Official Languages

Official status is a legal designation. It requires a constitution, language act or charter, which this platform has not yet loaded — speaker numbers cannot establish it.

Languages spoken here

Afrikaans (secondary) · Chichewa (secondary) · French (secondary) · French (Quebec) (secondary) · Gujarati (secondary) · Italian (secondary) · Italian (Romanesco) (secondary) · Modern Greek (secondary) · Modern Greek (biblical terms) (secondary) · Nyanja (secondary) · Portuguese (secondary) · Portuguese (Brazilian) (secondary) · Shona (secondary) · Swahili (secondary) · Tumbuka (secondary) · Yao (Africa) (secondary) · Zambian Sign Language (secondary)

“Secondary” means a community here speaks it alongside another language. It is not a statement of official or minority-language status.

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Zambia

Peoples

Largest first.

People	Population	Language	Religion
Bemba	6027000	Bemba	Christianity
Tonga, Zambezi	2981000	Tonga (Zambia)	Christianity
Nyanja, Chewa	2279000	Chichewa	Christianity
Lozi	1412000	Lozi	Christianity
Nyiha, Tanzania	926000	Nyiha, Tanzania	Ethnic Religions
Nsenga	917000	Nsenga	Christianity
Lala-Bisa	888000	Lala-Bisa	Christianity
Tumbuka	645000	Tumbuka	Christianity
Lunda, Northwest	509000	Lunda	Christianity
Mambwe-Lungu	469000	Mambwe-Lungu	Christianity
Kaonde	466000	Kaonde	Christianity
Lamba	448000	Lamba	Christianity
Bisa	448000	Lala-Bisa	Christianity
Luvale	387000	Luvale	Christianity
Lenje	290000	Lenje	Christianity
Lunda, Luapula	269000	Bemba	Christianity
Aushi	226000	Aushi	Christianity
Nyamwanga	223000	Nyamwanga	Christianity
Ila	221000	Ila	Christianity
Mbunda	188000	Mbunda	Christianity
Senga	180000	Tumbuka	Christianity
Cishinga	146000	Bemba	Christianity
Chokwe	140000	Chokwe	Christianity
Bwile	126000	Bwile	Christianity
Afrikaner	124000	Afrikaans	Christianity
Kabende	102000	Bemba	Christianity
Swaka	85000	Lala-Bisa	Christianity
Nkoya, Lambya	79000	Nkoya	Christianity
Soli	77000	Soli	Christianity
Kunda	71000	Kunda	Ethnic Religions
Luchazi	67000	Luchazi	Christianity
Han Chinese, Mandarin	62000	Chinese, Mandarin	Non-Religious
Tabwa	62000	Taabwa	Christianity
Unga	56000	Bemba	Christianity
Swahili	56000	Swahili	Islam
Swahili, Congo	54000	Swahili, Congo	Islam
Sala	53000	Sala	Ethnic Religions
Gujarati	53000	Gujarati	Hinduism
Shona	50000	Shona	Christianity
Masi	43000	Mashi (Zambia)	Ethnic Religions
Silowana	36000	Language unknown	Ethnic Religions
Toka	34000	Tonga (Zambia)	Ethnic Religions
Simaa-Makoma	32000	Simaa	Ethnic Religions
Tambo	29000	Nyamwanga	Ethnic Religions
Leya	23000	Tonga (Zambia)	Ethnic Religions
Lambya, Rambia	22000	Lambya	Christianity
Ndebele	17000	Ndebele (Zimbabwe)	Christianity
Italian	16000	Italian	Christianity
Yauma	15000	Yauma	Christianity
Deaf	15000	Zambian Sign Language	Unknown

Languages

54 languages recorded here.

Afrikaans

Aushi

Bemba

Bwile

Chichewa

Chinese, Mandarin

Chokwe

English

French

Greek

Gujarati

Ila

Italian

Kaonde

Khwedam

Kinyarwanda

Kuhane

Kunda

Lala-Bisa

Lamba

Lambya

Language unknown

Lenje

Lozi

Luchazi

Lunda

Luvale

Luyana

Mambwe-Lungu

Mashi (Zambia)

Mbowe

Mbukushu

Mbunda

Ndebele (Zimbabwe)

Nkoya

Nsenga

Nyamwanga

Nyiha, Tanzania

Nyika

Portuguese

Sala

Serbian

Shona

Simaa

Soli

Swahili

Swahili, Congo

Taabwa

Tonga (Zambia)

Totela

Tumbuka

Yao

Yauma

Zambian Sign Language

All catalogue fields

151 fields recorded

rog3: ZA
iso3: ZMB
iso2: ZM
ctry: Zambia
poplpeoples: 22332000
cntpeoples: 75
cntpeopleslr: 4
poplpeopleslr: 130000
jpscalectry: 5
rol3officiallanguage: eng
officiallang: English
rlg3primary: 1
religionprimary: Christianity
percentchristianity: 86.34091803309
percentevangelical: 25.081577408445
c_10_40window: N
rog2: AFR
continent: Africa
regioncode: 7
regionname: Africa, East and Southern
workersneeded: 4
harvest_rog3: ZA
harvest_iso3: ZMB
harvest_iso2: ZM
harvest_owcountrycode: ZAMB
harvest_ethnologuecountrycode: ZM
harvest_countrynumber: 235
harvest_ctry: Zambia
harvest_ctryshort: Zambia
harvest_countrynamechinese: 赞比亚
harvest_countrynamechineseshort: 赞比亚
harvest_countrynamedutch: Zambia
harvest_countrynamefrench: Zambie
harvest_countrynamefrenchshort: Zambie
harvest_countrynamegerman: Sambia
harvest_countrynamegermanshort: Sambia
harvest_countrynameindonesian: Zambia
harvest_countrynameindonesianshort: Zambia
harvest_countrynameitalian: Zambia
harvest_countrynameitalianshort: Zambia
harvest_countrynamekorean: 잠비아
harvest_countrynamekoreanshort: 잠비아
harvest_countrynamenorwegian: Zambia
harvest_countrynamenorwegianshort: Zambia
harvest_countrynameportuguese: Zâmbia
harvest_countrynameportugueseshort: Zâmbia
harvest_countrynamerussian: Замбия
harvest_countrynamerussianshort: Замбия
harvest_countrynamespanish: Zambia
harvest_countrynamespanishshort: Zambia
harvest_countrynamevietnamese: Zambia
harvest_countrynamevietnameseshort: Zambia
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harvest_frenchconcatenationprefix: de
harvest_germanconcatenationprefix: in
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harvest_italianconcatenationprefix: -
harvest_koreanconcatenationprefix: 의
harvest_norwegianconcatenationprefix: i
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harvest_russianconcatenationprefix: B
harvest_spanishconcatenationprefix: en
harvest_vietnameseconcatenationprefix: ở
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harvest_regioncode2414: 6
harvest_regioncode: 7
harvest_unsr: 014
harvest_worldabc: C
harvest_maniregioncode: AI
harvest_capital: Lusaka
harvest_population: 21914000
harvest_populationsource: UN Country Population (2025)
harvest_prayercastvideo: https://prayercast.com/zambia.html
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harvest_waldnerguide: prayer-guide-za.pdf
harvest_unmap: https://un.org/geospatial/content/zambia-0
harvest_jpscale: 5
harvest_c_10_40window: N
harvest_c_10_40windoworiginal: N
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harvest_literacyrate: 87
harvest_literacysource: Ethnologue
harvest_percenturbanized: 44
harvest_rol3officiallanguage: eng
harvest_rlg3primary: 1
harvest_rlg4primary: 3
harvest_pctanimist: 10.8
harvest_pctbahai: 0.4
harvest_pctbuddhism: 0
harvest_pctchinese: 0
harvest_pcthindu: 0.16
harvest_pctislam: 1.35
harvest_pctsikh: 0
harvest_pctjudaism: 0
harvest_pctnonreligious: 0.34
harvest_pctother: 0
harvest_pctchristian: 86.95
harvest_pctchristianprotestant: 38.67
harvest_pctchristianindependent: 14.05
harvest_pctchristiananglican: 1.03
harvest_pctchristianromancatholic: 28.59
harvest_pctchristianorthodoxcatholic: 0.06
harvest_pctchristianmarginal: 4.2
harvest_pctchristianunaffiliated: 9.1
harvest_pctchristiandoublyprofessing: -8.750000018857579
harvest_pctchristianother: 0
harvest_pctchristianextra: 0
harvest_rop1: A013
harvest_hdiyear: 2015
harvest_hdivalue: 0.579
harvest_hdirank: 139
harvest_internetusers: 25.5
harvest_flashmapzoom: 300
harvest_flashmapzoomx: -112
harvest_flashmapzoomy: -148
harvest_googlemapzoom: 5
harvest_googlemaplat: -15
harvest_googlemaplng: 30
harvest_ctrylatitude: -13.133897
harvest_ctrylongitude: 27.849332
harvest_securitylevel: 0
harvest_statedeptreligiousfreedom: https://www.state.gov/reports/2023-report-on-international-religious-freedom/zambia/
harvest_provincesdisplayable: Y
harvest_adm1label: Provinces
harvest_wcdsubregioncode: 101
harvest_poplgrowthrate: 3.116587904528324
harvest_godreportsurl: http://blog.godreports.com/country/?countrycode=zm&joshua=za
harvest_datareportalurl: https://datareportal.com/reports/digital-2024-zambia
harvest_internetusage: 14
harvest_internetusagesourceyear: Zambia
harvest_biblesocietyurl: http://www.biblesociety-zambia.org/
harvest_areasquaremiles: 290583
harvest_areasquarekilometers: 752614
harvest_populationpersquaremile: 34
harvest_countryphonecode: 260
harvest_owpctchristian1986: 77
harvest_owpctevangelical1986: 7.3
harvest_owpctchristian1993: 54.8
harvest_owpctevangelical1993: 12.5
harvest_owpctchristian2001: 85.03999999999999
harvest_owpctevangelical2001: 25
harvest_religiondatayear: 2010
harvest_internetctrycode: .zm
harvest_worldfactbookurl: https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/zambia
harvest_source: pjj
harvest_editname: BM
harvest_editdate: 09/12/02 00:00:00