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🇿🇲 Zambia

Overview

ISO 3166-1 alpha-3ZMB
ISO 3166-1 alpha-2ZM
UN M49 numeric894
IOC codeZAM
Official nameRepublic of Zambia
Native name(s)eng: official: Republic of Zambia; common: Zambia
Alt spellingsZM, Republic of Zambia
Statusofficially-assigned
IndependentYes
UN memberYes

Geography

RegionAfrica
SubregionEastern Africa
UN regional groupAfrican Group
CapitalLusaka
Area (km²)752,612
Lat / Lng-15.0000, 30.0000
LandlockedYes
Borders (ISO3)AGO, BWA, COD, MWI, MOZ, NAM, TZA, ZWE
Top-level domain.zm
Calling coderoot: +2; suffixes: 60

Demographics

Population (World Bank)21,913,874 (2025)
Life expectancy (years, World Bank)66.528 (2024)
Languageseng: English
Demonymseng: f: Zambian; m: Zambian; fra: f: Zambienne; m: Zambien
Population time-series (UN WPP)74

Economy

GDP (current USD)28,879,806,220.126 (2025)
GDP per capita (current USD)1,317.878 (2025)
Unemployment rate (%)5.918 (2025)
CurrenciesZMW: name: Zambian kwacha; symbol: ZK

Population by year (UN WPP)

74 yearly data points — click to expand
YearPopulation
19502,321,302
19512,393,302
19522,467,251
19532,543,539
19542,622,277
19552,703,543
19562,787,410
19572,874,068
19582,963,867
19593,057,054
19603,153,729
19613,254,086
19623,358,099
19633,465,907
19643,577,017
19653,692,086
19663,812,003
19673,936,343
19684,065,593
19694,197,116
19704,321,718
19714,442,525
19724,569,309
19734,702,693
19744,842,746
19754,990,086
19765,143,842
19775,302,480
19785,465,374
19795,631,728
19805,802,833
19815,983,289
19826,178,637
19836,381,038
19846,580,490
19856,780,953
19866,986,471
19877,191,282
19887,391,440
19897,589,216
19907,786,169
19917,981,650
19928,176,680
19938,373,921
19948,576,269
19958,785,763
19969,004,053
19979,237,063
19989,482,408
19999,740,005
200010,017,631
200110,325,185
200210,647,949
200310,983,595
200411,338,198
200511,718,819
200612,129,553
200712,565,085
200813,021,324
200913,490,389
201013,965,594
201114,437,796
201214,913,629
201315,398,997
201415,895,315
201516,399,089
201616,914,423
201717,441,320
201817,973,569
201918,513,839
202019,059,395
202119,603,607
202220,152,938
202320,723,965

Full raw record (JSON)

JSON
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