People and Society

Ethnic groups:

  • African 99.5% (includes Bemba, Tonga, Chewa, Lozi, Nsenga, Tumbuka, Ngoni, Lala, Kaonde, Lunda, and other African groups)
  • Other 0.5% (includes Europeans, Asians, and Americans) (2000 Census)

Languages:

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

Population:
13,881,336 (July 2011 est.)
[country comparison to the world: ranked 68]

Age structure:
Almost 0-14 years: 46.7% (male 3,253,125/female 3,228,844)
15-64 years: 50.8% (male 3,544,640/female 3,508,344)
65 years and over: 2.5% (male 148,531/female 197,852) (2011 est.)

Death rate:
12.61 deaths/1,000 population (July 2011 est.)
[country comparison to the world: ranked 27]

Urbanization:
Almost two thirds of the population live outside of urban areas [compare to UK)

Major cities – population:
LUSAKA (capital) 1.413 million (2009)

Maternal mortality rate:
470 deaths/100,000 live births (2008)
[country comparison to the world: ranked 28]

Infant mortality rate:
total: 66.6 deaths/1,000 live births
[country comparison to the world: ranked 23]

  • male: 71.27 deaths/1,000 live births
  • female: 61.78 deaths/1,000 live births (2011 est.)

Life expectancy at birth:
total population: 52.36 years
[country comparison to the world: ranked 207]

  • male: 51.13 years
  • female: 53.63 years (2011 est.)

Physicians density:

0.055 physicians/1,000 population (2006)
[country comparison to the world: ranked 173]

Hospital bed density:
1.9 beds/1,000 population (2008)
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comparison to the world: ranked 106]

HIV/AIDS – adult prevalence rate:
13.5% (2009 est.)
[country comparison to the world: ranked 6]

HIV/AIDS – people living with HIV/AIDS:
980,000 (2009 est.)
[country comparison to the world: ranked 11]

HIV/AIDS – deaths:
45,000 (2009 est.)
[country comparison to the world: ranked 10]

Children under the age of 5 years underweight:
14.9% (2007)
[country comparison to the world: ranked 54]

Source: CIA Factbook