Population 21,913,874
people· 2025
Published observation
Over time Full published history Zambia 2025 · 21.91M
0 5.48M 10.96M 16.44M 21.91M 1960 1993 2025 1960: 3,153,729 1961: 3,254,086 1962: 3,358,099 1963: 3,465,907 1964: 3,577,017 1965: 3,692,086 1966: 3,812,003 1967: 3,936,343 1968: 4,065,593 1969: 4,197,116 1970: 4,321,718 1971: 4,442,525 1972: 4,569,309 1973: 4,702,693 1974: 4,842,746 1975: 4,990,086 1976: 5,143,842 1977: 5,302,480 1978: 5,465,374 1979: 5,631,728 1980: 5,802,833 1981: 5,983,289 1982: 6,178,637 1983: 6,381,038 1984: 6,580,490 1985: 6,780,953 1986: 6,986,471 1987: 7,191,282 1988: 7,391,440 1989: 7,589,216 1990: 7,786,169 1991: 7,981,650 1992: 8,176,680 1993: 8,373,921 1994: 8,576,269 1995: 8,785,763 1996: 9,004,053 1997: 9,237,063 1998: 9,482,408 1999: 9,740,005 2000: 10,017,631 2001: 10,325,185 2002: 10,647,949 2003: 10,983,595 2004: 11,338,198 2005: 11,718,819 2006: 12,129,553 2007: 12,565,085 2008: 13,021,324 2009: 13,490,389 2010: 13,965,594 2011: 14,437,796 2012: 14,913,629 2013: 15,398,997 2014: 15,895,315 2015: 16,399,089 2016: 16,914,423 2017: 17,441,320 2018: 17,973,569 2019: 18,513,839 2020: 19,059,395 2021: 19,603,607 2022: 20,152,938 2023: 20,723,965 2024: 21,314,956 2025: 21,913,874 Total population is based on the de facto definition of population, which counts all residents regardless of legal status or citizenship. The values shown are midyear estimates.
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