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Zambia: cities by population

Zambia has a population of 17,351,822, with Lusaka as its capital. The 50 largest of its 98 recorded towns and cities, ranked.

Figures are the latest available in GeoNames (CC BY 4.0), which draws on national censuses of varying dates — treat them as recent, not same-year. Country totals are GeoNames country data. Sources & method.

#	Place	Region	Population
1	Lusaka	Lusaka Province	2,212,301
2	Kitwe	Copperbelt	665,961
3	Ndola	Copperbelt	627,503
4	Chipata	Eastern Province	327,059
5	Solwezi	North-Western	301,370
6	Kabwe	Central Province	288,598
7	Chingola	Copperbelt	256,560
8	Luanshya	Copperbelt	193,293
9	Kasama	Northern Province	179,636
10	Livingstone	Southern Province	178,361
11	Mansa	Luapula Province	170,965
12	Mufulira	Copperbelt	169,136
13	Chunga	Lusaka Province	115,539
14	Chililabombwe	Copperbelt	113,876
15	Mongu	Western Province	111,450
16	Mazabuka	Southern Province	104,412
17	Kafue	Lusaka Province	104,174
18	Kalulushi	Copperbelt	104,046
19	Choma	Southern Province	98,974
20	Namalombwe	Lusaka Province	97,758
21	Nakonde	Muchinga	91,107
22	Kapiri Mposhi	Central Province	83,211
23	Madido	Lusaka Province	80,782
24	Nchelenge	Luapula Province	77,746
25	Mpika	Muchinga	63,740
26	Monze	Southern Province	60,281
27	Petauke	Eastern Province	58,156
28	Chongwe	Lusaka Province	57,443
29	Mpulungu	Northern Province	55,405
30	Chilanga Township	Lusaka Province	54,046
31	Samfya	Luapula Province	51,309
32	Mumbwa	Central Province	49,461
33	Mkushi	Central Province	45,927
34	Katete	Eastern Province	45,402
35	Lundazi	Eastern Province	45,149
36	Mbala	Northern Province	42,424
37	Chisankane	Lusaka Province	41,014
38	Kansanshi	North-Western	40,705
39	Chinsali	Muchinga	38,805
40	Kaputa	Northern Province	35,663
41	Chirundu	Southern Province	35,403
42	Chambishi	Copperbelt	34,888
43	Kaoma	Western Province	34,347
44	Isoka	Muchinga	31,739
45	Kawambwa	Luapula Province	31,161
46	Kalomo	Southern Province	30,781
47	Mporokoso	Northern Province	30,381
48	Serenje	Central Province	30,217
49	Sesheke	Western Province	29,922
50	Kasempa	North-Western	28,894

Twenty years earlier: Zambia in the 2005 World Gazetteer — population then 11,015,072.