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How many babies are born in Zambia?

721 thousand babies born in Zambia in 2026. That is 0.54% of all births worldwide, and the 41st largest of any country. UN projection

2024–2100 uses the UN World Population Prospects 2024 medium scenario, based on assumptions about fertility, mortality and migration. These are projections, not observed births or guaranteed outcomes. Uncertainty increases further into the future; this site does not display prediction intervals.

Births in Zambia: history and projections

10K100K 1 CE1000150018002100
Annual births, logarithmic scale. Shading marks modelled years before 1800; the dashed line marks UN projections from 2024.
Every figure refers to the area inside Zambia’s present-day borders. Before 1800 the state did not exist in its current form. See how borders are handled.
Year Estimated births Population Per 1,000 Evidence
1 CE ~1.6K ~39K 41.4 Modelled estimate
1000 ~6.3K ~150K 41.7 Modelled estimate
1500 ~12K ~300K 41.0 Modelled estimate
1800 ~34.6K ~747K 46.3 Historical reconstruction
1900 ~74.7K ~1.61M 46.3 Historical reconstruction
1950 116K 2.32M 50.1 UN estimate
2000 455K 10M 45.5 UN estimate
2023 686K 20.7M 33.1 UN estimate
2026 721K 22.5M 32.0 UN projection
2050 881K 38.1M 23.1 UN projection
2075 949K 53.3M 17.8 UN projection
2100 926K 64.5M 14.4 UN projection

What the numbers show

The highest annual births in Zambia among estimates through 2023 were in 2023, at about 686K. That is roughly 430 times the estimated ~1.59K births a year in 1 CE.

At 3.91 children per woman, fertility in Zambia is above the level of about 2.1 that would hold a population steady over the long run without migration.

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How many babies are born in Zambia each year?

An estimated 721 thousand babies are born in Zambia in 2026, according to the UN World Population Prospects 2024 medium projection. That is about 1,970 a day and 0.54% of all births worldwide.

What is the birth rate in Zambia?

Zambia has an estimated 32.0 births per 1,000 people in 2026, and a total fertility rate of 3.91 children per woman.

Where these numbers come from

2026 figures are the UN World Population Prospects 2024 medium scenario. UN estimates cover 1950–2023; projections cover 2024–2100. Earlier years come from Gapminder’s reconstructions (1800–1949) and a model applied to HYDE population estimates (before 1800). The full chain is set out in the methodology, and every source is listed on the sources page.