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Zambia

Zambia's best placing is 17th of 194 for forest.

Best placing: #17Forest
Top 10 placings: 0 / 16
Population: 21.9 million
Land area: 743,390 km²

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Forest

#17 of 194

442,494 km² of forest

4th in Africa · World Bank · 2023

Forest per person

#25 of 194

0.0202 km² of forest per person

World Bank · 2023

Forest by area

#27 of 194

59.5 % of land area covered by forest

World Bank · 2023

Land area

#37 of 194

743,390 km² of land

17th in Africa · World Bank · 2023

Land area per person

#40 of 194

0.034 km² of land per person

World Bank · 2023

Airports

#43 of 193

120 airports

8th in Africa · Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) · 2025

Population

#61 of 195

21,913,874 people

22nd in Africa · World Bank · 2025

Railways

#57 of 135

3,126 km of railway

11th in Africa · Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) · 2014

Airports per person

#96 of 192

5.48 airports per million people

Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) · 2025

Railways per person

#69 of 134

142.65 km of railway per million people

Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) · 2014

Rainfall

#94 of 179

1,020 mm of precipitation per year

26th in Africa · World Bank · 2022

GDP

#112 of 182

28,879,806,220 US$ (current prices)

21st in Africa · World Bank · 2025

Railways by area

#96 of 133

4.21 km of railway per 1,000 km²

Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) · 2014

Airports by area

#139 of 191

1.61 airports per 10,000 km²

Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) · 2025

Population by area

#155 of 194

29.48 people per km²

World Bank · 2025

GDP per person

#160 of 182

1,318 GDP per person (US$)

World Bank · 2025

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