Demographics of Zambia
Source | UN (World Population Prospects 2019) |
Date | 04 Nov 2021 |
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 |
- Population
- Growth
Year | Total | Crude(per 1000) | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
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 |
- Total
- Crude
Year | Population | Urbanization | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
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
- Urbanization
Age group | Male | Female | Total | M per 100 F | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Persons | Share (%) | ||||
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 |
- Population pyramid
- Gender ratio