Zambia Facts
Here are some interesting facts about Zambia:
- Located in southern Africa just east of Angola
- Has a land/water area of 752,614 sq km – slightly larger than Texas
- Natural resources include: copper, cobalt, zinc, lead, coal, emeralds, gold, silver, uranium
- Population: 11,862,740
- Median age: 17
- Life Expectancy: 38.63 years
- HIV/AIDS – adult prevalence rate: 15.2%
- Religions: Christian 50%-75%, Muslim and Hindu 24%-49%, indigenous beliefs 1%
- School life expectancy: 7 years
- There are 107 airports in Zambia – 9 of them have paved runways
- …more
Mbulawa Said,
April 7, 2009 @ 3:40 am
Can you cross check your life expectancy years with those of the Central Statistical Office (CSO). I have always wondered why each and every NGO has a diffrent figure for this. Are most people you are meeting in Zambia less than 40 years old. I wonder why Zambians despite a preponderance of young men and women are voting for politicians who if statistics are to be believed should have been dead 32 years ago.
admin Said,
April 8, 2009 @ 8:51 am
@Mbulawa: according to the World fact book (https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/za.html) their data is from estimates in 2009. I did check CSO in Zambia (http://www.zamstats.gov.zm) and they have the Life Expectancy at birth average listed as 50 – however their stats are from a 2000 census – pretty old.
(http://www.zamstats.gov.zm/media/chapter_8_mortality-_final.pdf)
I can not tell you what we have seen because we haven’t been there yet
Either way – the life expectancy (40-50 years) is way less than the 81.23 reported for Canada (where I am from). This country needs hope!
-Andy