Southern Africa(UN: Eastern Africa)
Zambia
Republic of Zambia
A copper-rich plateau country named for the Zambezi, known for peaceful transfers of power and for sharing Victoria Falls with Zimbabwe.
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Zambia in pictures
Flag, landscapes, landmarks and wildlife you can meet in the games. Photographs come from each subject’s Wikipedia article.
Flag
Flag of Zambia
National flag
- Victoria Falls
Landscape
Victoria Falls
A real place in Zambia
- Victoria Falls / Mosi-oa-Tunya
Landmark
Victoria Falls / Mosi-oa-Tunya
'The smoke that thunders' — spray visible 30 km away.
- Kafue National Park
Landmark
Kafue National Park
Its Busanga plains flood each year and fill with antelope.
- Lake Tanganyika shore
Landmark
Lake Tanganyika shore
The world's second-deepest lake, holding 250 kinds of cichlid fish.
- Lion
Wildlife
Lion
Lions are the only big cats that live in family groups, called prides.
- Hippopotamus
Wildlife
Hippopotamus
Hippos cannot swim — they walk and bounce along the river bed.
- Shoebill
Wildlife
Shoebill
A metre-tall bird with a beak shaped like a wooden shoe.
- African buffalo
Wildlife
African buffalo
Herds seem to 'vote' on which way to go by the direction they stand.
- Warthog
Wildlife
Warthog
It reverses into its burrow so its tusks face any visitor.
- Nile crocodile
Wildlife
Nile crocodile
A mother carries her hatchlings to the water in her mouth.
- Sable antelope
Wildlife
Sable antelope
A defending bull can fend off lions with its metre-long horns.
- Impala
Wildlife
Impala
It can leap ten metres forward in a single bound.
- Sitatunga
Wildlife
Sitatunga
Its splayed hooves let it walk on floating swamp mats.
- Red lechwe
Wildlife
Red lechwe
It runs *into* deep water to escape lions, splashing at full speed.
- Cathedral termites
Wildlife
Cathedral termites
Their mounds are air-conditioned by design and can top eight metres.
- Greater honeyguide
Wildlife
Greater honeyguide
It calls humans to a bees' nest, then shares the wax after the raid.
- Serval
Wildlife
Serval
It leaps three metres straight up to catch birds in mid-air.
- Waterbuck
Wildlife
Waterbuck
A white ring on its rump makes it easy to follow in long grass.
- Roan antelope
Wildlife
Roan antelope
Second only to the eland in size, with backswept scimitar horns.
- Lusaka
City
Lusaka
Capital of Zambia
Capital
Lusaka
Population
21,913,874
World Bank, 2025
Area
752,612 km²
Currency
Zambian kwacha
GDP per person
$1,318
Current US$, 2025
Life expectancy
66.5 yrs
World Bank, 2024
Urban population
45.9%
UN member
Yes
Quick facts
Did you know?
Zambia has had several peaceful changes of ruling party, rare in the region.
Zamrock fused psychedelic rock with Zambian rhythms in the 1970s.
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Reference figures come from the World Bank Open Data API and the ISO 3166 country dataset, each shown with its year. Historical and cultural text is written by our editors and marks contested dating where scholars disagree. The "go deeper" chapters are generated live by Africa AI from that same reference data and our sourced library — check them before quoting. Borders shown are for orientation and do not imply a position on any dispute.