Homo sapiens; growth slowing toward a projected peak
Africa · Eastern Africa
Zambia is recorded at 21.31m people in 2024, with total annual change of +594,815 under the WPP medium variant.
Zambia observed 2023 population pyramid, grouped into five broad age bands from WPP single-age male and female arrays.
Population identity: births minus deaths plus net migration equals total change within the Record tolerance.
| Births | 697,518 |
|---|---|
| Deaths | -110,084 |
| Natural change | +587,434 |
| Net migration | +7,381 |
| Total change | +594,815 |
Change from 2024 to the WPP medium-variant 2100 endpoint.
| This year | +594,815 |
|---|---|
| Since peak | -43,158,960 since 2100 |
| Projected 2100 | 64.47m |
Current-rate extrapolation, not a forecast; WPP medium-variant projections remain the page baseline.
foreign-born; working-age share is not published in IMS 2024.
No reviewed Layer 2 dispatch is attached to this country record.
WPP single-age population by sex, rendered as 5-year pyramid bands from the 101-bin canonical arrays.
Zambia 2023 pyramid: male and female single-age arrays cover 101 age bins; ages 0-14 8.69m, ages 15-64 11.64m, ages 65+ 393.5k.
Zambia 2050 pyramid: male and female single-age arrays cover 101 age bins; ages 0-14 12.18m, ages 15-64 24.07m, ages 65+ 1.83m.
Zambia 2100 pyramid: male and female single-age arrays cover 101 age bins; ages 0-14 13.87m, ages 15-64 41.43m, ages 65+ 9.18m.
Stage since 2024.
First year deaths exceed births, if reached in the series.
Potential support ratio: ages 15-64 per person aged 65+. Working-age peak: 2100.
Generated 2026-06-26. Last observed year: 2023.
| Year | Population | Change | Births | Deaths | TFR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 21.31m | 594,815 | 697.5k | 110.1k | 4.04 |
| 2030 | 25.02m | 638,560 | 761.9k | 126.1k | 3.67 |
| 2050 | 38.08m | 646,207 | 880.9k | 214.7k | 2.81 |
| 2080 | 55.97m | 513,800 | 951.5k | 415.7k | 2.28 |
| 2100 | 64.47m | 332,935 | 925.6k | 562.6k | 2.08 |