Population growth rate

2.8 (%) in 2022

Zambia population growth rate was at level of 2.8 % in 2022, unchanged from the previous year.

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Annual population growth rate for year t is the exponential rate of growth of midyear population from year t-1 to t, expressed as a percentage . Population is based on the de facto definition of population, which counts all residents regardless of legal status or citizenship--except for refugees not permanently settled in the country of asylum, who are generally considered part of the population of the country of origin.

Date Value Change, %
2022 2.8 -2.91%
2021 2.8 -3.17%
2020 2.9 -2.45%
2019 3.0 -1.77%
2018 3.1 -1.66%
2017 3.1 -1.07%
2016 3.1 -1.39%
2015 3.2 -1.70%
2014 3.2 -0.74%
2013 3.3 -0.91%
2012 3.3 -2.24%
2011 3.4