Demographics of Zambia

[Glenn Henderson]

The total population of Zambia is 17,609,178 people. People in Zambia speak the English language. The linguistic diversity of Zambia is very diverse according to a fractionalization scale which for Zambia is 0.8734. The median age is approximately 16.7 years. Life expectancy in Zambia is 57. The female fertility rate in Zambia is 5.6. Around 4% of the population of Zambia are obese. The ethnic diversity is very diverse according to a fractionalization scale which for Zambia is 0.7808. To find out specifics of language, religion, age, gender distribution, and advancement of people in Zambia see the sections below, as well as visit the section concerning the education in the country.

Population
In Zambia, the population density is 17.4 people per square kilometer (45 per square mile). Because of this statistic, this country is considered to be sparsely populated. The total population of Zambia is 17,609,178 people. Zambia has approximately 90,000 foreign immigrants. Immigrants in Zambia represent 0.1 percent of the total number of immigrants in the world. Immigrants in Zambia represent 0.7 percent of the total number of immigrants in the world. The ethnic diversity of Zambia is very diverse according to a fractionalization scale based on ethnicity. Ethnic fractionalization (EF) deals with the number, sizes, socioeconomic distribution, and geographical location of distinct cultural groups, usually in a state or some otherwise delineated territory. Specific cultural features might refer to language, skin color, religion, ethnicity, customs and traditions, history, or other distinctive criteria, alone or in combination. Frequently, these features are used for social exclusion and the monopolization of power. The index of ethnic fractionalization in Zambia is 0.7808. This means that there is a very high number of unique ethnic groups in Zambia. EF is usually measured as 1 minus the Herfindahl concentration index of ethnolinguistic group shares, which reproduces the probability that two randomly drawn individuals from the population belong to different groups. The theoretical maximum of EF of 1 means that each person belongs to a different group. Read below for statistics of Zambia on median age and gender distribution at various ages.

Age
The median age is approximately 16.7 years. The median age for men is 16.6, while the median age for women is 16.8.

Gender
The sex ratio, or the number of males for each female (estimated at birth), is 1.03. It can be further divided into the following categories: sex ratio under 15 - 1.01; sex ratio from 15 to 64 - 1; sex ratio over 64 - 0.7; total sex ratio - 1. Total sex ratio is different from sex ratio estimated at birth. This is due to the fact that some newborns are considered in the sex ratio estimated at birth but pass away within the first weeks of their life and are not included in the total sex ratio.

Religion
The majority religion of Zambia is Christianity, the followers of which comprise 97.6% of all religious believers in the country. Christianity is an Abrahamic monotheistic religion based on the life and teachings of Jesus Christ as presented in the New Testament. Christianity is the world's largest religion, with over 2.4 billion adherents, known as Christians. Christians believe that Jesus is the Son of God and the savior of humanity whose coming as Christ or the Messiah was prophesied in the Old Testament. Besides Christianity, there are several other religions present within the country. Other religions in Zambia are Islam, Hinduism, folk religions. The religious diversity of Zambia is rather diverse according to a fractionalization scale based on the number of religions in Zambia. The index of religious fractionalization in Zambia is 0.7359. This score means that there are several major religions distributed evenly within Zambia.

General development
Zambia is considered to be a developing nation. The developmental stage of a nation is determined by a number of factors including, but not limited to, economic prosperity, life expectancy, income equality, and quality of life. As a developing nation, Zambia may not be able to offer consistent social services to its citizens. These social services may include things like public education, reliable healthcare, and law enforcement. Citizens of developing nations may have lower life expectancies than citizens of developed nations. In Zambia, 13.47 in every 100 people use internet. Zambia has a Human Development Index (HDI) of 0.561. Zambia has an upper medium HDI score. This indicates that the majority of citizens will be able to attain a desirable life, though some citizens will not be able to achieve high living standards. The migration rate in Zambia is -0.68%. In Zambia, 60.5% of the population lives below the poverty line. The percentage of citizens living below the poverty line in Zambia is very high when compared with other nations. This situation is indicative of a variety of alarming economic and political factors. It is not advisable to make any investments in countries with this level of poverty.

Language
People in Zambia speak the English language. The linguistic diversity of Zambia is very diverse according to a fractionalization scale based on the number of unrelated languages spoken in Zambia. The index of linguistic fractionalization in Zambia is 0.8734. This means that several major languages within Zambia co-exist together. There are several additional minor languages. Unrelated languages share few characteristics of grammatical structure, vocabulary, and etymological heritage. Linguistic diversity often results in issues of social and cultural fractionalization that can impact a country’s political circumstance and public policies.

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