Population in Zambia

Nearby in the ranking

59. Burkina Faso 23 million
60. Sri Lanka 23 million
61. Malawi 21.1 million
62. Zambia 20.7 million
63. Kazakhstan 20.3 million
64. Chile 19.7 million
65. Chad 19.3 million

More about Zambia

• Population growth
• Births per woman
• Typical age
• Living in cities
• Human Development Index
• Women’s vs men’s development
• People per household
• People over 65
• Children under 15
• Women’s age at first marriage
• Mothers’ age at first birth
• All figures for Zambia

About the data

Population by country, available from 10,000 BCE to 2023, based on data and estimates from different sources.

Unit

people

Years

1800–2023

Data as of

2026-09-28

Source

Our World in Data

License

CC BY 4.0

Credit

Our World in Data; HYDE (2023); Gapminder (2022); UN WPP (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data. CC BY 4.0