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Kazakhstan vs Zambia: Population

Kazakhstan
20.33 million people
in 2023
Zambia
20.72 million people
in 2023
Kazakhstan rank
64th
Zambia rank
63rd

Population over time

  • Kazakhstan
  • Zambia
05.0M10.0M15.0M20.0M100015112023

How they compare

Zambia currently reports 20.72 million people against 20.33 million people in Kazakhstan, a difference of 393,900 people.

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

Kazakhstan ranks 64th and Zambia ranks 63rd of 238 countries.

Kazakhstan has averaged higher in every one of the 40 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Kazakhstan Zambia Difference Ahead
1000s 920,000 people 151,500 people 768,500 people Kazakhstan
1100s 940,000 people 181,800 people 758,200 people Kazakhstan
1200s 960,000 people 212,100 people 747,900 people Kazakhstan
1300s 1.07 million people 242,400 people 827,600 people Kazakhstan
1400s 1.20 million people 272,700 people 927,300 people Kazakhstan
1500s 1.34 million people 303,000 people 1.04 million people Kazakhstan
1600s 1.53 million people 328,755 people 1.20 million people Kazakhstan
1700s 1.72 million people 354,510 people 1.37 million people Kazakhstan
1710s 1.70 million people 340,320 people 1.36 million people Kazakhstan
1720s 1.69 million people 346,823 people 1.34 million people Kazakhstan
1730s 1.67 million people 353,744 people 1.32 million people Kazakhstan
1740s 1.65 million people 361,130 people 1.29 million people Kazakhstan
1750s 1.64 million people 369,038 people 1.27 million people Kazakhstan
1760s 1.62 million people 377,533 people 1.24 million people Kazakhstan
1770s 1.61 million people 386,691 people 1.22 million people Kazakhstan
1780s 1.59 million people 396,607 people 1.19 million people Kazakhstan
1790s 1.57 million people 407,390 people 1.17 million people Kazakhstan
1800s 2.04 million people 800,457 people 1.24 million people Kazakhstan
1810s 2.04 million people 931,599 people 1.11 million people Kazakhstan
1820s 2.13 million people 1.08 million people 1.05 million people Kazakhstan
1830s 2.33 million people 1.26 million people 1.07 million people Kazakhstan
1840s 2.55 million people 1.47 million people 1.09 million people Kazakhstan
1850s 2.79 million people 1.59 million people 1.20 million people Kazakhstan
1860s 3.05 million people 1.60 million people 1.45 million people Kazakhstan
1870s 3.33 million people 1.60 million people 1.73 million people Kazakhstan
1880s 3.63 million people 1.62 million people 2.01 million people Kazakhstan
1890s 3.97 million people 1.63 million people 2.34 million people Kazakhstan
1900s 4.33 million people 1.57 million people 2.76 million people Kazakhstan
1910s 4.73 million people 1.48 million people 3.25 million people Kazakhstan
1920s 5.17 million people 1.55 million people 3.62 million people Kazakhstan
1930s 5.67 million people 1.79 million people 3.88 million people Kazakhstan
1940s 6.22 million people 2.09 million people 4.12 million people Kazakhstan
1950s 7.90 million people 2.67 million people 5.23 million people Kazakhstan
1960s 10.82 million people 3.65 million people 7.17 million people Kazakhstan
1970s 13.65 million people 4.94 million people 8.70 million people Kazakhstan
1980s 16.01 million people 6.69 million people 9.32 million people Kazakhstan
1990s 16.64 million people 8.71 million people 7.92 million people Kazakhstan
2000s 15.97 million people 11.62 million people 4.35 million people Kazakhstan
2010s 17.98 million people 16.19 million people 1.80 million people Kazakhstan
2020s 19.90 million people 19.88 million people 12,625 people Kazakhstan

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher population, Kazakhstan or Zambia?
Zambia, at 20.72 million people against 20.33 million people in Kazakhstan as of 2023.
What is the difference in population between Kazakhstan and Zambia?
393,900 people, with Zambia ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Kazakhstan and Zambia?
241 years are reported by both, from 1000 to 2023.
How do Kazakhstan and Zambia rank globally for population?
Kazakhstan ranks 64th and Zambia ranks 63rd of 238 countries.
Where does this data come from?
HYDE (2023); Gapminder (2022); UN WPP (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as Population. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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About this data

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

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