Zambia Analytics
LANGUAGES
- Official Language:
- 1. English
: 350,000
- 2. Khoisan
: 75,000
Mother Tongue : English
Literacy Rate (%) : 87
Country Capital | : | Lusaka |
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GDP Per capita | : | 4,429 |
GDP Per Capita Rank | : | 154th/195 |
Life Expectancy | : | 66 |
Unemployment Rate | : | 5 |
Number of Internet Users | : | 6,563,780 |
Internet Users Rank | : | 81st/195 |
Area | : | 743,391 |
Area Rank | : | 38th/195 |
Total Population | : | 21,914 |
Total Population Rank | : | 62nd/195 |
Zambia Highlights
Zambia is the 62nd ranked country in population and 38th ranked in area out of 195 countries in the world.Please keep the country rank in perspective, for the highlights below.
Better than World Average-
- 1. Zambia is the 9th highest ranked in HIV Infections (Per 1000) out of 195 countries in the world. This implies a poorer healthcare infrastructure in the country or lesser health awareness among people compared to other countries.
- 2. The average Literacy Rate (%) of 195 countries in the world is 86. Zambia is the 132nd highest ranked country out of 195 countries. This indicates that there is a better educational infrastructure in this country as compared to other countries.
Worse than World Average-
- 1. Zambia is the 42nd worst ranked in GDP Per Capita (USD) out of 195 countries in the world. This implies that this country is a developing country.
- 2. The average Pharmacists (Per 10,000) of the countries in the world is 4. Zambia is the 42nd worst-ranked country out of 195 countries. This may indicate worse healthcare infrastructure investment by the country or may indicate lower population.
- 3. Out of the 195 countries in the world, Zambia is the 46th worst ranked in Doctors (Per 10,000) . This may indicate worse healthcare infrastructure investment by the country or may indicate lower population.
Zambia Metrics
Language Metrics
Sr. | Title | Metric | World Average | Rank out of 195 | Value | ||
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Above than World Average- |
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1 | Khoisan | # People | 384 | 1 | 1127 | ||
2 | Khoisan as a % of total Khoisan speakers | % People | 0 | 1 | 1127 | ||
3 | Afrikaans | # People | 1,147 | 2 | 1127 | ||
4 | Shona as a % of total Shona speakers | % People | 0 | 2 | 1128 | ||
5 | Afrikaans as a % of total Afrikaans speakers | % People | 0 | 3 | 1130 | ||
Below than World Average- |
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1 | English as a % of total English speakers | % People | 0 | 30 | 1230 | ||
2 | English | # People | 3,175,743 | 26 | 1234 | ||
3 | Gujarati | # People | 347,561 | 14 | 1234 | ||
4 | Gujarati as a % of total Gujarati speakers | % People | 0 | 12 | 1233 | ||
5 | Shona | # People | 43,420 | 2 | 1232 |
Health Metrics
Sr. | Title | Metric | World Average | Rank out of 195 | Value | ||
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Above than World Average- |
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1 | HIV Infections (Per 1000) | People Per 1,000 | 0 | 9 | 1128 | ||
2 | No. of people HIV infected/Total pop. | # People | 5,202 | 6 | 1127 | ||
Below than World Average- |
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1 | Life Expectancy at Birth, both sexes | Age | 73 | 159 | 1232 | ||
2 | Pharmacists (Per 10,000) | People Per 10,000 | 4 | 152 | 1230 | ||
3 | Doctors (Per 10,000) | People Per 10,000 | 20 | 150 | 1231 | ||
4 | Dentist (per 10,000) | People per 10000 | 31 | 143 | 1234 | ||
5 | Nurses to doctor ratio | Ratio | 46 | 130 | 1234 | ||
6 | #Dentists | # People | 13,328 | 119 | 1230 | ||
7 | Total No. of Pharmacists | # People | 19,528 | 115 | 1232 | ||
8 | Total No. of Doctors | # People | 78,648 | 113 | 1230 | ||
9 | Total Nursing | # People | 163,061 | 87 | 1232 | ||
10 | Nurses(per 10000) | People per 10000 | 164,032 | 87 | 1231 |
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Sr. | Title | Metric | World Average | Rank out of 195 | Value | ||
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Above than World Average- |
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1 | Christian Pop./Total Pop.% | % People | 42 | 13 | 1127 | ||
2 | Christian Pop./Total Christian Pop.% | % People | 0 | 30 | 1129 | ||
Below than World Average- |
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1 | Islamic Pop./Total Pop.% | % People | 22 | 136 | 1233 | ||
2 | Islamic Pop./Total Islamic Pop.% | % People | 0 | 101 | 1233 |
Demography Metrics
Sr. | Title | Metric | World Average | Rank out of 195 | Value | ||
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Above than World Average- |
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1 | Population Growth Rate (%) | % People | 0 | 14 | 1125 | ||
2 | Births | # People (In Thousands) | 681 | 43 | 1127 | ||
3 | Female % of Total Pop. | % People | 50 | 83 | 1127 | ||
4 | Gender Ratio | Ratio of female per male, Country total female/ Country total male | 1 | 84 | 1126 | ||
Below than World Average- |
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1 | Density ( Pop/Land Area Ratio) | Density | 312 | 153 | 1235 | ||
2 | Male % of Total Pop. | % People | 50 | 112 | 1233 | ||
3 | Total Population (2025) | # People (In Thousands) | 42,003 | 62 | 1233 | ||
4 | Female Population (2025) | # People (In Thousands) | 20,993 | 62 | 1235 | ||
5 | Male Population (2025) | # People (In Thousands) | 21,226 | 61 | 1232 |
Nature Metrics
Sr. | Title | Metric | World Average | Rank out of 195 | Value | ||
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Above than World Average- |
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1 | Forest Area. | Area | 21,142,892 | 17 | 1127 | ||
2 | Country forest area / Global Forest area % | 0 | 17 | 1125 | |||
3 | Number of Trees | Count | 15,642,617,148 | 18 | 1125 | ||
4 | Tree density . | Density | 828 | 25 | 1128 | ||
5 | Tree density. | Density | 22,685 | 53 | 1130 | ||
Below than World Average- |
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1 | Copper Produced /Total Copper Produced % | Weight | 9 | 7 | 1232 | ||
2 | Potatoes Produced /Total Potatoes Produced % | Weight | 0 | 114 | 1235 | ||
3 | Potatoes prod. | Tons | 2,538,925 | 114 | 1234 | ||
4 | Onion prod. | Tons | 773,539 | 88 | 1234 | ||
5 | Onion Produced/Total Onion Produced % | Weight | 0 | 84 | 1232 | ||
6 | Rice Produced/Total Rice Produced.% | Weight | 0 | 75 | 1233 | ||
7 | Barley Produced/Total Barley Produced.% | Weight | 1 | 80 | 1233 | ||
8 | Honey prod. | Tons | 16,211 | 83 | 1233 | ||
9 | Honey Produced /Total Honey Produced % | Weight | 0 | 80 | 1233 | ||
10 | Barley prod. | Tons | 1,576,534 | 82 | 1234 | ||
11 | Rice prod. | Tons | 6,981,685 | 81 | 1235 | ||
12 | Wheat Produced /Total Wheat Produced. %. | Weight | 0 | 68 | 1230 | ||
13 | Wheat prod. | Tons | 6,698,590 | 70 | 1234 | ||
14 | Sweet Potatoes Produced/Total Sweet Potatoes Produced % | Weight | 0 | 37 | 1235 | ||
15 | Sweet Potatoes prod. | Tons | 895,180 | 37 | 1235 | ||
16 | Sugarcane prod. | Tons | 52,039,862 | 32 | 1231 | ||
17 | Sugarcane Produced/Total Sugarcane Produced.% | Weight | 2 | 32 | 1230 | ||
18 | Soyabean prod. | Tons | 3,684,006 | 15 | 1233 | ||
19 | Soyabean Produced/Total Soyabean Produced % | Weight | 1 | 15 | 1232 | ||
20 | Copper prod. | Tons | 1,350 | 7 | 1231 |
Wealth Metrics
Sr. | Title | Metric | World Average | Rank out of 195 | Value | ||
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Above than World Average- |
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1 | Corporate Tax Rates in % | Rate | 23 | 18 | 1126 | ||
Below than World Average- |
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1 | GDP Per Capita (USD) | $ | 30,070 | 154 | 1235 | ||
2 | Import Ban(Number of products) | Count | 12 | 134 | 1232 | ||
3 | FDI (millions USD) | Amount | 3,115 | 136 | 1232 | ||
4 | FDI / Total FDI of the World %. | 0 | 131 | 1232 | |||
5 | Imports/Total Imports of the World %. | 0 | 105 | 1234 | |||
6 | Import of Goods and Services (in Million $) | Amount | 183,299 | 111 | 1231 | ||
7 | GDP as a % of Total GDP | Percent | 0 | 99 | 1235 | ||
8 | GDP (Billions USD) | $ Billions | 613 | 107 | 1233 | ||
9 | Exports /Total Exports of the World %. | 0 | 92 | 1231 | |||
10 | Export of Goods and Services (in Million $) | Amount | 186,399 | 99 | 1230 | ||
11 | Imports /Total GDP of the Country %. | 53 | 98 | 1233 | |||
12 | Exports/Total GDP of the Country %. | 46 | 74 | 1235 |
Work Metrics
Sr. | Title | Metric | World Average | Rank out of 195 | Value | ||
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Above than World Average- |
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1 | Employment in Agri. / Total Labour Force % . | % People | 23 | 19 | 1129 | ||
2 | Employment in Agriculture/Total Labour force %. | % People | 23 | 19 | 1125 | ||
3 | Employment in Agriculture /Total Pop. %. | % People | 9 | 29 | 1128 | ||
Below than World Average- |
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1 | Employment in Services /Total pop.%. | % People | 25 | 153 | 1234 | ||
2 | Employment in Services / Total Labour Force %. | % People | 56 | 158 | 1231 | ||
3 | Non-Agri Labour force/Total Labour force %. | % People | 76 | 156 | 1231 | ||
4 | Employment in services/Total Labour force %. | % People | 56 | 155 | 1234 | ||
5 | Total Labour Force/Total Pop. | % People | 43 | 146 | 1235 | ||
6 | Wage & Salaried Workers / Total Labour Force % | % People | 58 | 145 | 1230 | ||
7 | Formal Jobs | # People | 10,605,934 | 95 | 1233 | ||
8 | Non-Agricultural Labour Force | # People | 15,067,127 | 85 | 1234 | ||
9 | Employment in Services | # People | 10,251,634 | 83 | 1232 | ||
10 | Total Labour Force (2023) | # People | 20,409,734 | 65 | 1234 | ||
11 | Labour Force Participation | # People | 14,659,929 | 54 | 1233 | ||
12 | Teachers in primary edu. | # People | 357,113 | 50 | 1234 | ||
13 | Unemployment Rate. | % People | 7 | 50 | 1232 | ||
14 | Unemployed Labour Force. | # People | 1,511,199 | 50 | 1234 | ||
15 | Employment in Agriculture | # People | 5,314,003 | 38 | 1231 |
Urbanization Metrics
Sr. | Title | Metric | World Average | Rank out of 195 | Value | ||
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Above than World Average- |
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1 | 1M+ Cities per 100000 ( 1M+ Cities/ Tot Pop.)* 100000 | 0 | 20 | 1129 | |||
2 | Rural Pop. /Total Pop. % | % People | 40 | 58 | 1127 | ||
3 | Pop. without Electricity Access / Total Pop.% | % People | 14 | 20 | 1130 | ||
4 | Pop. without Electricity access | # People | 3,455,508 | 21 | 1130 | ||
Below than World Average- |
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1 | Pop. with access to Electricity (%) | % People | 86 | 176 | 1235 | ||
2 | Urban Population / Total Population % . | % People | 60 | 137 | 1233 | ||
3 | # Cities>500000 | # Cities | 4 | 65 | 1231 | ||
4 | # Cities>1M | # Cities | 2 | 46 | 1234 | ||
5 | # Cities>1M | # Cities | 1 | 39 | 1232 | ||
6 | # Cities>100000 | # Cities | 23 | 69 | 1235 | ||
7 | # Cities>500000 | # Cities | 5 | 53 | 1235 | ||
8 | # Cities>100000 | # Cities | 21 | 62 | 1231 | ||
9 | 1M+ Cities Ratio ( 1M+ Cities/ # Cities> 100000) | 0 | 59 | 1233 | |||
10 | Urban Population | # People | 23,726,053 | 65 | 1232 | ||
11 | # Cities>300000 | # Cities | 8 | 53 | 1232 | ||
12 | # Cities>300000 | # Cities | 7 | 47 | 1232 | ||
13 | Rural Pop. | # People | 18,013,759 | 53 | 1230 |
Culture Metrics
Sr. | Title | Metric | World Average | Rank out of 195 | Value | ||
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Above than World Average- |
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1 | Christian Population | # People | 11,885,917 | 30 | 1126 | ||
Below than World Average- |
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1 | World Heritage Sites | Count | 7 | 135 | 1230 | ||
2 | Islamic Population | # People | 9,936,734 | 108 | 1232 | ||
3 | # Olympic Medals | Count | 157 | 92 | 1233 | ||
4 | Total Medals | Count | 12 | 68 | 1232 | ||
5 | Bronze Medal | Count | 4 | 49 | 1231 |
Education Metrics
Sr. | Title | Metric | World Average | Rank out of 195 | Value | ||
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Above than World Average- |
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1 | Literacy Rate (%) | % People | 86 | 132 | 1127 | ||
Below than World Average- |
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1 | Enrolment in Secondary Edu./Total Literate Pop. | % People | 28 | 190 | 1232 | ||
2 | Enrolment in Secondary Edu./Total Pop %. | % People | 23 | 189 | 1231 | ||
3 | Teachers in secondary edu. | # People | 659,923 | 147 | 1234 | ||
4 | Enrolment in secondary edu. | # People | 9,727,510 | 132 | 1230 | ||
5 | Total Literate Pop. | # People | 34,678,001 | 60 | 1230 | ||
6 | # Students per teacher in Primary edu. | Ratio | 260 | 54 | 1235 | ||
7 | Enrolment in primary edu. | # People | 9,629,078 | 44 | 1235 | ||
8 | Enrolment in Primary Edu./ Total Literate Pop %. | % People | 36 | 35 | 1232 | ||
9 | # Students per teacher in secondary edu. | Ratio | 57 | 17 | 1232 | ||
10 | Enrolment in Primary Edu./Total Pop %. | % People | 27 | 13 | 1232 |
Internet Metrics
Sr. | Title | Metric | World Average | Rank out of 195 | Value | ||
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Below than World Average- |
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1 | Int. Users / Total Pop.% | % People | 70 | 172 | 1231 | ||
2 | FB Users / Total Pop. %. | % People | 26 | 157 | 1232 | ||
3 | Twitter Users as a % of Total Population | % People | 14 | 149 | 1233 | ||
4 | LinkedIn Users as a % of Total Population | % People | 30 | 146 | 1235 | ||
5 | Twitter Users as a % of Total Internet Users | % People | 15 | 146 | 1231 | ||
6 | Facebook CPC in Rs. | Absolute | 5 | 142 | 1234 | ||
7 | FB Users / Total Int. Users %. | % People | 33 | 145 | 1231 | ||
8 | LinkedIn Users as a % of Total Internet Users | % People | 33 | 122 | 1233 | ||
9 | Facebook users | # People | 7,174,483 | 112 | 1233 | ||
10 | Twitter users | # People | 3,179,254 | 112 | 1231 | ||
11 | Twitter Users as a % of Total Twitter Users | % People | 0 | 107 | 1232 | ||
12 | Facebook Users as a % of Total facebook Users | % People | 0 | 103 | 1231 | ||
13 | LinkedIn Users as a % of Total LinkedIn Users | % People | 0 | 86 | 1232 | ||
14 | LinkedIn users | # People | 6,064,509 | 86 | 1231 | ||
15 | Internet Users | # People | 28,408,774 | 81 | 1233 |
Governance Metrics
Sr. | Title | Metric | World Average | Rank out of 195 | Value | ||
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Below than World Average- |
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1 | Military Force/Total Pop. % | % People | 1 | 150 | 1230 | ||
2 | Military Force/Total World Military Force %. | % People | 0 | 111 | 1232 | ||
3 | Military Budget/Total World Military Budget %. | Percent | 0 | 99 | 1233 | ||
4 | Total Military Force | # People | 358,465 | 117 | 1235 | ||
5 | Military Budget (in Billion $) | $ Billion | 15 | 99 | 1234 | ||
6 | Judges Per 100K | People Per 100K | 11 | 43 | 1233 |
Media Metrics
Sr. | Title | Metric | World Average | Rank out of 195 | Value | ||
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Below than World Average- |
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1 | # Phone Numbers /Total Pop. % | Percent | 101 | 151 | 1235 | ||
2 | # Mobile phone numbers | Count | 40,393,496 | 67 | 1232 |
Zambia Language Details
Sr. | Language | % of people speaking the language in country. |
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1 | English | 1.6 % |
2 | Khoisan | 0.34 % |
3 | Afrikaans | 0.2 % |
4 | Shona | 0.14 % |
5 | Gujarati | 0.05 % |
List of cities having more than 100K population in Zambia
Sr. | City | Total City Population (2023) |
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1 | Chingola | 222,868 |
2 | Chipata | 468,917 |
3 | Kabwe | 208,191 |
4 | Kasama | 238,504 |
5 | Kitwe | 532,456 |
6 | Livingstone | 143,529 |
7 | Luanshya | 160,556 |
8 | Lusaka | 1,797,497 |
9 | Mufulira | 167,583 |
10 | Ndola | 464,249 |
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