Factsheet : Zambia

Official Title:
Republic of Zambia

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General Information

Capital: Lusaka
Population (million): 16.72
Total Area: 752,614km²
Currency: 1 CAN$ = 3908.16533 Kwacha (ZMK) (2016- Annual average)
National Holiday: 24 October, Independence Day
Language(s): English, Bemba, Kaonda, Lozi, Lunda, Luvale, Nyanja, Tonga, other indigenous languages

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Political Information

Type of State:
Presidential Republic

Type of Government:
Executive: The President is elected by popular vote for a five-year term (eligible for a second term). Legislative: Unicameral National Assembly (164 members)

Head of State:
President Edgar Lungu

Head of Government:
President Edgar Lungu

Ministers:
Foreign Affairs: Harry Kalaba
Commerce, Trade and Industry: Margaret Mwanakatwe
Finance: Felix Mutati

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:
Last: 2016 (presidential and legislative). Next: 2021 (presidential and legislative).

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Economic Information (2016)

Comparative figures

Type	Zambia	Canada
GDP: ($ billion)	28.24	2,026.59
GDP per capita: ($)	1,689.36	55,938.56
GDP growth rate: (%)	2.97	1.43
Inflation: (%)	17.9	1.41
Unemployment: (%)	0	7

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Product Trade and Investment (2016)

Canadian exports to country: $18,702,321
Canadian imports from country: $1,212,607
FDI in Canada: $ million
CDI in Zambia: $53 million

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Representation

Foreign Representation in Canada:
Vacant

Canadian Representation Abroad:
Vacant

May 2017
Sources include: Statistics Canada, IMF

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