Zambia - Population

Population, total

The value for Population, total in Zambia was 12,927,000 as of 2010. As the graph below shows, over the past 50 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 12,927,000 in 2010 and a minimum value of 3,044,733 in 1960.

Definition: Total population is based on the de facto definition of population, which counts all residents regardless of legal status or citizenship--except for refugees not permanently settled in the country of asylum, who are generally considered part of the population of their country of origin. The values shown are midyear estimates.

Source: (1) United Nations Population Division. World Population Prospects, (2) United Nations Statistical Division. Population and Vital Statistics Reprot (various years), (3) Census reports and other statistical publications from national statistical offices, (4) Eurostat: Demographic Statistics, (5) Secretariat of the Pacific Community: Statistics and Demography Programme, and (6) U.S. Census Bureau: International Database.

See also:

Year Value
1960 3,044,733
1961 3,134,831
1962 3,229,329
1963 3,328,063
1964 3,430,747
1965 3,537,265
1966 3,647,470
1967 3,761,707
1968 3,880,914
1969 4,006,340
1970 4,138,837
1971 4,278,863
1972 4,426,079
1973 4,579,560
1974 4,737,942
1975 4,900,255
1976 5,066,012
1977 5,235,519
1978 5,409,528
1979 5,589,172
1980 5,775,165
1981 5,967,511
1982 6,165,560
1983 6,368,542
1984 6,575,403
1985 6,785,211
1986 6,998,307
1987 7,214,499
1988 7,431,752
1989 7,647,450
1990 7,860,053
1991 8,067,972
1992 8,272,498
1993 8,478,471
1994 8,692,599
1995 8,919,456
1996 9,161,931
1997 9,418,120
1998 9,682,058
1999 9,945,115
2000 10,201,560
2001 10,449,830
2002 10,693,470
2003 10,938,260
2004 11,192,420
2005 11,462,370
2006 11,750,110
2007 12,055,380
2008 12,379,610
2009 12,723,750
2010 12,927,000

Population, female (% of total)

Population, female (% of total) in Zambia was 49.89 as of 2010. Its highest value over the past 50 years was 50.33 in 1962, while its lowest value was 49.89 in 2010.

Definition: Female population is the percentage of the population that is female. Population is based on the de facto definition of population.

Source: The United Nations Population Division's World Population Prospects.

See also:

Year Value
1960 50.33
1961 50.33
1962 50.33
1963 50.33
1964 50.33
1965 50.33
1966 50.33
1967 50.32
1968 50.32
1969 50.32
1970 50.32
1971 50.32
1972 50.31
1973 50.31
1974 50.31
1975 50.31
1976 50.30
1977 50.30
1978 50.30
1979 50.29
1980 50.29
1981 50.29
1982 50.28
1983 50.28
1984 50.28
1985 50.28
1986 50.28
1987 50.28
1988 50.28
1989 50.28
1990 50.27
1991 50.27
1992 50.26
1993 50.25
1994 50.24
1995 50.22
1996 50.20
1997 50.18
1998 50.16
1999 50.14
2000 50.11
2001 50.09
2002 50.06
2003 50.03
2004 50.00
2005 49.97
2006 49.95
2007 49.93
2008 49.92
2009 49.90
2010 49.89

Classification

Topic: Health Indicators

Sub-Topic: Population