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Zambia

Eastern AfricaZMBDemonym: Zambian
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Population
18.38M
18,383,956 people
Area
753K km²
752,612 km²
Density
24.4 /km²
people per km²
Capital
Lusaka
Africa
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Geography

Location & land

Region
Africa
Subregion
Eastern Africa
Coordinates
15.00° S, 30.00° E
Area
753K km²
Neighbours
8
Regional blocs
African Union
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Administration

Codes & identity

Capital
Lusaka
ISO alpha-2
ZM
ISO alpha-3
ZMB
Numeric code
894
Calling code
+260
Internet TLD
.zm
Languages

Spoken here

English
Currency

Money

Zambian kwacha
ZK · ZMW
Economy

Income inequality

Gini index
54.6%

Lower is more equal.

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Economy, health & development

Live rate

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Borders

8 neighbouring countries

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Base facts: bundled reference dataset (mledoze/countries, MIT). Live statistics: World Bank & open.er-api.com, fetched in real time. See data sources. Missing values are shown as “Data unavailable” — never fabricated.