Sub-Saharan Africa · capital Lusaka
Zambia
#61 by population · Lower middle income · ISO ZMB
Population right now
22,619,593
1,657.1 net per day · 1 birth every 44.0 s
·anchor 21,913,874 on 1 Jul 2025
·0.272% of the world
👶 Births today
1,729
0% of the way to the next birth · 0 while you've been here
⚰️ Deaths today
273
0% of the way to the next death · 0 while you've been here
🧳 Net migration / yr
+1,312
5-yr avg from 2025
📈 Net growth / day
+1,459
2.76% per year, from births − deaths + migration
Profile
Birth rate
32.72 /1,000
2024
Death rate
5.17 /1,000
2024
Fertility
4.04 births/woman
Life expectancy
66.5 yrs
Aged 0–14
41.0%
Aged 65+
2.0%
Urban
45.9%
Land area
752,610 km²
Density
29.1 /km²
GDP / capita
$1,318
2025
Trend
Population 2015–2025
Same region
Largest neighbours
How these numbers are made. Nobody counts people in real time.
Each figure is recomputed every frame from a World Bank anchor and rate:
pop(now) = 21,913,874 + 0.0192/s × elapsed since 1 Jul 2025
births/day = 1,963 (crude birth rate 32.72/1,000, 2024)
deaths/day = 310 (crude death rate 5.17/1,000, 2024)
Births and deaths are estimates for a hypothetical average day; they do not reflect
seasonality, and the migration figure is a 5-year average. World Bank's separately
published growth rate is 2.77%/yr; the rate shown above is derived
from the components so it always agrees with the counter. Full method →