Kazakhstan vs Zambia: Has the population peaked?

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

Has the population peaked? over time

  • Kazakhstan
  • Zambia
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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 74 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Kazakhstan ahead.

Kazakhstan ranks 64th and Zambia ranks 63rd of 236 countries.

Kazakhstan has averaged higher in every one of the 8 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Kazakhstan Zambia Difference Ahead
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 has the population peaked?, Kazakhstan or Zambia?
Zambia, at 20.72 million people against 20.33 million people in Kazakhstan as of 2023.
What is the difference in has the population peaked? between Kazakhstan and Zambia?
393,900 people, with Zambia ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Kazakhstan and Zambia?
74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.
How do Kazakhstan and Zambia rank globally for has the population peaked??
Kazakhstan ranks 64th and Zambia ranks 63rd of 236 countries.
Where does this data come from?
UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – processed by Our World in Data, published as Has the population peaked?. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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About this data

Indicator
Has the population peaked?
Unit
people
Source
UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
236 places, 17,464 data points, 1950–2023
Last refreshed

The total population, measured on 1 July of the year shown.