Zambia

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Population: 11,477,447 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 2007 est.).

Age structure: 0-14 years: 45.7% (male 2,633,578/female 2,608,714) 15-64 years: 51.9% (male 2,969,913/female 2,990,923) 65 years and over: 2.4% (male 116,818/female 157,501) (2007 est.).

Population growth rate: 1.664% (2007 est.).

Birth rate: 40.78 births/1,000 population (2007 est.).

Death rate: 21.46 deaths/1,000 population (2007 est.).

Net migration rate: -2.68 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2007 est.).

Sex ratio: at birth: 1.03 male(s)/female under 15 years: 1.01 male(s)/female 15-64 years: 0.993 male(s)/female 65 years and over: 0.742 male(s)/female total population: 0.994 male(s)/female (2007 est.).

Infant mortality rate: total: 100.71 deaths/1,000 live births male: 105.48 deaths/1,000 live births female: 95.8 deaths/1,000 live births (2007 est.).

Life expectancy at birth: total population: 38.44 years male: 38.34 years female: 38.54 years (2007 est.).

Total fertility rate: 5.31 children born/woman (2007 est.).

HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate: 16.5% (2003 est.).

HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS: 920,000 (2003 est.).

HIV/AIDS - deaths: 89,000 (2003 est.).

Nationality: noun: Zambian(s) adjective: Zambian.

Ethnic groups: African 98.7%, European 1.1%, other 0.2%.

Religions: Christian 50%-75%, Muslim and Hindu 24%-49%, indigenous beliefs 1%.

Languages: English (official), major vernaculars - Bemba, Kaonda, Lozi, Lunda, Luvale, Nyanja, Tonga, and about 70 other indigenous languages.

Literacy: definition: age 15 and over can read and write English total population: 80.6% male: 86.8% female: 74.8% (2003 est.).

GDP (purchasing power parity): $11.64 billion (2006 est.).

GDP - real growth rate: 5.8% (2006 est.).

GDP - per capita (PPP): $1,000 (2006 est.).

GDP - composition by sector: agriculture: 19.9% industry: 28.9% services: 51.2% (2006 est.).

Labor force: 4.903 million (2006 est.).

Labor force - by occupation: agriculture: 85% industry: 6% services: 9%.

Population below poverty line: 86% (1993).

Household income or consumption by percentage share: lowest 10%: 1.1% highest 10%: 41% (1998).

Inflation rate (consumer prices): 8.8% (2006 est.).

Unemployment rate: 50% (2000 est.).

Budget: revenues: $2.674 billion expenditures: $2.99 billion; including capital expenditures of $NA (2006 est.).

Agriculture - products: corn, sorghum, rice, peanuts, sunflower seed, vegetables, flowers, tobacco, cotton, sugarcane, cassava (tapioca), coffee; cattle, goats, pigs, poultry, milk, eggs, hides.

Industries: copper mining and processing, construction, foodstuffs, beverages, chemicals, textiles, fertilizer, horticulture.

Industrial production growth rate: 10.1% (2006 est.).

Electricity - production: 9.962 billion kWh (2004).

Electricity - consumption: 6.692 billion kWh (2004).

Electricity - exports: 2.975 billion kWh (2004).

Electricity - imports: 403 million kWh (2004).

Exports: $3.928 billion f.o.b. (2006 est.).

Exports - commodities: copper/cobalt 64%, cobalt, electricity; tobacco, flowers, cotton.

Exports - partners: Switzerland 28.7%, South Africa 18.6%, UK 14.4%, Democratic Republic of the Congo 5.4%, Tanzania 5.1%, Zimbabwe 4.1% (2005).

Imports: $3.092 billion f.o.b. (2006 est.).

Imports - commodities: machinery, transportation equipment, petroleum products, electricity, fertilizer; foodstuffs, clothing.

Imports - partners: South Africa 47.6%, UK 12.6%, Zimbabwe 4.3% (2005).

Debt - external: $4.397 billion (2006 est.).

Economic aid - recipient: $640.6 million (2002).

Currency (code): Zambian kwacha (ZMK).

Exchange rates: Zambian kwacha per US dollar - 3,601.5 (2006), 4,463.5 (2005), 4,778.9 (2004), 4,733.3 (2003), 4,398.6 (2002).

Fiscal year: calendar year.