Malawi vs Zambia: Population ages 0-14, total

Malawi

8.91 million

in 2025

Zambia

8.98 million

in 2025

Malawi rank

49th

Zambia rank

48th

Population ages 0-14, total over time

Malawi
Zambia

How they compare

Zambia currently reports 8.98 million against 8.91 million in Malawi, a difference of 63,790.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 66 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Malawi ahead.

Globally, Malawi ranks 49th and Zambia ranks 48th of 215 countries.

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About this data

Indicator: Population ages 0-14, total
Source: Staff estimates, World Bank (WB), note: Staff estimates using the World Bank's total population and age/sex distributions of the United Nations Population Division's World Population Prospects., publi
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage: 264 places, 17,394 data points, 1960–2025
Last refreshed: 06 August 2026

Total population between the ages 0 to 14. Population is based on the de facto definition of population, which counts all residents regardless of legal status or citizenship.