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title: "Zambia — capital, area, population and currency"
description: "Zambia: capital Lusaka, area 752,618 km², population 21,913,874 (2025), currency Zambian kwacha. Languages, time zones and calling code."
url: https://atoneplace.net/country/zambia/
site: "At One Place"
---

# Zambia

**Zambia: Capital Lusaka**

752,618 km² · 21,913,874 people (2025) · Zambian kwacha

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## The facts

- **Capital:** Lusaka
- **Area:** 752,618 km² — 290,587 sq mi
- **Population:** 21,913,874 (2025)
- **Density:** 29.1 people per km²
- **Currency:** Zambian kwacha (ZMW, ZK)
- **Official language:** English
- **Time zone:** UTC+02:00
- **Calling code:** +260
- **Drives on the:** left
- **ISO codes:** ZM · ZMB
- **Continent:** Africa

## How it compares

- **By area:** 39 of 200
- **By population:** 62 of 200

> Population is the only figure on this page that dates — it is a 2025 estimate and will drift. Area, capital, currency, languages, calling code and driving side change rarely or never.

## Countries of a similar size

| Country | Area (km²) | Population |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Turkey | 783,562 | 85,878,556 |
| Chile | 756,102 | 19,859,921 |
| Zambia ← | 752,618 | 21,913,874 |
| Morocco | 716,550 | 38,430,770 |
| Myanmar | 676,578 | 54,850,648 |

## Common questions

### What is the capital of Zambia?

Lusaka

### What currency does Zambia use?

The Zambian kwacha (ZMW).

### How big is Zambia?

752,618 km², or 290,587 square miles — 39 of 200 by area.

### Which side of the road does Zambia drive on?

The left.

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- [Chile](https://atoneplace.net/country/chile/)
- [Morocco](https://atoneplace.net/country/morocco/)
- [Myanmar](https://atoneplace.net/country/myanmar/)
- [Nigeria](https://atoneplace.net/country/nigeria/)
- [Ethiopia](https://atoneplace.net/country/ethiopia/)
- [Egypt](https://atoneplace.net/country/egypt/)
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- [Tanzania](https://atoneplace.net/country/tanzania/)
- [South Africa](https://atoneplace.net/country/south-africa/)
- [Kenya](https://atoneplace.net/country/kenya/)
- [Sudan](https://atoneplace.net/country/sudan/)

## Sources

- The World Factbook — Central Intelligence Agency (https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/) [Public domain (US Government)]
- World Bank Open Data — The World Bank (https://data.worldbank.org/) [CC BY 4.0]