Population aged 15-64 years as a percentage of total population fell 2.53% to 53.6% in Zambia in 2022, according to the National Statistical Office.
Historically, population aged 15-64 years as a percentage of total population in Zambia reached an all time high of 55.0% in 2021 and an all time low of 47.2% in 1979. When compared to Zambia's main peers, population aged 15-64 years as a percentage of total population in Angola amounted to 54.0%, 54.8% in Tanzania, 61.7% in Zimbabwe and 55.5% in Dem. Republic of the Congo in 2022.
Zambia has been ranked 168th within the group of 174 countries we follow in terms of population aged 15-64 years as a percentage of total population, 4 places below the position seen 10 years ago.
| Population Aged 15-64 Years (As % of Total Population) | Unit | 2030 | 2031 | 2032 | 2033 | 2034 | 2035 | 2036 | 2037 | 2038 | 2039 | 2040 | 2041 | 2042 | 2043 | 2044 | 2045 | 2046 | 2047 | 2048 | 2049 | 2050 |
| Angola | % | 62.1% | 62.5% | 62.9% | 63.3% | 63.6% | ||||||||||||||||
| Botswana | % | 74.3% | 74.4% | 74.2% | 74.1% | 74.0% | ||||||||||||||||
| Central African Republic | % | 67.8% | 68.0% | 68.2% | 68.3% | 68.4% | ||||||||||||||||
| Congo | % | 61.5% | 61.7% | 61.9% | 62.2% | 62.4% | ||||||||||||||||
| Dem. Republic of the Congo | % | 62.8% | 63.1% | 63.4% | 63.7% | 64.0% | ||||||||||||||||
| Kenya | % | 65.0% | 65.1% | 65.2% | 65.4% | 65.5% | ||||||||||||||||
| Mozambique | % | 61.8% | 62.2% | 62.6% | 63.0% | 63.4% | ||||||||||||||||
| Namibia | % | 71.0% | 71.1% | 71.2% | 71.3% | 71.4% | ||||||||||||||||
| South Africa | % | 71.7% | 71.7% | 71.6% | 71.5% | 71.4% | ||||||||||||||||
| Tanzania | % | 60.9% | 61.1% | 61.3% | 61.6% | 61.8% | ||||||||||||||||
| Uganda | % | 61.1% | 61.4% | 61.8% | 62.1% | 62.4% | ||||||||||||||||
| Zambia | % | 58.0% | 58.1% | 58.3% | 58.5% | 58.7% | ||||||||||||||||
| Zimbabwe | % | 71.2% | 71.3% | 71.2% | 71.1% | 71.0% |
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