🇿🇲 Population Density of Zambia

The current population density of Zambia is 27.6702 people per square kilometer. A 2.76% increase from 2022, when the population density only was 26.9276 people/km². In the future, Zambia's population density is projected to increase to 85.5601 people/km², by the year 2100. A total increase of the population density of Zambia by 209.21% from today's standard.

Historic Population Density of Zambia (1950-2023)

Zambia has seen an increase of population density since the 1950's. From 3.1187 people/km² to 27.6702 people/km², an increase of 787.24% in total.

Year	Population Density (people/km²)	Population
1950	3.1187	2,318,448
1951	3.2081	2,384,836
1952	3.3004	2,453,511
1953	3.3966	2,525,024
1954	3.4969	2,599,541
1955	3.6014	2,677,209
1956	3.7104	2,758,241
1957	3.8241	2,842,808
1958	3.9429	2,931,128
1959	4.067	3,023,340
1960	4.1962	3,119,430
1961	4.3308	3,219,451
1962	4.4706	3,323,427
1963	4.6159	3,431,382
1964	4.7657	3,542,764
1965	4.9207	3,658,024
1966	5.0817	3,777,680
1967	5.248	3,901,288
1968	5.42	4,029,173
1969	5.5947	4,159,008
1970	5.7597	4,281,671
1971	5.9187	4,399,919
1972	6.0851	4,523,580
1973	6.2596	4,653,289
1974	6.4422	4,789,038
1975	6.6335	4,931,250
1976	6.8331	5,079,672
1977	7.0398	5,233,292
1978	7.2524	5,391,355
1979	7.4705	5,553,462
1980	7.6951	5,720,438
1981	7.9332	5,897,482
1982	8.1933	6,090,818
1983	8.4627	6,291,070
1984	8.7277	6,488,072
1985	8.9945	6,686,449
1986	9.2697	6,890,967
1987	9.5444	7,095,185
1988	9.8122	7,294,325
1989	10.0772	7,491,276
1990	10.3397	7,686,401
1991	10.6007	7,880,466
1992	10.8615	8,074,337
1993	11.1259	8,270,918
1994	11.3994	8,474,216
1995	11.6818	8,684,134
1996	11.9749	8,902,019
1997	12.2858	9,133,156
1998	12.6077	9,372,430
1999	12.9424	9,621,238
2000	13.3054	9,891,136
2001	13.7101	10,191,964
2002	14.1356	10,508,294
2003	14.5791	10,837,973
2004	15.05	11,188,040
2005	15.5569	11,564,870
2006	16.104	11,971,568
2007	16.6831	12,402,073
2008	17.2897	12,852,966
2009	17.9153	13,318,087
2010	18.553	13,792,086
2011	19.1902	14,265,814
2012	19.8344	14,744,658
2013	20.4939	15,234,976
2014	21.1703	15,737,793
2015	21.8569	16,248,230
2016	22.5558	16,767,760
2017	23.2692	17,298,054
2018	23.9926	17,835,893
2019	24.7252	18,380,477
2020	25.4614	18,927,715
2021	26.195	19,473,125
2022	26.9276	20,017,675
2023	27.6702	20,569,737

Future Population Density of Zambia (2023-2100)

Zambia's positive trend in population density is set to increase even further in the future. Where the population density will grow from 27.6702 people/km² to 85.5601 people/km². An additional increase increase of 209.21% from 2023 to 2100.

Year	Population Density (people/km²)	Population
2023	27.6702	20,569,737
2024	28.4302	21,134,695
2025	29.1999	21,706,928
2026	29.9788	22,285,947
2027	30.77	22,874,132
2028	31.5706	23,469,301
2029	32.3783	24,069,686
2030	33.1944	24,676,417
2031	34.0171	25,288,002
2032	34.8473	25,905,154
2033	35.6854	26,528,160
2034	36.5273	27,154,050
2035	37.3721	27,782,051
2036	38.2207	28,412,879
2037	39.0747	29,047,769
2038	39.9347	29,687,072
2039	40.7999	30,330,252
2040	41.6653	30,973,549
2041	42.5295	31,615,986
2042	43.3966	32,260,579
2043	44.266	32,906,910
2044	45.1375	33,554,740
2045	46.012	34,204,866
2046	46.8893	34,857,072
2047	47.7677	35,510,018
2048	48.6459	36,162,890
2049	49.5205	36,813,065
2050	50.3914	37,460,435
2051	51.2596	38,105,845
2052	52.1291	38,752,282
2053	52.9999	39,399,626
2054	53.8666	40,043,906
2055	54.7313	40,686,691
2056	55.5925	41,326,884
2057	56.45	41,964,332
2058	57.3036	42,598,888
2059	58.1517	43,229,363
2060	58.9953	43,856,537
2061	59.8317	44,478,284
2062	60.6596	45,093,776
2063	61.4829	45,705,782
2064	62.3046	46,316,632
2065	63.1224	46,924,544
2066	63.9327	47,526,893
2067	64.7364	48,124,364
2068	65.5363	48,719,034
2069	66.3274	49,307,106
2070	67.1044	49,884,747
2071	67.871	50,454,618
2072	68.6319	51,020,304
2073	69.3893	51,583,346
2074	70.14	52,141,362
2075	70.8792	52,690,876
2076	71.605	53,230,474
2077	72.3209	53,762,597
2078	73.0229	54,284,504
2079	73.7131	54,797,590
2080	74.3951	55,304,602
2081	75.0673	55,804,263
2082	75.7296	56,296,658
2083	76.3816	56,781,298
2084	77.0226	57,257,819
2085	77.6505	57,724,627
2086	78.2684	58,183,982
2087	78.8764	58,635,944
2088	79.4735	59,079,834
2089	80.055	59,512,051
2090	80.6188	59,931,245
2091	81.1699	60,340,927
2092	81.7064	60,739,749
2093	82.2287	61,127,975
2094	82.7399	61,507,980
2095	83.2419	61,881,200
2096	83.7338	62,246,894
2097	84.2108	62,601,459
2098	84.6743	62,946,038
2099	85.1249	63,281,014
2100	85.5601	63,604,541

Common Questions in Regards to Population Density

What is Population Density?

Population density is a measurement of population per unit of land area. The metric is mostly used in regards to human populations, while sometimes utilized for animal life forms and other organisms. On this page we make use of the population per square kilometer (people/km²) to illustrate the population density of Zambia.

What useful information can be derived from Population Density?

The population density is a useful metric for understanding and visualize how populated a country, region or territory is, in general. It's also important to understand that most countries are highly populated in specific regions. While the population density only take people per square kilometers, spaced out evenly throughout the total area, into account.

How is Population Density calculated?

Population density indicates the number of people per unit of land area. In this case, the population density is calculated in square kilometers (km²) of Zambia's area.

Population Density Formula

Population Density = population / land area in km²

Data Information

Data found on this page is based on the medium fertility variant of the United Nations Revision of World Population Prospects 2022.

Data Sources

The United Nations - Department of Economic and Social Affairs (Population Division)

UN Revision of World Population Prospects 2022

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