Zambia's high fertility rate continues to drive rapid population growth, averaging almost 3 percent annually between 2000 and 2010.

The country's total fertility rate has fallen by less than 1.5 children per woman during the last 30 years and still averages among the world's highest, almost 6 children per woman, largely because of the country's lack of access to family planning services, education for girls, and employment for women.

Zambia also exhibits wide fertility disparities based on rural or urban location, education, and income.

The website Our World in Data prepared the following estimates based on statistics from the Population Department of the United Nations.

[15] Immigrants, mostly British or South African, as well as some white Zambian citizens (about 40,000), live mainly in Lusaka and in the Copperbelt in northern Zambia, where they are either employed in mines, financial and related activities or retired.