Zambia's Population Growth Rate: 2.9%

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The population of Zambia is estimated to be 20.0 million in 2023 using United Nations estimates.

Zambia's grew at 2.9% in the last year and is ranked the 22th most populated country in Africa, ahead of Chad.

Did you know that population data for Zambia is rated as E quality?

Zambia last conducted a national census in 2020 and 14% of births are recorded. Read more from the World Econcomics Population Data Quality Ratings and see how Zambia compares to other countries around the globe and in Africa.

Population Growth Rate: Zambia


Source: World Economics & United Nations
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Demographic Indicators: Zambia 2020 2021 2022 2023
Population Annual Growth Rate (%) 2.93 2.92 2.90 2.89
Total Population (Millions) 18.4 18.9 19.5 20.0
Unemployment Rate (%)



Latest data: Data
Age Dependency Ratio: Young (2020, %) 73.3
Age Dependency Ratio: Old (2020, %) 3.4
Age Dependency Ratio: Total (2020, %) 76.7
Last Census Year (Most recent value) 2020
Registration of Births (Most recent value, %) 14.0




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