Nationality:
noun: Zambian(s)
adjective:
Zambian
Ethnic groups:
Bemba 21%, Tonga 13.6%, Chewa 7.4%, Lozi 5.7%, Nsenga 5.3%, Tumbuka 4.4%, Ngoni 4%, Lala 3.1%, Kaonde 2.9%, Namwanga 2.8%, Lunda (north Western) 2.6%, Mambwe 2.5%, Luvale 2.2%, Lamba 2.1%, Ushi 1.9%, Lenje 1.6%, Bisa 1.6%, Mbunda 1.2%, other 13.8%, unspecified 0.4% (2010 est.)
Languages:
Bembe 33.4%, Nyanja 14.7%, Tonga 11.4%, Chewa 4.5%, Lozi 5.5%, Nsenga 2.9%, Tumbuka 2.5%, Lunda (North Western) 1.9%, Kaonde 1.8%, Lala 1.8%, Lamba 1.8%, English (official) 1.7%, Luvale 1.5%, Mambwe 1.3%, Namwanga 1.2%, Lenje 1.1%, Bisa 1%, other 9.4%, unspecified 0.4%
note:
Zambia is said to have over 70 languages, although man of these may be considered dialects; all of Zambia's major languages are members of the Bantu family (2010 est.)
Religions:
Protestant 75.3%, Roman Catholic 20.2%, other 2.7% (includes Muslim Buddhist, Hindu, and Baha'i), none 1.8% (2010 est.)
Population: Age structure:
Dependency ratios:
Median age:
Population growth rate: Birth rate: Death rate: Net migration rate: Urbanization:
Major urban areas - population: Sex ratio:
Mother's mean age at first birth: Maternal mortality rate: Infant mortality rate:
Life expectancy at birth:
Total fertility rate: Contraceptive prevalence rate: Health expenditures: Physicians density: Hospital bed density: Drinking water source:
Sanitation facility access:
HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate: HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS: HIV/AIDS - deaths: Major infectious diseases:
Obesity - adult prevalence rate: Children under the age of 5 years underweight: Education expenditures: Literacy:
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education):
Child labor - children ages 5-14:
Unemployment, youth ages 15-24
14,638,505
country comparison to the world: 71
note:
estimates for this country explicitly take into account the effects of excess mortality due to AIDS; this can result in lower life expectancy, higher infant mortality, higher death rates, lower population growth rates, and changes in the distribution of population by age and sex than would otherwise be expected (July 2014 est.)
[see also: Population country ranks ]
0-14 years:
46.2% (male 3,393,388/female 3,362,850)
15-24 years:
20% (male 1,465,009/female 1,467,555)
25-54 years:
28.5% (male 2,105,768/female 2,072,314)
55-64 years:
2.9% (male 199,098/female 222,214)
65 years and over:
2.4% (male 151,471/female 198,838) (2014 est.)
population pyramid: 
total dependency ratio:
96.4 %
youth dependency ratio:
91.3 %
elderly dependency ratio:
5.1 %
potential support ratio:
19.6 (2014 est.)
total:
16.7 years
male:
16.6 years
female:
16.8 years (2014 est.)
2.88% (2014 est.)
country comparison to the world: 16
[see also: Population growth rate country ranks ]
42.46 births/1,000 population (2014 est.)
country comparison to the world: 4
[see also: Birth rate country ranks ]
12.92 deaths/1,000 population (2014 est.)
country comparison to the world: 21
[see also: Death rate country ranks ]
-0.72 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2014 est.)
country comparison to the world: 142
[see also: Net migration rate country ranks ]
urban population:
39.2% of total population (2011)
rate of urbanization:
4.15% annual rate of change (2010-15 est.)
LUSAKA (capital) 1.802 million (2011)
at birth:
1.03 male(s)/female
0-14 years:
1.01 male(s)/female
15-24 years:
1 male(s)/female
25-54 years:
1.02 male(s)/female
55-64 years:
1 male(s)/female
65 years and over:
0.75 male(s)/female
total population:
1 male(s)/female (2014 est.)
19.2
note:
median age at first birth among women 25-29 (2007 est.)
[see also: Mother's mean age at first birth country ranks ]
440 deaths/100,000 live births (2010)
country comparison to the world: 26
[see also: Maternal mortality rate country ranks ]
total:
66.62 deaths/1,000 live births
country comparison to the world: 17
male:
72.15 deaths/1,000 live births
female:
60.94 deaths/1,000 live births (2014 est.)
total population:
51.83 years
country comparison to the world: 216
male:
50.24 years
female:
53.48 years (2014 est.)
5.76 children born/woman (2014 est.)
country comparison to the world: 7
[see also: Total fertility rate country ranks ]
40.8% (2007)
[see also: Contraceptive prevalence rate country ranks ]
6.1% of GDP (2011)
country comparison to the world: 105
[see also: Health expenditures country ranks ]
0.07 physicians/1,000 population (2010)
[see also: Physicians density country ranks ]
2 beds/1,000 population (2010)
[see also: Hospital bed density country ranks ]
improved:
urban: 84.8% of population
rural: 49.2% of population
total: 63.3% of population
unimproved:
urban: 15.2% of population
rural: 50.8% of population
total: 36.7% of population (2012 est.)
improved:
urban: 56.4% of population
rural: 33.9% of population
total: 42.8% of population
unimproved:
urban: 43.6% of population
rural: 66.1% of population
total: 57.2% of population (2012 est.)
12.7% (2012 est.)
country comparison to the world: 7
[see also: HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate country ranks ]
1,106,400 (2012 est.)
country comparison to the world: 11
[see also: HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS country ranks ]
30,300 (2012 est.)
country comparison to the world: 14
[see also: HIV/AIDS - deaths country ranks ]
degree of risk:
very high
food or waterborne diseases:
bacterial and protozoal diarrhea, hepatitis A, and typhoid fever
vectorborne diseases:
malaria and dengue fever
water contact disease:
schistosomiasis
animal contact disease:
rabies (2013)
3.6% (2008)
country comparison to the world: 174
[see also: Obesity - adult prevalence rate country ranks ]
14.9% (2007)
country comparison to the world: 50
[see also: Children under the age of 5 years underweight country ranks ]
1.3% of GDP (2008)
country comparison to the world: 170
[see also: Education expenditures - percent of GDP country ranks ]
definition:
age 15 and over can read and write English
total population:
61.4%
male:
71.9%
female:
51.8% (2007 est.)
total:
14 years
male:
14 years
female:
13 years (2012)
total number:
1,000,850
percentage:
41 %
note:
data represents children ages 7-14 (2005 est.)
total:
23.4% (2005)
country comparison to the world: 46