Capital Lusaka

Government Republic

Currency Zambian kwacha (ZMK)

Area total: 752,614 km2 | water: 11,890 km2 | land: 740,724 km2

Population 9,959,037

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

Religion Christian (50%-75%), Muslim and Hindu (24%-49%), indigenous beliefs (1%)