| Source | UN (World Population Prospects 2022) |
| Date | 07 Jun 2024 |
There are 10.43 million males and 10.71 million females in Zambia. The percentage of the male population is 49.33%, compared to 50.67% of the female population. Zambia has 282k more females than males. The sex ratio in Zambia in 2024 will be 97.367 males per 100 females. Zambia is in the 76th position in terms of the female-to-male ratio.
| Year | Population | Growth (%) |
|---|---|---|
| 1950 | 2,318,448 | 2.82 |
| 1955 | 2,677,209 | 2.96 |
| 1960 | 3,119,430 | 3.14 |
| 1965 | 3,658,024 | 3.22 |
| 1970 | 4,281,671 | 2.70 |
| 1975 | 4,931,249 | 2.96 |
| 1980 | 5,720,438 | 2.97 |
| 1985 | 6,686,449 | 3.00 |
| 1990 | 7,686,401 | 2.53 |
| 1995 | 8,684,135 | 2.45 |
| 2000 | 9,891,136 | 2.85 |
| 2005 | 11,564,870 | 3.46 |
| 2010 | 13,792,086 | 3.42 |
| 2015 | 16,248,230 | 3.16 |
| 2020 | 18,927,715 | 2.88 |
| 2021 | 19,473,125 | 2.80 |
| 2022 | 20,017,675 | 2.72 |
| 2023 | 20,569,737 | 2.72 |
| 2024 | 21,134,695 | 2.70 |
| Year | Total | Crude(per 1000) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Death | Birth | Crude death | Crude birth | |
| 1950 | 45,796 | 112,653 | 19.740 | 48.559 |
| 1955 | 49,882 | 131,525 | 18.619 | 49.092 |
| 1960 | 53,971 | 155,895 | 17.285 | 49.929 |
| 1965 | 59,445 | 182,544 | 16.234 | 49.852 |
| 1970 | 66,744 | 213,897 | 15.527 | 49.759 |
| 1975 | 67,571 | 244,190 | 13.656 | 49.349 |
| 1980 | 77,525 | 273,029 | 13.520 | 47.614 |
| 1985 | 97,818 | 320,521 | 14.602 | 47.845 |
| 1990 | 127,934 | 363,130 | 16.597 | 47.110 |
| 1995 | 151,823 | 409,724 | 17.434 | 47.048 |
| 2000 | 166,997 | 453,873 | 16.876 | 45.866 |
| 2005 | 146,214 | 511,013 | 12.659 | 44.242 |
| 2010 | 127,079 | 576,081 | 9.219 | 41.794 |
| 2015 | 116,885 | 614,471 | 7.196 | 37.832 |
| 2020 | 124,943 | 661,531 | 6.602 | 34.953 |
| 2021 | 135,787 | 672,000 | 6.973 | 34.511 |
| 2022 | 134,488 | 683,355 | 6.716 | 34.127 |
| 2023 | 129,554 | 694,807 | 6.296 | 33.768 |
| 2024 | 129,508 | 704,170 | 6.126 | 33.310 |
| Year | Population | Urban (%) | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Urban | Rural | ||
| 1950 | 265,701 | 2,044,741 | 11.500 |
| 1955 | 382,236 | 2,252,228 | 14.509 |
| 1960 | 552,492 | 2,492,354 | 18.145 |
| 1965 | 832,850 | 2,730,557 | 23.372 |
| 1970 | 1,266,841 | 2,907,087 | 30.351 |
| 1975 | 1,734,432 | 3,230,399 | 34.934 |
| 1980 | 2,344,812 | 3,544,418 | 39.815 |
| 1985 | 2,758,109 | 4,197,103 | 39.655 |
| 1990 | 3,163,284 | 4,863,969 | 39.407 |
| 1995 | 3,390,243 | 5,746,834 | 37.104 |
| 2000 | 3,665,128 | 6,866,093 | 34.802 |
| 2005 | 4,448,559 | 7,603,597 | 36.911 |
| 2010 | 5,450,667 | 8,399,366 | 39.355 |
| 2015 | 6,747,236 | 9,353,351 | 41.907 |
| 2020 | 8,336,381 | 10,342,892 | 44.629 |
| 2021 | 8,692,602 | 10,542,189 | 45.192 |
| 2022 | 9,062,291 | 10,741,328 | 45.761 |
| 2023 | 9,445,888 | 10,940,237 | 46.335 |
| 2024 | 9,843,878 | 11,138,886 | 46.914 |
| Age group | Male | Female | Total | M per 100 F | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Persons | Share (%) | ||||
| 00-04 | 1,620,146 | 1,614,255 | 3,234,401 | 15.30 | 100.365 |
| 05-09 | 1,467,755 | 1,467,601 | 2,935,355 | 13.89 | 100.010 |
| 10-14 | 1,353,687 | 1,357,133 | 2,710,820 | 12.83 | 99.746 |
| 15-19 | 1,188,219 | 1,198,561 | 2,386,780 | 11.29 | 99.137 |
| 20-24 | 986,763 | 1,005,090 | 1,991,852 | 9.42 | 98.177 |
| 25-29 | 837,453 | 857,364 | 1,694,816 | 8.02 | 97.678 |
| 30-34 | 717,852 | 733,766 | 1,451,619 | 6.87 | 97.831 |
| 35-39 | 619,548 | 628,569 | 1,248,117 | 5.91 | 98.565 |
| 40-44 | 508,266 | 515,641 | 1,023,908 | 4.84 | 98.570 |
| 45-49 | 392,673 | 408,877 | 801,551 | 3.79 | 96.037 |
| 50-54 | 277,776 | 306,267 | 584,042 | 2.76 | 90.697 |
| 55-59 | 186,388 | 221,358 | 407,747 | 1.93 | 84.202 |
| 60-64 | 123,140 | 158,918 | 282,058 | 1.33 | 77.487 |
| 65-69 | 73,726 | 106,518 | 180,244 | 0.85 | 69.215 |
| 70-74 | 39,762 | 65,845 | 105,607 | 0.50 | 60.387 |
| 75-79 | 20,637 | 36,387 | 57,023 | 0.27 | 56.715 |
| 80-84 | 9,030 | 17,551 | 26,581 | 0.13 | 51.450 |
| 85-89 | 2,827 | 6,475 | 9,302 | 0.04 | 43.660 |
| 90-94 | 625 | 1,772 | 2,397 | 0.01 | 35.271 |
| 95-99 | 100 | 329 | 428 | 0.00 | 30.395 |
| 100+ | 8 | 39 | 47 | 0.00 | 20.513 |
| Total | 10,426,381 | 10,708,316 | 21,134,695 | 97.367 | |