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Zambia: Population

Millions of people · 1800–2025 · 226 observations · forecasts to 2031 · pop

2025
21.9 millionpeople
Change on 2024
+2.8%year on year
Average growth, 2015–2025
+2.9%a year

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Recent values

Millions of people

YearValue
203125.7Forecast
203025.0Forecast
202924.4Forecast
202823.8Forecast
202723.1Forecast
202622.5Forecast
202521.9
202421.3
202320.7
202220.2
202119.6
202019.1
201918.5
201818.0
201717.4
201616.9

Sources

  • Federico & Tena-Junguito1800–1938
  • Gapminder1800–2023
  • Albers, Jerven & Suesse1900–2015
  • Fouquin & Hugot (CEPII)1950–2014
  • Maddison Project Database1950–2022
  • Penn World Table1955–2019
  • WDI (archive)1960–1997
  • World Development Indicators1960–2025
  • United Nations1970–2024
  • IMF World Economic Outlook1980–2024
  • Gapminder (forecast)2023–2030
  • IMF WEO (forecast)2024–2031

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Please cite: Müller, K., Xu, C., Lehbib, M., & Chen, Z. (2025). The Global Macro Database: A New International Macroeconomic Dataset. NBER Working Paper 33714. BibTeX →

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