org_list = [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9] new_list = org_list.copy() # For lists in lists you need deepcopy() import copy org_list = [[1, 2, 3], [4, 5, 6], [7, 8, 9]] new_list = copy.deepcopy(org_list)