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About 40 percent of the population lives in urban areas. The population density in big urban cities like Lusaka stands at more than 200 persons per square kilometer.

Click on this link for population density in each province of Zambia-  https://create.piktochart.com/output/31105756-new-piktochart

The total population estimates for this country clearly take into account the effects of excess mortality due to AIDS; this can result in lower life expectancy, higher infant mortality, higher death rates, lower population growth rates, and changes in the distribution of population by age and sex than would otherwise be expected.

Mining and Agriculture the back bone of Zambia’s economy

Zambia had one of the world’s fastest growing economies for the ten years up to 2014, with real GDP  growth averaging roughly 6.7% per annum , though growth slowed during the period 2015 to 2017, due to falling copper prices, reduced power generation, and depreciation of the kwacha- Zambia’s currency.

Click on this link for a bar graph indicating the GDP of Zambia for the last five years- https://create.piktochart.com/output/31107298-zambias-gdp

It said Zambia’s lack of economic diversification and dependency on copper as its sole major export makes it vulnerable to fluctuations in the world commodities market and prices turned downward in 2015 due to declining demand from China.

Despite recent strong economic growth and its status as a lower middle-income country, widespread and extreme rural poverty and high unemployment levels remain significant problems, made worse by a high birth rate, a relatively high HIV/AIDS burden, by market-distorting agricultural and energy policies, and growing government debt.

Zambia raised $7 billion from international investors by issuing separate sovereign bonds in 2012, 2014, and 2015. Concurrently, it issued over $4 billion in domestic debt and agreed to Chinese-financed infrastructure projects, significantly increasing the country’s public debt burden to more than 60% of GDP. The government has considered refinancing $3 billion worth of Eurobonds and significant Chinese loans to cut debt servicing costs.

The above mentioned issues are some of short falls of Zambia government reported about often by the media. The leaders over time haven’t been impressed with much of the reporting by journalists which has occasioned conflicts and suppression of media freedoms.