Nationality:
noun: Zambian(s)
adjective:
Zambian
Ethnic groups:
African 99.5% (includes Bemba, Tonga, Chewa, Lozi, Nsenga, Tumbuka, Ngoni, Lala, Kaonde, Lunda, and other African groups), other 0.5% (includes Europeans, Asians, and Americans) (2000 Census)
Languages:
Bemba (official) 30.1%, Nyanja (official) 10.7%, Tonga (official) 10.6%, Lozi (official) 5.7%, Chewa 4.9%, Nsenga 3.4%, Tumbuka 2.5%, Lunda (official) 2.2%, Kaonde (official) 2%, Lala 2%, Luvale (official) 1.7%, English (official) 1.7%, other 22.5% (2000 Census)
Religions:
Christian 50%-75%, Muslim and Hindu 24%-49%, indigenous beliefs 1%
Population: Age structure: Median age: Population growth rate: Birth rate: Death rate: Net migration rate: Urbanization: Major cities - population: Sex ratio: Maternal mortality rate: Infant mortality rate: Life expectancy at birth: Total fertility rate: Health expenditures: Physicians density: Hospital bed density: Sanitation facility access: HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate: HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS: HIV/AIDS - deaths: Major infectious diseases: Children under the age of 5 years underweight: Education expenditures: Literacy: School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education):
NOTE: 1) The information regarding Zambia on this page is re-published from the 2013 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Zambia People 2013 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Zambia People 2013 should be addressed to the CIA.
13,817,479 (July 2012 est.)
country comparison to the world: 70
note:
estimates for this country explicitly take into account the effects of excess mortality due to AIDS; this can result in lower life expectancy, higher infant mortality, higher death rates, lower population growth rates, and changes in the distribution of population by age and sex than would otherwise be expected
0-14 years: 46.3% (male 3,210,553/female 3,183,169)
15-24 years:
20% (male 1,382,475/female 1,384,868)
25-54 years:
28.4% (male 1,979,093/female 1,947,852)
55-64 years:
2.9% (male 188,412/female 205,783)
65 years and over:
2.4% (male 144,145/female 191,129) (2012 est.)
total: 16.5 years
male:
16.5 years
female:
16.6 years (2012 est.)
2.89% (2012 est.)
country comparison to the world: 13
43.1 births/1,000 population (2012 est.)
country comparison to the world: 5
13.4 deaths/1,000 population (July 2012 est.)
country comparison to the world: 18
-0.76 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2012 est.)
country comparison to the world: 147
urban population: 36% of total population (2010)
rate of urbanization:
3.2% annual rate of change (2010-15 est.)
LUSAKA (capital) 1.413 million (2009)
at birth: 1.03 male(s)/female
under 15 years:
1.01 male(s)/female
15-64 years:
1.01 male(s)/female
65 years and over:
0.74 male(s)/female
total population:
1 male(s)/female (2011 est.)
440 deaths/100,000 live births (2010)
country comparison to the world: 25
total: 70.6 deaths/1,000 live births
country comparison to the world: 19
male:
76.2 deaths/1,000 live births
female:
64.8 deaths/1,000 live births (2012 est.)
total population: 52.57 years
country comparison to the world: 208
male:
51.35 years
female:
53.83 years (2012 est.)
5.85 children born/woman (2012 est.)
country comparison to the world: 7
4.8% of GDP (2009)
country comparison to the world: 142
0.055 physicians/1,000 population (2006)
1.9 beds/1,000 population (2008)
improved:
unimproved:
13.5% (2009 est.)
country comparison to the world: 6
980,000 (2009 est.)
country comparison to the world: 11
45,000 (2009 est.)
country comparison to the world: 10
degree of risk: very high
food or waterborne diseases:
bacterial and protozoal diarrhea, hepatitis A, and typhoid fever
vectorborne diseases:
malaria and plague are high risks in some locations
water contact disease:
schistosomiasis
animal contact disease:
rabies (2009)
14.9% (2007)
country comparison to the world: 54
1.3% of GDP (2008)
country comparison to the world: 159
definition: age 15 and over can read and write English
total population:
80.6%
male:
86.8%
female:
74.8% (2003 est.)
total: 7 years
male:
8 years
female:
7 years (2000)
2) The rank that you see is the CIA reported rank, which may habe the following issues:
a) They assign increasing rank number, alphabetically for countries with the same value of the ranked item, whereas we assign them the same rank.
b) The CIA sometimes assignes counterintuitive ranks. For example, it assigns unemployment rates in increasing order, whereas we rank them in decreasing order
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