General information
Zambia | United States | |
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Region: | Eastern Africa | North America |
Area: | 752,610 km² | 9,831,510 km² |
Official language: | English | English |
Government form: | Presidential republic | Federal presidential republic |
Independent since: | 1964 AD | 1776 AD |
Capital: | Lusaka | Washington, D.C. |
Population
Zambia | United States | |
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Population: | 18,384,000 | 329,484,000 |
Inhabitants/km²: | 24.4 | 33.5 |
Life expectancy males: | Ø 61 years | Ø 75 years |
Life expectancy females: | Ø 67 years | Ø 80 years |
Average age: | Ø 16.9 years | Ø 38.5 years |
Birthrate: | 35.78 ‰ | 11.40 ‰ |
Deathrate: | 6.32 ‰ | 8.70 ‰ |
Migrationrate: | 0.33 ‰ | 3.03 ‰ |
Quality of life
Values from 0 (bad) to 100 (very good)See also: Explanations and country ranking on quality of life
Zambia | United States | |
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Political stability: | 34 | 63 |
Civil rights: | 32 | 81 |
Health: | 18 | 71 |
Climate: | 68 | 66 |
Cost of Living: | 60 | 38 |
Popularity: | 47 | 67 |
Economy
Zambia | United States | |
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Currency: | Zambian Kwacha (1 ZMW = 100 Ngwee) | US Dollar (1 USD =100 Cents) |
Unemployment rate: | 13.0 % | 5.5 % |
Inflation rate: | 15.73 % | 4.70 % |
Cost of Living: (USA = 100%) | 27.16 % | 100.00 % |
Commercial taxes and contributions: | 15.60 % | 36.60 % |
Average income: | 1,160 US$ | 64,140 US$ |
Corruption index: | 33 (bad) | 67 (moderate) |
ZMB: total | per 1000 inh. | USA: total | per 1000 inh. | |
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Gross domestic product: | 18,111 M US$ | 0.99 M US$ | 20,953,030 M US$ | 63.59 M US$ |
Gross national product: | 21,382 M US$ | 1.16 M US$ | 21,261,523 M US$ | 64.53 M US$ |
Exported goods: | 8,558 M US$ | 0.47 M US$ | 2,134,445 M US$ | 6.48 M US$ |
Imported goods: | 5,836 M US$ | 0.32 M US$ | 2,811,124 M US$ | 8.53 M US$ |
Infrastructure
ZMB: total | per 1000 inh. | USA: total | per 1000 inh. | |
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Roadways: | 67,671 km | 3.68 km | 6,586,610 km | 19.99 km |
Railways: | 3,126 km | 0.17 km | 293,564 km | 0.89 km |
Waterways: | 2,250 km | 0.12 km | 41,009 km | 0.12 km |
Harbours: | 1 | 0.000 | 3,627 | 0.011 |
Airports: | 88 | 0.005 | 13,513 | 0.041 |
Energy balance
ZMB: total | per 1000 inh. | USA: total | per 1000 inh. | |
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Energy consumption: | 11.04 bn kWh | 600,523.63 kWh | 3,902.00 bn kWh | 11.84 m kWh |
Energy production: | 11.55 bn kWh | 628,265.21 kWh | 4,095.00 bn kWh | 12.43 m kWh |
Energy export: | 1.18 bn kWh | 63,968.82 kWh | 9.70 bn kWh | 29,424.79 kWh |
Energy imports: | 2.19 bn kWh | 118,853.64 kWh | 72.72 bn kWh | 220,708.66 kWh |
CO2 emissions: | 7.74 m t | 421.02 t | 4.98 bn t | 15,118.48 t |
Telecommunication
Zambia | United States | |
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International dialing: | +260 | +1 |
Internet domain: | .zm | .us |
ZMB total | ZMB per 1000 inh. | USA total | USA per 1000 inh. | |
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Landlines: | 71,844 | 4 | 103,052,000 | 313 |
Mobile cellulars: | 19,104,208 | 1039 | 442,457,000 | 1343 |
Internet server: | 16,571 | 1 | 505,000,000 | 1533 |
Internet users: | 3,492,952 | 190 | 294,658,590 | 894 |
Broadband Internet: | 82,317 | 4 | 121,176,000 | 368 |
Healthcare system
Zambia | United States | |
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Hospital beds per 1000 pop.: | 2.00 | 2.87 |
Physicians per 1000 inh.: | 0.09 | 2.59 |
Diabetes: | 4.5 % | 10.8 % |
HIV: | 6.62 % | 0.20 % |
Tuberculosis: | 3.2 % | 0.0 % |
Tuberculosis cure rate: | 89.0 % | 75.0 % |
Smokers: | 14.6 % | 23.4 % |
Climate
Detailed info for: Zambia and United StatesZambia | United States | |
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Daytime temperatures: | 29.4 °C | 18.7 °C |
Nighttime temperatures: | 15.8 °C | 7.2 °C |
Rel. humidity: | 61 % | 67 % |
Rain days: | 6.8 | 7.1 |
Sunshine hours per day: | 6.8 | 7.2 |
Native languages
Zambia | United States | |
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English: | 1.7 % | 82.1 % |
Bembe: | 33.4 % | n/a |
Nyanja: | 14.7 % | n/a |
Tonga: | 11.4 % | n/a |
Spanish: | n/a | 10.7 % |
Lozi: | 5.5 % | n/a |
Chewa: | 4.5 % | n/a |
Nsenga: | 2.9 % | n/a |
Tumbuka: | 2.5 % | n/a |
Lunda: | 1.9 % | n/a |
Lamba: | 1.8 % | n/a |
Lala: | 1.8 % | n/a |
Kaonde: | 1.8 % | n/a |
Luvale: | 1.5 % | n/a |
Mambwe: | 1.3 % | n/a |
Namwanga: | 1.2 % | n/a |
Lenje: | 1.1 % | n/a |
Bisa: | 1.0 % | n/a |
Chinese: | n/a | 0.9 % |
French: | n/a | 0.7 % |
Italian: | n/a | 0.6 % |
German: | n/a | 0.6 % |
Tagalog: | n/a | 0.4 % |
Polish: | n/a | 0.3 % |
Korean: | n/a | 0.3 % |
Vietnamese: | n/a | 0.2 % |
Russian: | n/a | 0.2 % |
Portuguese: | n/a | 0.2 % |
Japanese: | n/a | 0.2 % |
Eskimo: | n/a | 0.0 % |
other: | 10.0 % | 2.6 % |
Religions
Zambia | United States | |
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Christianity: | 95.5 % | 78.5 % |
Nondenominational: | 1.8 % | n/a |
Jewry: | n/a | 1.8 % |
Sikhism: | n/a | 1.6 % |
Islam: | n/a | 1.1 % |
Hinduism: | n/a | 1.0 % |
Buddhism: | n/a | 0.7 % |
other: | 2.7 % | 15.3 % |