Table 14:
Age
Group
Age-Sex Population Distribution, Rural/Urban, 2000
Zambia
Both
Sexes
Male
Rural
Female
Both
Sexes
Male
Urban
Female
Both
Sexes
Male
Female
0-4
17.1
17.1
17.2
18.2
18.2
18.2
15.1
15.0
15.3
5-9
15.3
15.3
15.4
15.6
15.8
15.5
14.7
14.5
15.0
10-14
12.8
12.8
12.8
12.8
13.1
12.6
12.8
12.2
13.3
15-19
11.6
11.3
12.0
11.1
11.0
11.3
12.6
11.9
13.3
20-24
9.9
9.3
10.5
9.1
8.5
9.6
11.4
10.7
12.2
25-29
8.1
8.1
8.0
7.4
7.4
7.5
9.4
9.5
9.2
30-34
6.1
6.4
5.8
5.7
5.8
5.6
6.9
7.4
6.3
35-39
4.7
4.8
4.6
4.5
4.5
4.5
5.2
5.5
4.9
40-44
3.6
3.7
3.5
3.4
3.5
3.4
3.9
4.1
3.6
45-49
2.7
2.8
2.6
2.7
2.7
2.7
2.8
3.1
2.5
50-54
2.2
2.3
2.2
2.4
2.2
2.5
2.0
2.3
1.6
55-59
1.6
1.7
1.5
1.8
1.8
1.8
1.2
1.4
0.9
60-64
1.4
1.5
1.4
1.7
1.7
1.8
0.8
0.9
0.8
65-69
1.1
1.2
1.0
1.4
1.5
1.2
0.6
0.6
0.5
70-74
0.7
0.8
0.6
0.9
1.1
0.8
0.4
0.4
0.3
75-79
0.4
0.5
0.4
0.6
0.7
0.4
0.2
0.2
0.2
80-84
0.3
0.3
0.2
0.3
0.4
0.3
0.1
0.1
0.1
85+
0.2
0.2
0.2
0.3
0.3
0.3
0.1
0.1
0.1
Total
Percent
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
Total Pop 9,885,591 4,946,298 4,939,293 6,452,283 3,217,284 3,234,999 3,433,308 1,729,074 1,704,234
Source: CSO, Census of Population and Housing, 2000
Box 1: Trends in Total Fertility Rates, various sources
Census
1980
Census
1990
ZDHS
1992
ZDHS
1996
Census
2000
ZDHS
2001-2002
7.2
6.7
6.5
6.1
6.0
5.9
Source: CSO, Zambia Demographic Health Survey, 2001-2002
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