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World Development Indicators

Population, total: Zambia

Most recent
21,913,874 (2025)
Earliest
3,153,729 (1960)
Highest
21,913,874 (2025)
Years reported
66
Member state
Zambia at the United Nations
012,500,00025,000,0001960: 3,153,7291961: 3,254,0861962: 3,358,0991963: 3,465,9071964: 3,577,0171965: 3,692,0861966: 3,812,0031967: 3,936,3431968: 4,065,5931969: 4,197,1161970: 4,321,7181971: 4,442,5251972: 4,569,3091973: 4,702,6931974: 4,842,7461975: 4,990,0861976: 5,143,8421977: 5,302,4801978: 5,465,3741979: 5,631,7281980: 5,802,8331981: 5,983,2891982: 6,178,6371983: 6,381,0381984: 6,580,4901985: 6,780,9531986: 6,986,4711987: 7,191,2821988: 7,391,4401989: 7,589,2161990: 7,786,1691991: 7,981,6501992: 8,176,6801993: 8,373,9211994: 8,576,2691995: 8,785,7631996: 9,004,0531997: 9,237,0631998: 9,482,4081999: 9,740,0052000: 10,017,6312001: 10,325,1852002: 10,647,9492003: 10,983,5952004: 11,338,1982005: 11,718,8192006: 12,129,5532007: 12,565,0852008: 13,021,3242009: 13,490,3892010: 13,965,5942011: 14,437,7962012: 14,913,6292013: 15,398,9972014: 15,895,3152015: 16,399,0892016: 16,914,4232017: 17,441,3202018: 17,973,5692019: 18,513,8392020: 19,059,3952021: 19,603,6072022: 20,152,9382023: 20,723,9652024: 21,314,9562025: 21,913,87419602025
Population, total, 1960–2025. Bars, not a line: a line drawn across a year the source does not report would invent an observation a reader could not tell from a measured one.

Every year reported

YearPopulation
202521,913,874
202421,314,956
202320,723,965
202220,152,938
202119,603,607
202019,059,395
201918,513,839
201817,973,569
201717,441,320
201616,914,423
201516,399,089
201415,895,315
201315,398,997
201214,913,629
201114,437,796
201013,965,594
200913,490,389
200813,021,324
200712,565,085
200612,129,553
200511,718,819
200411,338,198
200310,983,595
200210,647,949
200110,325,185
200010,017,631
19999,740,005
19989,482,408
19979,237,063
19969,004,053
19958,785,763
19948,576,269
19938,373,921
19928,176,680
19917,981,650
19907,786,169
19897,589,216
19887,391,440
19877,191,282
19866,986,471
19856,780,953
19846,580,490
19836,381,038
19826,178,637
19815,983,289
19805,802,833
19795,631,728
19785,465,374
19775,302,480
19765,143,842
19754,990,086
19744,842,746
19734,702,693
19724,569,309
19714,442,525
19704,321,718
19694,197,116
19684,065,593
19673,936,343
19663,812,003
19653,692,086
19643,577,017
19633,465,907
19623,358,099
19613,254,086
19603,153,729

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