Population ages 0-14, total, per capita in Zambia
Zambia: Population ages 0-14, total, per capita was 0.4097 units per person in 2025. ▼ Falling
Population ages 0-14, total, per capita in Zambia, 1960–2025
Source: Statizoid (derived). Measured in units per person.
Analysis
In 2025, population ages 0-14, total, per capita in Zambia stood at 0.4097 units per person. That is the lowest value across all 66 years on record.
The figure is down 1.2% on the previous year and down 9.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, population ages 0-14, total, per capita in Zambia peaked at 0.4948 units per person in 1980 and was at its lowest, 0.4097 units per person, in 2025.
Zambia ranks 18th of 217 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 66 years of available data.
Population ages 0-14, total, per capita in Zambia, year by year
| Year | units per person | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1960 | 0.4602 units per person | — |
| 1961 | 0.4617 units per person | +0.3% |
| 1962 | 0.4632 units per person | +0.3% |
| 1963 | 0.4653 units per person | +0.4% |
| 1964 | 0.4674 units per person | +0.5% |
| 1965 | 0.4687 units per person | +0.3% |
| 1966 | 0.4694 units per person | +0.1% |
| 1967 | 0.4701 units per person | +0.1% |
| 1968 | 0.4708 units per person | +0.2% |
| 1969 | 0.4719 units per person | +0.2% |
| 1970 | 0.4742 units per person | +0.5% |
| 1971 | 0.4774 units per person | +0.7% |
| 1972 | 0.4804 units per person | +0.6% |
| 1973 | 0.4834 units per person | +0.6% |
| 1974 | 0.486 units per person | +0.6% |
| 1975 | 0.4885 units per person | +0.5% |
| 1976 | 0.4906 units per person | +0.4% |
| 1977 | 0.4924 units per person | +0.4% |
| 1978 | 0.4937 units per person | +0.3% |
| 1979 | 0.4945 units per person | +0.2% |
| 1980 | 0.4948 units per person | +0.1% |
| 1981 | 0.4943 units per person | -0.1% |
| 1982 | 0.4929 units per person | -0.3% |
| 1983 | 0.4914 units per person | -0.3% |
| 1984 | 0.4903 units per person | -0.2% |
| 1985 | 0.4892 units per person | -0.2% |
| 1986 | 0.4879 units per person | -0.3% |
| 1987 | 0.4867 units per person | -0.2% |
| 1988 | 0.4857 units per person | -0.2% |
| 1989 | 0.4848 units per person | -0.2% |
| 1990 | 0.4839 units per person | -0.2% |
| 1991 | 0.4831 units per person | -0.2% |
| 1992 | 0.4824 units per person | -0.1% |
| 1993 | 0.482 units per person | -0.1% |
| 1994 | 0.4819 units per person | -0.0% |
| 1995 | 0.4821 units per person | +0.0% |
| 1996 | 0.4824 units per person | +0.1% |
| 1997 | 0.4823 units per person | -0.0% |
| 1998 | 0.4819 units per person | -0.1% |
| 1999 | 0.4813 units per person | -0.1% |
| 2000 | 0.4802 units per person | -0.2% |
| 2001 | 0.4783 units per person | -0.4% |
| 2002 | 0.4762 units per person | -0.4% |
| 2003 | 0.4744 units per person | -0.4% |
| 2004 | 0.4727 units per person | -0.3% |
| 2005 | 0.4712 units per person | -0.3% |
| 2006 | 0.4695 units per person | -0.3% |
| 2007 | 0.4679 units per person | -0.4% |
| 2008 | 0.4661 units per person | -0.4% |
| 2009 | 0.4643 units per person | -0.4% |
| 2010 | 0.4625 units per person | -0.4% |
| 2011 | 0.461 units per person | -0.3% |
| 2012 | 0.4593 units per person | -0.4% |
| 2013 | 0.4572 units per person | -0.4% |
| 2014 | 0.4547 units per person | -0.6% |
| 2015 | 0.4518 units per person | -0.6% |
| 2016 | 0.4486 units per person | -0.7% |
| 2017 | 0.4451 units per person | -0.8% |
| 2018 | 0.4415 units per person | -0.8% |
| 2019 | 0.4376 units per person | -0.9% |
| 2020 | 0.4333 units per person | -1.0% |
| 2021 | 0.4289 units per person | -1.0% |
| 2022 | 0.4244 units per person | -1.1% |
| 2023 | 0.4195 units per person | -1.1% |
| 2024 | 0.4146 units per person | -1.2% |
| 2025 | 0.4097 units per person | -1.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.4669 units per person | 0.4602 units per person | 0.4719 units per person | 10 |
| 1970s | 0.4861 units per person | 0.4742 units per person | 0.4945 units per person | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.4898 units per person | 0.4848 units per person | 0.4948 units per person | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.4823 units per person | 0.4813 units per person | 0.4839 units per person | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.4721 units per person | 0.4643 units per person | 0.4802 units per person | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.4519 units per person | 0.4376 units per person | 0.4625 units per person | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.4217 units per person | 0.4097 units per person | 0.4333 units per person | 6 |
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- Un projection of annual infant deaths, annual growth rate -1.09 % change on previous year (2100)
- Heat deaths vs projected death rates, annual growth rate 0.7971 % change on previous year (2090)
- Heat deaths vs projected death rates 809.3 (2090)
- Un projection of annual infant deaths 8,894 (2100)
- Population ages 0-14, total, annual growth rate 1.6 % change on previous year (2025)
- Population ages 0-14, total, per unit of GDP 0.0003 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Population ages 15-64, female, annual growth rate 3.57 % change on previous year (2025)
- Population ages 15-64, female, per unit of GDP 0.0002 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Population ages 15-64, female, per capita 0.2882 units per person (2025)
- Population ages 15-64, male, annual growth rate 3.63 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is population ages 0-14, total, per capita in Zambia?
- Population ages 0-14, total, per capita in Zambia was 0.4097 units per person in 2025, according to Statizoid (derived).
- What is the highest population ages 0-14, total, per capita recorded in Zambia?
- The highest recorded value was 0.4948 units per person in 1980.
- What is the lowest population ages 0-14, total, per capita recorded in Zambia?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.4097 units per person in 2025.
- How does Zambia rank for population ages 0-14, total, per capita?
- Zambia ranks 18th out of 217 countries with data for 2025.
- Is population ages 0-14, total, per capita rising or falling in Zambia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 9.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Zambia data come from?
- The figures come from Statizoid (derived), published as part of Population ages 0-14, total, per capita. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Population ages 0-14, total divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.
Population ages 0-14, total ÷ Population, total
Computed from
- Population ages 0-14, total Staff estimates, World Bank (WB), note: Staff estimates using the World Bank's total population and age/sex distributions of the United Nations Population Division's World Population Prospects., publi
- Population, total World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN)
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Population ages 0-14, total divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.