# Population in Zambia

Population in Zambia was 21.91 million in 2025. Source: World Bank.

- Indicator id: `population`
- Place id: `zm`
- Unit: persons
- Definition: Resident population. Spain and the EU: 1 January, with Spanish figures from the official municipal register (Padrón). United States: Census Bureau population estimates for 1 July. Other countries and the World: World Bank mid-year estimates, which count all residents regardless of legal status or citizenship.
- Note: For Denmark, Statistics Denmark counts the registered resident population on 1 January. Greenland and the Faroe Islands are excluded. The annual series selects the first-quarter reference date from FOLK1A. The World Bank series exists for every country, so use it (through compare) to rank countries on one basis.
- Source: World Bank, Population, total (SP.POP.TOTL) (https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SP.POP.TOTL)
- Retrieved: 2026-10-09
- License: CC BY 4.0 (commercial and non-commercial reuse, attribution required)
- Citation: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Population, total (SP.POP.TOTL). https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SP.POP.TOTL. Retrieved 2026-10-09.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/en/population/zambia
- CSV: https://invokely.ai/download/population/zambia.csv
- API: https://invokely.ai/api/v1/series?indicator=population&place=zm

| Period | persons |
|---|---:|
| 2025 | 21,913,874 |
| 2024 | 21,314,956 |
| 2023 | 20,723,965 |
| 2022 | 20,152,938 |
| 2021 | 19,603,607 |
| 2020 | 19,059,395 |
| 2019 | 18,513,839 |
| 2018 | 17,973,569 |
| 2017 | 17,441,320 |
| 2016 | 16,914,423 |
| 2015 | 16,399,089 |
| 2014 | 15,895,315 |
| 2013 | 15,398,997 |
| 2012 | 14,913,629 |
| 2011 | 14,437,796 |
| 2010 | 13,965,594 |
| 2009 | 13,490,389 |
| 2008 | 13,021,324 |
| 2007 | 12,565,085 |
| 2006 | 12,129,553 |
| 2005 | 11,718,819 |
| 2004 | 11,338,198 |
| 2003 | 10,983,595 |
| 2002 | 10,647,949 |
| 2001 | 10,325,185 |
| 2000 | 10,017,631 |
| 1999 | 9,740,005 |
| 1998 | 9,482,408 |
| 1997 | 9,237,063 |
| 1996 | 9,004,053 |
| 1995 | 8,785,763 |
| 1994 | 8,576,269 |
| 1993 | 8,373,921 |
| 1992 | 8,176,680 |
| 1991 | 7,981,650 |
| 1990 | 7,786,169 |
| 1989 | 7,589,216 |
| 1988 | 7,391,440 |
| 1987 | 7,191,282 |
| 1986 | 6,986,471 |
| 1985 | 6,780,953 |
| 1984 | 6,580,490 |
| 1983 | 6,381,038 |
| 1982 | 6,178,637 |
| 1981 | 5,983,289 |
| 1980 | 5,802,833 |
| 1979 | 5,631,728 |
| 1978 | 5,465,374 |
| 1977 | 5,302,480 |
| 1976 | 5,143,842 |
| 1975 | 4,990,086 |
| 1974 | 4,842,746 |
| 1973 | 4,702,693 |
| 1972 | 4,569,309 |
| 1971 | 4,442,525 |
| 1970 | 4,321,718 |
| 1969 | 4,197,116 |
| 1968 | 4,065,593 |
| 1967 | 3,936,343 |
| 1966 | 3,812,003 |
| 1965 | 3,692,086 |
| 1964 | 3,577,017 |
| 1963 | 3,465,907 |
| 1962 | 3,358,099 |
| 1961 | 3,254,086 |
| 1960 | 3,153,729 |