Northern Rhodesia - Demographics

Demographics

Year Population
Natives Europeans Coloured Asiatic
1911 826,000 1,497
1923 1,000,000 3,750
1925 1,140,642 4,624
1931 1,372,235 13,846
1932 1,382,705 10,553
1933 1,371,213 11,278
1935 1,366,425 10,000
1940 1,366,641 15,188
1943 - 18,745
1945 1,631,146 21,371
1946 1,634,980 21,919
1951 1,700,577 37,221 1,092 2,529
1954 2,040,000 60,000 1,400 4,600
1956 2,110,000 64,800 1,550 5,400
1960 2,340,000 76,000 2,000 8,000
1961 2,430,000 75,000 1,900 7,900
1963 3,460,000 74,000 2,300 8,900

Source: Whitaker's Almanack

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