Population of Zambia

Source	UN (World Population Prospects 2024)
Date	12 Dec 2024

The current population of Zambia is 21,635,240 as of January 13, 2025, based on interpolation of the latest United Nations data. The population of Zambia is projected at 21,314,956, or 21.31 million, as of July 1, 2024. The total population in Zambia is projected at 20,723,965, or 20.72 million people for the year 2023.

Zambia ranks 63rd in the world by population on the 237 countries and territories list. Zambia is ranked 22nd among 58 countries and territories in Africa.

Zambia population projections

Year	Population		Growth		Share (%)
Year	1 Jan	1 July	Net Change	rate (%)	to World
2024	21,017,548	21,314,956	594,815	2.791	0.261
2025	21,612,363	21,913,874	603,022	2.752	0.266
2026	22,215,385	22,521,915	613,061	2.722	0.271
2027	22,828,446	23,138,720	620,549	2.682	0.276
2028	23,448,995	23,761,373	624,756	2.629	0.282
2029	24,073,751	24,389,686	631,870	2.591	0.287
2030	24,705,621	25,024,901	638,560	2.552	0.292
2031	25,344,181	25,666,504	644,646	2.512	0.297
2032	25,988,827	26,311,951	646,249	2.456	0.302
2033	26,635,076	26,960,088	650,023	2.411	0.308
2034	27,285,099	27,611,630	653,062	2.365	0.313
2035	27,938,161	28,266,892	657,462	2.326	0.318
2036	28,595,623	28,925,109	658,972	2.278	0.323
2037	29,254,595	29,583,492	657,793	2.224	0.329
2038	29,912,388	30,240,566	656,356	2.171	0.334
2039	30,568,744	30,895,597	653,706	2.116	0.339
2040	31,222,450	31,550,402	655,904	2.079	0.344
2041	31,878,354	32,204,346	651,984	2.025	0.349
2042	32,530,338	32,856,603	652,530	1.986	0.354
2043	33,182,868	33,510,512	655,288	1.956	0.359
2044	33,838,156	34,165,933	655,555	1.919	0.364
2045	34,493,711	34,821,106	654,790	1.880	0.369
2046	35,148,501	35,475,810	654,618	1.845	0.374
2047	35,803,119	36,129,283	652,329	1.806	0.379
2048	36,455,448	36,782,266	653,636	1.777	0.384
2049	37,109,084	37,434,683	651,198	1.740	0.389
2050	37,760,282	38,083,385	646,207	1.697	0.394
2051	38,406,489	38,728,892	644,806	1.665	0.399
2052	39,051,295	39,372,618	642,647	1.632	0.404
2053	39,693,942	40,014,832	641,781	1.604	0.409
2054	40,335,723	40,657,072	642,698	1.581	0.414
2055	40,978,421	41,298,203	639,564	1.549	0.419
2056	41,617,985	41,935,997	636,025	1.517	0.425
2057	42,254,010	42,570,791	633,563	1.488	0.430
2058	42,887,573	43,204,516	633,885	1.467	0.435
2059	43,521,458	43,837,013	631,110	1.440	0.440
2060	44,152,568	44,467,763	630,390	1.418	0.445
2061	44,782,958	45,094,628	623,341	1.382	0.450
2062	45,406,299	45,716,224	619,849	1.356	0.455
2063	46,026,148	46,332,957	613,618	1.324	0.461
2064	46,639,766	46,944,874	610,217	1.300	0.466
2065	47,249,983	47,551,640	603,314	1.269	0.471
2066	47,853,297	48,151,599	596,603	1.239	0.476
2067	48,449,900	48,746,696	593,591	1.218	0.481
2068	49,043,491	49,337,935	588,888	1.194	0.486
2069	49,632,379	49,926,672	588,586	1.179	0.491
2070	50,220,965	50,510,901	579,871	1.148	0.496
2071	50,800,836	51,087,503	573,335	1.122	0.501
2072	51,374,171	51,658,255	568,169	1.100	0.506
2073	51,942,340	52,223,082	561,484	1.075	0.511
2074	52,503,824	52,779,956	552,264	1.046	0.515
2075	53,056,088	53,329,331	546,486	1.025	0.520
2076	53,602,574	53,871,615	538,082	0.999	0.525
2077	54,140,656	54,408,371	535,430	0.984	0.530
2078	54,676,086	54,939,096	526,021	0.957	0.535
2079	55,202,107	55,460,046	515,879	0.930	0.540
2080	55,717,986	55,974,886	513,800	0.918	0.544
2081	56,231,786	56,483,810	504,048	0.892	0.549
2082	56,735,834	56,983,253	494,838	0.868	0.554
2083	57,230,672	57,474,889	488,434	0.850	0.559
2084	57,719,106	57,959,298	480,385	0.829	0.563
2085	58,199,491	58,434,266	469,550	0.804	0.568
2086	58,669,041	58,901,192	464,302	0.788	0.573
2087	59,133,343	59,362,387	458,087	0.772	0.577
2088	59,591,430	59,811,058	439,257	0.734	0.582
2089	60,030,687	60,248,234	435,094	0.722	0.586
2090	60,465,781	60,677,382	423,203	0.697	0.591
2091	60,888,984	61,098,687	419,405	0.686	0.595
2092	61,308,389	61,512,696	408,614	0.664	0.600
2093	61,717,003	61,915,359	396,712	0.641	0.604
2094	62,113,715	62,311,179	394,928	0.634	0.608
2095	62,508,643	62,698,035	378,784	0.604	0.613
2096	62,887,427	63,070,548	366,241	0.581	0.617
2097	63,253,668	63,434,684	362,032	0.571	0.621
2098	63,615,700	63,791,046	350,692	0.550	0.625
2099	63,966,392	64,136,921	341,057	0.532	0.629
2100	64,307,449	64,473,916	332,935	0.516	0.633

Zambia population estimates

Year	Population		Growth		Share (%)
Year	1 Jan	1 July	Net Change	rate (%)	to World
1950	2,285,718	2,321,302	71,169	3.066	0.093
1951	2,356,887	2,393,302	72,829	3.043	0.094
1952	2,429,716	2,467,251	75,071	3.043	0.095
1953	2,504,787	2,543,539	77,503	3.047	0.097
1954	2,582,290	2,622,277	79,974	3.050	0.098
1955	2,662,264	2,703,543	82,558	3.054	0.099
1956	2,744,822	2,787,410	85,177	3.056	0.100
1957	2,829,999	2,874,068	88,137	3.067	0.101
1958	2,918,136	2,963,867	91,462	3.086	0.102
1959	3,009,598	3,057,054	94,912	3.105	0.103
1960	3,104,510	3,153,729	98,438	3.122	0.105
1961	3,202,948	3,254,086	102,277	3.143	0.106
1962	3,305,225	3,358,099	105,748	3.149	0.108
1963	3,410,973	3,465,907	109,869	3.170	0.109
1964	3,520,842	3,577,017	112,349	3.141	0.110
1965	3,633,191	3,692,086	117,791	3.191	0.111
1966	3,750,982	3,812,003	122,041	3.202	0.112
1967	3,873,023	3,936,343	126,639	3.217	0.113
1968	3,999,662	4,065,593	131,861	3.244	0.115
1969	4,131,523	4,197,116	131,186	3.126	0.116
1970	4,262,709	4,321,718	118,019	2.731	0.117
1971	4,380,728	4,442,525	123,595	2.782	0.118
1972	4,504,323	4,569,309	129,971	2.845	0.119
1973	4,634,294	4,702,693	136,797	2.909	0.120
1974	4,771,091	4,842,746	143,310	2.959	0.121
1975	4,914,401	4,990,086	151,370	3.034	0.123
1976	5,065,771	5,143,842	156,143	3.036	0.124
1977	5,221,914	5,302,480	161,131	3.039	0.126
1978	5,383,045	5,465,374	164,658	3.013	0.127
1979	5,547,703	5,631,728	168,050	2.984	0.129
1980	5,715,753	5,802,833	174,160	3.002	0.130
1981	5,889,913	5,983,289	186,752	3.121	0.132
1982	6,076,665	6,178,637	203,944	3.301	0.134
1983	6,280,609	6,381,038	200,859	3.148	0.136
1984	6,481,468	6,580,490	198,045	3.010	0.138
1985	6,679,513	6,780,953	202,880	2.992	0.139
1986	6,882,393	6,986,471	208,157	2.980	0.141
1987	7,090,550	7,191,282	201,464	2.802	0.142
1988	7,292,014	7,391,440	198,852	2.690	0.144
1989	7,490,866	7,589,216	196,700	2.592	0.145
1990	7,687,566	7,786,169	197,206	2.533	0.146
1991	7,884,772	7,981,650	193,756	2.428	0.147
1992	8,078,528	8,176,680	196,304	2.401	0.149
1993	8,274,832	8,373,921	198,178	2.367	0.150
1994	8,473,010	8,576,269	206,518	2.408	0.151
1995	8,679,528	8,785,763	212,471	2.418	0.153
1996	8,891,999	9,004,053	224,108	2.489	0.154
1997	9,116,107	9,237,063	241,911	2.619	0.156
1998	9,358,018	9,482,408	248,781	2.624	0.158
1999	9,606,799	9,740,005	266,412	2.735	0.160
2000	9,873,211	10,017,631	288,841	2.884	0.162
2001	10,162,052	10,325,185	326,267	3.160	0.165
2002	10,488,319	10,647,949	319,260	2.999	0.168
2003	10,807,579	10,983,595	352,032	3.205	0.171
2004	11,159,611	11,338,198	357,174	3.150	0.174
2005	11,516,785	11,718,819	404,068	3.448	0.178
2006	11,920,853	12,129,553	417,400	3.442	0.182
2007	12,338,253	12,565,085	453,665	3.611	0.186
2008	12,791,918	13,021,324	458,812	3.524	0.190
2009	13,250,730	13,490,389	479,319	3.553	0.195
2010	13,730,049	13,965,594	471,090	3.374	0.199
2011	14,201,139	14,437,796	473,313	3.279	0.203
2012	14,674,452	14,913,629	478,354	3.208	0.207
2013	15,152,806	15,398,997	492,382	3.198	0.211
2014	15,645,188	15,895,315	500,254	3.147	0.215
2015	16,145,442	16,399,089	507,293	3.094	0.220
2016	16,652,735	16,914,423	523,376	3.095	0.224
2017	17,176,111	17,441,320	530,417	3.041	0.228
2018	17,706,528	17,973,569	534,082	2.972	0.233
2019	18,240,610	18,513,839	546,459	2.952	0.237
2020	18,787,069	19,059,395	544,652	2.858	0.242
2021	19,331,721	19,603,607	543,773	2.774	0.246
2022	19,875,494	20,152,938	554,888	2.754	0.251
2023	20,430,382	20,723,965	587,166	2.833	0.256