zambia Capital: lusaka Pos.: Surface: 752.614 Kmq 39 Population 2020: 18.384.000 64 Pop. density: 24,43 in./Kmq 159 Pop. growth 12ys:  +42,13 % GDP per capita: 985 $ 173 Nominal GDP 2020: 18,111 billions $ 115 PPP per capita: 3.450 $ 160 GDP PPP 2020: 63,417 billions $ 103 Internet TLD:  ZM
The nation's population is concentrated mainly around Lusaka in the south and the Copperbelt Province to the north, the core economic hubs of the country. Originally inhabited by Khoisan peoples, the region was affected by the Bantu expansion of the thirteenth century. Following European explorers in the eighteenth century, the British colonised the region into the British protectorates of Barotseland-North-Western Rhodesia and North-Eastern Rhodesia comprising 73 tribes Economy: Zambia is a developing country and it achieved middle-income status in 2011. Through the first decade of the 21st century, the economy of Zambia was one of the fastest growing economies in Africa and its capital, Lusaka the  fastest growing city in the Southern African Development Community (SADC).Its economic performance has stalled in recent years due to declining copper prices, significant fiscal deficits, and energy shortages
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