Zambia
Africa · Eastern Africa
Key facts
- Capital
- Lusaka
- Region
- Africa
- Subregion
- Eastern Africa
- Population (2025)
- 21.9 million (21,913,874) · rank 61 of 193
- Area (2023)
- 752,612 km² · rank 38 of 193
- People per km²
- 29 (calculated from the two figures above)
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators (2025, 2023), CC BY 4.0. data.worldbank.org
Test yourself
The first question is always Zambia, then four more countries of the same region.
Unfolding the map…
Neighbours on the map
Countries whose outline shares a border with Zambia in the map data: 8.
- Angola capitals 1,790 km apart
- Botswana capitals 1,060 km apart
- DR Congo capitals 1,880 km apart
- Malawi capitals 610 km apart
- Mozambique capitals 1,260 km apart
- Namibia capitals 1,420 km apart
- Tanzania capitals 1,310 km apart
- Zimbabwe capitals 400 km apart
Based on the Natural Earth 1:110m outlines. The 29 states drawn as dots are not counted as neighbours.
The flag
Flags with a similar colour layout, used as wrong options on Hard: Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saudi Arabia, Dominica, Mauritania.
In the quizzes
The levels on which Zambia is asked in each selection:
In four languages
| Country | Capital | |
|---|---|---|
| English | Zambia | Lusaka |
| Italiano | Zambia | Lusaka |
| Magyar | Zambia | Lusaka |
| Suomi | Sambia | Lusaka |