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People
13,460,305
country comparison to the world: 
69
note: estimates for this country explicitly take into account the effects of excess mortality due to AIDS; this can result in lower life expectancy, higher infant mortality, higher death rates, lower population growth rates, and changes in the distribution of population by age and sex than would otherwise be expected (July 2010 est.)
0-14 years: 45.1% (male 2,685,142/female 2,659,771)
15-64 years: 52.6% (male 3,122,305/female 3,116,846)
65 years and over: 2.3% (male 114,477/female 164,199) (2010 est.)
total: 16.5 years
male: 16.5 years
female: 16.6 years (2010 est.)
3.118% (2010 est.)
country comparison to the world: 11
44.63 births/1,000 population (2010 est.)
country comparison to the world: 4
12.84 deaths/1,000 population (July 2010 est.)
country comparison to the world: 26
-0.62 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2010 est.)
country comparison to the world: 146
urban population: 35% of total population (2008)
rate of urbanization: 2.3% annual rate of change (2005-10 est.)
at birth: 1.03 male(s)/female
under 15 years: 1.01 male(s)/female
15-64 years: 1.01 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 0.68 male(s)/female
total population: 1 male(s)/female (2010 est.)
total: 68.4 deaths/1,000 live births
country comparison to the world: 20
male: 73.1 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 63.56 deaths/1,000 live births (2010 est.)
total population: 52.03 years
country comparison to the world: 209
male: 50.81 years
female: 53.28 years (2010 est.)
6.07 children born/woman (2010 est.)
country comparison to the world: 9
15.2% (2007 est.)
country comparison to the world: 7
1.1 million (2007 est.)
country comparison to the world: 11
56,000 (2007 est.)
country comparison to the world: 12
degree of risk: very high
food or waterborne diseases: bacterial and protozoal diarrhea, hepatitis A, and typhoid fever
vectorborne diseases: malaria and plague are high risks in some locations
water contact disease: schistosomiasis
animal contact disease: rabies (2009)
noun: Zambian(s)
adjective: Zambian
African 99.5% (includes Bemba, Tonga, Chewa, Lozi, Nsenga, Tumbuka, Ngoni, Lala, Kaonde, Lunda, and other African groups), other 0.5% (includes Europeans, Asians, and Americans) (2000 Census)
Christian 50%-75%, Muslim and Hindu 24%-49%, indigenous beliefs 1%
Bemba 30.1% (official), Nyanja 10.7% (official), Tonga 10.6% (official), Lozi 5.7% (official), Chewa 4.9%, Nsenga 3.4%, Tumbuka 2.5%, Lunda 2.2% (official), Kaonde 2% (official), Lala 2%, Luvale 1.7% (official), English 1.7% (official), other 22.5% (2000 Census)
definition: age 15 and over can read and write English
total population: 80.6%
male: 86.8%
female: 74.8% (2003 est.)
total: 7 years
male: 8 years
female: 7 years (2000)
1.4% of GDP (2008)
country comparison to the world: 178
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