Geographic Statistics:
Population: 9,582,418
Independence: 24 October 1964 (from UK)
Capital: Lusaka
Shared Borders: Angola, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Malawi
, Mozambique, Namibia, Tanzania, Zimbabwe.
Highest Elevation: Unnamed location in Mafinga Hills; 2,301 m.
Lowest Elevation: Zambezi river; 329 m.
Environmental Statistics:
Climate: Tropical; modified by altitude; rainy season October
to April.
Terrain: Mostly high plateau with some hills and mountains.
Average Rainfall:
Temperature Extremes:
Population Statistics:
Main Languages: Arabic
Population growth rate: 1.95% (2000 est.)
Birth rate: 41.9 births/1,000 population (2000 est.)
Death rate: 22.08 deaths/1,000 population (2000 est.)
Life expectancy at birth: total population: 37.24 years
male: 37.08 years
female: 37.41 years (2000 est.)
Total fertility rate: 5.62 children born/woman (2000 est.)
Literacy: (People age 15 and over that can read and write)
total population: 78.2%
male: 85.6%
female: 71.3%
Economic Statistics:
Currency: 1 Zambian kwacha (ZK) = 100 ngwee.
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Today's Exchange Rate.
GDP - per capita: purchasing power parity - $880 (1999 est.)
Inflation rate (consumer prices): 27.4% (1999)
Unemployment rate: 25% (1999 est.)
Telephones - main lines in use: 77,935 (1997)
Telephones - mobile cellular: 6,000 (1998)
Number of People Per Telephone Line: 123
