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Republic of Zambia | |
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 Flag
 Coat of arms
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| Motto: "One Zambia, One Nation" | |
| Anthem: "Stand and Sing of Zambia, Proud and Free" | |
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| Capital and largest city | Lusaka 15°25′S 28°17′E / 15.417°S 28.283°E |
| Official languages | English |
| Recognised regional languages | List
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| Ethnic groups (2010[1]) | List
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| Religion | Christianity (official)[2] |
| Demonym(s) | Zambian |
| Government | Unitary presidential republic |
• President | Hakainde Hichilema |
• Vice President | Mutale Nalumango |
| Legislature | National Assembly |
| Independence from the United Kingdom | |
• North-Western Rhodesia | 27 June 1890 |
• Barotziland-North-Western Rhodesia | 28 November 1899 |
• North-Eastern Rhodesia | 29 January 1900 |
• Amalgamation of Northern Rhodesia | 17 August 1911 |
• Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland | 1 August 1953 |
• Republic of Zambia | 24 October 1964 |
• Current constitution | 5 January 2016 |
| Area | |
• Total | 752,617 km2 (290,587 sq mi)[3] (38th) |
• Water (%) | 1 |
| Population | |
• 2023 estimate | 20,216,029[4] (63rd) |
• Density | 17.2/km2 (44.5/sq mi) (191st) |
| GDP (PPP) | 2023 estimate |
• Total |  $83.687 billion[5] (100th) |
• Per capita | $4,068[5] (155th) |
| GDP (nominal) | 2023 estimate |
• Total |  $29.536 billion[5] (113th) |
• Per capita | $1,435[5] (159th) |
| Gini (2015) | 57.1[6] high |
| HDI (2019) | 0.584[7] medium (146th) |
| Currency | Zambian kwacha (ZMW) |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (CAT) |
| Date format | dd/mm/yyyy |
| Driving side | left |
| Calling code | +260 |
| ISO 3166 code | ZM |
| Internet TLD | .zm |
Zambia,[a] officially the Republic of Zambia,[b] is a landlocked country at the crossroads of Central, Southern and East Africa.[8] It is typically referred to being in South-Central Africa or Southern Africa. It is bordered to the north by the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Tanzania to the north-east, Malawi to the east, Mozambique to the southeast, Zimbabwe and Botswana to the south, Namibia to the southwest, and Angola to the west. The capital city of Zambia is Lusaka, located in the south-central part of Zambia. The population is concentrated mainly around Lusaka in the south and the Copperbelt Province to the north, the core economic hubs of the country.
Originally inhabited by Khoisan peoples, the region was affected by the Bantu expansion of the thirteenth century. Following European explorers in the 18th century, the British colonised the region into the British protectorates of Barotziland–North-Western Rhodesia and North-Eastern Rhodesia towards the end of the 19th century. These were merged in 1911 to form Northern Rhodesia. For most of the colonial period, Zambia was governed by an administration appointed from London with the advice of the British South Africa Company.[9]
On 24 October 1964, Zambia became independent of the United Kingdom and prime minister Kenneth Kaunda became the inaugural president. Kaunda's socialist United National Independence Party (UNIP) maintained power from 1964 until 1991. Kaunda played a key role in regional diplomacy, cooperating closely with the United States in search of solutions to conflicts in Southern Rhodesia (Zimbabwe), Angola, and Namibia.[10] From 1972 to 1991 Zambia was a one-party state with UNIP as the sole legal political party under the motto "One Zambia, One Nation" coined by Kaunda. Kaunda was succeeded by Frederick Chiluba of the social-democratic Movement for Multi-Party Democracy in 1991, beginning a period of socio-economic development and government decentralisation. Zambia has since become a multi-party state and has experienced several peaceful transitions of power.
Zambia contains abundant natural resources, including minerals, wildlife, forestry, freshwater, and arable land.[11] In 2010, the World Bank named Zambia among the top 10 reformers in the World Bank's Ease of doing business index.[12] The Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA) is headquartered in Lusaka.
- ^ Census of Population and Housing National Analytical Report 2010 Central Statistical Office, Zambia
- ^ "Amended Constitution of Zambia". Government of Zambia. Retrieved 15 October 2016.
- ^ United Nations Statistics Division. "Population by sex, rate of population increase, surface area and density" (PDF). Retrieved 9 November 2007.
- ^ "Zambia". The World Factbook (2024 ed.). Central Intelligence Agency. Retrieved 22 June 2023.
- ^ a b c d "World Economic Outlook Database, October 2023 Edition. (Zambia)". International Monetary Fund. 10 October 2023. Retrieved 15 October 2023.
- ^ "Gini Index". World Bank. Retrieved 2 September 2019.
- ^ Human Development Report 2020: The Next Frontier: Human Development and the Anthropocene (PDF). United Nations Development Programme. 15 December 2020. pp. 343–346. ISBN 978-92-1-126442-5. Retrieved 16 December 2020.
- ^ Henderson, Ian (1970). "The Origins of Nationalism in East and Central Africa: The Zambian Case". The Journal of African History. 11 (4): 591–603. doi:10.1017/S0021853700010471. ISSN 0021-8537. JSTOR 180923. S2CID 154296266.
- ^ "History | Zambian High Commission". www.zambiapretoria.net. Retrieved 26 May 2020.
- ^ Andy DeRoche, Kenneth Kaunda, the United States, and Southern Africa (London: Bloomsbury, 2016).
- ^ Eckman, Karlyn (2007), Gender Mainstreaming in Forestry in Africa: Zambia, Food and Agriculture Organization
- ^ Ngoma, Jumbe (18 December 2010). "World Bank President Praises Reforms In Zambia, Underscores Need For Continued Improvements In Policy And Governance". World Bank.
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