ZAMBIA
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LAND
745,920 km2; 5% under cultivation, 5% arable, 10% grazing, 13% dense forest, 6% marsh, 61% scattered trees and grassland
Land boundaries: 6,003 km
PEOPLE
Population: 6,222,000 (July 1982), average annual growth rate 3.2%
Nationality: noun—Zambian(s); adjective—Zambian
Ethnic divisions: 98.7% African, 1.1% European, 0.2% other
Religion: 82% animist, about 17% Christian, and under 1% Hindu and Muslim
Language: English official; wide variety of indigenous languages
Literacy: 28%
Labor force: 402,000 wage earners; 375,000 Africans, 27,000 non-Africans; 15% mining, 9% agriculture, 9% domestic service, 19% construction, 9% commerce, 10% manufacturing, 23% government and miscellaneous services, 6% transport
Organized labor: approximately 238,000 wage earners are unionized
GOVERNMENT
Official name: Republic of Zambia
Type: one-party state
Capital: Lusaka
Political subdivisions: nine provinces
Legal system: based on English common law and customary law; new constitution adopted September 1973; judicial review of legislative acts in an ad hoc constitutional council; legal education at University of Zambia in Lusaka; has not accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction
National holiday: 24 October
Branches: modified presidential system; legislature; judiciary
Government leaders: President Kenneth David KAUNDA; Prime Minister Nalumino MUNDIA
Suffrage: universal adult
Elections: general election held 12 December 1978; next general election scheduled for 1983
Political parties and leaders: United National Independence Party (UNIP), Kenneth Kaunda; former opposition party banned in December 1972 when one-party state proclaimed
Voting strength (1978 election): 70% of eligible voters went to polls; Kaunda was only candidate for President; National Assembly seats were contested by members of UNIP
Communists: no Communist party, but socialist sympathizers in upper levels of government and UNIP
Member of: AFDB, Commonwealth, FAO, G-77, GATT (de facto), IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, IDA, 1DB, IEA, IFAD, IFC, ILO, International Lead and Zinc Study Group, IMF, IPU, ITU, NAM, OAU, UN, UNESCO, UPU, WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO
ECONOMY
GNP: $2.8 billion (1980), $483 per capita; real annual average growth rate, 0.65% (1971-81)
Agriculture: main crops—corn, tobacco, cotton; net importer of most major agricultural products
Major industries: copper and cobalt production
Electric power: 1,453,000 kW capacity (1980); 7.3 billion kWh produced (1980), 969 kWh per capita
Exports: $1,378 million (f.o.b., 1980); copper, zinc, cobalt, lead, tobacco
Imports: $1,383 million (c.i.f., 1980); machinery, transport equipment, foodstuffs, fuels, manufactures
Major trade partners: EEC, Japan, China, South Africa
Budget: (1980) revenue $950 million (est.), current expenditures $1,279 million (est.), development expenditures $241 million (est.)
Monetary conversion rate: 1 Zambia kwacha=US$1.2446 (official)
Fiscal year: calendar year
