Zambia — Population

millions · Annual · 1800–2030 · 231 observations

About this series

Population is the estimated number of people in a country at the series' reference date. This series reports that count in millions.

For Zambia, the population reading stood at 21.91M people in 2025. Against 21.31M people in 2024, the period change was +2.81%.

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Latest observations

2000–2030

PeriodValue
203025.02M people
202924.42M people
202823.82M people
202723.11M people
202622.51M people
15 earlier values
202521.91M people
202421.31M people
202320.72M people
202220.15M people
202119.60M people
202019.06M people
201918.51M people
201817.97M people
201717.44M people
201616.91M people
201516.40M people
201415.90M people
201315.40M people
201214.91M people
201114.44M people

Values before 2011, back to 2000, are on the chart — hover to read them.

Data release 2026_08_27_1049, published 30 Sept 2026.