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Zambia

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Zambia is a country. The capital city is Lusaka, located in the Eastern Africa region of Africa. It has a land area of 743,390 km², a population of 20,723,965 people and uses the currency New Zambian kwacha. The President is Edgar Lungu.

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currency: New Zambian kwacha
capital city: Lusaka
region: Eastern Africa
continent: Africa
land area: 743,390 km²
population: 20,723,965 people
political leader: Edgar Lungu (President)

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central government debt: 71.41 % of GDP
expense: 25.14 % of GDP
GDP: 27,577,956,471.24 current US$
inflation: 10.88 annual %
self-employed workers: 73.80 % of total employment
tax revenue: 16.78 % of GDP
unemployment: 5.91 % of total labor force
vulnerable employment: 70.61 % of total employment
armed forces personnel: 16,000 people
democracy score: 5.61
democracy type: Hybrid regime
individuals using the Internet: 33.00 % of population
military expenditure: 1.30 % of GDP
net migration: 9,521 people
press freedom: 2.15
proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments: 14.97 %
birth rate: 34.13 per 1,000 people
death rate: 6.72 per 1,000 people
health expenditure per capita: 75.34 current US$
health expenditure: 6.62 % of GDP
incidence of HIV: 1.86 per 1,000 uninfected population
hospital beds: 2.00 per 1,000 people
life expectancy at birth: 62
suicide mortality rate: 7.30 per 100,000 population
agricultural land: 238,390.00 km²
alternative and nuclear energy: 9.67 % of total energy use
carbon dioxide emissions (CO2): 8.06 Mt of CO2 equivalent
access to electricity: 47.80 % of population
electricity production from coal sources: 0.00 % of total
electricity production from natural gas sources: 0.00 % of total
electricity production from hydroelectric sources: 96.99 % of total
electricity production from nuclear sources: 0.00 % of total
electricity production from oil sources: 3.01 % of total
electricity production from renewable sources, excluding hydroelectric: 0.00 % of total
net energy imports: 8.29 % of energy use
fertility rate: 4.24 births per woman
forest area: 444,376 km²
fossil fuel energy consumption: 10.56 % of total
greenhouse gas emissions (CO2, CH4, N2O, HFCs, PFCs, SF6): 30.48 Mt of CO2 equivalent
median age: 13.60
methane emissions: 13.89 Mt of CO2 equivalent
nitrous oxide emissions: 8.61 Mt of CO2 equivalent
female population: 10,467,717 people
male population: 10,256,248 people
renewable energy consumption: 83.00 % of total final energy consumption
rural land area: 740,140.22 km²
rural population: 11,121,516 people
urban land area: 2,079.14 km²
urban population: 9,602,449 people
urban population living in areas where elevation is below 5 meters : 0.00 % of total population

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