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Geography

Location: Southern Africa, east of Angola

Area:
total area: 752,610 sq km
land area: 740,720 sq km
comparative area: slightly larger than Texas

Land boundaries: total 5,664 km, Angola 1,110 km, Malawi 837 km, Mozambique 419 km,Namibia 233 km, Tanzania 338 km, Zaire 1,930 km, Zimbabwe 797 km

Coastline: 0 km


People

Population: 9,445,723 (July 1995 est.)

Age structure:
0-14 years: 50% (female 2,331,820; male 2,363,319)
15-64 years: 48% (female 2,332,798; male 2,193,363)
65 years and over: 2% (female 112,484; male 111,939)

Population growth rate: 2.7% (1995 est.)

Birth rate: 45.47 births/1,000 population

Death rate: 18.42 deaths/1,000 population

Net migration rate: -0.04 migrant(s)/1,000 population

Infant mortality rate: 86 deaths/1,000 live births

Life expectancy at birth:
total population: 42.88 years
male: 42.74 years
female: 43.03 years

Total fertility rate: 6.62 children born/woman

Ethnic divisions: African 98.7%, European 1.1%, other 0.2%

Religions: Christian 50%-75%, Muslim and Hindu 24%-49%, indigenous beliefs 1%

Languages: English (official)

Literacy: age 15 and over can read and write (1990 est.)
total population: 73%
male: 81%
female: 65%


Government

Names:
conventional long form: Republic of Zambia
conventional short form: Zambia

Type: republic

Capital: Lusaka

Independence: 24 October 1964 (from UK)

Constitution: 2 August 1991


Economy

National product: GDP - purchasing power parity - $7.9 billion

National product real growth rate: 4%

National product per capita: $860

Inflation rate (consumer prices): 89%

Unemployment rate:

Electricity:
capacity: 2,440,000 kW
production: 7.8 billion kWh
consumption per capita: 650 kWh



Olympic Factoid
The volunteer staff of the 1996 Olympic Games totaled 50,152. They worked an estimated 850,000 shifts.