Population in Angola compared to Zambia: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Angola and Zambia: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Angola	Zambia	Angola	Zambia
1960	5,231,654	3,153,729	-	-
1961	5,301,583	3,254,086	1.34%	3.18%
1962	5,354,310	3,358,099	0.99%	3.2%
1963	5,408,320	3,465,907	1.01%	3.21%
1964	5,464,187	3,577,017	1.03%	3.21%
1965	5,521,981	3,692,086	1.06%	3.22%
1966	5,581,386	3,812,003	1.08%	3.25%
1967	5,641,807	3,936,343	1.08%	3.26%
1968	5,702,699	4,065,593	1.08%	3.28%
1969	5,763,685	4,197,116	1.07%	3.24%
1970	5,852,788	4,321,718	1.55%	2.97%
1971	5,991,102	4,442,525	2.36%	2.8%
1972	6,174,262	4,569,309	3.06%	2.85%
1973	6,388,528	4,702,693	3.47%	2.92%
1974	6,613,367	4,842,746	3.52%	2.98%
1975	6,842,947	4,990,086	3.47%	3.04%
1976	7,074,664	5,143,842	3.39%	3.08%
1977	7,317,829	5,302,480	3.44%	3.08%
1978	7,576,734	5,465,374	3.54%	3.07%
1979	7,847,207	5,631,728	3.57%	3.04%
1980	8,133,872	5,802,833	3.65%	3.04%
1981	8,435,607	5,983,289	3.71%	3.11%
1982	8,751,648	6,178,637	3.75%	3.26%
1983	9,082,983	6,381,038	3.79%	3.28%
1984	9,425,917	6,580,490	3.78%	3.13%
1985	9,779,120	6,780,953	3.75%	3.05%
1986	10,139,450	6,986,471	3.68%	3.03%
1987	10,497,858	7,191,282	3.53%	2.93%
1988	10,861,291	7,391,440	3.46%	2.78%
1989	11,238,562	7,589,216	3.47%	2.68%
1990	11,626,360	7,786,169	3.45%	2.6%
1991	12,023,529	7,981,650	3.42%	2.51%
1992	12,423,712	8,176,680	3.33%	2.44%
1993	12,827,135	8,373,921	3.25%	2.41%
1994	13,249,764	8,576,269	3.29%	2.42%
1995	13,699,778	8,785,763	3.4%	2.44%
1996	14,170,973	9,004,053	3.44%	2.48%
1997	14,660,413	9,237,063	3.45%	2.59%
1998	15,159,370	9,482,408	3.4%	2.66%
1999	15,667,235	9,740,005	3.35%	2.72%
2000	16,194,869	10,017,631	3.37%	2.85%
2001	16,747,208	10,325,185	3.41%	3.07%
2002	17,327,699	10,647,949	3.47%	3.13%
2003	17,943,712	10,983,595	3.56%	3.15%
2004	18,600,423	11,338,198	3.66%	3.23%
2005	19,291,161	11,718,819	3.71%	3.36%
2006	20,015,279	12,129,553	3.75%	3.5%
2007	20,778,561	12,565,085	3.81%	3.59%
2008	21,578,655	13,021,324	3.85%	3.63%
2009	22,414,773	13,490,389	3.87%	3.6%
2010	23,294,825	13,965,594	3.93%	3.52%
2011	24,218,352	14,437,796	3.96%	3.38%
2012	25,177,394	14,913,629	3.96%	3.3%
2013	26,165,620	15,398,997	3.93%	3.25%
2014	27,160,769	15,895,315	3.8%	3.22%
2015	28,157,798	16,399,089	3.67%	3.17%
2016	29,183,070	16,914,423	3.64%	3.14%
2017	30,234,839	17,441,320	3.6%	3.12%
2018	31,297,155	17,973,569	3.51%	3.05%
2019	32,375,632	18,513,839	3.45%	3.01%
2020	33,451,132	19,059,395	3.32%	2.95%
2021	34,532,429	19,603,607	3.23%	2.86%
2022	35,635,029	20,152,938	3.19%	2.8%
2023	36,749,906	20,723,965	3.13%	2.83%
2024	37,885,849	21,314,956	3.09%	2.85%
2025	39,040,029	21,913,869	3.05%	2.81%
2026	40,215,174	22,521,905	3.01%	2.77%
2027	41,415,119	23,138,716	2.98%	2.74%
2028	42,641,677	23,761,368	2.96%	2.69%
2029	43,891,847	24,389,681	2.93%	2.64%
2030	45,160,453	25,024,887	2.89%	2.6%
2031	46,449,962	25,666,496	2.86%	2.56%
2032	47,759,505	26,311,946	2.82%	2.51%
2033	49,091,470	26,960,073	2.79%	2.46%
2034	50,447,449	27,611,621	2.76%	2.42%
2035	51,821,711	28,266,887	2.72%	2.37%
2036	53,215,935	28,925,103	2.69%	2.33%
2037	54,625,858	29,583,482	2.65%	2.28%
2038	56,053,776	30,240,549	2.61%	2.22%
2039	57,501,906	30,895,586	2.58%	2.17%
2040	58,965,319	31,550,394	2.54%	2.12%
2041	60,441,178	32,204,340	2.5%	2.07%
2042	61,927,899	32,856,596	2.46%	2.03%
2043	63,430,872	33,510,500	2.43%	1.99%
2044	64,945,294	34,165,920	2.39%	1.96%
2045	66,464,320	34,821,101	2.34%	1.92%
2046	68,000,587	35,475,795	2.31%	1.88%
2047	69,554,157	36,129,270	2.28%	1.84%
2048	71,118,776	36,782,260	2.25%	1.81%
2049	72,701,379	37,434,667	2.23%	1.77%
2050	74,295,387	38,083,369	2.19%	1.73%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Angola increased by 8,866,637 people (a 46% growth), while Zambia gained 4,680,270 people (a 39.9% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Angola gained 11,826,199 (a 42% growth), while Zambia's population increased by 6,003,202 (a 36.6% growth).

Angola was ranked 56th most populous country in 2005 and is 39th in 2025. Zambia was ranked 71st in 2005 and ranked 62nd now.

The UN's World Population Prospects forecasts that with changing growth rate trends in 25 years (in 2050) Angola's population will grow by 85.8% to 74,295,387 people with a rank change from 39th to 27th. The population of Zambia will increase by 70% to 38,083,369 people and rank change from 62nd to 53rd.