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Fact Sheet

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Zambia

Official Title:
Republic of Zambia

General Information

Capital: Lusaka
Population (million): 13.921
Total Area: 752,614km2
Currency: 1 CAN$ = 5067.26 Kwacha (ZMK)(2012)
National Holiday: 24 October, Independence Day
Language(s): English, Bemba, Kaonda, Lozi, Lunda, Luvale, Nyanja, Tonga, other indigenous languages

Political Information

Type of State:
Republic

Type of Government:
Unicameral National Assembly

Head of State:
President Michael Chilufya Sata

Head of Government:
President Michael Chilufya Sata

Ministers:
Foreign Affairs: Effron LUNGU
Commerce, Trade & Industry: Emmanuel CHENDA
Finance: Alexander Chikwanda

Main Political Parties:
Patriotic Front (PF) ,Movement for Multiparty Democracy (MMD), United Party for National Development (UPND), United National Independence Party (UNIP, Forum for Democracy and Development (FDD), United Liberal Party, National Democratic Focus

Elections:
2016 (presidential and legislative)

Economic Information (2012)

Please note that the economic statistics reflect Canadian dollars and the yearly averages for the year. If listed as ’0’ or absent, the statistic is currently unavailable.

Economic Information
Type Zambia Canada
GDP: ($ billion) 20.51 1818.32
GDP per capita: ($) 1473.2 52209.92
GDP growth rate: (%) 7.33 1.84
Inflation: (%) 6.56 1.52
Unemployment: (%) 0 7.29

Trade and Investment (2012)

Canadian exports to country: $33,117,784
Canadian imports from country: $2,530,893
FDI in Canada: $ million
CDI in Zambia: $ million

Representation

Foreign Representation in Canada:
High Commissioner Bobby Mbunji Samakai

Canadian Representation Abroad:
High Commissioner Alexandre Lévesque


June 2013
Sources include: Statistics Canada, IMF

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Date Modified:
2012-05-17