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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Germany	Zambia	Germany	Zambia
1960	72,814,900	3,153,729	-	-
1961	73,377,632	3,254,086	0.77%	3.18%
1962	74,025,784	3,358,099	0.88%	3.2%
1963	74,714,353	3,465,907	0.93%	3.21%
1964	75,318,337	3,577,017	0.81%	3.21%
1965	75,963,695	3,692,086	0.86%	3.22%
1966	76,600,311	3,812,003	0.84%	3.25%
1967	76,951,336	3,936,343	0.46%	3.26%
1968	77,294,314	4,065,593	0.45%	3.28%
1969	77,909,682	4,197,116	0.8%	3.24%
1970	78,169,289	4,321,718	0.33%	2.97%
1971	78,312,842	4,442,525	0.18%	2.8%
1972	78,688,452	4,569,309	0.48%	2.85%
1973	78,936,666	4,702,693	0.32%	2.92%
1974	78,967,433	4,842,746	0.04%	2.98%
1975	78,673,554	4,990,086	-0.37%	3.04%
1976	78,336,950	5,143,842	-0.43%	3.08%
1977	78,159,814	5,302,480	-0.23%	3.08%
1978	78,091,820	5,465,374	-0.09%	3.07%
1979	78,126,350	5,631,728	0.04%	3.04%
1980	78,288,576	5,802,833	0.21%	3.04%
1981	78,407,907	5,983,289	0.15%	3.11%
1982	78,333,366	6,178,637	-0.1%	3.26%
1983	78,128,282	6,381,038	-0.26%	3.28%
1984	77,858,685	6,580,490	-0.35%	3.13%
1985	77,684,873	6,780,953	-0.22%	3.05%
1986	77,720,436	6,986,471	0.05%	3.03%
1987	77,839,920	7,191,282	0.15%	2.93%
1988	78,144,619	7,391,440	0.39%	2.78%
1989	78,751,283	7,589,216	0.78%	2.68%
1990	79,433,029	7,786,169	0.87%	2.6%
1991	80,013,896	7,981,650	0.73%	2.51%
1992	80,624,598	8,176,680	0.76%	2.44%
1993	81,156,363	8,373,921	0.66%	2.41%
1994	81,438,348	8,576,269	0.35%	2.42%
1995	81,678,051	8,785,763	0.29%	2.44%
1996	81,914,831	9,004,053	0.29%	2.48%
1997	82,034,771	9,237,063	0.15%	2.59%
1998	82,047,195	9,482,408	0.02%	2.66%
1999	82,100,243	9,740,005	0.06%	2.72%
2000	82,211,508	10,017,631	0.14%	2.85%
2001	82,349,925	10,325,185	0.17%	3.07%
2002	82,488,495	10,647,949	0.17%	3.13%
2003	82,534,176	10,983,595	0.06%	3.15%
2004	82,516,260	11,338,198	-0.02%	3.23%
2005	82,469,422	11,718,819	-0.06%	3.36%
2006	82,376,451	12,129,553	-0.11%	3.5%
2007	82,266,372	12,565,085	-0.13%	3.59%
2008	82,110,097	13,021,324	-0.19%	3.63%
2009	81,902,307	13,490,389	-0.25%	3.6%
2010	81,776,930	13,965,594	-0.15%	3.52%
2011	80,274,983	14,437,796	-1.84%	3.38%
2012	80,425,823	14,913,629	0.19%	3.3%
2013	80,645,605	15,398,997	0.27%	3.25%
2014	80,982,500	15,895,315	0.42%	3.22%
2015	81,686,611	16,399,089	0.87%	3.17%
2016	82,348,669	16,914,423	0.81%	3.14%
2017	82,657,002	17,441,320	0.37%	3.12%
2018	82,905,782	17,973,569	0.3%	3.05%
2019	83,092,962	18,513,839	0.23%	3.01%
2020	83,160,871	19,059,395	0.08%	2.95%
2021	83,196,078	19,603,607	0.04%	2.86%
2022	83,177,813	20,152,938	-0.02%	2.8%
2023	83,287,273	20,723,965	0.13%	2.83%
2024	83,516,593	21,314,956	0.28%	2.85%
2025	83,045,276	21,913,869	-0.56%	2.81%
2026	82,619,736	22,521,905	-0.51%	2.77%
2027	82,420,656	23,138,716	-0.24%	2.74%
2028	82,209,650	23,761,368	-0.26%	2.69%
2029	81,988,746	24,389,681	-0.27%	2.64%
2030	81,767,011	25,024,887	-0.27%	2.6%
2031	81,541,291	25,666,496	-0.28%	2.56%
2032	81,315,327	26,311,946	-0.28%	2.51%
2033	81,094,150	26,960,073	-0.27%	2.46%
2034	80,879,704	27,611,621	-0.26%	2.42%
2035	80,669,570	28,266,887	-0.26%	2.37%
2036	80,445,835	28,925,103	-0.28%	2.33%
2037	80,222,108	29,583,482	-0.28%	2.28%
2038	80,001,936	30,240,549	-0.27%	2.22%
2039	79,780,699	30,895,586	-0.28%	2.17%
2040	79,565,092	31,550,394	-0.27%	2.12%
2041	79,361,541	32,204,340	-0.26%	2.07%
2042	79,167,400	32,856,596	-0.24%	2.03%
2043	78,962,964	33,510,500	-0.26%	1.99%
2044	78,743,160	34,165,920	-0.28%	1.96%
2045	78,518,131	34,821,101	-0.29%	1.92%
2046	78,293,579	35,475,795	-0.29%	1.88%
2047	78,066,226	36,129,270	-0.29%	1.84%
2048	77,826,011	36,782,260	-0.31%	1.81%
2049	77,578,876	37,434,667	-0.32%	1.77%
2050	77,335,610	38,083,369	-0.31%	1.73%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Germany decreased by 27,782 people (a 0.03% decline), while Zambia gained 4,784,870 people (a 39.4% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Germany gained 271,067 (a 0.33% growth), while Zambia's population increased by 5,614,223 (a 33.2% growth).

Germany was ranked 14th most populous country in 2006 and is 19th in 2026. Zambia was ranked 71st in 2006 and ranked 62nd now.

The UN's World Population Prospects forecasts that with changing growth rate trends in 24 years (in 2050) Germany's population will shrink by 6.4% to 77,335,610 people with a rank change from 19th to 24th. The population of Zambia will increase by 69% to 38,083,369 people and rank change from 62nd to 53rd.