Area Database (v4.2.1)
% population in urban areas
| 1992 | 1993 | 1994 | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | |
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| Zambia (Africa) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Total | 42.4 | 41.7 | 40.9 | 40.2 | 39.5 | 38.8 | 38.1 | 37.4 | 36.6 | 35.9 | 35.9 | 35.9 | 35.9 | 35.9 | 35.9 | 36.4 | 36.8 | 37.3 | 37.8 | 38.3 | 38.8 | 39.3 | 39.4 | 39.6 | 39.7 | 39.8 | 40.0 | 40.1 | 40.2 | |
| Central | 37.9 | 36.4 | 34.8 | 33.2 | 31.6 | 30.0 | 28.4 | 26.8 | 25.2 | 23.6 | 23.6 | 23.6 | 23.6 | 23.6 | 23.6 | 23.5 | 23.4 | 23.3 | 23.2 | 23.1 | 23.0 | 22.9 | 24.1 | 25.3 | 26.5 | 27.6 | 28.8 | 30.0 | 31.2 | |
| Copperbelt | 85.6 | 84.9 | 84.2 | 83.4 | 82.7 | 81.9 | 81.2 | 80.5 | 79.7 | 79.0 | 79.1 | 79.2 | 79.3 | 79.4 | 79.6 | 79.6 | 79.7 | 79.8 | 79.9 | 80.0 | 80.1 | 80.2 | 80.8 | 81.3 | 81.9 | 82.5 | 83.0 | 83.6 | 84.2 | |
| Eastern | 9.80 | 9.68 | 9.57 | 9.45 | 9.34 | 9.22 | 9.11 | 8.99 | 8.88 | 8.76 | 8.87 | 8.98 | 9.09 | 9.20 | 9.31 | 9.57 | 9.82 | 10.1 | 10.3 | 10.6 | 10.8 | 11.1 | 10.8 | 10.6 | 10.3 | 10.1 | 9.83 | 9.57 | 9.32 | |
| Luapula | 18.9 | 18.6 | 18.4 | 18.1 | 17.8 | 17.6 | 17.3 | 17.0 | 16.7 | 16.5 | 16.1 | 15.7 | 15.4 | 15.0 | 14.6 | 15.3 | 16.1 | 16.8 | 17.5 | 18.2 | 18.9 | 19.6 | 19.9 | 20.2 | 20.5 | 20.8 | 21.1 | 21.4 | 21.7 | |
| Lusaka | 87.0 | 86.5 | 86.0 | 85.5 | 85.0 | 84.5 | 84.0 | 83.4 | 82.9 | 82.4 | 82.5 | 82.6 | 82.7 | 82.7 | 82.8 | 83.3 | 83.8 | 84.3 | 84.8 | 85.3 | 85.8 | 86.3 | 85.7 | 85.2 | 84.6 | 84.1 | 83.5 | 83.0 | 82.4 | |
| North-Western | 19.7 | 19.0 | 18.4 | 17.8 | 17.1 | 16.5 | 15.9 | 15.3 | 14.6 | 14.0 | 14.4 | 14.8 | 15.3 | 15.7 | 16.1 | 17.1 | 18.2 | 19.2 | 20.2 | 21.3 | 22.3 | 23.3 | 22.7 | 22.1 | 21.5 | 20.9 | 20.3 | 19.7 | 19.1 | |
| Northern | 12.1 | 12.5 | 12.8 | 13.1 | 13.4 | 13.8 | 14.1 | 14.4 | 14.8 | 15.1 | 15.6 | 16.1 | 16.6 | 17.2 | 17.7 | 17.7 | 17.8 | 17.9 | 17.9 | 18.0 | 18.1 | 18.1 | 18.0 | 17.8 | 17.7 | 17.5 | 17.4 | 17.2 | 17.1 | |
| Southern | 21.6 | 21.2 | 20.8 | 20.5 | 20.1 | 19.7 | 19.3 | 18.9 | 18.5 | 18.2 | 18.8 | 19.5 | 20.2 | 20.9 | 21.6 | 21.5 | 21.4 | 21.3 | 21.2 | 21.1 | 21.0 | 20.9 | 22.8 | 24.8 | 26.7 | 28.7 | 30.6 | 32.6 | 34.5 | |
| Western | 17.2 | 16.2 | 15.3 | 14.4 | 13.4 | 12.5 | 11.6 | 10.6 | 9.69 | 8.75 | 9.25 | 9.75 | 10.2 | 10.7 | 11.2 | 12.1 | 13.0 | 13.8 | 14.7 | 15.6 | 16.5 | 17.3 | 17.9 | 18.5 | 19.0 | 19.6 | 20.2 | 20.7 | 21.3 | |
Lighter numbers are estimates