Zambia — World Gazetteer, 2005 edition

Name: Zambia — World Gazetteer 2005 edition
Creator: Stefan Helders

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Zambia had an estimated population of 11,015,072 in 2005, with 73 places recorded. Archived from the World Gazetteer, the reference work formerly published at this domain.

About these figures. This page is part of the restored World Gazetteer archive: the 2005 edition of Stefan Helders' reference work, which was published at this domain until 2013 and is preserved here. Figures are as of 2005 and are kept for citation continuity and historical comparison. Esta página conserva la edición de 2005 del World Gazetteer. Las cifras corresponden a 2005; para datos actuales, consulte las fuentes oficiales.

For current figures: Zambia today — population now 22,521,915, against 11,015,072 in 2005.

Source	2005	Now	Change
World Gazetteer (the work cited)	11,015,072	—	—
UN World Population Prospects	11,718,819	22,521,915	+92%

The two sources differ by 6% for 2005. The Gazetteer figure is the one the citation you followed refers to; the UN pair is the like-for-like comparison.

Agglomerations, 2005

#	Name	Population (2005)
1	Lusaka	2,141,875
2	Kitwe	877,972
3	Ndola	620,381

Cities and towns, 2005

#	Place	Region	Population (2005)	Today
1	Lusaka	Lusaka	1,267,440	2,212,301 now
2	Kitwe	Copperbelt	400,914	665,961 now
3	Ndola	Copperbelt	394,518	627,503 now
4	Kabwe	Central	188,979	288,598 now
5	Chingola	Copperbelt	148,564	256,560 now
6	Mufulira	Copperbelt	120,500	169,136 now
7	Luanshya	Copperbelt	113,365	193,293 now
8	Livingstone	Southern	109,203	178,361 now
9	Kasama	Northern	91,056	179,636 now
10	Chipata	Eastern	85,963	—
11	Kalulushi	Copperbelt	66,575	104,046 now
12	Mazabuka	Southern	64,006	104,412 now
13	Chililabombwe	Copperbelt	57,328	113,876 now
14	Mongu	Western	52,534	111,450 now
15	Kafue	Lusaka	47,554	104,174 now
16	Choma	Southern	46,746	98,974 now
17	Mansa	Luapala	42,277	—
18	Kansanshi	North-Western	40,705	40,705 now
19	Kapiri Mposhi	Central	37,942	83,211 now
20	Monze	Southern	30,257	60,281 now
21	Mpika	Northern	28,445	63,740 now
22	Nchelenge	Luapala	23,693	—
23	Kawambwa	Luapala	20,589	31,161 now
24	Mbala	Northern	20,570	42,424 now
25	Samfya	Luapala	20,470	51,309 now
26	Sesheke	Western	20,149	29,922 now
27	Petauke	Eastern	19,296	—
28	Mumbwa	Central	19,086	49,461 now
29	Siavonga	Southern	18,638	—
30	Kaoma	Western	14,212	34,347 now
31	Chinsali	Northern	14,015	38,805 now
32	Mwinilunga	North-Western	13,798	—
33	Isoka	Northern	13,122	31,739 now
34	Katete	Eastern	12,505	—
35	Kalomo	Southern	12,483	30,781 now
36	Mkushi	Central	12,306	—
37	Maamba	Southern	12,251	—
38	Lundazi	Eastern	11,635	—
39	Mwanzakombe	Luapala	11,627	—
40	Sinazongwe	Southern	11,528	—
41	Chilanga	Lusaka	11,412	—
42	Chambishi	Copperbelt	11,073	—
43	Nakonde	Northern	10,652	—
44	Nakambala	Southern	10,425	—
45	Senanga	Western	10,005	—
46	Mpongwe	Copperbelt	8,997	—
47	Serenje	Central	8,779	—
48	Mpulungu	Northern	8,547	—
49	Itezhi-Tezhi	Southern	7,986	—
50	Kalabo	Western	7,731	—
51	Kalengwa	North-Western	7,574	—
52	Limulunga	Western	7,461	—
53	Zambezi	North-Western	7,074	—
54	Mungwi	Northern	6,821	—
55	Kabompo	North-Western	6,592	—
56	Luwingu	Northern	6,161	—
57	Mufumbwe	North-Western	6,155	—
58	Chongwe	Lusaka	6,057	—
59	Kasempa	North-Western	5,622	—
60	Solwezi	North-Western	4,846	—
61	Chibombo	Central	4,477	—
62	Namwala	Southern	4,450	—
63	Mwense	Luapala	4,378	—
64	Chama	Eastern	4,061	—
65	Chilubi	Northern	4,043	—
66	Chadiza	Eastern	3,690	—
67	Mporokoso	Northern	3,401	—
68	Lukulu	Western	3,349	—
69	Luangwa	Lusaka	3,065	—
70	Kaputa	Northern	2,683	—
71	Gwembe	Southern	2,052	—
72	Shangʿombo	Western	1,789	—
73	Nyimba	Eastern	1,336	—

The Today column links to our current page for the same place, where one matches by name and plausible size; the figure shown there is today's, never 2005's. A dash means no confident match, which is more honest than a guessed link.

Administrative divisions, 2005

#	Name	Population (2005)
1	Copperbelt	1,623,825
2	Lusaka	1,613,230
3	Eastern	1,474,711
4	Northern	1,436,705
5	Southern	1,341,680
6	Central	1,145,811
7	Luapala	889,141
8	Western	826,861
9	North-Western	663,108

The complete dataset is available as a free CSV download, with attribution to Stefan Helders / World Gazetteer.