Demographics of Zambia

Source	UN (World Population Prospects 2019)
Date	13 Dec 2021

As of 2021, the population of Zambia is projected at 18.92 million, up by 2.92% compared with 18.38 million in 2020. Zambia is ranked 65th in terms of population and 12th in terms of population growth rate.

There are 0.67 million births in Zambia in 2021. That is 1,829 per day, which is ranked 46th. The crude birth rate is 35.17 per 1000 people. There are 0.12 million deaths in Zambia in 2021. That is 320 per day, which is ranked 70th. The crude death rate is 6.13 per 1000 people.

8.69 million people are living in urban areas, which is 45.19% of Zambia population. Zambia is ranked 169th in terms of urbanization.

The Sex Ratio in Zambia in 2021 is 98.10 males per 100 females. There are 9.37 million males and 9.55 million females in Zambia. The percentage of female population is 50.48% compare to 49.52% male population. Zambia has 0.18 million more females than males. Zambia is at 86th position out of 201 countries/territories in terms of female to male ratio.

Zambia population

Year	Population	Growth (%)
1950	2,310,436	-
1955	2,644,976	2.93
1960	3,070,780	3.05
1965	3,570,466	3.10
1970	4,179,062	3.30
1975	4,943,279	3.44
1980	5,851,818	3.46
1985	6,923,148	3.31
1990	8,036,849	2.77
1995	9,096,608	2.56
2000	10,415,942	2.72
2005	11,856,244	2.65
2010	13,605,986	2.96
2015	15,879,370	3.11
2016	16,363,449	3.05
2017	16,853,608	3.00
2018	17,351,714	2.96
2019	17,861,034	2.94
2020	18,383,956	2.93
2021	18,920,657	2.92

Total
Crude

Zambia death and birth rate

Year	Total		Crude(per 1000)
Year	Death	Birth	Crude death	Crude birth
1950	50,585	111,369	21.57	47.45
1955	53,305	128,672	20.06	48.49
1960	56,837	152,815	18.47	49.67
1965	61,826	177,701	17.24	49.68
1970	66,780	207,464	15.92	49.41
1975	71,949	244,083	14.52	49.25
1980	81,388	281,284	13.86	47.91
1985	96,342	322,952	13.94	46.62
1990	126,171	366,467	15.71	45.73
1995	167,367	414,175	18.27	45.30
2000	186,688	471,807	17.93	45.27
2005	170,957	520,793	14.38	43.82
2010	137,361	563,827	10.05	41.19
2015	114,323	602,470	7.17	37.95
2020	114,921	653,578	6.22	35.44
2021	116,626	667,613	6.13	35.17

Population
Urbanization

Urban and rural population of Zambia

Year	Population		Urbanization
Year	Urban	Rural	growth rate (%)	Urban (%)
1950	265,701	2,044,741	-	11.500
1955	382,236	2,252,228	7.63	14.509
1960	552,492	2,492,354	7.69	18.145
1965	832,850	2,730,557	9.56	23.372
1970	1,266,841	2,907,087	6.79	30.351
1975	1,734,432	3,230,399	6.42	34.934
1980	2,344,812	3,544,418	6.13	39.815
1985	2,758,109	4,197,103	3.08	39.655
1990	3,163,284	4,863,969	2.60	39.407
1995	3,390,243	5,746,834	1.43	37.104
2000	3,665,128	6,866,093	1.52	34.802
2005	4,448,559	7,603,597	4.09	36.911
2010	5,450,667	8,399,366	4.23	39.355
2015	6,747,236	9,353,351	4.38	41.907
2020	8,336,381	10,342,892	4.29	44.629
2021	8,692,602	10,542,189	4.27	45.192

Population pyramid
Gender ratio

Zambia population by Age Group (2011)

Age group	Male	Female	Total		M per 100 F
Age group	Male	Female	Persons	Share (%)	M per 100 F
00-04	1,511,944	1,478,431	2,990,375	15.80	102.267
05-09	1,396,155	1,370,758	2,766,913	14.62	101.853
10-14	1,252,550	1,234,346	2,486,896	13.14	101.475
15-19	1,095,256	1,090,254	2,185,510	11.55	100.459
20-24	901,927	913,295	1,815,222	9.59	98.755
25-29	730,028	754,997	1,485,025	7.85	96.693
30-34	600,460	631,700	1,232,160	6.51	95.055
35-39	499,250	524,761	1,024,011	5.41	95.139
40-44	412,185	428,198	840,383	4.44	96.260
45-49	313,809	325,576	639,385	3.38	96.386
50-54	221,955	235,254	457,209	2.42	94.347
55-59	161,402	179,560	340,962	1.80	89.888
60-64	112,441	135,935	248,376	1.31	82.717
65-69	73,435	99,467	172,902	0.91	73.829
70-74	46,680	69,760	116,440	0.62	66.915
75-79	25,448	44,336	69,784	0.37	57.398
80-84	11,057	23,484	34,541	0.18	47.083
85-89	3,240	8,842	12,082	0.06	36.643
90-94	486	1,817	2,303	0.01	26.747
95-99	30	143	173	0.00	20.979
100+	1	4	5	0.00	25.000
Total	9,369,739	9,550,918	18,920,657		98.103