Zambia - Republic of Zambia

 

Missions teams in Zambia Gavin & Marlien Porter

geography
752,614 sq.km. Landlocked, forested Central African country.

population
2000    9,168,700
2010    11,426,935
2025    15,616,246

literacy
78% (declining; functional literacy under 25%).

people
Bantu 98%
Foreign-origin 2%

religion
Kaunda’s socialist humanism was government policy. Chiluba, as an active Christian, declared Zambia a Christian country in 1991 but with full religious freedom for all faiths. This was written into the constitution in 1996.

Religions Christian Traditional ethnic Muslim Baha'i non-Religious/other Hindu

Population % 85.04 12.62 1.40 0.40 0.40 0.14

Country profiles supplied courtesy of Operation World. http://www.gmi.org/ow/