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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Zambia	Zimbabwe	Zambia	Zimbabwe
1960	3,153,729	3,809,389	-	-
1961	3,254,086	3,930,401	3.18%	3.18%
1962	3,358,099	4,055,959	3.2%	3.19%
1963	3,465,907	4,185,877	3.21%	3.2%
1964	3,577,017	4,320,006	3.21%	3.2%
1965	3,692,086	4,458,462	3.22%	3.2%
1966	3,812,003	4,601,217	3.25%	3.2%
1967	3,936,343	4,748,307	3.26%	3.2%
1968	4,065,593	4,900,440	3.28%	3.2%
1969	4,197,116	5,058,181	3.24%	3.22%
1970	4,321,718	5,215,918	2.97%	3.12%
1971	4,442,525	5,374,712	2.8%	3.04%
1972	4,569,309	5,542,445	2.85%	3.12%
1973	4,702,693	5,720,404	2.92%	3.21%
1974	4,842,746	5,908,328	2.98%	3.29%
1975	4,990,086	6,098,658	3.04%	3.22%
1976	5,143,842	6,287,105	3.08%	3.09%
1977	5,302,480	6,449,512	3.08%	2.58%
1978	5,465,374	6,543,575	3.07%	1.46%
1979	5,631,728	6,647,556	3.04%	1.59%
1980	5,802,833	7,041,303	3.04%	5.92%
1981	5,983,289	7,498,635	3.11%	6.49%
1982	6,178,637	7,796,496	3.26%	3.97%
1983	6,381,038	8,098,404	3.28%	3.87%
1984	6,580,490	8,391,488	3.13%	3.62%
1985	6,780,953	8,686,813	3.05%	3.52%
1986	6,986,471	8,982,578	3.03%	3.4%
1987	7,191,282	9,284,644	2.93%	3.36%
1988	7,391,440	9,583,094	2.78%	3.21%
1989	7,589,216	9,864,798	2.68%	2.94%
1990	7,786,169	10,137,281	2.6%	2.76%
1991	7,981,650	10,404,816	2.51%	2.64%
1992	8,176,680	10,702,700	2.44%	2.86%
1993	8,373,921	10,860,288	2.41%	1.47%
1994	8,576,269	10,873,148	2.42%	0.12%
1995	8,785,763	10,974,599	2.44%	0.93%
1996	9,004,053	11,158,360	2.48%	1.67%
1997	9,237,063	11,369,827	2.59%	1.9%
1998	9,482,408	11,594,297	2.66%	1.97%
1999	9,740,005	11,783,458	2.72%	1.63%
2000	10,017,631	11,892,055	2.85%	0.92%
2001	10,325,185	11,971,901	3.07%	0.67%
2002	10,647,949	12,087,653	3.13%	0.97%
2003	10,983,595	12,232,323	3.15%	1.2%
2004	11,338,198	12,365,896	3.23%	1.09%
2005	11,718,819	12,483,432	3.36%	0.95%
2006	12,129,553	12,636,445	3.5%	1.23%
2007	12,565,085	12,804,058	3.59%	1.33%
2008	13,021,324	12,959,149	3.63%	1.21%
2009	13,490,389	13,142,790	3.6%	1.42%
2010	13,965,594	13,356,548	3.52%	1.63%
2011	14,437,796	13,595,424	3.38%	1.79%
2012	14,913,629	13,817,887	3.3%	1.64%
2013	15,398,997	14,013,808	3.25%	1.42%
2014	15,895,315	14,207,359	3.22%	1.38%
2015	16,399,089	14,399,013	3.17%	1.35%
2016	16,914,423	14,600,294	3.14%	1.4%
2017	17,441,320	14,812,482	3.12%	1.45%
2018	17,973,569	15,034,452	3.05%	1.5%
2019	18,513,839	15,271,368	3.01%	1.58%
2020	19,059,395	15,526,888	2.95%	1.67%
2021	19,603,607	15,797,210	2.86%	1.74%
2022	20,152,938	16,069,056	2.8%	1.72%
2023	20,723,965	16,340,822	2.83%	1.69%
2024	21,314,956	16,634,373	2.85%	1.8%
2025	21,913,869	16,950,805	2.81%	1.9%
2026	22,521,905	17,273,591	2.77%	1.9%
2027	23,138,716	17,600,621	2.74%	1.89%
2028	23,761,368	17,932,015	2.69%	1.88%
2029	24,389,681	18,268,967	2.64%	1.88%
2030	25,024,887	18,610,356	2.6%	1.87%
2031	25,666,496	18,956,207	2.56%	1.86%
2032	26,311,946	19,311,368	2.51%	1.87%
2033	26,960,073	19,675,929	2.46%	1.89%
2034	27,611,621	20,041,125	2.42%	1.86%
2035	28,266,887	20,409,159	2.37%	1.84%
2036	28,925,103	20,778,662	2.33%	1.81%
2037	29,583,482	21,144,748	2.28%	1.76%
2038	30,240,549	21,512,919	2.22%	1.74%
2039	30,895,586	21,881,123	2.17%	1.71%
2040	31,550,394	22,250,123	2.12%	1.69%
2041	32,204,340	22,627,428	2.07%	1.7%
2042	32,856,596	23,000,906	2.03%	1.65%
2043	33,510,500	23,371,301	1.99%	1.61%
2044	34,165,920	23,740,630	1.96%	1.58%
2045	34,821,101	24,102,391	1.92%	1.52%
2046	35,475,795	24,462,491	1.88%	1.49%
2047	36,129,270	24,816,449	1.84%	1.45%
2048	36,782,260	25,168,419	1.81%	1.42%
2049	37,434,667	25,518,513	1.77%	1.39%
2050	38,083,369	25,866,397	1.73%	1.36%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Zambia increased by 4,680,270 people (a 39.9% growth), while Zimbabwe gained 1,915,581 people (a 15.3% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Zambia gained 6,003,202 (a 36.6% growth), while Zimbabwe's population increased by 2,811,079 (a 19.5% growth).

Zambia was ranked 71st most populous country in 2005 and is 62nd in 2025. Zimbabwe was ranked 70th in 2005 and ranked 74th now.

The UN's World Population Prospects forecasts that with changing growth rate trends in 25 years (in 2050) Zambia's population will grow by 70% to 38,083,369 people with a rank change from 62nd to 53rd. The population of Zimbabwe will increase by 50.3% to 25,866,397 people and rank change from 74th to 65th.