NationMaster - Zambian People statistics

Age structure > 0-14 years	46.5		[11th of 226]
Age structure > 15-64 years	51.1		[218th of 226]
Age structure > 65 years and over	2.4 %		[214th of 225]
Chinese population	150		[102nd of 127]
Gender development	0.424		[125th of 141]
Percentage living in urban areas	36%		[152nd of 199]
Population in 2015	13,841		[70th of 225]
Projected population growth	107.67%		[37th of 141]
Sex ratio > 15-64 years	0.98		[152nd of 223]
Urban population growth > annual %	1.75 annual %	...	[105th of 195]
Urbanization	40		[143rd of 204]
Urbanization in 1975	34.8%		[102nd of 164]
Urbanization in 2015	45.2%		[119th of 164]
Women > Adult literacy rate females as a % of males	84		[89th of 144]
Women > Antenatal care coverage %	93		[45th of 133]
Women > Contraceptive prevalence %	34		[116th of 170]
Women > Life expectancy females as a % of males	100		[170th of 173]
Women > Maternal mortality ratio > reported	650		[13th of 154]
Women > Maternal mortality ratio adjusted	750		[25th of 166]
Women > Skilled attendant at delivery %	43		[147th of 172]

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SOURCES: CIA World Factbook, 28 July 2005; CIA World Factbook, 22 August 2006 ; University Libraries, Ohio University; Human Development Reports, United Nations 2002; Population Division of the United Nations Secretariat, World Urbanization Prospects: The 2003 Revision, Data Tables and Highlights. Estimates and projections of urban and rural populations are made by the Population Division of the United Nations Secretariat and published every two years. These estimates and projections are based on national census or survey data that have been evaluated and, whenever necessary, adjusted for deficiencies and inconsistencies; Population Division of the Department of Economic and Social Affairs of the United Nations Secretariat, World Population Prospects: The 2004 Revision and World Urbanization Prospects: http://esa.un.org/unpp; Population Reference Bureau, 2001 World Population Data Sheet, Washington, DC: PRB, 2001. via ciesin.org; World Development Indicators database; Population Division of the United Nations Secretariat, World Urbanization Prospects: The 2001 Revision, Data Tables and Highlights (ESA/P/WP.173, 20 March 2002); UN (United Nations). 2002. World Urbanization Prospects: The 2001 Revision. Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division. New York; UNICEF

ALTERNATIVE NAMES: Zambia, Republic of Zambia

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