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Zambia: map and facts
Zambia is in Eastern Africa. It has about 21.9 million people (2025), the 61st largest population. It covers 752,612 km², the 38th largest by area. That is about 29 people per km². Its highest point is Mafinga Central, at 2,339 m. The longest river on its map is the Zambezi, 2,574 km from source to mouth.
Facts
- Population: 21,913,874 (2025, World Bank)
- Area: 752,612 km² (2024, World Bank)
- Capital: Lusaka
- Highest point: Mafinga Central, 2,339 m (Wikidata)
- Forest: 60.5% of the land (2024, World Bank)
Rivers
The longest rivers on the map of Zambia, with the length of each whole river (Wikidata):
- Zambezi: 2,574 km
- Kafue: 1,577 km
- Luangwa: 770 km
- Cuando: 731 km
- Lungwebungu: 645 km
- Luapula: 560 km
- Chambeshi: 480 km
Also on the map: Kabompo and Dongwe.
Mountains and landscapes
Its highest peaks:
- Mafinga Central: 2,339 m (its highest point)
- Sunzu: 2,067 m
Mountain ranges: Muchinga Mountains.
Land
Land cover seen from satellites (NASA MODIS, 2024): savanna 44%, grassland 29.1%, wooded savanna 14.7%, deciduous broadleaf forest 4.7%, mixed forest 4.4%, water 1.3%.
Landforms, worked out from the height of the land (USGS GMTED2010): plateaus 76%, hills 20.9%, mountains 3.1%.
Forests covered 60.5% of its land in 2024, down from 63.8% in 1990 (World Bank).
Minerals and fuels
- World #7 in copper among the countries USGS lists (2025)
Neighbours
Zambia shares land borders with Angola, Botswana, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Tanzania and Zimbabwe on this map.
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Sources
India’s boundaries are drawn according to India’s official position, simplified for small-scale maps (data: Natural Earth, India view). Each figure shows its year and source; some are rounded. Data release 2026.2.
- Natural Earth (naturalearthdata.com), public domain. Boundaries follow India's official position (Natural Earth's India point of view). Terms
- GMTED2010 courtesy of the U.S. Geological Survey (Danielson and Gesch 2011, USGS Open-File Report 2011-1073). Terms
- Friedl, M., Sulla-Menashe, D. (2022). MODIS/Terra+Aqua Land Cover Type Yearly L3 Global 500m SIN Grid V061. NASA EOSDIS Land Processes DAAC. doi:10.5067/MODIS/MCD12Q1.061. Terms
- The World Bank: World Development Indicators, Population, total (SP.POP.TOTL): UN Population Division, national statistical offices (2025 data, retrieved 2026-10-17). CC BY 4.0. Rounded by Make Me Smarter. Terms
- The World Bank: World Development Indicators, Surface area (AG.SRF.TOTL.K2): FAO (2024 data, retrieved 2026-10-17). CC BY 4.0. Terms
- The World Bank: World Development Indicators, Forest area (% of land area) (AG.LND.FRST.ZS): FAO, FAOSTAT (2024 data, retrieved 2026-10-17). CC BY 4.0. Rounded by Make Me Smarter. Terms
- Wikidata (CC0): names, capitals, peak heights and river lengths, checked by Make Me Smarter. Terms
- Credit: U.S. Geological Survey, Mineral Commodity Summaries 2026 data release (doi:10.5066/P1WKQ63T). Terms
- Landforms worked out by Make Me Smarter from GMTED2010.
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