1) Natural Geography
Area > Land | 740,724 sq km | [39th of 238] |
Area > Land (per capita) | 63.475 sq km per 1,000 people | [38th of 227] |
Area > Total | 752,614 sq km | [45th of 250] |
Area > Total (per capita) | 64.494 sq km per 1,000 people | [36th of 231] |
Area > Water | 11,890 sq km | [36th of 239] |
Area > Water (per capita) | 1,018.892 sq km per million people | [39th of 225] |
Capital city with population | Lusaka - 1,391,000 | |
Climate tropical; modified by altitude; rainy season (October to April) |
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Coastline | 0 km | [260th of 271] |
Elevation extremes > Highest point unnamed location in Mafinga Hills 2,301 m |
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Elevation extremes > Lowest point | Zambezi river 329 m | |
Forested Land | 42% | [54th of 193] |
Geographic coordinates | 15 00 S, 30 00 E | |
Geography >
Note landlocked; the Zambezi forms a natural riverine boundary with Zimbabwe |
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Irrigated land | 1,560 sq km | [81st of 196] |
Irrigated land (per capita) | 138.161 sq km per million people | [97th of 167] |
Land area > sq. km | 743,390 km² | [38th of 206] |
Land area > sq. km (per capita) | 63.709 km² per 1,000 people | [36th of 206] |
Land
boundaries > Border countries Angola 1,110 km, Democratic Republic of the Congo 1,930 km, Malawi 837 km, Mozambique 419 km, Namibia 233 km, Tanzania 338 km, Zimbabwe 797 km |
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Land boundaries > Total | 5,664 km | [24th of 166] |
Land boundaries > Total (per capita) | 485.366 km per million people | [37th of 164] |
Land use > Arable land | 6.99% | [133rd of 258] |
Land use > Other | 92.97% | [90th of 258] |
Land use > Permanent crops | 0.04% | [185th of 258] |
Largest city with population | Lusaka - 1,391,000 | |
Location Southern Africa, east of Angola |
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Map references Africa | ||
Maritime claims | none (landlocked) | |
Natural
hazards periodic drought, tropical storms (November to April) |
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Natural
resources copper, cobalt, zinc, lead, coal, emeralds, gold, silver, uranium, hydropower |
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northernmost point > Latitude | 08°14'S | |
Population density | 13.05 people per sqkm | [197th of 256] |
Population density > people per sq. km | 15.7 people/m² | [169th of 204] |
Rural population density > rural population per sq. km of arable land | 139.7 people/km² of arable lan | [133rd of 188] |
Surface area > sq. km | 752,610 km² | [38th of 206] |
Surface area > sq. km (per capita) | 64.5 km² per 1,000 people | [36th of 207] |
tallest mountains > Mountain | Mafinga Hills | |
Terrain mostly high plateau with some hills and mountains |
SOURCES
CIA World Factbook,
22 August 2006 ; All
CIA World
Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008; United Nations
World
Statistics Pocketbook and
Statistical
Yearbook, City Population, CIA World
Factbook, World Gazetteer,
Official government websites.; FAO;
World Development
Indicators database; Wikipedia:
List of countries by northernmost point ;
Heal The World
Foundation.; Wikipedia:
List
of tallest mountains by country
ALTERNATIVE NAMES
Zambia, Republic of Zambia
2) Human Geography
Age distribution
Zambia Population Pyramid for 1990
Age and sex distribution for the year 1990
Zambia Population Pyramid for 1995
Age and sex distribution for the year 1995
Zambia Population Pyramid for 2000
Age and sex distribution for the year 2000
Zambia Population Pyramid for 2003
Age and sex distribution for the year 2003
Zambia Population Pyramid for 2005
Age and sex distribution for the year 2005
Zambia Population Pyramid for 2010
Age and sex distribution for the year 2010
Zambia Population Pyramid for 2020
Predicted age and sex distribution for the year 2020
Zambia Population Pyramid for 2050
Predicted age and sex distribution for the year 2050
Source
US Census Bureau
July 17, 2003
Child employment in agriculture > % of economically active children ages 7-14 | 90.51 % | [3rd of 11] |
Child employment in agriculture, female > % of female economically active children ages 7-14 | 88.07 % | [3rd of 11] |
Child employment in agriculture, male > % of male economically active children ages 7-14 | 92.69 % | [1st of 11] |
Child employment in manufacturing > % of economically active children ages 7-14 | 0.52 % | [7th of 10] |
Child employment in manufacturing, female > % of female economically active children ages 7-14 | 0.8 % | [6th of 10] |
Child employment in manufacturing, male > % of male economically active children ages 7-14 | 0.27 % | [8th of 10] |
Child employment in services > % of economically active children ages 7-14 | 8.65 % | [5th of 11] |
Child employment in services, female > % of female economically active children ages 7-14 | 10.98 % | [4th of 11] |
Child employment in services, male > % of male economically active children ages 7-14 | 6.57 % | [8th of 11] |
Compensation of employees > % of expense | 31.13 % | [28th of 97] |
Compensation of employees > current LCU | 405800000000 | |
CPIA building human resources rating | 3.5 | [47th of 75] |
Economic activity > Both sexes aged 10-14 | 15.61 | [47th of 89] |
Economic activity > Both sexes aged 15-19 | 64.01 | [14th of 167] |
Economic activity > Both sexes aged 20-24 | 81.42 | [26th of 166] |
Economic activity > Both sexes aged 25-29 | 84.22 | [67th of 167] |
Economic activity > Both sexes aged 30-34 | 85.21 | [74th of 165] |
Economic activity > Both sexes aged 35-39 | 84.38 | [85th of 166] |
Economic activity > Both sexes aged 40-44 | 80.28 | [98th of 167] |
Economic activity > Both sexes aged 45-49 | 76.59 | [102nd of 163] |
Economic activity > Both sexes aged 50-54 | 72.66 | [98th of 166] |
Economic activity > Both sexes aged 55-59 | 66.23 | [67th of 166] |
Economic activity > Both sexes aged 60-64 | 56.3 | [61st of 166] |
Economic activity > Both sexes aged 65 plus | 42.26 | [41st of 165] |
Economic activity > Men aged 10-14 | 16.5 | [54th of 92] |
Economic activity > Men aged 15-19 | 67.39 | [14th of 164] |
Economic activity > Men aged 20-24 | 89.91 | [22nd of 166] |
Economic activity > Men aged 25-29 | 96.09 | [53rd of 165] |
Economic activity > Men aged 30-34 | 96.82 | [104th of 165] |
Economic activity > Men aged 35-39 | 97.04 | [113rd of 164] |
Economic activity > Men aged 40-44 | 95.78 | [129th of 163] |
Economic activity > Men aged 45-49 | 94.95 | [113rd of 167] |
Economic activity > Men aged 50-54 | 92.98 | [83rd of 165] |
Economic activity > Men aged 55-59 | 90.51 | [60th of 167] |
Economic activity > Men aged 60-64 | 75.6 | [70th of 165] |
Economic activity > Men aged 65 plus | 55.37 | [45th of 162] |
Economic activity > Women aged 10-14 | 14.71 | [45th of 89] |
Economic activity > Women aged 15-19 | 60.54 | [19th of 164] |
Economic activity > Women aged 20-24 | 72.75 | [51st of 166] |
Economic activity > Women aged 25-29 | 72.67 | [71st of 165] |
Economic activity > Women aged 30-34 | 74.17 | [73rd of 167] |
Economic activity > Women aged 35-39 | 73.25 | [79th of 165] |
Economic activity > Women aged 40-44 | 67.42 | [89th of 165] |
Economic activity > Women aged 45-49 | 61.82 | [96th of 161] |
Economic activity > Women aged 50-54 | 56.85 | [90th of 166] |
Economic activity > Women aged 55-59 | 48.26 | [68th of 167] |
Economic activity > Women aged 60-64 | 41.65 | [54th of 165] |
Economic activity > Women aged 65 plus | 30.74 | [34th of 167] |
Economically active children, female | 13.88 % | [6th of 34] |
Economically active children, male | 15.02 % | [4th of 34] |
Economically active children, study and work | 27.17 % | [9th of 34] |
Economically active children, study and work, female | 29.25 % | [8th of 34] |
Economically active children, study and work, male | 25.2 % | [9th of 34] |
Economically active children, total | 14.45 % | [4th of 34] |
Economically active children, work only | 72.83 % | [2nd of 34] |
Economically active children, work only, female | 70.75 % | [3rd of 33] |
Economically active children, work only, male | 74.8 % | [2nd of 34] |
Employees, agriculture, female > % of female employment | 78 % | [2nd of 86] |
Employees, agriculture, male > % of male employment | 64 % | [2nd of 86] |
Employees, industry, female > % of female employment | 2 % | [82nd of 86] |
Employees, industry, male > % of male employment | 10 % | [81st of 86] |
Employees, services, female > % of female employment | 20 % | [81st of 86] |
Employees, services, male > % of male employment | 26.9 % | [79th of 86] |
Employment in agriculture > % of total employment | 70 % | [3rd of 94] |
Employment in industry > % of total employment | 7 % | [90th of 94] |
Employment in services > % of total employment | 23 % | [88th of 94] |
Female economic activity | 64.2% | [34th of 156] |
Female economic activity growth | -2% | [137th of 156] |
Firing cost > weeks of wages | 177.7 weeks of wages | [4th of 164] |
force participation rate, female > % of female population ages 15-64 | 68.29 % | [40th of 184] |
force participation rate, male > % of male population ages 15-64 | 91.48 % | [9th of 184] |
force participation rate, total > % of total population ages 15-64 | 79.94 % | [20th of 184] |
force, female > % of total labor force | 42.21 % | [88th of 184] |
force, total | 4,949,675 | [71st of 184] |
force, total (per capita) | 0.424 per capita | [118th of 184] |
Labor force | 4,989,000 | [58th of 132] |
Labor force (per capita) | 434,678.548 per million people | [72nd of 131] |
Labor
force > By occupation agriculture 85%, industry 6%, services 9% |
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Labor force > By occupation > Agriculture | 85% | [1st of 32] |
Labor force > By occupation > Industry | 6% | [28th of 29] |
Labor force > By occupation > Services | 9% | [29th of 29] |
Minimum Age Convention, 1973 > Ratifications > Date | February 9, 1976 | |
Minimum Age Convention, 1973 > Ratifications > Minimum age | 15 | [69th of 146] |
Parental leave > Paid maternity leave | 12 weeks | |
Regulation | 46 | [85th of 123] |
Regulation > Employment Conditions | 64 | [79th of 123] |
Regulation > Firing | 40 | [54th of 123] |
Regulation > Hiring | 33 | [100th of 123] |
regulations > % of managers surveyed ranking this as a major business constraint | 16.91 % | [1st of 39] |
Right to Organise and Collective Bargaining Convention > Ratifications > Date | September 2, 1996 | |
Rigidity of employment index | 23 | [127th of 166] |
Share of women employed in the nonagricultural sector > % of total nonagricultural employment | 29.4 % | [123rd of 174] |
skills > % of managers surveyed ranking this as a major business constraint | 35.75 % | [2nd of 38] |
Technicians in R&D > per million people | 15.54 per million people | [47th of 49] |
Unemployment rate | 50% | [2nd of 107] |
Unemployment, female > % of female labor force | 12 % | [35th of 95] |
Unemployment, male > % of male labor force | 13 % | [12th of 95] |
Unemployment, total > % of total labor force | 12 % | [26th of 101] |
Unemployment, youth female > % of female labor force ages 15-24 | 21.1 % | [14th of 77] |
Unemployment, youth male > % of male labor force ages 15-24 | 20.7 % | [10th of 77] |
Unemployment, youth total > % of total labor force ages 15-24 | 20.9 % | [13th of 77] |
Workers' remittances and compensation of employees, paid > US$ | 24,000,000 $ | [105th of 149] |
Workers' remittances and compensation of employees, paid > US$ (per $ GDP) | 3.301 $ per $1,000 of GDP | [82nd of 166] |
Workers' remittances and compensation of employees, paid > US$ (per capita) | 2.057 $ per 1,000 people | [116th of 167] |
SOURCES
World Development
Indicators database; Economic activity rate and economically active
population, by sex, thirteen age groups, 1950-2010 (ILO estimates and
projections) are data from the International Labour Union (ILO). Source details:
ILO, Economically Active Population, 1950-2010, fourth edition, diskette
database (Geneva, 1997). The latest set of estimates and projections covering
the period 1950-2010 (4th edition) was released by ILO in December 1996. These
data are updated every five-ten years by ILO and a new set of these data is in
preparation; calculated on the basis of data on the economically active
population and total population from ILO (International Labour Organization).
2002. Estimates and Projections of the Economically Active Population,
1950-2010, 4th ed., rev. 2. Database. Geneva; All
CIA World
Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008; Wikipedia:
Minimum Age
Convention, 1973 ; Wikipedia:
Parental leave ;
The World Bank Group The original methodology and data come from The
Regulation of Labor, by Juan Botero, Simeon Djankov, Rafael La Porta, Florencio
Lopez-de-Silanes, and Andrei Shleifer. When using the data, please also cite
this paper as a reference.;
The World Bank Group The original methodology and data come from The
Regulation of Labor, by Juan Botero, Simeon Djankov, Rafael La Porta, Florencio
Lopez-de-Silanes, and Andrei Shleifer. When using the data, please also cite
this paper as a reference; Wikipedia:
Right to Organise and Collective Bargaining Convention, 1949
ALTERNATIVE NAMES
Zambia, Republic of Zambia
People
SOURCES
Wikipedia:
List of African countries by population density ;
World Development
Indicators database;
CIA World Factbook, 22 August 2006 ;
CIA World Factbook,
28 July 2005; All
CIA World
Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008;
UNICEF;
University Libraries, Ohio University;
U.S. Census Bureau,
Population Division, International Programs Center ; Human Development
Reports, United Nations 2002; Wikipedia:
Greek diaspora ;
Population Division of the United Nations Secretariat, World Urbanization
Prospects: The 2003 Revision, Data Tables and Highlights. Estimates and
projections of urban and rural populations are made by the Population Division
of the United Nations Secretariat and published every two years. These estimates
and projections are based on national census or survey data that have been
evaluated and, whenever necessary, adjusted for deficiencies and
inconsistencies; World
Development Indicators database and
CIA World
Factbook;
CIA World Factbook, 14 June, 2007 ; Population Division of the Department of
Economic and Social Affairs of the United Nations Secretariat, World Population
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Population Reference Bureau, 2001 World Population Data Sheet, Washington, DC:
PRB, 2001. via ciesin.org; The Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights;
The Office of the High Commissioner for Human RIghts; Wikipedia:
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U.S. Census Bureau,
Population Division, International Programs Center
Spanish Statistical Institute; Population
Division of the United Nations Secretariat, World Urbanization Prospects: The
2001 Revision, Data Tables and Highlights (ESA/P/WP.173, 20 March 2002); UN
(United Nations). 2002. World Urbanization Prospects: The 2001 Revision.
Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division. New York
ALTERNATIVE NAMES
Zambia, Republic of Zambia
Mortality
Death rate, crude > per 1,000 people | 21.88 per 1,000 people | [6th of 195] |
rate, adult, female > per 1,000 female adults | 712.89 per 1,000 female adults | [5th of 185] |
rate, adult, male > per 1,000 male adults | 671.59 per 1,000 male adults | [5th of 185] |
rate, infant > per 1,000 live births | 102 per 1,000 live births | [17th of 187] |
rate, under-5 > per 1,000 | 182 per 1,000 | [17th of 187] |
SOURCES
World Development
Indicators database
immigrant population > Immigrants as percentage of state population/a> | 2.357 | [111st of 195] |
immigrant population > Number of immigrants | 275,000 | [84th of 195] |
immigrant population > Percentage of total number of immigrants in the world | >0.5% | |
International migration stock > % of population | 2.36 % | [122nd of 205] |
International migration stock, total | 274,842 | [86th of 205] |
Net migration | -65,000 | [121st of 180] |
Net migration (per capita) | -5.571 per 1 million people | [111st of 185] |
Net migration rate | -2.63 migrant(s)/1,000 populati | [141st of 225] |
Refugee population by country or territory of asylum | 155,718 | [14th of 151] |
Refugee population by country or territory of asylum (per capita) | 13,345.206 per 1 million people | [7th of 162] |
Refugees > Convention on refugees | 24 Sep 1969 d | |
Refugees > US applications | 1 | [58th of 64] |
Refugees > US applications (per capita) | 0 per 1,000 people | [54th of 63] |
Refugees and internally displaced persons > Refugees (country of
origin) 42,565 (Angola); 60,874 (Democratic Republic of the Congo); 4,100 (Rwanda) |
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US visa lottery winners | 124 US visa lottery winners | [72nd of 178] |
US visa lottery winners (per capita) | 11.0105 US visa lottery winners |
[96th of 176] |
SOURCES
Wikipedia:
List of countries by immigrant population ;
World Development Indicators
database; All
CIA World
Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008; United Nations Treaty
Collection; United States Citizenship and Immigration
Services; US Department of State: Bureau of Consular Affairs
ALTERNATIVE NAMES
Zambia, Republic of Zambia
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