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Zambia

Country

Member state of the United Nations.[1]

Capital
Population
21,913,874 in 2025[3]
Other published figures
  • 19,610,769in 2022[4]
Land area
743,390 km²[5]
Total area
752,618 km²[6] land and water
Official language
Currency
Land borders
Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Angola, Tanzania, Zimbabwe, Democratic Republic of the Congo[10]
Coast
No ocean coast (landlocked)[11][10]
Continent
Official names

Parts of Zambia

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Through time

Population over time[3]
1960202521.9M

3,153,729 in 1960, 21,913,874 in 2025

Show as a table
YearPopulation
19603,153,729
19613,254,086
19623,358,099
19633,465,907
19643,577,017
19653,692,086
19663,812,003
19673,936,343
19684,065,593
19694,197,116
19704,321,718
19714,442,525
19724,569,309
19734,702,693
19744,842,746
19754,990,086
19765,143,842
19775,302,480
19785,465,374
19795,631,728
19805,802,833
19815,983,289
19826,178,637
19836,381,038
19846,580,490
19856,780,953
19866,986,471
19877,191,282
19887,391,440
19897,589,216
19907,786,169
19917,981,650
19928,176,680
19938,373,921
19948,576,269
19958,785,763
19969,004,053
19979,237,063
19989,482,408
19999,740,005
200010,017,631
200110,325,185
200210,647,949
200310,983,595
200411,338,198
200511,718,819
200612,129,553
200712,565,085
200813,021,324
200913,490,389
201013,965,594
201114,437,796
201214,913,629
201315,398,997
201415,895,315
201516,399,089
201616,914,423
201717,441,320
201817,973,569
201918,513,839
202019,059,395
202119,603,607
202220,152,938
202320,723,965
202421,314,956
202521,913,874

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Codes

ISO alpha-2
ZM[14]
ISO alpha-3
ZMB[15]
ISO numeric
894[16]

Changes to this page's data

No changes recorded since the dataset of 5 November 2026.

Sources

  1. United Nations: Member States (checked 2026-11-05) Published directly by the source.
  2. Wikidata: Zambia (Q953), capital: Lusaka (revision 2562956969) Wikidata statement that does not cite a source yet.
  3. World Bank, World Development Indicators: Population, total (SP.POP.TOTL) (2026-10-08) Published directly by the source.
  4. Wikidata: Zambia (Q953), population (revision 2562956969) Wikidata statement that cites its own sources.
  5. World Bank, World Development Indicators: Land area (sq. km) (AG.LND.TOTL.K2) (2026-10-08) Published directly by the source.
  6. Wikidata: Zambia (Q953), area (revision 2562956969) Wikidata statement that cites its own sources.
  7. Wikidata: Zambia (Q953), official language: English (revision 2562956969) Wikidata statement that cites its own sources.
    • Cites: Constitution of Zambia
  8. Wikidata: Zambia (Q953), currency: Zambian Kwacha (revision 2562956969) Wikidata statement that does not cite a source yet.
  9. Wikidata: Zambia (Q953), continent: Africa (revision 2562956969) Wikidata statement that cites its own sources.
  10. Natural Earth: Admin 0 countries, 1:50m (revision v5.1.2) Published directly by the source.
  11. Wikidata: Zambia (Q953), instance of (revision 2562956969) Wikidata statement that does not cite a source yet.
  12. Wikidata: Zambia (Q953), official name (revision 2562956969) Wikidata statement that does not cite a source yet.
  13. Wikidata: Zambia (Q953), official name (revision 2562956969) Wikidata statement that cites its own sources.
  14. Wikidata: Zambia (Q953), ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 code (revision 2562956969) Wikidata statement that does not cite a source yet.
  15. Wikidata: Zambia (Q953), ISO 3166-1 alpha-3 code (revision 2562956969) Wikidata statement that does not cite a source yet.
  16. Wikidata: Zambia (Q953), ISO 3166-1 numeric code (revision 2562956969) Wikidata statement that does not cite a source yet.

Flag image: Flag of Zambia.svg, Public domain, Gabriel Ellison, via Wikimedia Commons.