Population of Zambia

Source	UN (World Population Prospects 2019)
Date	23 Aug 2021

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The current population of Zambia is 20,150,344 as of September 27, 2023, based on interpolation of the latest United Nations data. The population of Zambia is projected at 18,920,651 or 18.921 million as of July 1, 2021. The total population in Zambia is projected at 18,383,955 or 18.384 million people for the year 2020. Zambia ranks number 65th in the world by population in the list of 235 countries/territories. Zambia is ranked 22nd among 58 countries in Africa.

Zambia's population will be increased year by year. The Zambia population is projected to reach 24.33 million in 2030 and increase further to 39.12 million in 2050 and 81.55 million by 2100. Zambia accounts for 0.24 percent of the world population. However, its global share increased by 0.10% in 1955 and is projected to increase by 0.75% by 2100.

Zambia was at 102nd position globally in 1950, and its rank is projected to increase to 30th in 2100.

Population
Growth rate
Net change

Zambia population estimates
Year	Population	Growth		Share (%)
Year	Population	Net Change	rate (%)	to World
1950	2,310,442	-	-	0.09
1951	2,368,604	58,162	2.52	0.09
1952	2,431,344	62,740	2.65	0.09
1953	2,498,465	67,121	2.76	0.09
1954	2,569,748	71,283	2.85	0.09
1955	2,644,976	75,228	2.93	0.10
1956	2,723,864	78,888	2.98	0.10
1957	2,806,164	82,300	3.02	0.10
1958	2,891,581	85,417	3.04	0.10
1959	2,979,852	88,271	3.05	0.10
1960	3,070,776	90,924	3.05	0.10
1961	3,164,329	93,553	3.05	0.10
1962	3,260,650	96,321	3.04	0.10
1963	3,360,104	99,454	3.05	0.10
1964	3,463,213	103,109	3.07	0.11
1965	3,570,464	107,251	3.10	0.11
1966	3,681,955	111,491	3.12	0.11
1967	3,797,873	115,918	3.15	0.11
1968	3,918,872	120,999	3.19	0.11
1969	4,045,740	126,868	3.24	0.11
1970	4,179,067	133,327	3.30	0.11
1971	4,319,224	140,157	3.35	0.11
1972	4,466,174	146,950	3.40	0.12
1973	4,619,546	153,372	3.43	0.12
1974	4,778,724	159,178	3.45	0.12
1975	4,943,283	164,559	3.44	0.12
1976	5,112,823	169,540	3.43	0.12
1977	5,287,548	174,725	3.42	0.13
1978	5,468,262	180,714	3.42	0.13
1979	5,656,139	187,877	3.44	0.13
1980	5,851,825	195,686	3.46	0.13
1981	6,055,366	203,541	3.48	0.13
1982	6,265,864	210,498	3.48	0.14
1983	6,481,916	216,052	3.45	0.14
1984	6,701,540	219,624	3.39	0.14
1985	6,923,149	221,609	3.31	0.14
1986	7,146,969	223,820	3.23	0.14
1987	7,372,837	225,868	3.16	0.15
1988	7,598,275	225,438	3.06	0.15
1989	7,820,205	221,930	2.92	0.15
1990	8,036,845	216,640	2.77	0.15
1991	8,246,656	209,811	2.61	0.15
1992	8,451,347	204,691	2.48	0.15
1993	8,656,486	205,139	2.43	0.16
1994	8,869,740	213,254	2.46	0.16
1995	9,096,607	226,867	2.56	0.16
1996	9,339,733	243,126	2.67	0.16
1997	9,597,609	257,876	2.76	0.16
1998	9,866,476	268,867	2.80	0.16
1999	10,140,561	274,085	2.78	0.17
2000	10,415,944	275,383	2.72	0.17
2001	10,692,193	276,249	2.65	0.17
2002	10,971,698	279,505	2.61	0.17
2003	11,256,743	285,045	2.60	0.18
2004	11,550,642	293,899	2.61	0.18
2005	11,856,247	305,605	2.65	0.18
2006	12,173,514	317,267	2.68	0.18
2007	12,502,958	329,444	2.71	0.19
2008	12,848,530	345,572	2.76	0.19
2009	13,215,139	366,609	2.85	0.19
2010	13,605,984	390,845	2.96	0.20
2011	14,023,203	417,219	3.07	0.20
2012	14,465,150	441,947	3.15	0.20
2013	14,926,544	461,394	3.19	0.21
2014	15,399,788	473,244	3.17	0.21
2015	15,879,361	479,573	3.11	0.22
2016	16,363,458	484,097	3.05	0.22
2017	16,853,599	490,141	3.00	0.22
2018	17,351,708	498,109	2.96	0.23
2019	17,861,030	509,322	2.94	0.23

Zambia population projections
Year	Population	Growth		Share (%)
Year	Population	Net Change	rate (%)	to World
2020	18,383,955	522,925	2.93	0.24
2021	18,920,651	536,696	2.92	0.24
2022	19,470,234	549,583	2.90	0.24
2023	20,032,812	562,578	2.89	0.25
2024	20,608,359	575,547	2.87	0.25
2025	21,196,801	588,442	2.86	0.26
2026	21,798,153	601,352	2.84	0.26
2027	22,412,316	614,163	2.82	0.27
2028	23,038,730	626,414	2.79	0.27
2029	23,676,661	637,931	2.77	0.28
2030	24,325,505	648,844	2.74	0.28
2031	24,984,961	659,456	2.71	0.29
2032	25,654,798	669,837	2.68	0.30
2033	26,334,558	679,760	2.65	0.30
2034	27,023,734	689,176	2.62	0.31
2035	27,721,896	698,162	2.58	0.31
2036	28,428,667	706,771	2.55	0.32
2037	29,143,814	715,147	2.52	0.32
2038	29,867,201	723,387	2.48	0.33
2039	30,598,792	731,591	2.45	0.33
2040	31,338,483	739,691	2.42	0.34
2041	32,086,104	747,621	2.39	0.35
2042	32,841,342	755,238	2.35	0.35
2043	33,603,854	762,512	2.32	0.36
2044	34,373,196	769,342	2.29	0.36
2045	35,149,038	775,842	2.26	0.37
2046	35,931,106	782,068	2.23	0.38
2047	36,719,296	788,190	2.19	0.38
2048	37,513,609	794,313	2.16	0.39
2049	38,314,144	800,535	2.13	0.40
2050	39,120,917	806,773	2.11	0.40
2051	39,933,823	812,906	2.08	0.41
2052	40,752,621	818,798	2.05	0.41
2053	41,577,048	824,427	2.02	0.42
2054	42,406,782	829,734	2.00	0.43
2055	43,241,551	834,769	1.97	0.43
2056	44,081,041	839,490	1.94	0.44
2057	44,925,128	844,087	1.91	0.45
2058	45,773,853	848,725	1.89	0.45
2059	46,627,341	853,488	1.86	0.46
2060	47,485,579	858,238	1.84	0.47
2061	48,348,443	862,864	1.82	0.47
2062	49,215,488	867,045	1.79	0.48
2063	50,086,058	870,570	1.77	0.49
2064	50,959,315	873,257	1.74	0.50
2065	51,834,554	875,239	1.72	0.50
2066	52,711,361	876,807	1.69	0.51
2067	53,589,514	878,153	1.67	0.52
2068	54,468,799	879,285	1.64	0.52
2069	55,349,034	880,235	1.62	0.53
2070	56,230,033	880,999	1.59	0.54
2071	57,111,510	881,477	1.57	0.54
2072	57,993,115	881,605	1.54	0.55
2073	58,874,527	881,412	1.52	0.56
2074	59,755,428	880,901	1.50	0.57
2075	60,635,510	880,082	1.47	0.57
2076	61,514,427	878,917	1.45	0.58
2077	62,391,914	877,487	1.43	0.59
2078	63,267,867	875,953	1.40	0.59
2079	64,142,234	874,367	1.38	0.60
2080	65,014,875	872,641	1.36	0.61
2081	65,885,593	870,718	1.34	0.62
2082	66,753,965	868,372	1.32	0.62
2083	67,619,420	865,455	1.30	0.63
2084	68,481,237	861,817	1.27	0.64
2085	69,338,816	857,579	1.25	0.64
2086	70,191,783	852,967	1.23	0.65
2087	71,039,947	848,164	1.21	0.66
2088	71,883,133	843,186	1.19	0.67
2089	72,721,240	838,107	1.17	0.67
2090	73,554,125	832,885	1.15	0.68
2091	74,381,597	827,472	1.12	0.69
2092	75,203,383	821,786	1.10	0.69
2093	76,019,211	815,828	1.08	0.70
2094	76,828,802	809,591	1.06	0.71
2095	77,631,916	803,114	1.05	0.72
2096	78,428,394	796,478	1.03	0.72
2097	79,218,087	789,693	1.01	0.73
2098	80,000,947	782,860	0.99	0.74
2099	80,776,966	776,019	0.97	0.74
2100	81,546,200	769,234	0.95	0.75