Country
Seychelles Zambia
Leader
Population
90,846 14,222,233
Life Expectancy
74.010 years 51.510 years
Capital City
Victoria Lusaka
Largest city
Victoria (population: 22,881) Lusaka (population: 1,267,440)
Human Development Index
0.836 0.453 GDP per capita $26,200 US $1,700 US
Literacy Rate
91.8% 80.6%
Corruption Perception Index
4.8 2.8
Percentage of Women in Parliament
23.5% 15.2% Wealthiest Citizens Unemployment Rate 2.000% 14.000%
Death Penalty
Abolished Abolished in practice
Political System
republic republic
Independence date
29 June 1976 (from UK) 24 October 1964 (from UK) Religions Roman Catholic 82.3%, Anglican 6.4%, Seventh Day Adventist 1.1%, other Christian 3.4%, Hindu 2.1%, Muslim 1.1%, other non-Christian 1.5%, unspecified 1.5%, none 0.6% (2002 census) Christian 50%-75%, Muslim and Hindu 24%-49%, indigenous beliefs 1% Languages Creole 91.8%, English 4.9% (official), other 3.1%, unspecified 0.2% (2002 census) English (official), major vernaculars - Bemba, Kaonda, Lozi, Lunda, Luvale, Nyanja, Tonga, and about 70 other indigenous languages Exports canned tuna, frozen fish, cinnamon bark, copra, petroleum products (reexports) copper/cobalt 64%, cobalt, electricity; tobacco, flowers, cotton External Debt $1,453,000,000 $ $5,445,000,000 US Exchange Rate Seychelles rupees (SCR) per US dollar - 8 (2008 est.), 6.5 (2007), 5.5 (2006), 5.5 (2005), 5.5 (2004) Zambian kwacha (ZMK) per US dollar - 3,512.9 (2008 est.), 3,990.2 (2007), 3,601.5 (2006), 4,463.5 (2005), 4,778.9 (2004) Military Budget as percentage of GDP 0.800% 1.800% Beijing Olympics Medal Count Location archipelago in the Indian Ocean, northeast of Madagascar Southern Africa, east of Angola Area 455 km sq 752,618 km sq Coastline 491 km 0 km Climate tropical marine; humid; cooler season during southeast monsoon (late May to September); warmer season during northwest monsoon (March to May) tropical; modified by altitude; rainy season (October to April)
