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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Singapore	Zambia	Singapore	Zambia
1960	1,646,400	3,153,729	-	-
1961	1,702,400	3,254,086	3.4%	3.18%
1962	1,750,200	3,358,099	2.81%	3.2%
1963	1,795,000	3,465,907	2.56%	3.21%
1964	1,841,600	3,577,017	2.6%	3.21%
1965	1,886,900	3,692,086	2.46%	3.22%
1966	1,934,400	3,812,003	2.52%	3.25%
1967	1,977,600	3,936,343	2.23%	3.26%
1968	2,012,000	4,065,593	1.74%	3.28%
1969	2,042,500	4,197,116	1.52%	3.24%
1970	2,074,507	4,321,718	1.57%	2.97%
1971	2,112,900	4,442,525	1.85%	2.8%
1972	2,152,400	4,569,309	1.87%	2.85%
1973	2,193,000	4,702,693	1.89%	2.92%
1974	2,229,800	4,842,746	1.68%	2.98%
1975	2,262,600	4,990,086	1.47%	3.04%
1976	2,293,300	5,143,842	1.36%	3.08%
1977	2,325,300	5,302,480	1.4%	3.08%
1978	2,353,600	5,465,374	1.22%	3.07%
1979	2,383,500	5,631,728	1.27%	3.04%
1980	2,413,945	5,802,833	1.28%	3.04%
1981	2,532,835	5,983,289	4.93%	3.11%
1982	2,646,466	6,178,637	4.49%	3.26%
1983	2,681,061	6,381,038	1.31%	3.28%
1984	2,732,221	6,580,490	1.91%	3.13%
1985	2,735,957	6,780,953	0.14%	3.05%
1986	2,733,373	6,986,471	-0.09%	3.03%
1987	2,774,789	7,191,282	1.52%	2.93%
1988	2,846,108	7,391,440	2.57%	2.78%
1989	2,930,901	7,589,216	2.98%	2.68%
1990	3,047,132	7,786,169	3.97%	2.6%
1991	3,135,083	7,981,650	2.89%	2.51%
1992	3,230,698	8,176,680	3.05%	2.44%
1993	3,313,471	8,373,921	2.56%	2.41%
1994	3,419,048	8,576,269	3.19%	2.42%
1995	3,524,506	8,785,763	3.08%	2.44%
1996	3,670,704	9,004,053	4.15%	2.48%
1997	3,796,038	9,237,063	3.41%	2.59%
1998	3,927,213	9,482,408	3.46%	2.66%
1999	3,958,723	9,740,005	0.8%	2.72%
2000	4,027,887	10,017,631	1.75%	2.85%
2001	4,138,012	10,325,185	2.73%	3.07%
2002	4,175,950	10,647,949	0.92%	3.13%
2003	4,114,826	10,983,595	-1.46%	3.15%
2004	4,166,664	11,338,198	1.26%	3.23%
2005	4,265,762	11,718,819	2.38%	3.36%
2006	4,401,365	12,129,553	3.18%	3.5%
2007	4,588,599	12,565,085	4.25%	3.59%
2008	4,839,396	13,021,324	5.47%	3.63%
2009	4,987,573	13,490,389	3.06%	3.6%
2010	5,076,732	13,965,594	1.79%	3.52%
2011	5,183,688	14,437,796	2.11%	3.38%
2012	5,312,437	14,913,629	2.48%	3.3%
2013	5,399,162	15,398,997	1.63%	3.25%
2014	5,469,724	15,895,315	1.31%	3.22%
2015	5,535,002	16,399,089	1.19%	3.17%
2016	5,607,283	16,914,423	1.31%	3.14%
2017	5,612,253	17,441,320	0.09%	3.12%
2018	5,638,676	17,973,569	0.47%	3.05%
2019	5,703,569	18,513,839	1.15%	3.01%
2020	5,685,807	19,059,395	-0.31%	2.95%
2021	5,453,566	19,603,607	-4.08%	2.86%
2022	5,637,022	20,152,938	3.36%	2.8%
2023	5,917,648	20,723,965	4.98%	2.83%
2024	6,036,860	21,314,956	2.01%	2.85%
2025	6,076,565	21,913,869	0.66%	2.81%
2026	6,112,792	22,521,905	0.6%	2.77%
2027	6,147,775	23,138,716	0.57%	2.74%
2028	6,182,764	23,761,368	0.57%	2.69%
2029	6,214,576	24,389,681	0.51%	2.64%
2030	6,242,825	25,024,887	0.45%	2.6%
2031	6,270,800	25,666,496	0.45%	2.56%
2032	6,298,559	26,311,946	0.44%	2.51%
2033	6,325,401	26,960,073	0.43%	2.46%
2034	6,349,852	27,611,621	0.39%	2.42%
2035	6,368,948	28,266,887	0.3%	2.37%
2036	6,383,048	28,925,103	0.22%	2.33%
2037	6,394,813	29,583,482	0.18%	2.28%
2038	6,404,994	30,240,549	0.16%	2.22%
2039	6,411,057	30,895,586	0.09%	2.17%
2040	6,411,962	31,550,394	0.01%	2.12%
2041	6,408,383	32,204,340	-0.06%	2.07%
2042	6,402,235	32,856,596	-0.1%	2.03%
2043	6,394,872	33,510,500	-0.12%	1.99%
2044	6,384,418	34,165,920	-0.16%	1.96%
2045	6,372,013	34,821,101	-0.19%	1.92%
2046	6,358,982	35,475,795	-0.2%	1.88%
2047	6,343,000	36,129,270	-0.25%	1.84%
2048	6,327,523	36,782,260	-0.24%	1.81%
2049	6,312,515	37,434,667	-0.24%	1.77%
2050	6,294,905	38,083,369	-0.28%	1.73%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Singapore increased by 1,205,918 people (a 27.4% growth), while Zambia gained 4,784,870 people (a 39.4% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Singapore gained 505,891 (a 9.02% growth), while Zambia's population increased by 5,614,223 (a 33.2% growth).

Singapore was ranked 117th most populous country in 2006 and is 113th 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) Singapore's population will grow by 2.97% to 6,294,905 people with a rank change from 113th to 118th. The population of Zambia will increase by 69% to 38,083,369 people and rank change from 62nd to 53rd.