Zambia

Republic of Zambia

Zambia (ZM, ZMB) is a country in Eastern Africa, with Lusaka as its capital. The currency is the Zambian Kwacha (ZMW, ZMW). The international dialling code is +260 and the trunk prefix is 0; mobile numbers are written like 095 5123456. The time zone is Africa/Lusaka. Official language: English.

CurrencyZMWZMW

Dial code+260e.g. 095 5123456

Time zoneLusakaUTC+02:00

LanguageEnglish

CapitalLusaka

Population20.8M752.6K km²

Overview

Official name: Republic of Zambia
Native name: Zambia
ISO 3166-1 alpha-2: ZM
ISO 3166-1 alpha-3: ZMB
ISO 3166-1 numeric: 894
IOC code: ZAM
Demonym: Zambian
Capital: Lusaka
Region: Africa › Eastern Africa
Status: Independent, UN member
Groups: Eastern Africa
United Nations
Internet domain: .zm
Coordinates: -15, 30
Area: 752,612 km²
Population: 20,799,100
GDP: $76.5B ($3.7K per person)
Literacy: 61.4%
Landlocked: Yes
Land borders: 🇦🇴 Angola
🇧🇼 Botswana
🇨🇩 Congo - Kinshasa
🇲🇼 Malawi
🇲🇿 Mozambique
🇳🇦 Namibia
🇹🇿 Tanzania
🇿🇼 Zimbabwe

Currency

Zambian Kwacha ZMW

Symbol: ZMW narrow ZK
Minor units: 2 decimals
Example: K 1,234.50

Former currencies: ZMK

Languages

Language	Status	Share of population
English en	Official	16% (3.3M)
Bemba bem		34% (7.1M)
Nyanja ny		19% (4M)
toi toi		11% (2.3M)
Lozi loz		5.5% (1.1M)
nse nse		3% (624K)
leb leb		2.8% (582.4K)
Tumbuka tum		2.6% (540.8K)
kqn kqn		1.9% (395.2K)
Lunda lun		1.9% (395.2K)
lue lue		1.5% (312K)

Time zones

Time zone	Local time	Standard	Daylight saving	Name
Africa/Lusaka		UTC+02:00	none	Central Africa Time

Phone numbers

Calling code: +260
Dial-out prefix: 00
Trunk prefix: 0
National number length: 9 digits
Emergency number: 112 pattern 112|99[139]

Number types

Type	National format	International format	Layout	Digits
Fixed line	0211 234 567	+260 211 234 567	XXXX XXX XXX	9
Mobile	095 5123456	+260 95 5123456	XXX XXXXXXX	9
Toll free	0800 123 456	+260 800 123 456	XXXX XXX XXX	9
VoIP	630123456	+260 630123456	XXXXXXXXX	9

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Show the 3 formatting rules

Digits pattern	Leading digits	Format	International
`(\d{3})(\d{3})`	`[1-9]`	`$1 $2`	`$1 $2`
`(\d{3})(\d{3})(\d{3})`	`[28]`	`$1 $2 $3`	`$1 $2 $3`
`(\d{2})(\d{7})`	`[579]`	`$1 $2`	`$1 $2`

Address and postal code

Address layout

{Name}

{Organization}

{Street address}

{Postal code} {City}

No data.

Postal code

Pattern: \d{5}
Examples: 50100 · 50101

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Calendar, units and conventions

First day of the week: Monday
Weekend: Saturday to Sunday
First week of the year: Contains at least 1 day of the new year
Hour cycle: 12-hour (1–12), also hb, H, hB
Calendars: gregorian
Measurement system: Metric
Temperature: Celsius
Paper size: A4
Locales: bem-ZM
en-ZM

Number and date formats

As written by the English (Zambia) locale (en-ZM), amounts in ZMW.

Number: 1,234,567.891
Percent: 45.7%
Currency (ZMW): K 1,234,567.89
Accounting: (K 1,234,567.89)
Currency, name: 1,234,567.89 Zambian kwachas
Compact short: 1.2M
Compact long: 1.2 million
Scientific: 1.235E6
Speed: 88 kilometres per hour
Temperature: 21.5°C
Date, full: Friday, 27 March 2026
Date, long: 27 March 2026
Date, medium: 27 Mar 2026
Date, short: 27/03/2026
Time, medium: 3:04:05 pm
Time, short: 3:04 pm
Date and time: 27 Mar 2026, 3:04 pm
Month and year: March 2026
Weekday: Friday
Relative time: yesterday · in 3 days · 2 hours ago
List: and: A, B and C
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