Crude birth rate per 1,000 people rose 16.3% to 38.5 births in Zambia in 2024, according to the National Statistical Office.
Historically, crude birth rate per 1,000 people in Zambia reached an all time high of 50.0 births in 1975 and an all time low of 33.1 births in 2023. When compared to Zambia's main peers, crude birth rate per 1,000 people in Angola amounted to 38.6 births, 34.1 births in Tanzania, 25.6 births in Zimbabwe and 37.8 births in Dem. Republic of the Congo in 2024.
Zambia has been ranked 7th within the group of 174 countries we follow in terms of crude birth rate per 1,000 people, 12 places above the position seen 10 years ago.
| Crude Birth Rate (Per 1,000 People) | Unit | 2030 | 2031 | 2032 | 2033 | 2034 | 2035 | 2036 | 2037 | 2038 | 2039 | 2040 | 2041 | 2042 | 2043 | 2044 | 2045 | 2046 | 2047 | 2048 | 2049 | 2050 |
| Angola | births | 27.7 | 27.1 | 26.6 | 26.0 | 25.4 | ||||||||||||||||
| Botswana | births | 12.9 | 12.7 | 12.4 | 12.1 | 11.8 | ||||||||||||||||
| Central African Republic | births | 19.7 | 19.3 | 19.0 | 18.6 | 18.2 | ||||||||||||||||
| Congo | births | 26.1 | 25.7 | 25.3 | 24.9 | 24.5 | ||||||||||||||||
| Dem. Republic of the Congo | births | 27.7 | 27.2 | 26.7 | 26.2 | 25.7 | ||||||||||||||||
| Kenya | births | 22.3 | 21.9 | 21.5 | 21.1 | 20.7 | ||||||||||||||||
| Mozambique | births | 26.5 | 26.0 | 25.5 | 25.0 | 24.5 | ||||||||||||||||
| Namibia | births | 14.3 | 14.0 | 13.7 | 13.4 | 13.1 | ||||||||||||||||
| South Africa | births | 11.9 | 11.7 | 11.5 | 11.2 | 11.0 | ||||||||||||||||
| Tanzania | births | 27.2 | 26.8 | 26.4 | 26.0 | 25.5 | ||||||||||||||||
| Uganda | births | 27.9 | 27.4 | 26.9 | 26.3 | 25.8 | ||||||||||||||||
| Zambia | births | 31.7 | 31.4 | 31.0 | 30.7 | 30.3 | ||||||||||||||||
| Zimbabwe | births | 16.6 | 16.3 | 16.0 | 15.6 | 15.3 |
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