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: 21 123 331*^[1], area 752614 km², population density 28.07 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

21 123 331

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 2025-03-25*

	Male	%	Female
0-4	1 739 625	⇐+2.2%	1 702 891
5-9	1 592 042	⇐+1.7%	1 564 913
10-14	1 401 284	⇐+1.4%	1 381 626
15-19	1 161 340	⇐+0.5%	1 155 484
20-24	939 332	+0.7%⇒	945 441
25-29	808 384	+1.7%⇒	821 795
30-34	689 740	+2.7%⇒	708 135
35-39	577 864	+2.8%⇒	593 857
40-44	497 083	+0.4%⇒	499 022
45-49	367 037	⇐+5%	349 710
50-54	250 587	⇐+10.8%	226 109
55-59	160 565	⇐+3.6%	154 997
60-64	105 767	+24.7%⇒	131 874
65-69	83 281	+44.8%⇒	120 558
70-74	72 613	+33.4%⇒	96 862
75-79	50 146	+27.8%⇒	64 065
80-84	29 228	+27.1%⇒	37 159
85-89	12 791	+43.4%⇒	18 344
90-94	4 094	+55.9%⇒	6 382
95-99	412	+99.5%⇒	822
100+	20	+145%⇒	49

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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