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$Unique_ID{COW04184}
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$Title{Zambia
Statistical Profile of Zambia}
$Subtitle{}
$Author{Central Intelligence Agency}
$Affiliation{United States Government}
$Subject{km
rate
million
copper
national
october
population
total
years
}
$Date{1990}
$Log{National Anthem*77300010.aud
Map of Zambia*0418401.scf
Flag of Zambia*0418402.scf
}
Country: Zambia
Book: CIA World Factbook
Author: Central Intelligence Agency
Affiliation: United States Government
Date: 1990
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[See Map of Zambia]
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Statistical Profile of Zambia
Geography
Total area: 752,610 km2; land area: 740,720 km2
Comparative area: slightly larger than Texas
Land boundaries: 5,664 km total; Angola 1,110 km, Malawi 837 km,
Mozambique 419 km, Namibia 233 km, Tanzania 338 km, Zaire 1,930 km,
Zimbabwe 797 km
Coastline: none--landlocked
Maritime claims: none--landlocked
Disputes: short section of boundary with Zaire is indefinite; quadripoint
with Botswana, Namibia, and Zimbabwe is in disagreement; Tanzania-Zaire-Zambia
tripoint in Lake Tanganyika is indefinite pending settlement of the Zaire-Zambia
boundary
Climate: tropical; modified by altitude; rainy season (October to April)
Terrain: mostly high plateau with some hills and mountains
Natural resources: copper, cobalt, zinc, lead, coal, emeralds, gold,
silver, uranium, hydropower potential
Land use: 7% arable land; NEGL% permanent crops; 47% meadows and pastures;
27% forest and woodland; 19% other; includes NEGL% irrigated
Environment: deforestation; soil erosion; desertification
Note: landlocked
People
Population: 7,875,448 (July 1989), growth rate 3.0% (1989)
Birth rate: 50 births/1,000 population (1989)
Death rate: 12 deaths/1,000 population (1989)
Net migration rate: - 7 migrants/1,000 population (1989)
Infant mortality rate: 83 deaths/1,000 live births (1989)
Life expectancy at birth: 54 years male, 57 years female (1989)
Total fertility rate: 7.0 children born/woman (1989)
Nationality: noun--Zambian(s); adjective--Zambian
Ethnic divisions: 98.7% African, 1.1% European, 0.2% other
Religion: 50-75% Christian, 1% Muslim and Hindu, remainder indigenous
beliefs
Language: English (official); about 70 indigenous languages
Literacy: 54%
Labor force: 2,455,000; 85% agriculture; 6% mining, manufacturing, and
construction; 9% transport and services
Organized labor: about 238,000 wage earners are unionized
Government
Long-form name: Republic of Zambia
Type: one-party state
Capital: Lusaka
Administrative divisions: 9 provinces; Central, Copperbelt, Eastern,
Luapula, Lusaka, Northern, North-Western, Southern, Western
Independence: 24 October 1964 (from UK; formerly Northern Rhodesia)
Constitution: 25 August 1973
Legal system: based on English common law and customary law; judicial
review of legislative acts in an ad hoc constitutional council; has not accepted
compulsory ICJ jurisdiction
National holiday: Independence Day, 24 October (1964)
Branches: modified presidential system; unicameral legislature (National
Assembly); judiciary
Leaders: Dr. Kenneth David KAUNDA, President (since October 1964);
Malimba MASHEKE, Prime Minister (since March 1989)
Suffrage: universal at age 18
Elections: general election held 26 October 1988; next general election
scheduled for 1993
Political parties and leaders: United National Independence Party (UNIP),
Kenneth Kaunda; former opposition party banned in December 1972 when one-party
state proclaimed
Voting strength: (1988 election) 54% of eligible voters participated;
Kaunda, the only candidate for president, received a 95.5% yes vote; National
Assembly seats were contested by vetted members of UNIP
Communists: no Communist party
Member of: AfDB, CCC, Commonwealth, FAO, G-77, GATT (de facto), IAEA,
IBRD, ICAO, IDA, IEA, IFAD, IFC, ILO, IMF, INTELSAT, International Lead and Zinc
Study Group, INTERPOL, IPU, ITU, NAM, OAU, SADCC, UN, UNESCO, UPU, WHO, WIPO,
WMO, WTO
Diplomatic representation: Charge d'Affaires Lazarous KAPAMBWE; Chancery
at 2419 Massachusetts Avenue NW, Washington DC 20008; telephone (202) 265-9717
through 9721;
US--Ambassador Jeffrey DAVIDOW; Embassy at corner of Independence Avenue
and United Nations Avenue, Lusaka (mailing address is P. O. Box 31617, Lusaka);
telephone [2601] 214911
Flag: green with a panel of three vertical bands of red (hoist side),
black, and orange below a soaring orange eagle, on the outer edge of the flag
Economy
Overview: For more than a decade the economy has been in severe
recession with rising unemployment, declining imports, and growing foreign
debt. Economic difficulties stem from a sustained drop in copper prices,
declining copper production, four years of drought, and ineffective
economic policies. In 1987 real GDP stood only slightly higher than that
of 10 years before, while an annual population growth of more than 3%
has brought a decline in per capita GDP of 25% during the same period. A high
inflation rate has also added to Zambia's economic woes in recent years.
GDP: $2.0 billion, per capita $240; real growth rate - 0.2% (1987)
Inflation rate (consumer prices): 58.0% (1987)
Unemployment rate: NA%
Budget: revenues $540 million; expenditures $787 million, including
capital expenditures of $36 million (1987 est.)
Exports: $866 million (f.o.b., 1987); commodities--copper, zinc,
cobalt, lead, tobacco; partners--EC, Japan, South Africa, US
Imports: $765 million (c.i.f., 1987); commodities--machinery,
transportation equipment, foodstuffs, fuels, manufactures; partners--EC,
Japan, South Africa, US
External debt: $5 billion (July 1988)
Industrial production: growth rate - 0.7% (1986)
Electricity: 1,900,000 kW capacity; 8,244 million kWh produced,
1,090 kWh per capita (1988)
Industries: copper mining and processing, transport, construction,
foodstuffs, beverages, chemicals, textiles, and fertilizer
Agriculture: corn, tobacco, cotton; net importer of most major
agricultural products
Aid: NA
Currency: Zambian kwacha (plural--kwacha);
1 Zambian kwacha (ZK) = 100 ngwee
Exchange rates: Zambian kwacha (ZK) per US $1--9.8814 (December 1988),
8.2237 (1988), 8.8889 (1987), 7.3046 (1986), 2.7137 (1985)
Fiscal year: calendar year
Communications
Railroads: 1,266 km, all 1.067-meter gauge; 13 km double track
Highways: 36,370 km total; 6,500 km paved, 7,000 km crushed stone, gravel,
or stabilized soil; 22,870 km improved and unimproved earth
Inland waterways: 2,250 km, including Zambezi and Luapula Rivers,
Lake Tanganyika
Pipelines: 1,724 km crude oil
Ports: Mpulungu (lake port)
Civil air: 10 major transport aircraft
Airports: 125 total, 108 usable; 13 with permanent-surface runways;
1 with runways over 3,659 m; 4 with runways 2,440-3,659 m; 19 with runways
1,220-2,439 m
Telecommunications: facilities are among the best in Sub-Saharan Africa;
high-capacity radio relay connects most larger towns and cities; 71,700
telephones; stations--9 AM, 2 FM, 11 TV; satellite stations--1 Indian Ocean
and 1 Atlantic Ocean
Defense Forces
Branches: Army, Air Force, Police, Paramilitary
Military manpower: males 15-49, 1,632,229; 856,014 fit for military
service
Military budget: NA