_#_Environment: deforestation; soil erosion; desertification
_#_Note: landlocked
_*People #_Population: 8,445,724 (July 1991), growth rate 3.5% (1991)
_#_Birth rate: 49 births/1,000 population (1991)
_#_Death rate: 12 deaths/1,000 population (1991)
_#_Net migration rate: - 2 migrants/1,000 population (1991)
_#_Infant mortality rate: 79 deaths/1,000 live births (1991)
_#_Life expectancy at birth: 55 years male, 58 years female (1991)
_#_Total fertility rate: 6.9 children born/woman (1991)
_#_Nationality: noun—Zambian(s); adjective—Zambian