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Zambia

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currency: New Zambian kwacha
capital city: Lusaka
region: Eastern Africa
continent: Africa
land area: 743,390 km²
population: 20,569,737 people
political leader: Edgar Lungu (President)

Classified as: place

Location on a map: [-15°0′S, 30°0′E]

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Summary

Zambia is a country. The capital city is Lusaka, located in the Eastern Africa region of Africa. It has a land area of 743,390 km², a population of 20,569,737 people and uses the currency New Zambian kwacha. The President is Edgar Lungu.

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Zambia is one of the countries in Africa, countries in Eastern Africa and 194 countries in our database.

Agricultural land: 238,390.00 km²
Alternative and nuclear energy: 9.67 % of total energy use
Carbon dioxide emissions (co2): 9.27 Mt of CO2 equivalent
Electricity production from coal sources: 0.00 % of total
Electricity production from natural gas sources: 0.00 % of total
Electricity production from hydroelectric sources: 96.99 % of total
Electricity production from nuclear sources: 0.00 % of total
Electricity production from oil sources: 3.01 % of total
Electricity production from renewable sources, excluding hydroelectric: 0.00 % of total
Net energy imports: 8.29 % of energy use
Fertility rate: 4.24 births per woman
Forest area: 446,258 km²
Fossil fuel energy consumption: 10.56 % of total
Greenhouse gas emissions (co2, ch4, n2o, hfcs, pfcs, sf6): 30.30 Mt of CO2 equivalent
Median age: 13.40
Methane emissions: 13.34 Mt of CO2 equivalent
Nitrous oxide emissions: 7.69 Mt of CO2 equivalent
Female population: 10,420,876 people
Male population: 10,148,862 people
Renewable energy consumption: 83.00 % of total final energy consumption
Rural land area: 740,140.22 km²
Rural population: 11,038,749 people
Urban land area: 2,079.14 km²
Urban population: 9,530,988 people
Urban population living in areas where elevation is below 5 meters : 0.00 % of total population

Geographical distribution of cities in Zambia by population

Evolution of historical electricity production from oil sources in Zambia

Evolution of historical electricity production from renewable sources, excluding hydroelectric in Zambia

Evolution of historical net energy imports in Zambia

Evolution of historical fertility rate in Zambia

Zambia relationship between life expectancy at birth and fertility rate over time

Zambia relationship between median age and fertility rate over time

Evolution of historical forest area in Zambia

Zambia relationship between rural land area and forest area over time

Evolution of historical fossil fuel energy consumption in Zambia

Zambia relationship between renewable energy consumption and fossil fuel energy consumption over time

Evolution of historical other greenhouse gas emissions, HFC, PFC and SF6 in Zambia

Zambia relationship between urban land area and greenhouse gas emissions (CO2, CH4, N2O, HFCs, PFCs, SF6) over time

Zambia relationship between urban land area and nitrous oxide emissions over time

Zambia relationship between urban population and greenhouse gas emissions (CO2, CH4, N2O, HFCs, PFCs, SF6) over time

Evolution of historical internally displaced persons, by conflict and violence in Zambia

Evolution of historical internet access in Zambia

Evolution of historical land area in Zambia

Evolution of historical median age in Zambia

Evolution of historical methane emissions in Zambia

Zambia relationship between nitrous oxide emissions and methane emissions over time

Zambia relationship between population and methane emissions over time

Zambia relationship between rural population and methane emissions over time

Zambia relationship between greenhouse gas emissions (CO2, CH4, N2O, HFCs, PFCs, SF6) and methane emissions over time

Zambia relationship between urban land area and methane emissions over time

Zambia relationship between urban population and methane emissions over time

Evolution of historical net migration in Zambia

Evolution of historical nitrous oxide emissions in Zambia

Zambia relationship between population and nitrous oxide emissions over time

Zambia relationship between greenhouse gas emissions (CO2, CH4, N2O, HFCs, PFCs, SF6) and nitrous oxide emissions over time

Zambia relationship between urban population and nitrous oxide emissions over time

Evolution of historical population in Zambia

Zambia relationship between urban land area and population over time

Evolution of historical female population in Zambia

Evolution of historical male population in Zambia

Evolution of historical renewable energy consumption in Zambia

Evolution of historical total rural land area in Zambia

Evolution of historical rural population in Zambia

Zambia relationship between urban land area and rural population over time

Evolution of historical total urban land in Zambia

Zambia relationship between urban population and urban land area over time

Evolution of historical urban population in Zambia

Evolution of historical urban population living in areas where elevation is below 5 meters in Zambia

Zambia relationship between date and population over time

Zambia relationship between greenhouse gas emissions (CO2, CH4, N2O, HFCs, PFCs, SF6) and carbon dioxide emissions (CO2) over time

Evolution of historical agricultural land in Zambia

Zambia relationship between methane emissions and agricultural land over time

Zambia relationship between nitrous oxide emissions and agricultural land over time

Evolution of historical alternative and nuclear energy in Zambia

Evolution of historical carbon dioxide emissions (CO2) in Zambia

Zambia relationship between GDP and carbon dioxide emissions (CO2) over time

Zambia relationship between methane emissions and carbon dioxide emissions (CO2) over time

Zambia relationship between nitrous oxide emissions and carbon dioxide emissions (CO2) over time

Zambia relationship between urban land area and carbon dioxide emissions (CO2) over time

Zambia relationship between urban population and carbon dioxide emissions (CO2) over time

Evolution of historical access to electricity in Zambia

Zambia relationship between birth rate and access to electricity over time

Zambia relationship between fertility rate and access to electricity over time

Zambia relationship between life expectancy at birth and access to electricity over time

Zambia relationship between renewable energy consumption and access to electricity over time

Zambia relationship between self-employed workers and access to electricity over time

Zambia relationship between vulnerable employment and access to electricity over time

Evolution of historical electricity production from coal sources in Zambia

Evolution of historical electricity production from natural gas sources in Zambia

Evolution of historical electricity production from hydroelectric sources in Zambia

Evolution of historical electricity production from nuclear sources in Zambia

Distribution of sites in Zambia by inscription year

Geographical distribution of sites in Zambia by area

Distribution of transboundary sites in Zambia

Geographical distribution of wildfires in Zambia by mean width

Relationship between width mean and length mean in Zambia

Cities in Zambia

Sites in Zambia

Wildfires in Zambia

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Central government debt: 71.41 % of GDP
Expense: 25.14 % of GDP
Gdp: 28,162,630,953.93 current US$
Inflation: 10.88 annual %
Self-employed workers: 73.02 % of total employment
Tax revenue: 16.78 % of GDP
Unemployment: 5.91 % of total labor force
Vulnerable employment: 69.24 % of total employment

Distribution of companies from Zambia by foundation year

Evolution of historical central government debt in Zambia

Evolution of historical expense in Zambia

Evolution of historical GDP in Zambia

Zambia relationship between greenhouse gas emissions (CO2, CH4, N2O, HFCs, PFCs, SF6) and GDP over time

Evolution of historical median inflation in Zambia

Evolution of historical self employed in Zambia

Zambia relationship between vulnerable employment and self-employed workers over time

Evolution of historical tax revenue in Zambia

Evolution of historical unemployment rate in Zambia

Evolution of historical vulnerable employment in Zambia

Distribution of shops in Zambia by country

Companies in Zambia

Exchanges in Zambia

Shops from Zambia

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Birth rate: 34.13 per 1,000 people
Death rate: 6.72 per 1,000 people
Health expenditure per capita: 75.34 current US$
Health expenditure: 6.62 % of GDP
Incidence of hiv: 1.86 per 1,000 uninfected population
Hospital beds: 2.00 per 1,000 people
Life expectancy at birth: 62
Suicide mortality rate: 7.30 per 100,000 population

Distribution of diseases in Zambia by mortality rate

Distribution of diseases in Zambia by start date

Evolution of historical birth rate in Zambia

Zambia relationship between fertility rate and birth rate over time

Zambia relationship between life expectancy at birth and birth rate over time

Zambia relationship between self-employed workers and birth rate over time

Zambia relationship between vulnerable employment and birth rate over time

Zambia relationship between median age and birth rate over time

Evolution of historical death rate in Zambia

Zambia relationship between life expectancy at birth and death rate over time

Evolution of historical health expenditure per capita in Zambia

Evolution of historical health expenditure in Zambia

Evolution of historical incidence of HIV in Zambia

Evolution of historical hospital beds in Zambia

Evolution of historical life expectancy in Zambia

Zambia relationship between self-employed workers and life expectancy at birth over time

Zambia relationship between vulnerable employment and life expectancy at birth over time

Evolution of historical suicide rate in Zambia

Distribution of diseases by first founded year in Zambia

Evolution of historical covid cases in Zambia

Evolution of historical covid deaths in Zambia

Relationship between deaths and cases over time in Zambia

Diseases in Zambia

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Armed forces personnel: 16,000 people
Democracy score: 5.61
Democracy type: Hybrid regime
Military expenditure: 1.19 % of GDP
Proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments: 14.97 %

Evolution of historical armed forces personnel in Zambia

Zambia relationship between methane emissions and armed forces personnel over time

Zambia relationship between nitrous oxide emissions and armed forces personnel over time

Zambia relationship between population and armed forces personnel over time

Zambia relationship between rural population and armed forces personnel over time

Zambia relationship between greenhouse gas emissions (CO2, CH4, N2O, HFCs, PFCs, SF6) and armed forces personnel over time

Zambia relationship between urban land area and armed forces personnel over time

Zambia relationship between urban population and armed forces personnel over time

Evolution of historical military expenditure in Zambia

Evolution of historical proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments in Zambia

Distribution of politicians from Zambia by birth date

Distribution of politicians from Zambia by gender

Political parties in Zambia

Politicians from Zambia

Sports see more

Distribution of athletes from Zambia by birth year

Distribution of athletes by gender in Zambia

Distribution of competitions by city in Zambia

Distribution of competitions by country in Zambia

Distribution of competitions in Zambia by start date

Distribution of medals won by Zambia at the Olympics

Athletes from Zambia

Competitions in Zambia

Culture see more

Distribution of artists from Zambia by birth date

Distribution of artists from Zambia by gender

Geographical distribution of museums in Zambia by visitors

Artists from Zambia

Museums in Zambia

Research see more

Geographical distribution of universities in Zambia by total students

Distribution of universities in Zambia by foundation year

Universities in Zambia

In literature

There are 234 books written about Zambia in the database

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