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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Thailand	Zambia	Thailand	Zambia
1960	26,851,747	3,153,729	-	-
1961	27,650,334	3,254,086	2.97%	3.18%
1962	28,481,040	3,358,099	3%	3.2%
1963	29,342,322	3,465,907	3.02%	3.21%
1964	30,232,141	3,577,017	3.03%	3.21%
1965	31,149,337	3,692,086	3.03%	3.22%
1966	32,086,071	3,812,003	3.01%	3.25%
1967	33,037,801	3,936,343	2.97%	3.26%
1968	34,002,560	4,065,593	2.92%	3.28%
1969	34,973,782	4,197,116	2.86%	3.24%
1970	35,954,408	4,321,718	2.8%	2.97%
1971	36,937,387	4,442,525	2.73%	2.8%
1972	37,933,929	4,569,309	2.7%	2.85%
1973	38,947,787	4,702,693	2.67%	2.92%
1974	39,952,891	4,842,746	2.58%	2.98%
1975	40,940,005	4,990,086	2.47%	3.04%
1976	41,896,504	5,143,842	2.34%	3.08%
1977	42,843,974	5,302,480	2.26%	3.08%
1978	43,788,976	5,465,374	2.21%	3.07%
1979	44,718,434	5,631,728	2.12%	3.04%
1980	45,650,022	5,802,833	2.08%	3.04%
1981	46,575,855	5,983,289	2.03%	3.11%
1982	47,494,577	6,178,637	1.97%	3.26%
1983	48,423,309	6,381,038	1.96%	3.28%
1984	49,351,708	6,580,490	1.92%	3.13%
1985	50,270,753	6,780,953	1.86%	3.05%
1986	51,177,834	6,986,471	1.8%	3.03%
1987	52,074,105	7,191,282	1.75%	2.93%
1988	52,969,595	7,391,440	1.72%	2.78%
1989	53,848,956	7,589,216	1.66%	2.68%
1990	54,738,329	7,786,169	1.65%	2.6%
1991	55,637,434	7,981,650	1.64%	2.51%
1992	56,528,834	8,176,680	1.6%	2.44%
1993	57,408,198	8,373,921	1.56%	2.41%
1994	58,260,854	8,576,269	1.49%	2.42%
1995	59,098,232	8,785,763	1.44%	2.44%
1996	59,920,064	9,004,053	1.39%	2.48%
1997	60,724,584	9,237,063	1.34%	2.59%
1998	61,522,630	9,482,408	1.31%	2.66%
1999	62,299,043	9,740,005	1.26%	2.72%
2000	63,007,815	10,017,631	1.14%	2.85%
2001	63,651,141	10,325,185	1.02%	3.07%
2002	64,266,437	10,647,949	0.97%	3.13%
2003	64,868,166	10,983,595	0.94%	3.15%
2004	65,452,047	11,338,198	0.9%	3.23%
2005	66,017,420	11,718,819	0.86%	3.36%
2006	66,567,687	12,129,553	0.83%	3.5%
2007	67,102,394	12,565,085	0.8%	3.59%
2008	67,619,830	13,021,324	0.77%	3.63%
2009	68,121,080	13,490,389	0.74%	3.6%
2010	68,579,447	13,965,594	0.67%	3.52%
2011	69,007,208	14,437,796	0.62%	3.38%
2012	69,436,098	14,913,629	0.62%	3.3%
2013	69,845,114	15,398,997	0.59%	3.25%
2014	70,216,367	15,895,315	0.53%	3.22%
2015	70,540,795	16,399,089	0.46%	3.17%
2016	70,859,841	16,914,423	0.45%	3.14%
2017	71,160,187	17,441,320	0.42%	3.12%
2018	71,376,079	17,973,569	0.3%	3.05%
2019	71,522,271	18,513,839	0.2%	3.01%
2020	71,641,484	19,059,395	0.17%	2.95%
2021	71,727,332	19,603,607	0.12%	2.86%
2022	71,735,329	20,152,938	0.01%	2.8%
2023	71,702,435	20,723,965	-0.05%	2.83%
2024	71,668,011	21,314,956	-0.05%	2.85%
2025	71,619,867	21,913,869	-0.07%	2.81%
2026	71,559,621	22,521,905	-0.08%	2.77%
2027	71,488,156	23,138,716	-0.1%	2.74%
2028	71,406,996	23,761,368	-0.11%	2.69%
2029	71,316,195	24,389,681	-0.13%	2.64%
2030	71,215,017	25,024,887	-0.14%	2.6%
2031	71,104,025	25,666,496	-0.16%	2.56%
2032	70,982,286	26,311,946	-0.17%	2.51%
2033	70,847,947	26,960,073	-0.19%	2.46%
2034	70,701,651	27,611,621	-0.21%	2.42%
2035	70,540,884	28,266,887	-0.23%	2.37%
2036	70,366,496	28,925,103	-0.25%	2.33%
2037	70,180,031	29,583,482	-0.26%	2.28%
2038	69,979,034	30,240,549	-0.29%	2.22%
2039	69,763,928	30,895,586	-0.31%	2.17%
2040	69,535,003	31,550,394	-0.33%	2.12%
2041	69,288,477	32,204,340	-0.35%	2.07%
2042	69,025,348	32,856,596	-0.38%	2.03%
2043	68,748,075	33,510,500	-0.4%	1.99%
2044	68,456,533	34,165,920	-0.42%	1.96%
2045	68,150,148	34,821,101	-0.45%	1.92%
2046	67,827,309	35,475,795	-0.47%	1.88%
2047	67,489,358	36,129,270	-0.5%	1.84%
2048	67,136,737	36,782,260	-0.52%	1.81%
2049	66,767,316	37,434,667	-0.55%	1.77%
2050	66,382,732	38,083,369	-0.58%	1.73%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Thailand increased by 4,292,154 people (a 6.45% growth), while Zambia gained 4,784,870 people (a 39.4% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Thailand gained 699,780 (a 0.99% growth), while Zambia's population increased by 5,614,223 (a 33.2% growth).

Thailand was ranked 19th most populous country in 2006 and is 21st 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) Thailand's population will shrink by 7.23% to 66,382,732 people with a rank change from 21st to 31st. The population of Zambia will increase by 69% to 38,083,369 people and rank change from 62nd to 53rd.