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: 21 282 639*^[1], area 752614 km², population density 28.28 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

21 282 639

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 2025-07-19*

	Male	%	Female
0-4	1 749 397	⇐+2.2%	1 712 311
5-9	1 603 067	⇐+1.7%	1 575 600
10-14	1 412 428	⇐+1.4%	1 392 462
15-19	1 170 445	⇐+0.5%	1 164 513
20-24	945 619	+0.7%⇒	951 884
25-29	813 868	+1.7%⇒	827 659
30-34	695 116	+2.7%⇒	714 174
35-39	582 621	+2.9%⇒	599 420
40-44	502 780	+0.5%⇒	505 236
45-49	371 550	⇐+4.9%	354 026
50-54	253 579	⇐+11.1%	228 195
55-59	161 979	⇐+4.1%	155 549
60-64	106 133	+24.5%⇒	132 139
65-69	83 352	+45.3%⇒	121 114
70-74	73 015	+33.6%⇒	97 548
75-79	50 543	+27.8%⇒	64 571
80-84	29 580	+26.9%⇒	37 535
85-89	12 997	+43.3%⇒	18 620
90-94	4 181	+55.6%⇒	6 507
95-99	420	+99%⇒	836
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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