population Growth rate: 1381 / day = 57.56 / hour = 0.959 / minute = 0.016 / seconds
• Births Growth rate**: 1764 / day = 73.57 / hour = 1.226 / minute = 0.0204 / seconds
• Deaths Growth rate: 383 / day = 15.97 / hour = 0.266 / minute = 0.0044 / seconds.

Current Zambia population by age and sex for 2026-10-10*

	Male	%	Female
0-4	1 787 428	⇐+2.2%	1 748 975
5-9	1 645 978	⇐+1.8%	1 617 193
10-14	1 455 798	⇐+1.5%	1 434 637
15-19	1 205 882	⇐+0.5%	1 199 651
20-24	970 085	+0.7%⇒	976 958
25-29	835 213	+1.8%⇒	850 481
30-34	716 037	+3%⇒	737 677
35-39	601 134	+3.3%⇒	621 070
40-44	524 956	+0.9%⇒	529 419
45-49	389 117	⇐+4.9%	370 824
50-54	265 221	⇐+12.2%	236 314
55-59	167 482	⇐+6.2%	157 695
60-64	107 556	+23.8%⇒	133 173
65-69	83 629	+47.4%⇒	123 279
70-74	74 580	+34.4%⇒	100 217
75-79	52 088	+27.8%⇒	66 543
80-84	30 947	+26%⇒	38 998
85-89	13 795	+42.8%⇒	19 695
90-94	4 520	+54.8%⇒	6 995
95-99	450	+98.7%⇒	894
100+	21	+152.4%⇒	53

Sources: [1]

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Sources, Notices

* Value is calculated with linear interpolation from 2 nearest estimated (date->population) data (unofficial).
** Net migration is included in Births with this calculation: Births = Population[1] + Deaths[1].
*** For years before 1950 we dont have population data. Value is approximate calculation using function: 1900 population = 70% of 1950 population.
[1] United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division (2015). World Population Prospects: The 2015 Revision. Data are estimates and projections according to a medium-fertility variant. Reused with the permission of the United Nations. Downloaded: 2015-11-15 (un.org)
[2] City density map, generated by population.city using data provided to us by 1km.net website. Every circle is city with population over 5000. Link
[3] Population density map generated by instructions from daysleeperrr on reddig. Link1. Used data source is the Gridded Population of the World (GPW), v3 online at the the Socioeconomic Data and Applications Center (SEDAC) at Columbia University. Link2. Additional urban land cover: Extracted from Global Land Cover Characteristics Data Base Version 2.0 and Binary MOD12Q1 data on shadedrelief.com. Link3 (PNG,0.5Mb).

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