Zambia - Population in largest city

Population in largest city

The value for Population in largest city in Zambia was 2,905,993 as of 2021. As the graph below shows, over the past 61 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 2,905,993 in 2021 and a minimum value of 98,968 in 1960.

Definition: Population in largest city is the urban population living in the country's largest metropolitan area.

Source: United Nations, World Urbanization Prospects.

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Year Value
1960 98,968
1961 106,863
1962 115,399
1963 125,639
1964 141,668
1965 159,690
1966 180,034
1967 202,970
1968 228,866
1969 257,980
1970 277,523
1971 296,229
1972 316,224
1973 337,509
1974 360,259
1975 384,542
1976 410,498
1977 438,128
1978 467,660
1979 499,183
1980 532,878
1981 553,203
1982 572,857
1983 593,210
1984 614,316
1985 636,111
1986 658,712
1987 682,115
1988 706,384
1989 731,445
1990 757,433
1991 784,302
1992 812,155
1993 840,918
1994 870,740
1995 901,621
1996 933,641
1997 966,706
1998 1,000,989
1999 1,036,489
2000 1,073,299
2001 1,121,302
2002 1,176,111
2003 1,233,599
2004 1,293,983
2005 1,357,143
2006 1,423,481
2007 1,493,061
2008 1,566,144
2009 1,642,590
2010 1,722,879
2011 1,807,094
2012 1,895,425
2013 1,988,075
2014 2,085,252
2015 2,187,180
2016 2,294,091
2017 2,406,227
2018 2,523,844
2019 2,646,619
2020 2,774,133
2021 2,905,993

Population in the largest city (% of urban population)

Population in the largest city (% of urban population) in Zambia was 33.98 as of 2021. Its highest value over the past 61 years was 33.98 in 2021, while its lowest value was 17.76 in 1960.

Definition: Population in largest city is the percentage of a country's urban population living in that country's largest metropolitan area.

Source: United Nations, World Urbanization Prospects.

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Year Value
1960 17.76
1961 17.82
1962 17.89
1963 18.05
1964 18.58
1965 19.14
1966 19.73
1967 20.35
1968 21.01
1969 21.71
1970 21.88
1971 21.95
1972 22.03
1973 22.10
1974 22.18
1975 22.27
1976 22.37
1977 22.48
1978 22.61
1979 22.74
1980 22.87
1981 22.92
1982 22.97
1983 23.02
1984 23.09
1985 23.17
1986 23.27
1987 23.39
1988 23.53
1989 23.71
1990 23.92
1991 24.39
1992 24.95
1993 25.54
1994 26.13
1995 26.71
1996 27.28
1997 27.84
1998 28.41
1999 28.99
2000 29.61
2001 29.96
2002 30.22
2003 30.48
2004 30.75
2005 31.01
2006 31.27
2007 31.52
2008 31.77
2009 31.98
2010 32.18
2011 32.34
2012 32.47
2013 32.59
2014 32.72
2015 32.87
2016 33.04
2017 33.22
2018 33.42
2019 33.62
2020 33.81
2021 33.98

Classification

Topic: Environment Indicators

Sub-Topic: Density & urbanization