_#_Ethnic divisions: African 98.7%, European 1.1%, other 0.2%
_#_Religion: Christian 50-75%, Muslim and Hindu, remainder indigenous beliefs 1%
_#_Language: English (official); about 70 indigenous languages
_#_Literacy: 73% (male 81%, female 65%) age 15 and over can read and write (1990 est.)
_#_Labor force: 2,455,000; 85% agriculture; 6% mining, manufacturing, and construction; 9% transport and services
_#_Organized labor: about 238,000 wage earners are unionized
_*Government #_Long-form name: Republic of Zambia
_#_Type: multiparty system; on 17 December 1990, President Kenneth KAUNDA signed into law the constitutional amendment that officially reintroduced the multiparty system in Zambia and ending 17 years of one-party rule
_#_Capital: Lusaka
_#_Administrative divisions: 9 provinces; Central, Copperbelt, Eastern, Luapula, Lusaka, Northern, North-Western, Southern, Western