Zambia's population rose from 9M in 1996 to 21.9M in 2025.
Zambia · Population & demographics
Size, growth, ages, births, deaths, urbanisation and migration.
23 indicators · 23 with data
Zambia's population growth rose from 2.5 % in 1996 to 2.8 % in 2025.
Zambia's population density rose from 11.5 in 1994 to 27.9 in 2023.
Zambia's population, female (% of total) fell from 51.8 % in 1996 to 50.5 % in 2025.
Zambia's urbanisation rose from 38.0 % in 1996 to 45.9 % in 2025.
Zambia's urban population rose from 3.42M in 1996 to 10.1M in 2025.
Zambia's rural population rose from 5.58M in 1996 to 11.9M in 2025.
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- Fertilitydown −1.6 %25th of 217
- Birth rate, crudedown −1.1 %19th of 217
- Death rate, crudedown −0.8 %188th of 217
- Adolescent fertility ratedown −0.4 %207th of 217
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- Median ageup +0.2 yrs202nd of 216
- Children (0–14)down −0.5 pts18th of 217
- Working age (15–64)up +0.4 pts191st of 217
- Seniors (65+)up +0.1 pts215th of 217
- Age dependency ratiodown −1.3 pts27th of 217
- Old-age dependency ratioup +0.1 pts215th of 217
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- Net migrationdown −11.1 %47th of 217
- Migrant stockup +0.2 pts170th of 216
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- Refugees hostedup +9.5 %55th of 178
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- Life expectancyup +0.2 yrs181st of 217
- Life expectancy at birth, femaleup +0.2 yrs183rd of 217
- Life expectancy at birth, maleup +0.2 yrs180th of 217