Volume 94 Website: www.zamstats.gov.zm January, 2011

Foreword

elcome to the Monthly presentation organised by theDissemination Branch of the Central Statistical Office (CSO). TheCSO embarks on vigorous information delivery strategy to majorstakeholders and the media institutions in order to increaseutilisation of statistical products and services. The office producesa number of statistical products in the Economic, Social,Agricultural and Environmental areas. The information collectedin these areas may be used for various purposes including policyformulation, planning, implementation, monitoring andevaluation of programmes and projects.This Monthly publication is an attempt to provide highlights ofCSO’s work and how it can help media institutions and thegeneral public to make use of data and information forsustainable national development and decision-making.I would like to urge our readers and users of statistical informationto send to us any comments that may enhance statisticalproduction and contribute to the improvement of this bulletin.John Kalumbi

Acting Director of Census and Statistics

January, 2011

Republic of Zambia

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Zambiarecords a population of 13,046,508 persons, 2010Census Preliminaryresults reveal!

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January Inflation risesto 9.0 percent.

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December 2010 recordsTrade Surplus

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Selected Socio-Economic Indicators

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2010 Census of Population and HousingPreliminary Results

Zambia records a population of 13,046,508 persons, 2010Census Preliminary results reveal!

According to the preliminary results from the2010 Census of Population and Housing, thepopulation of Zambia has increased to 13,046,508 persons from 9,885,771 persons in theyear 2000. Of the 13,046,508 persons,6,394,455 (49 percent) were male while6,652,053 (51 percent) were female.

Population size and Distribution by province and Sex, 1990 - 2010

Province1990 2000 2010

Male Female Total Male Female Total Male

Female

Total

Central385,230 386,588 771,818 510,501 501,756 1,012,257

626,823

640,980

1,267,803

Copperbelt739,519 718,940 1,458,459 799,402 781,819 1,581,221

973,770

984,853

1,958,623

Eastern492,909 511,784 1,004,693 648,676 657,497 1,306,173

836,165

871,566

1,707,731

Luapula278,222 286,271 564,493 387,825 387,528 775,353

467,613

491,363

958,976

Lusaka498,704 492,522 991,226 705,778 685,551 1,391,329

1,080,152

1,118,844

2,198,996

Northern456,865 469,000 925,865 629,976 628,720 1,258,696

861,628

897,972

1,759,600

North-western212,826 225,390 438,216 290,856 292,494 583,350

345,025

361,437

706,462

Southern474,488 491,103 965,591 601,440 610,684 1,212,124

786,394

820,399

1,606,793

Western302,813 335,943 638,756 371,844 393,244 765,088

416,885

464,639

881,524

Zambia3,841,576 3,917,541 7,759,117 4,946,298 4,939,293 9,885,591

6,394,455

6,652,053

13,046,508

Source:

CSO - 2010 Census of Population and Housing Preliminary Report, 2011

Results also show that 7,978,274 persons (61 percent) were in rural areas while 5,068,234 (39percent) persons were in urban areas.

Percent Distribution of Population by Residence, Zambia 1990 - 2010

3835396265610102030405060708090100

1990 2000 2010

P e r c e n t

Year

Urban Rural

Source:

CSO - 2010 Census of Population and Housing Preliminary Report, 2011

At provincial level, Lusaka had the largestpopulation with 2,198,996 persons, followedby Copperbelt with 1,958,623, Northern with1,759,600, Eastern with 1,707,731 andSouthern with 1,606,793 persons. The provincewith the least population was North-westernwith 706,462 persons. Western Province had881,524 while Luapula had 958,976 persons.

Population Distribution by Province, Zambia 2010

Source:

CSO - 2010 Census of Population and Housing Preliminary Report, 2011

Eligible Voters

The Census results further show that therewere 6,069,753 total number of eligible voters(i.e. any person aged 18 years and above) in2010 representing 47 percent of the totalZambian population. Results show thatLusaka Province had the highest share ofeligible voters at 19 percent followed byCopperbelt Province at 17 percent whereasNorthern and Eastern provinces had 12percent of eligible voters each. Southernprovince had a share of 11 percent; Centralprovince had 10 percent while Luapula andWestern provinces had 7 percent each. Theprovince with the least share of eligible voterswas North-western Province with 5 percent.

Percent share of eligible voters by Province, Zambia 2010

Central10%Copperbelt17%Eastern12%Luapula7%Lusaka19%Northern12%North

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Western5%Southern11%Western7%

Source:

CSO - 2010 Census of Population and Housing Preliminary Report, 2011