Recognised as Country
Zambia
- ZM
- Africa
- ZMW
- .zm
Zambia (ZM/ZMB) is a country in Africa with its capital at Lusaka. It covers about 752,612 km² with a population of roughly 20,000,000, uses the ZMW, dials on +260, owns the .zm internet domain and keeps its capital on Africa/Lusaka. It borders 8 countries.
Identity
Official short nameZambia
CapitalLusaka
ContinentAfrica
ISO 3166-1 alpha-2ZM
ISO 3166-1 alpha-3ZMB
Internet TLD.zm
Calling code+260
Currency codeZMW
Geography
Latitude13.1339° S
Longitude27.8493° E
HemisphereSouthern and Eastern
Area752,612 km²290,585 square miles
Land neighbours8
Distance from London7,679 kmto the approximate centre of Zambia, not to Lusaka. SSE, bearing 150.7°
Time
These values depend on today’s date and change daily.
Time zone of the capitalAfrica/Lusakathe IANA zone for Lusaka; a large country spans several zones
Standard offsetUTC+02:00
Observes daylight savingNothe offset is the same all year
Offset in JanuaryUTC+02:00
Offset in JulyUTC+02:00
Current offsetUTC+02:00
Local time now22 Sept 2026, 14:38
Hours ahead of UTC2
Population & scale
Population20,000,000≈estimate, 2024 edition, extended to all 196 states in September 2026. Population and area are the latest available national or UN estimates, rounded, and are not exact
Population density26.6 per km²≈
Share of world population0.247%≈against a world population of about 8.1 billion
Area rank in this dataset38 of 196
Population rank in this dataset64 of 196
Neighbouring countries
DR Congo1,213 km centre to centre
Tanzania1,077 km centre to centre
Malawi699 km centre to centre
Mozambique1,026 km centre to centre
Zimbabwe669 km centre to centre
Botswana1,076 km centre to centre
Namibia1,473 km centre to centre
About this data
Dataset version2024 edition, extended to all 196 states in September 2026. Population and area are the latest available national or UN estimates, rounded, and are not exact
Time zone sourcethe IANA time zone database, via the platform
Last updated2026-09-10
StabilityISO codes, TLDs and calling codes are stable; population and area are estimates that change
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