Peru vs Zambia: Share of children, working-age adults, and older people

Peru

8.24 million people

in 2023

Zambia

8.69 million people

in 2023

Peru rank

51st

Zambia rank

48th

Share of children, working-age adults, and older people over time

Zambia currently reports 8.69 million people against 8.24 million people in Peru, a difference of 450,590 people.

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

The two have swapped places 1 time across 74 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Peru ahead.

Peru ranks 51st and Zambia ranks 48th of 236 countries.

Indicator: Share of children, working-age adults, and older people
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: 07 August 2026

The total population, measured on 1 July of the year shown. This only includes people aged 0-14.