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: 21 271 988*^[1], area 752614 km², population density 28.26 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

21 271 988

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 2025-07-11*

	Male	%	Female
0-4	1 748 743	⇐+2.2%	1 711 681
5-9	1 602 330	⇐+1.7%	1 574 886
10-14	1 411 683	⇐+1.4%	1 391 738
15-19	1 169 836	⇐+0.5%	1 163 909
20-24	945 198	+0.7%⇒	951 453
25-29	813 501	+1.7%⇒	827 267
30-34	694 756	+2.7%⇒	713 770
35-39	582 302	+2.9%⇒	599 048
40-44	502 399	+0.5%⇒	504 820
45-49	371 249	⇐+5%	353 738
50-54	253 379	⇐+11.1%	228 056
55-59	161 885	⇐+4.1%	155 512
60-64	106 108	+24.5%⇒	132 122
65-69	83 347	+45.3%⇒	121 077
70-74	72 989	+33.6%⇒	97 502
75-79	50 516	+27.8%⇒	64 538
80-84	29 556	+26.9%⇒	37 510
85-89	12 983	+43.3%⇒	18 602
90-94	4 175	+55.7%⇒	6 499
95-99	419	+99.3%⇒	835
100+	20	+150%⇒	50

Sources: [1]

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Childrens per woman

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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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