Zambia

Republic of Zambia
Flag Coat of arms
Motto:  "One Zambia, One Nation"
Anthem: "Stand and Sing of Zambia, Proud and Free"
Capital and largest city	Lusaka 15°25′S 28°17′E / 15.417°S 28.283°E / -15.417; 28.283
Official languages	English
Recognised regional languages	List 33.5% Bemba 14.8% Nyanja 11.4% Tonga 5.5% Lozi 4.5% Chewa 3.0% Nsenga 2.6% Tumbuka 1.9% Lunda 1.9% Kaonde 1.8% Lala 1.8% Lamba 1.7% English 1.5% Luvale 1.3% Mambwe 1.2% Lenje 1.2% Namwanga 1.0% Bisa 0.9% Ushi 0.7% Ila 0.7% Mbunda 0.7% Ngoni 0.7% Senga 0.6% Lungu 0.5% Toka-Leya 4.7% Others
Ethnic groups (2010[1])	List 21.0% Bemba 13.6% Tonga 7.4% Chewa 5.7% Lozi 5.3% Nsenga 4.4% Tumbuka 4.0% Ngoni 3.1% Lala 2.9% Kaonde 2.8% Namwanga 2.6% Lunda (Northern) 2.5% Mambwe 2.2% Luvale 2.1% Lamba 1.9% Ushi 1.6% Bisa 1.6% Lenje 1.2% Mbunda 0.9% Lunda (Luapula) 0.9% Senga 0.8% Ila 0.8% Lungu 0.7% Tabwa 0.7% Soli 0.7% Kunda 0.6% Ngumbo 0.5% Chishinga 0.5% Chokwe 0.5% Nkoya 5.4% Other ethnics 0.8% Major racial 0.4% Unclassified
Religion (2010)[2]	95.5% Christianity[a] –75.3% Protestantism –20.2% Other Christian 2.7% Others 1.8% No religion
Demonym(s)	Zambian
Government	Unitary presidential constitutional republic
• President	Hakainde Hichilema
• Vice President	Mutale Nalumango
Legislature	National Assembly
Independence  from the United Kingdom
History
• North-Western Rhodesia	27 June 1890
• Barotziland-North-Western Rhodesia	28 November 1899
• North-Eastern Rhodesia	29 January 1900
• Amalgamation of Northern Rhodesia	17 August 1911
• Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland	1 August 1953
• Republic of Zambia	24 October 1964
• Current constitution	5 January 2016
• Established	1964
Area
• Total	752,618 km2 (290,587 sq mi)[3] (38th)
• Water (%)	1
Population
• 2021 estimate	19,473,125[4][5] (65th)
• 2010 census	13,092,666[6]
• Density	17.2/km2 (44.5/sq mi) (191st)
GDP (PPP)	2019 estimate
• Total	$75.857 billion[7]
• Per capita	$4,148[7]
GDP (nominal)	2019 estimate
• Total	$23.946 billion[7]
• Per capita	$1,307[7]
Gini (2015)	57.1[8] high
HDI (2019)	0.584[9] medium · 146th
Currency	Zambian kwacha (ZMW)
Time zone	UTC+2 (CAT)
Driving side	left
Calling code	+260
ISO 3166 code	ZM
Internet TLD	.zm

The Republic of Zambia is a country in southern Africa. It shares its borders with the Democratic Republic of the Congo to the north, Tanzania to the north-east, Malawi to the east, Mozambique, Zimbabwe, Botswana, and Namibia to the south, and Angola to the west. It used to be called Northern Rhodesia and it is currently named after the Zambezi River. Zambia is home to one of the seven natural wonders of the world, Victoria falls. Zambia has at least 72 spoken languages.

The capital of Zambia is Lusaka, which is also the largest city in the country. Hakainde Hichilema is the current president. Its motto is One Zambia, One Nation and its national anthem is Stand and Sing of Zambia, Proud and Free. Its official language is English.

1. ↑ Census of Population and Housing National Analytical Report 2010 Archived 2017-11-14 at the Wayback Machine Central Statistical Office, Zambia
2. ↑ "Africa :: Zambia — the World Factbook - Central Intelligence Agency". Archived from the original on 2020-10-16. Retrieved 2021-01-13.
3. ↑ United Nations Statistics Division. "Population by sex, rate of population increase, surface area and density" (PDF). Retrieved 9 November 2007.
4. ↑ "World Population Prospects 2022". population.un.org. United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division. Retrieved July 17, 2022.
5. ↑ "World Population Prospects 2022: Demographic indicators by region, subregion and country, annually for 1950-2100" (XSLX). population.un.org ("Total Population, as of 1 July (thousands)"). United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division. Retrieved July 17, 2022.
6. ↑ Central Statistical Office, Government of Zambia. "2010 Census Population Summaries" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 14 November 2017. Retrieved 6 March 2018.
7. ↑ ^{7.0 7.1 7.2 7.3} "Zambia". International Monetary Fund.
8. ↑ "Gini Index". World Bank. Retrieved 2 September 2019.
9. ↑ Human Development Report 2020 The Next Frontier: Human Development and the Anthropocene (PDF). United Nations Development Programme. 15 December 2020. pp. 343–346. ISBN 978-92-1-126442-5. Retrieved 16 December 2020.