The latest officially reported population of Slovenia was 2,126,324 in 2024 vs 21,314,956 people in Zambia in 2024. In 2025, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Slovenia's population is 2,124,696 people compared to 22,402,291 in Zambia.
Population statistics:
- Zambia's population is 10.5 times bigger than Slovenia's.
- Slovenia is ranked the 147th most populous country in the world, while Zambia is the 62nd.
- The countries together account for 0.3% of the world: 0.03% for Slovenia vs 0.27% for Zambia.
- For the last 10 years, Slovenia has had an average growth rate of +0.29% per year vs +3% in Zambia.
- Since 2005, the population of Slovenia has increased from 2M people to 2.12M (6.21% growth), while Zambia has grown from 11.7M to 22.4M (91.2% growth).
- Zambia is projected to reach its peak in 2100 at 64.5M people, while Slovenia's population already peaked in 2024 at 2.13M people and is projected to decrease to 1.64M people by 2100.
Slovenia vs Zambia: live population counter
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| Current population |
2124696
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22402291
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| Population rank | 147/197 | 62/197 |
| Percent of world population | 0.03% | 0.27% |
| One net population change |
1.49 hours
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53.4 seconds
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| One birth every |
31 minutes
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46 seconds
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| One death every |
24.3 minutes
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4.87 minutes
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| One migration net change every |
2.64 hours
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1.19 hours
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| Annual migration change | +3,319 | +7,381 |
| Daily growth/decline | +16 | +1,619 |
| Annual growth/decline | +5,863 | +590,991 |
| Annual growth/decline rate | +0.28% | +2.85% |
| Population growth rate rank | 151/197 | 22/197 |
Slovenia and Zambia: population history and growth rate by year chart
| Year | Population | Growth rate | ||
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| 1960 | 1,584,720 | 3,153,729 | - | - |
| 1961 | 1,594,131 | 3,254,086 | 0.59% | 3.18% |
| 1962 | 1,603,649 | 3,358,099 | 0.6% | 3.2% |
| 1963 | 1,616,971 | 3,465,907 | 0.83% | 3.21% |
| 1964 | 1,632,114 | 3,577,017 | 0.94% | 3.21% |
| 1965 | 1,649,160 | 3,692,086 | 1.04% | 3.22% |
| 1966 | 1,669,905 | 3,812,003 | 1.26% | 3.25% |
| 1967 | 1,689,528 | 3,936,343 | 1.18% | 3.26% |
| 1968 | 1,704,546 | 4,065,593 | 0.89% | 3.28% |
| 1969 | 1,713,874 | 4,197,116 | 0.55% | 3.24% |
| 1970 | 1,724,891 | 4,321,718 | 0.64% | 2.97% |
| 1971 | 1,738,335 | 4,442,525 | 0.78% | 2.8% |
| 1972 | 1,752,233 | 4,569,309 | 0.8% | 2.85% |
| 1973 | 1,766,697 | 4,702,693 | 0.83% | 2.92% |
| 1974 | 1,776,132 | 4,842,746 | 0.53% | 2.98% |
| 1975 | 1,793,581 | 4,990,086 | 0.98% | 3.04% |
| 1976 | 1,820,249 | 5,143,842 | 1.49% | 3.08% |
| 1977 | 1,842,377 | 5,302,480 | 1.22% | 3.08% |
| 1978 | 1,862,548 | 5,465,374 | 1.09% | 3.07% |
| 1979 | 1,882,599 | 5,631,728 | 1.08% | 3.04% |
| 1980 | 1,901,315 | 5,802,833 | 0.99% | 3.04% |
| 1981 | 1,906,531 | 5,983,289 | 0.27% | 3.11% |
| 1982 | 1,910,334 | 6,178,637 | 0.2% | 3.26% |
| 1983 | 1,922,321 | 6,381,038 | 0.63% | 3.28% |
| 1984 | 1,932,154 | 6,580,490 | 0.51% | 3.13% |
| 1985 | 1,941,641 | 6,780,953 | 0.49% | 3.05% |
| 1986 | 1,965,964 | 6,986,471 | 1.25% | 3.03% |
| 1987 | 1,989,776 | 7,191,282 | 1.21% | 2.93% |
| 1988 | 1,995,196 | 7,391,440 | 0.27% | 2.78% |
| 1989 | 1,996,351 | 7,589,216 | 0.06% | 2.68% |
| 1990 | 1,998,161 | 7,786,169 | 0.09% | 2.6% |
| 1991 | 1,999,429 | 7,981,650 | 0.06% | 2.51% |
| 1992 | 1,996,498 | 8,176,680 | -0.15% | 2.44% |
| 1993 | 1,991,746 | 8,373,921 | -0.24% | 2.41% |
| 1994 | 1,989,443 | 8,576,269 | -0.12% | 2.42% |
| 1995 | 1,989,872 | 8,785,763 | 0.02% | 2.44% |
| 1996 | 1,988,628 | 9,004,053 | -0.06% | 2.48% |
| 1997 | 1,985,956 | 9,237,063 | -0.13% | 2.59% |
| 1998 | 1,981,629 | 9,482,408 | -0.22% | 2.66% |
| 1999 | 1,983,045 | 9,740,005 | 0.07% | 2.72% |
| 2000 | 1,988,925 | 10,017,631 | 0.3% | 2.85% |
| 2001 | 1,992,060 | 10,325,185 | 0.16% | 3.07% |
| 2002 | 1,994,530 | 10,647,949 | 0.12% | 3.13% |
| 2003 | 1,995,733 | 10,983,595 | 0.06% | 3.15% |
| 2004 | 1,997,012 | 11,338,198 | 0.06% | 3.23% |
| 2005 | 2,000,474 | 11,718,819 | 0.17% | 3.36% |
| 2006 | 2,006,868 | 12,129,553 | 0.32% | 3.5% |
| 2007 | 2,018,122 | 12,565,085 | 0.56% | 3.59% |
| 2008 | 2,021,316 | 13,021,324 | 0.16% | 3.63% |
| 2009 | 2,039,669 | 13,490,389 | 0.91% | 3.6% |
| 2010 | 2,048,583 | 13,965,594 | 0.44% | 3.52% |
| 2011 | 2,052,843 | 14,437,796 | 0.21% | 3.38% |
| 2012 | 2,057,159 | 14,913,629 | 0.21% | 3.3% |
| 2013 | 2,059,953 | 15,398,997 | 0.14% | 3.25% |
| 2014 | 2,061,980 | 15,895,315 | 0.1% | 3.22% |
| 2015 | 2,063,531 | 16,399,089 | 0.08% | 3.17% |
| 2016 | 2,065,042 | 16,914,423 | 0.07% | 3.14% |
| 2017 | 2,066,388 | 17,441,320 | 0.07% | 3.12% |
| 2018 | 2,073,894 | 17,973,569 | 0.36% | 3.05% |
| 2019 | 2,088,385 | 18,513,839 | 0.7% | 3.01% |
| 2020 | 2,102,419 | 19,059,395 | 0.67% | 2.95% |
| 2021 | 2,108,079 | 19,603,607 | 0.27% | 2.86% |
| 2022 | 2,112,076 | 20,152,938 | 0.19% | 2.8% |
| 2023 | 2,120,461 | 20,723,965 | 0.4% | 2.83% |
| 2024 | 2,126,324 | 21,314,956 | 0.28% | 2.85% |
| 2025 | 2,124,696 | 21,913,869 | -0.08% | 2.81% |
| 2026 | 2,122,189 | 22,521,905 | -0.12% | 2.77% |
| 2027 | 2,119,145 | 23,138,716 | -0.14% | 2.74% |
| 2028 | 2,115,423 | 23,761,368 | -0.18% | 2.69% |
| 2029 | 2,111,105 | 24,389,681 | -0.2% | 2.64% |
| 2030 | 2,106,524 | 25,024,887 | -0.22% | 2.6% |
| 2031 | 2,101,619 | 25,666,496 | -0.23% | 2.56% |
| 2032 | 2,096,578 | 26,311,946 | -0.24% | 2.51% |
| 2033 | 2,091,480 | 26,960,073 | -0.24% | 2.46% |
| 2034 | 2,086,418 | 27,611,621 | -0.24% | 2.42% |
| 2035 | 2,081,306 | 28,266,887 | -0.25% | 2.37% |
| 2036 | 2,075,930 | 28,925,103 | -0.26% | 2.33% |
| 2037 | 2,070,284 | 29,583,482 | -0.27% | 2.28% |
| 2038 | 2,064,791 | 30,240,549 | -0.27% | 2.22% |
| 2039 | 2,059,470 | 30,895,586 | -0.26% | 2.17% |
| 2040 | 2,054,131 | 31,550,394 | -0.26% | 2.12% |
| 2041 | 2,048,670 | 32,204,340 | -0.27% | 2.07% |
| 2042 | 2,042,743 | 32,856,596 | -0.29% | 2.03% |
| 2043 | 2,036,503 | 33,510,500 | -0.31% | 1.99% |
| 2044 | 2,030,103 | 34,165,920 | -0.31% | 1.96% |
| 2045 | 2,023,552 | 34,821,101 | -0.32% | 1.92% |
| 2046 | 2,016,934 | 35,475,795 | -0.33% | 1.88% |
| 2047 | 2,010,203 | 36,129,270 | -0.33% | 1.84% |
| 2048 | 2,003,376 | 36,782,260 | -0.34% | 1.81% |
| 2049 | 1,996,286 | 37,434,667 | -0.35% | 1.77% |
| 2050 | 1,988,691 | 38,083,369 | -0.38% | 1.73% |
From 2005 to 2015, the population of Slovenia increased by 63,057 people (a 3.15% growth), while Zambia gained 4,680,270 people (a 39.9% growth).
For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Slovenia gained 61,165 (a 2.96% growth), while Zambia's population increased by 6,003,202 (a 36.6% growth).
Slovenia was ranked 142nd most populous country in 2005 and is 147th 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) Slovenia's population will shrink by 6.4% to 1,988,691 people with a rank change from 147th to 148th. The population of Zambia will increase by 70% to 38,083,369 people and rank change from 62nd to 53rd.
Biggest cities by population
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| City | Population |
| Ljubljana | 284K |
| Maribor | 96.2K |
| Kranj | 37.9K |
| Celje | 37.9K |
| Velenje | 25.6K |
| Novo Mesto | 24.2K |
| Nova Gorica | 13K |
| Izola | 11.7K |
| Murska Sobota | 11.2K |
| Piran | 3.79K |
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Population differences between Slovenia and Zambia
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| Life expectancy | 81.9 years | 66.7 years |
| Average age | 44 years | 22.6 years |
| Median age | 45.3 years | 18.8 years |
| Male:Female ratio | 50.2:49.8 | 49.5:50.5 |
| Fertility rate | 1.51 births per woman | 4.1 births per woman |
| Population density | 273.5 ppl/mi² | 74.3 ppl/mi² |
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