Capital of Zambia:
LusakaArea of Zambia: 752,612 km² (290,585 mi²) (
39th)
Population of Zambia: 21,314,956 (
63th)
- (2024 est.) Location: South-central Africa
Languages of Zambia: Bemba 33.4%,
Nyanja 14.7%,
Tonga 11.4%,
Lozi 5.5%,
Chewa 4.5%,
Nsenga 2.9%,
Tumbuka 2.5%,
Lunda (North Western) 1.9%,
Kaonde 1.8%,
Lala 1.8%,
Lamba 1.8%,
English (official) 1.7%,
Luvale 1.5%,
Mambwe 1.3%,
Namwanga 1.2%,
Lenje 1.1%,
Bisa 1%,
other 9.7%, unspecified 0.2% (2010 est.)
—
note: Zambia is said to have over 70 languages, although many of these may be considered dialects; all of Zambia's major languages are members of the Bantu family; Chewa and Nyanja are mutually intelligible dialects.
Religions of Zambia: Christian (official) 95.5%,
Muslim 2.7%,
other or hold
no religion 1.8% (2023 est.)
Ethnic groups of Zambia: Bemba 21%,
Tonga 13.6%,
Chewa 7.4%,
Lozi 5.7%,
Nsenga 5.3%,
Tumbuka 4.4%,
Ngoni 4%,
Lala 3.1%,
Kaonde 2.9%,
Namwanga 2.8%,
Lunda (North-western) 2.6%,
Mambwe 2.5%,
Luvale 2.2%,
Lamba 2.1%,
Ushi 1.9%,
Lenje 1.6%,
Bisa 1.6%,
Mbunda 1.2%, Other 13.8%, Unspecified 0.4% (2010 est.).
Currency:
Zambian kwacha (
ZMW)
Calling code: (
+260)
Organizations: United Nations, Commonwealth of Nations, Southern African Development Community
Border countries (8):
Angola for 1,110 km,
Democratic Republic of the Congo for 1,930 km,
Malawi for 837 km,
Mozambique for 419 km,
Namibia for 233 km,
Tanzania for 338 km,
Zimbabwe for 797 km, and
Botswana, less than 1 km (0.62 mi).
Coastline: 0 km (0 mi); landlocked)
Administrative divisions of Zambia
10 provinces:Central, Copperbelt, Eastern, Luapula, Lusaka, Muchinga, Northern, North-Western, Southern, Western.
Natural resources: copper, cobalt, zinc, lead, coal, emeralds, gold, silver, uranium, hydropower.