CIA World Fact Book, 2004/Zambia


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!| Background:
 * The territory of Northern Rhodesia was administered by the South Africa Company from 1891 until it was taken over by the UK in 1923. During the 1920s and 1930s, advances in mining spurred development and immigration. The name was changed to Zambia upon independence in 1964. In the 1980s and 1990s, declining copper prices and a prolonged drought hurt the economy. Elections in 1991 brought an end to one-party rule, but the subsequent vote in 1996 saw blatant harassment of opposition parties. The election in 2001 was marked by administrative problems with three parties filing a legal petition challenging the election of ruling party candidate Levy Mwanawasa. The new president launched a far-reaching anti-corruption campaign in 2002, which resulted in the prosecution of former President Frederick Chiluba and many of his supporters in late 2003. Opposition parties currently hold a majority of seats in the National Assembly.
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!| Location: !| Geographic coordinates: !| Map references: !| Area: water: 11,890 sq km land: 740,724 sq km !| Area - comparative: !| Land boundaries: border countries: Angola 1,110 km, Democratic Republic of the Congo 1,930 km, Malawi 837 km, Mozambique 419 km, Namibia 233 km, Tanzania 338 km, Zimbabwe 797 km !| Coastline: !| Maritime claims: !| Climate: !| Terrain: !| Elevation extremes: highest point: unnamed location in Mafinga Hills 2,301 m !| Natural resources: !| Land use: permanent crops: 0.03% other: 92.9% (2001) !| Irrigated land: !| Natural hazards: !| Environment - current issues: !| Environment - international agreements: signed, but not ratified: Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol !| Geography - note:
 * Southern Africa, east of Angola
 * 15 00 S, 30 00 E
 * Africa
 * total: 752,614 sq km
 * slightly larger than Texas
 * total: 5,664 km
 * 0 km (landlocked)
 * none (landlocked)
 * tropical; modified by altitude; rainy season (October to April)
 * mostly high plateau with some hills and mountains
 * lowest point: Zambezi river 329 m
 * copper, cobalt, zinc, lead, coal, emeralds, gold, silver, uranium, hydropower
 * arable land: 7.08%
 * 460 sq km (1998 est.)
 * periodic drought, tropical storms (November to April)
 * air pollution and resulting acid rain in the mineral extraction and refining region; chemical runoff into watersheds; poaching seriously threatens rhinoceros, elephant, antelope, and large cat populations; deforestation; soil erosion; desertification; lack of adequate water treatment presents human health risks
 * party to: Biodiversity, Climate Change, Desertification, Endangered Species, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Ozone Layer Protection, Wetlands
 * landlocked; the Zambezi forms a natural riverine boundary with Zimbabwe
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!| Population: 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 and death rates, lower population and growth rates, and changes in the distribution of population by age and sex than would otherwise be expected (July 2004 est.) !| Age structure: 15-64 years: 51.1% (male 2,684,001; female 2,667,528) 65 years and over: 2.8% (male 132,166; female 157,842) (2004 est.) !| Median age: male: 16.5 years female: 16.6 years (2004 est.) !| Population growth rate: !| Birth rate: !| Death rate: !| Net migration rate: !| Sex ratio: under 15 years: 1.01 male(s)/female 15-64 years: 1.01 male(s)/female 65 years and over: 0.84 male(s)/female total population: 1 male(s)/female (2004 est.) !| Infant mortality rate: female: 90.98 deaths/1,000 live births (2004 est.) male: 105.6 deaths/1,000 live births !| Life expectancy at birth: male: 35.19 years female: 35.17 years (2004 est.) !| Total fertility rate: !| HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate: !| HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS: !| HIV/AIDS - deaths: !| Major infectious diseases: overall degree of risk: very high (2004) !| Nationality: adjective: Zambian !| Ethnic groups: !| Religions: !| Languages: !| Literacy: total population: 80.6% male: 86.8% female: 74.8% (2003 est.)
 * 10,462,436
 * 0-14 years: 46.1% (male 2,419,361; female 2,401,538)
 * total: 16.6 years
 * 1.47% (2004 est.)
 * 38.99 births/1,000 population (2004 est.)
 * 24.35 deaths/1,000 population (2004 est.)
 * 0 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2004 est.)
 * at birth: 1.03 male(s)/female
 * total: 98.4 deaths/1,000 live births
 * total population: 35.18 years
 * 5.14 children born/woman (2004 est.)
 * 16.5% (2003 est.)
 * 1.8 million (2003 est.)
 * 170,000 (2003 est.)
 * typhoid fever, malaria
 * noun: Zambian(s)
 * African 98.7%, European 1.1%, other 0.2%
 * Christian 50%-75%, Muslim and Hindu 24%-49%, indigenous beliefs 1%
 * English (official), major vernaculars - Bemba, Kaonda, Lozi, Lunda, Luvale, Nyanja, Tonga, and about 70 other indigenous languages
 * definition: age 15 and over can read and write English
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!| Country name: conventional short form: Zambia former: Northern Rhodesia !| Government type: !| Capital: !| Administrative divisions: !| Independence: !| National holiday: !| Constitution: !| Legal system: !| Suffrage: !| Executive branch: head of government: President Levy MWANAWASA (since 2 January 2002); Vice President Lupando MWAPE (since 4 October 2004); note - the president is both the chief of state and head of government cabinet: Cabinet appointed by the president from among the members of the National Assembly elections: president elected by popular vote for a five-year term; election last held 27 December 2001 (next to be held NA December 2006); vice president appointed by the president election results: Levy MWANAWASA elected president; percent of vote - Levy MWANAWASA 29%, Anderson MAZOKA 27%, Christon TEMBO 13%, Tilyenji KAUNDA 10%, Godfrey MIYANDA 8%, Benjamin MWILA 5%, Michael SATA 3%, other 5% !| Legislative branch: elections: last held 27 December 2001 (next to be held NA December 2006) election results: percent of vote by party - MMD 45.9%, UPND 32.4%, UNIP 8.8%, FDD 8.1%, HP 2.7%, PF 0.7%, ZRP 0.7%, independents 0.7%; seats by party - MMD 68, UPND 48, UNIP 13, FDD 12, HP 4, PF 1, ZRP 1, independents 1; seats not determined 2 !| Judicial branch: !| Political parties and leaders: !| Political pressure groups and leaders: !| International organization participation: !| Diplomatic representation in the US: FAX: [1] (202) 332-0826 telephone: [1] (202) 265-9717 through 9719 chancery: 2419 Massachusetts Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20008 !| Diplomatic representation from the US: embassy: corner of Independence and United Nations Avenues mailing address: P. O. Box 31617, Lusaka telephone: [260] (1) 250-955 FAX: [260] (1) 252-225 !| Flag description:
 * conventional long form: Republic of Zambia
 * republic
 * Lusaka
 * 9 provinces; Central, Copperbelt, Eastern, Luapula, Lusaka, Northern, North-Western, Southern, Western
 * 24 October 1964 (from UK)
 * Independence Day, 24 October (1964)
 * 24 August 1991
 * based on English common law and customary law; judicial review of legislative acts in an ad hoc constitutional council; has not accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction
 * 18 years of age; universal
 * chief of state: President Levy MWANAWASA (since 2 January 2002); Vice President Lupando MWAPE (since 4 October 2004); note - the president is both the chief of state and head of government
 * unicameral National Assembly (150 seats; members are elected by popular vote to serve five-year terms)
 * Supreme Court (the final court of appeal; justices are appointed by the president); High Court (has unlimited jurisdiction to hear civil and criminal cases)
 * Agenda for Zambia or AZ [Inonge MBIKUSITA-LEWANIKA]; Forum for Democracy and Development or FDD [Christon TEMBO]; Heritage Party or HP [Godfrey MIYANDA]; Liberal Progressive Front or LPF [Roger CHONGWE, president]; Movement for Multiparty Democracy or MMD [Levy MWANAWASA, acting president]; National Leadership for Development or NLD [Yobert SHAMAPANDE]; National Party or NP [Dr. Sam CHIPUNGU]; Patriotic Front or PF [Michael SATA]; Zambian Republican Party or ZRP [Benjamin MWILA]; Social Democratic Party or SDP [Gwendoline KONIE]; United National Independence Party or UNIP [Francis NKHOMA, president]; United Party for National Development or UPND [Anderson MAZOKA]
 * NA
 * ACP, AfDB, AU, C, FAO, G-77, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICCt, ICFTU, ICRM, IDA, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, ILO, IMF, Interpol, IOC, IOM, ISO (correspondent), ITU, MIGA, MONUC, NAM, ONUB, OPCW, PCA, SADC, UN, UNAMSIL, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNHCR, UNIDO, UNMEE, UNMIK, UNMIL, UNOCI, UPU, WCL, WCO, WHO, WIPO, WMO, WToO, WTO
 * chief of mission: Ambassador Inonge MBIKUSITA-LEWANIKA
 * chief of mission: Ambassador Martin George BRENNAN
 * green with a panel of three vertical bands of red (hoist side), black, and orange below a soaring orange eagle, on the outer edge of the flag
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!| Economy - overview: !| GDP: !| GDP - real growth rate: !| GDP - per capita: !| GDP - composition by sector: industry: 27.9% services: 56.9% (2003) !| Investment (gross fixed): !| Population below poverty line: !| Household income or consumption by percentage share: highest 10%: 41% (1998) !| Distribution of family income - Gini index: !| Inflation rate (consumer prices): !| Labor force: !| Labor force - by occupation: !| Unemployment rate: !| Budget: expenditures: $1.142 billion, including capital expenditures of NA (2003 est.) !| Public debt: !| Agriculture - products: !| Industries: !| Industrial production growth rate: !| Electricity - production: !| Electricity - consumption: !| Electricity - exports: !| Electricity - imports: !| Oil - production: !| Oil - consumption: !| Oil - exports: !| Oil - imports: !| Current account balance: !| Exports: !| Exports - commodities: !| Exports - partners: !| Imports: !| Imports - commodities: !| Imports - partners: !| Reserves of foreign exchange & gold: !| Debt - external: !| Economic aid - recipient: !| Currency: !| Currency code: !| Exchange rates: !| Fiscal year:
 * Despite progress in privatization and budgetary reform, Zambia's economic growth remains below the 5% to 7% necessary to reduce poverty significantly. Privatization of government-owned copper mines relieved the government from covering mammoth losses generated by the industry and greatly improved the chances for copper mining to return to profitability and spur economic growth. Copper output increased in 2003 and is expected to increase again in 2004, due to higher copper prices. The maize harvest doubled in 2003, helping boost GDP by 4.0%. Cooperation continues with international bodies on programs to reduce poverty, including a new lending arrangement with the IMF expected in the second quarter, 2004. A tighter monetary policy will help cut inflation, but Zambia still has a serious problem with fiscal discipline.
 * purchasing power parity - $8.596 billion (2003 est.)
 * 4% (2003 est.)
 * purchasing power parity - $800 (2003 est.)
 * agriculture: 15.3%
 * 45.2% of GDP (2003)
 * 86% (1993)
 * lowest 10%: 1.1%
 * 52.6 (1998)
 * 21.4% (2003 est.)
 * 4.59 million (2003)
 * agriculture 85%, industry 6%, services 9%
 * 50% (2000 est.)
 * revenues: $896.7 million
 * 133.6% of GDP (2003)
 * corn, sorghum, rice, peanuts, sunflower seed, vegetables, flowers, tobacco, cotton, sugarcane, cassava (tapioca); cattle, goats, pigs, poultry, milk, eggs, hides; coffee
 * copper mining and processing, construction, foodstuffs, beverages, chemicals, textiles, fertilizer, horticulture
 * 4% (2003 est.)
 * 7.751 billion kWh (2001)
 * 5.458 billion kWh (2001)
 * 1.75 billion kWh (2001)
 * 0 kWh (2001)
 * 0 bbl/day (2001 est.)
 * 11,000 bbl/day (2001 est.)
 * NA (2001)
 * NA (2001)
 * $-340 million (2003)
 * $1.039 billion f.o.b. (2003 est.)
 * copper 55%, cobalt, electricity, tobacco, flowers, cotton
 * UK 26.7%, South Africa 21.6%, Tanzania 13.9%, Switzerland 8.1% (2003)
 * $1.128 billion f.o.b. (2003 est.)
 * machinery, transportation equipment, petroleum products, electricity, fertilizer; foodstuffs, clothing
 * South Africa 48.3%, Zimbabwe 12.8%, UK 5.9%, UAE 4.3% (2003)
 * $247.7 million (2003)
 * $5.281 billion (2003)
 * $651 million (2000 est.)
 * Zambian kwacha (ZMK)
 * ZMK
 * Zambian kwacha per US dollar - 4,733.77 (2003), 4,398.59 (2002), 3,610.93 (2001), 3,110.84 (2000), 2,388.02 (1999)
 * calendar year
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!| Telephones - main lines in use: !| Telephones - mobile cellular: !| Telephone system: domestic: high-capacity microwave radio relay connects most larger towns and cities; several cellular telephone services in operation; Internet service is widely available; very small aperture terminal (VSAT) networks are operated by private firms international: country code - 260; satellite earth stations - 2 Intelsat (1 Indian Ocean and 1 Atlantic Ocean) !| Radio broadcast stations: !| Radios: !| Television broadcast stations: !| Televisions: !| Internet country code: !| Internet hosts: !| Internet Service Providers (ISPs): !| Internet users:
 * 88,400 (2003)
 * 241,000 (2003)
 * general assessment: facilities are aging but still among the best in Sub-Saharan Africa
 * AM 19, FM 5, shortwave 4 (2001)
 * 1.2 million (2001)
 * 9 (2002)
 * 277,000 (1997)
 * .zm
 * 1,880 (2003)
 * 5 (2001)
 * 68,200 (2003)
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!| Railways: narrow gauge: 2,173 km 1.067-m gauge note: includes 891 km of the Tanzania-Zambia Railway Authority (TAZARA) (2003) !| Highways: paved: NA km unpaved: NA km (1999 est.) !| Waterways: note: includes Lake Tanganyika and the Zambezi and Luapula rivers (2003) !| Pipelines: !| Ports and harbors: !| Airports: !| Airports - with paved runways: over 3,047 m: 1 2,438 to 3,047 m: 3 1,524 to 2,437 m: 4 914 to 1,523 m: 2 (2004 est.) !| Airports - with unpaved runways: 2,438 to 3,047 m: 1 1,524 to 2,437 m: 4 914 to 1,523 m: 62 under 914 m: 32 (2004 est.)
 * total: 2,173 km
 * total: 66,781 km
 * 2,250 km
 * oil 771 km (2004)
 * Mpulungu
 * 109 (2003 est.)
 * total: 10
 * total: 99
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!| Military branches: !| Military manpower - military age and obligation: !| Military manpower - availability: !| Military manpower - fit for military service: !| Military expenditures - dollar figure: !| Military expenditures - percent of GDP:
 * Zambian National Defense Force (ZNDF): Army, Air Force, Police, National Service
 * 18 years of age (est.) (2004)
 * males age 15-49: 2,477,494 (2004 est.)
 * males age 15-49: 1,310,814 (2004 est.)
 * $42.6 million (2003)
 * 0.9% (2003)
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