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: 21 248 398*^[1], area 752614 km², population density 28.23 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

21 248 398

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 2025-06-24*

	Male	%	Female
0-4	1 747 296	⇐+2.2%	1 710 286
5-9	1 600 698	⇐+1.7%	1 573 303
10-14	1 410 033	⇐+1.4%	1 390 133
15-19	1 168 488	⇐+0.5%	1 162 572
20-24	944 267	+0.7%⇒	950 499
25-29	812 689	+1.7%⇒	826 399
30-34	693 960	+2.7%⇒	712 876
35-39	581 598	+2.9%⇒	598 224
40-44	501 556	+0.5%⇒	503 900
45-49	370 580	⇐+5%	353 099
50-54	252 936	⇐+11.1%	227 747
55-59	161 675	⇐+4%	155 430
60-64	106 054	+24.5%⇒	132 082
65-69	83 336	+45.2%⇒	120 995
70-74	72 929	+33.6%⇒	97 400
75-79	50 458	+27.8%⇒	64 463
80-84	29 504	+26.9%⇒	37 454
85-89	12 953	+43.3%⇒	18 561
90-94	4 163	+55.7%⇒	6 480
95-99	418	+99.3%⇒	833
100+	20	+150%⇒	50

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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