Kitwe, Zambia Metro Area Population 1950-2025
Chart and table of population level and growth rate for the Kitwe, Zambia metro area from 1950 to 2025. United Nations population projections are also included through the year 2035.
- The current metro area population of Kitwe in 2025 is 824,000, a 4.04% increase from 2024.
- The metro area population of Kitwe in 2024 was 792,000, a 3.8% increase from 2023.
- The metro area population of Kitwe in 2023 was 763,000, a 3.81% increase from 2022.
- The metro area population of Kitwe in 2022 was 735,000, a 3.52% increase from 2021.
| Kitwe - Historical Population Data | ||
|---|---|---|
| Year | Population | Growth Rate |
| 2025 | 824,000 | 4.04% |
| 2024 | 792,000 | 3.80% |
| 2023 | 763,000 | 3.81% |
| 2022 | 735,000 | 3.52% |
| 2021 | 710,000 | 3.50% |
| 2020 | 686,000 | 3.47% |
| 2019 | 663,000 | 3.27% |
| 2018 | 642,000 | 3.22% |
| 2017 | 622,000 | 3.32% |
| 2016 | 602,000 | 3.26% |
| 2015 | 583,000 | 3.19% |
| 2014 | 565,000 | 3.29% |
| 2013 | 547,000 | 3.21% |
| 2012 | 530,000 | 3.31% |
| 2011 | 513,000 | 3.22% |
| 2010 | 497,000 | 3.33% |
| 2009 | 481,000 | 3.22% |
| 2008 | 466,000 | 3.33% |
| 2007 | 451,000 | 3.20% |
| 2006 | 437,000 | 3.31% |
| 2005 | 423,000 | 3.17% |
| 2004 | 410,000 | 3.27% |
| 2003 | 397,000 | 3.39% |
| 2002 | 384,000 | 3.23% |
| 2001 | 372,000 | 2.48% |
| 2000 | 363,000 | 0.83% |
| 1999 | 360,000 | 0.56% |
| 1998 | 358,000 | 0.85% |
| 1997 | 355,000 | 0.57% |
| 1996 | 353,000 | 0.86% |
| 1995 | 350,000 | 0.57% |
| 1994 | 348,000 | 0.87% |
| 1993 | 345,000 | 0.58% |
| 1992 | 343,000 | 0.88% |
| 1991 | 340,000 | 0.89% |
| 1990 | 337,000 | 1.51% |
| 1989 | 332,000 | 1.84% |
| 1988 | 326,000 | 1.88% |
| 1987 | 320,000 | 1.59% |
| 1986 | 315,000 | 1.94% |
| 1985 | 309,000 | 1.64% |
| 1984 | 304,000 | 1.67% |
| 1983 | 299,000 | 1.70% |
| 1982 | 294,000 | 1.73% |
| 1981 | 289,000 | 2.12% |
| 1980 | 283,000 | 3.28% |
| 1979 | 274,000 | 3.01% |
| 1978 | 266,000 | 3.50% |
| 1977 | 257,000 | 3.21% |
| 1976 | 249,000 | 3.32% |
| 1975 | 241,000 | 2.99% |
| 1974 | 234,000 | 3.54% |
| 1973 | 226,000 | 3.20% |
| 1972 | 219,000 | 3.30% |
| 1971 | 212,000 | 3.41% |
| 1970 | 205,000 | 3.54% |
| 1969 | 198,000 | 8.20% |
| 1968 | 183,000 | 8.28% |
| 1967 | 169,000 | 7.64% |
| 1966 | 157,000 | 8.28% |
| 1965 | 145,000 | 7.41% |
| 1964 | 135,000 | 8.00% |
| 1963 | 125,000 | 8.70% |
| 1962 | 115,000 | 7.48% |
| 1961 | 107,000 | 8.08% |
| 1960 | 99,000 | 7.61% |
| 1959 | 92,000 | 8.24% |
| 1958 | 85,000 | 7.59% |
| 1957 | 79,000 | 8.22% |
| 1956 | 73,000 | 8.96% |
| 1955 | 67,000 | 8.06% |
| 1954 | 62,000 | 6.90% |
| 1953 | 58,000 | 7.41% |
| 1952 | 54,000 | 8.00% |
| 1951 | 50,000 | 8.70% |
| 1950 | 46,000 | 0.00% |