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Country
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Zambia |
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Leader
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President: Michael Sata
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President: Girma Woldegiorgis
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Population
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14,222,233
| 93,877,025
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Life Expectancy
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51.510 years
| 60.000 years
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Capital City
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Lusaka
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Largest city
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| Lusaka (population: 1,267,440) | Addis Ababa (population: 2,757,730) |
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Human Development Index
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0.453
| 0.389
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| GDP per capita |
$1,700 US
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Literacy Rate
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80.6%
| 42.7%
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Corruption Perception Index
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2.8
| 2.6
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Percentage of Women in Parliament
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15.2%
| 21.4%
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| Wealthiest Citizens |
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| Unemployment Rate |
14.000%
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Death Penalty
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Abolished in practice
| Legal
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Political System
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republic
| federal republic
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Independence date
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24 October 1964 (from UK)
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| Religions |
Christian 50%-75%, Muslim and Hindu 24%-49%, indigenous beliefs 1%
| Christian 60.8% (Orthodox 50.6%, Protestant 10.2%), Muslim 32.8%, traditional 4.6%, other 1.8% (1994 census)
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| Languages |
English (official), major vernaculars - Bemba, Kaonda, Lozi, Lunda, Luvale, Nyanja, Tonga, and about 70 other indigenous languages
| Amarigna 32.7%, Oromigna 31.6%, Tigrigna 6.1%, Somaligna 6%, Guaragigna 3.5%, Sidamigna 3.5%, Hadiyigna 1.7%, other 14.8%, English (major foreign language taught in schools) (1994 census)
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| Exports |
copper/cobalt 64%, cobalt, electricity; tobacco, flowers, cotton
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| External Debt |
$5,445,000,000 $
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| Exchange Rate |
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)
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| Military Budget as percentage of GDP |
1.800%
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| Beijing Olympics Medal Count |
0
| 7
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| Location |
Southern Africa, east of Angola
| Eastern Africa, west of Somalia
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| Area |
752,618 km sq
| 1,104,300 km sq
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| Coastline |
0 km
| 0 km
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| Climate |
tropical; modified by altitude; rainy season (October to April)
| tropical monsoon with wide topographic-induced variation
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