Chad vs Zambia: Population

Chad

19.32 million people

in 2023

Zambia

20.72 million people

in 2023

Chad rank

66th

Zambia rank

63rd

Population over time

Zambia currently reports 20.72 million people against 19.32 million people in Chad, a difference of 1.40 million people.

That makes Zambia's figure about 1.1 times Chad's.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 241 shared years of data; in 1000 it was Chad ahead.

Chad ranks 66th and Zambia ranks 63rd of 238 countries.

Indicator: Population
Unit: people
Source: HYDE (2023); Gapminder (2022); UN WPP (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 239 places, 51,002 data points, 1000–2023
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

Population by country, available from 10,000 BCE to 2023, based on data and estimates from different sources.