Population in the United Kingdom compared to Zambia: Trends, Charts, Rankings

the United Kingdom and Zambia: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	United Kingdom	Zambia	United Kingdom	Zambia
1960	52,400,000	3,153,729	-	-
1961	52,800,000	3,254,086	0.76%	3.18%
1962	53,250,000	3,358,099	0.85%	3.2%
1963	53,650,000	3,465,907	0.75%	3.21%
1964	54,000,000	3,577,017	0.65%	3.21%
1965	54,348,050	3,692,086	0.64%	3.22%
1966	54,648,500	3,812,003	0.55%	3.25%
1967	54,943,600	3,936,343	0.54%	3.26%
1968	55,211,700	4,065,593	0.49%	3.28%
1969	55,441,750	4,197,116	0.42%	3.24%
1970	55,663,250	4,321,718	0.4%	2.97%
1971	55,896,223	4,442,525	0.42%	2.8%
1972	56,086,065	4,569,309	0.34%	2.85%
1973	56,194,527	4,702,693	0.19%	2.92%
1974	56,229,974	4,842,746	0.06%	2.98%
1975	56,225,800	4,990,086	-0.007%	3.04%
1976	56,211,968	5,143,842	-0.02%	3.08%
1977	56,193,492	5,302,480	-0.03%	3.08%
1978	56,196,504	5,465,374	0.005%	3.07%
1979	56,246,951	5,631,728	0.09%	3.04%
1980	56,314,216	5,802,833	0.12%	3.04%
1981	56,333,829	5,983,289	0.03%	3.11%
1982	56,313,641	6,178,637	-0.04%	3.26%
1983	56,332,848	6,381,038	0.03%	3.28%
1984	56,422,072	6,580,490	0.16%	3.13%
1985	56,550,268	6,780,953	0.23%	3.05%
1986	56,681,396	6,986,471	0.23%	3.03%
1987	56,802,050	7,191,282	0.21%	2.93%
1988	56,928,327	7,391,440	0.22%	2.78%
1989	57,076,711	7,589,216	0.26%	2.68%
1990	57,247,586	7,786,169	0.3%	2.6%
1991	57,424,897	7,981,650	0.31%	2.51%
1992	57,580,402	8,176,680	0.27%	2.44%
1993	57,718,614	8,373,921	0.24%	2.41%
1994	57,865,745	8,576,269	0.25%	2.42%
1995	58,019,030	8,785,763	0.26%	2.44%
1996	58,166,950	9,004,053	0.25%	2.48%
1997	58,316,954	9,237,063	0.26%	2.59%
1998	58,487,141	9,482,408	0.29%	2.66%
1999	58,682,466	9,740,005	0.33%	2.72%
2000	58,892,514	10,017,631	0.36%	2.85%
2001	59,119,673	10,325,185	0.39%	3.07%
2002	59,370,479	10,647,949	0.42%	3.13%
2003	59,647,577	10,983,595	0.47%	3.15%
2004	59,987,905	11,338,198	0.57%	3.23%
2005	60,401,206	11,718,819	0.69%	3.36%
2006	60,846,820	12,129,553	0.74%	3.5%
2007	61,322,463	12,565,085	0.78%	3.59%
2008	61,806,995	13,021,324	0.79%	3.63%
2009	62,276,270	13,490,389	0.76%	3.6%
2010	62,766,365	13,965,594	0.79%	3.52%
2011	63,258,810	14,437,796	0.78%	3.38%
2012	63,711,000	14,913,629	0.71%	3.3%
2013	64,139,000	15,398,997	0.67%	3.25%
2014	64,620,000	15,895,315	0.75%	3.22%
2015	65,088,000	16,399,089	0.72%	3.17%
2016	65,607,000	16,914,423	0.8%	3.14%
2017	65,966,000	17,441,320	0.55%	3.12%
2018	66,289,000	17,973,569	0.49%	3.05%
2019	66,631,000	18,513,839	0.52%	3.01%
2020	66,744,000	19,059,395	0.17%	2.95%
2021	66,984,000	19,603,607	0.36%	2.86%
2022	67,604,000	20,152,938	0.93%	2.8%
2023	68,492,000	20,723,965	1.31%	2.83%
2024	69,226,000	21,314,956	1.07%	2.85%
2025	69,639,673	21,913,869	0.6%	2.81%
2026	70,020,350	22,521,905	0.55%	2.77%
2027	70,382,853	23,138,716	0.52%	2.74%
2028	70,732,699	23,761,368	0.5%	2.69%
2029	71,061,482	24,389,681	0.46%	2.64%
2030	71,377,535	25,024,887	0.44%	2.6%
2031	71,678,351	25,666,496	0.42%	2.56%
2032	71,959,934	26,311,946	0.39%	2.51%
2033	72,234,509	26,960,073	0.38%	2.46%
2034	72,497,650	27,611,621	0.36%	2.42%
2035	72,749,096	28,266,887	0.35%	2.37%
2036	72,990,847	28,925,103	0.33%	2.33%
2037	73,218,850	29,583,482	0.31%	2.28%
2038	73,441,349	30,240,549	0.3%	2.22%
2039	73,658,392	30,895,586	0.3%	2.17%
2040	73,868,334	31,550,394	0.29%	2.12%
2041	74,074,316	32,204,340	0.28%	2.07%
2042	74,275,779	32,856,596	0.27%	2.03%
2043	74,475,035	33,510,500	0.27%	1.99%
2044	74,667,284	34,165,920	0.26%	1.96%
2045	74,848,605	34,821,101	0.24%	1.92%
2046	75,020,949	35,475,795	0.23%	1.88%
2047	75,184,478	36,129,270	0.22%	1.84%
2048	75,337,543	36,782,260	0.2%	1.81%
2049	75,476,141	37,434,667	0.18%	1.77%
2050	75,600,588	38,083,369	0.16%	1.73%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of the United Kingdom increased by 4,760,180 people (a 7.82% growth), while Zambia gained 4,784,870 people (a 39.4% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, the United Kingdom gained 4,417,311 (a 6.73% growth), while Zambia's population increased by 5,614,223 (a 33.2% growth).

The United Kingdom was ranked 21st most populous country in 2006 and is 22nd 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) the United Kingdom's population will grow by 7.96% to 75,600,588 people with a rank change from 22nd to 26th. The population of Zambia will increase by 69% to 38,083,369 people and rank change from 62nd to 53rd.