Editing Demographics of Zambia (section)

==Population==
{{Historical populations
|type =
|title=Census population
|percentages=pagr
|footnote = Source:<ref>{{cite web |title=2022 Census |url=https://www.zamstats.gov.zm/2022-census/ |website=Zambia Statistics |date=29 December 2023 |access-date=13 January 2024}}</ref>
|1969 | 4056955
|1980 | 5661801
|1990 | 7383097
|2000 | 9855591
|2010 | 13092666
|2022 | 19693423
}}
[[Image:Zambia-demography.png|thumb|250px|Zambia's population (1890–2021).]]
According to {{UN_Population|source}} the total population of Zambia is {{UN_Population|Zambia}} in {{UN_Population|Year}}, compared to only 2,340,000 in 1950. The proportion of children below the age of 15 in 2010 was 46.4%, 50.6% was between 15 and 65 years of age, while 3.1% was 65 years or older.<ref name="WPP 2010">{{cite web|url=http://esa.un.org/unpd/wpp/index.htm |title=2015 Revision of World Population Prospects |website=Esa.un.org |access-date=2016-08-09 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110506065230/http://esa.un.org/unpd/wpp/index.htm |archive-date=2011-05-06 }}</ref>

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: right;"
|-
!
! style="width:80pt;"|Total population<ref>{{cite web|last1=De Wulf|first1=Martin|title=Zambia 2015|url=http://populationpyramid.net/zambia/2015/|website=Population Pyramids of the World from 1950 to 2100}}</ref>
! style="width:80pt;"|Population aged 0–14 (%)
! style="width:80pt;"|Population aged 15–64 (%)
! style="width:80pt;"|Population aged 65+ (%)
|-
| 1950
|2 340 000||44.9||52.3||2.7
|-
| 1955
|2 653 000||44.7||52.7||2.6
|-
| 1960
|3 045 000||44.9||52.6||2.5
|-
| 1965
|3 537 000||45.2||52.2||2.6
|-
| 1970
|4 139 000||46.4||50.9||2.7
|-
| 1975
|4 900 000||47.0||50.3||2.7
|-
| 1980
|5 775 000||47.3||49.9||2.8
|-
| 1985
|6 785 000||46.6||50.6||2.8
|-
| 1990
|7 860 000||45.8||51.4||2.8
|-
| 1995
|8 919 000||45.3||51.8||2.9
|-
| 2000
|10 202 000||45.3||51.8||2.9
|-
| 2005
|11 462 000||45.9||51.0||3.0
|-
| 2010
|13 089 000||46.4||50.6||3.1
|-
| 2018
|17,351,708||    ||    ||   
|}

Population Estimates by Sex and Age Group (01.VII.2020) (Data based on the 2010 Population Census.):<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://unstats.un.org/unsd/demographic-social/products/dyb/dyb_2020/|title=UNSD — Demographic and Social Statistics}}</ref>
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! width="80pt"|Age Group
! width="80pt"|Male
! width="80pt"|Female
! width="80pt"|Total
! width="80pt"|%
|-
| align="right" | Total
| align="right" | 8 852 174
| align="right" | 9 033 248 
| align="right" | 17 885 422
| align="right" | 100
|-
| align="right" | 0–4
| align="right" | 1 579 231
| align="right" | 1 554 009
| align="right" | 3 133 240
| align="right" | 17.52
|-
| align="right" | 5–9
| align="right" | 1 357 442
| align="right" | 1 343 776
| align="right" | 2 701 218
| align="right" | 15.10
|-
| align="right" | 10–14
| align="right" | 1 160 256
| align="right" | 1 154 409
| align="right" | 2 314 665
| align="right" | 12.94
|-
| align="right" | 15–19
| align="right" | 958 687
| align="right" | 954 923
| align="right" | 1 913 610
| align="right" | 10.70
|-
| align="right" | 20–24
| align="right" | 833 604
| align="right" | 851 421
| align="right" | 1 685 025
| align="right" | 9.42
|-
| align="right" | 25–29
| align="right" | 693 050
| align="right" | 727 248
| align="right" | 1 420 298
| align="right" | 7.94
|-
| align="right" | 30–34
| align="right" | 496 336
| align="right" | 579 946
| align="right" | 1 076 282
| align="right" | 6.02
|-
| align="right" | 35–39
| align="right" | 433 030
| align="right" | 493 825
| align="right" | 926 855
| align="right" | 5.18
|-
| align="right" | 40–44
| align="right" | 361 566
| align="right" | 362 160
| align="right" | 723 726
| align="right" | 4.05
|-
| align="right" | 45–49
| align="right" | 298 359
| align="right" | 283 452
| align="right" | 581 811
| align="right" | 3.25
|-
| align="right" | 50–54
| align="right" | 205 799
| align="right" | 193 301
| align="right" | 399 100
| align="right" | 2.23
|-
| align="right" | 55–59
| align="right" | 153 109
| align="right" | 160 905
| align="right" | 314 014
| align="right" | 1.76
|-
| align="right" | 60–64
| align="right" | 109 330
| align="right" | 123 190
| align="right" | 232 520 
| align="right" | 1.30
|-
| align="right" | 65-69
| align="right" | 72 624
| align="right" | 79 062 
| align="right" | 151 686
| align="right" | 0.85
|-
| align="right" | 70-74
| align="right" | 54 288
| align="right" | 68 013
| align="right" | 122 301
| align="right" | 0.68
|-
| align="right" | 75-79
| align="right" | 35 056
| align="right" | 44 637
| align="right" | 79 693
| align="right" | 0.45
|-
| align="right" | 80+
| align="right" | 50 407
| align="right" | 58 971
| align="right" | 109 378
| align="right" | 0.61
|-
! width="50"|Age group 
! width="80pt"|Male
! width="80"|Female
! width="80"|Total
! width="50"|Percent
|-
| align="right" | 0–14
| align="right" | 4 096 929
| align="right" | 4 052 194
| align="right" | 8 149 123
| align="right" | 45.56
|-
| align="right" | 15–64
| align="right" | 4 542 870
| align="right" | 4 730 371
| align="right" | 9 273 241
| align="right" | 51.85
|-
| align="right" | 65+
| align="right" | 212 375
| align="right" | 250 683
| align="right" | 463 058
| align="right" | 2.59
|-
|}