|
Country
|
Zambia | 
Ireland |
|
Leader
|
President: Michael Sata
|
President: Michael D Higgins
|
|
Population
|
14,222,233
| 4,775,982
|
|
Life Expectancy
|
51.510 years
| 80.440 years
|
|
Capital City
|
Lusaka
| Dublin
|
|
Largest city
|
| Lusaka (population: 1,267,440) | Dublin (population: 1,024,030) |
|
Human Development Index
|
0.453
| 0.96
|
| GDP per capita |
$1,700 US
| $41,700 US
|
|
Literacy Rate
|
80.6%
| 99%
|
|
Corruption Perception Index
|
2.8
| 7.7
|
|
Percentage of Women in Parliament
|
15.2%
| 15.5%
|
| Wealthiest Citizens |
NA
| Pallonji Mistry ($2.5bn US)
|
| Unemployment Rate |
14.000%
| 14.600%
|
|
Death Penalty
|
Abolished in practice
| Abolished
|
| |
|
Political System
|
republic
| republic, parliamentary democracy
|
|
Independence date
|
24 October 1964 (from UK)
| 6 December 1921 (from UK by treaty)
|
| Religions |
Christian 50%-75%, Muslim and Hindu 24%-49%, indigenous beliefs 1%
| Roman Catholic 87.4%, Church of Ireland 2.9%, other Christian 1.9%, other 2.1%, unspecified 1.5%, none 4.2% (2006 census)
|
| Languages |
English (official), major vernaculars - Bemba, Kaonda, Lozi, Lunda, Luvale, Nyanja, Tonga, and about 70 other indigenous languages
| English (official) is the language generally used, Irish (Gaelic or Gaeilge) (official) spoken mainly in areas located along the western seaboard
|
| Exports |
copper/cobalt 64%, cobalt, electricity; tobacco, flowers, cotton
| machinery and equipment, computers, chemicals, pharmaceuticals; live animals, animal products
|
| External Debt |
$5,445,000,000 $
| $2,352,000,000,000 US
|
| 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)
| euros (EUR) per US dollar - 0.6689 (2008 est.), 0.7345 (2007), 0.7964 (2006), 0.8041 (2005), 0.8054 (2004)
|
| Military Budget as percentage of GDP |
1.800%
| 0.900%
|
| Beijing Olympics Medal Count |
0
| 3
|
| Location |
Southern Africa, east of Angola
| Western Europe, occupying five-sixths of the island of Ireland in the North Atlantic Ocean, west of Great Britain
|
| Area |
752,618 km sq
| 70,273 km sq
|
| Coastline |
0 km
| 1,448 km
|
| Climate |
tropical; modified by altitude; rainy season (October to April)
| temperate maritime; modified by North Atlantic Current; mild winters, cool summers; consistently humid; overcast about half the time
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