Demographics

FAST FACTS

CAPITOL

Lusaka

Population

20,799,116

Religions

Protestant: 75.3%
Roman Catholic: 20.2%
Other: 2.7%
None: 1.8%

Population

total: 20,799,116
male: 10,407,253
female: 10,391,863

42.1% of the Population is 14 years old or younger

Area

total: 752,618 sq km
land: 743,398 sq km
water: 9,220 sq km

Religions

  • Protestant – 75.3%
  • Roman Catholic – 20.2%
  • Other – 2.7% (includes Muslim, Buddhist, Hindu, and Baha’i)
  • None – 1.8%

Languages

  • Bemba
  • Nyanja
  • Tonga
  • Lozi
  • Chewa
  • Nsenga
  • Tumbuka
  • Lunda (North Western)
  • Kaonde
  • Lala
  • Lamba
  • English (official)
  • Luvale
  • Mambwe
  • Namwanga
  • Lenje 
  • Bisa

note: Zambia is said to have over 70 languages, although many of these may be considered dialects; all of Zambia’s major languages are members of the Bantu family; Chewa and Nyanja are mutually intelligible dialects.

Government Type

Presidential Republic

Flag

A green field 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.

  • Green stands for the country’s natural resources and vegetation
  • Red symbolizes the struggle for freedom
  • Black the people of Zambia
  • Orange, the country’s mineral wealth
  • The eagle represents the people’s ability to rise above the nation’s problems

Coat of Arms

  • The African fish eagle represents the conquest of freedom and the nation’s hope for the future.
  • The hoe and pickaxe represent the country’s economic backbone: agriculture and mining, as well as the characteristics that have influenced Zambia’s evolution and nature.
  • The shield is a representation of Victoria Falls, with white water cascading over black rock.
  • The Victoria Falls represents the Zambezi river, from which Zambia takes its name.
  • The coat of arms also has emblems of Zambia’s natural resources: minerals and mining, agriculture and wildlife.
  • The shield is supported by two figures which represent the common man and woman of the nation.
  • The country’s motto is “One Zambia, One Nation which emphasizes the need for unity in a country of over 72 ethnic groups.

National Anthem

“Lumbanyeni Zambia”

English: Stand and Sing of Zambia, Proud and Free

I
Stand and sing of Zambia, proud and free,
Land of work and joy in unity,
Victors in the struggle for the right,
We’ve won freedom’s fight.
All one, strong and free.

II
Africa is our own motherland,
Fashion’d with and blessed by God’s good hand,
Let us all her people join as one,
Brothers under the sun.
All one, strong and free.

III
One land and one nation is our cry,
Dignity and peace ‘neath Zambia’s sky,
Like our noble eagle in its flight,
Zambia, praise to thee.
All one, strong and free.

Chorus:
Praise be to God,
Praise be, praise be, praise be,
Bless our great nation,
Zambia, Zambia, Zambia.
Free men we stand
Under the flag of our land.
Zambia, praise to thee!
All one, strong and free.

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