Zambia

In the Journal of Global Catholicism

Bernhard Udelhoven, "The Devil of the Missionary Church: The White Fathers and Catholic Evangelization in Zambia," Journal of Global Catholicism 2, no. 1 (2017): 70-109, DOI: 10.32436/2475-6423.1022.

Bernhard Udelhoven, "Seeing Witchcraft," Journal of Global Catholicism 2, no. 1 (2017): 120-142, DOI: 10.32436/2475-6423.1024.

Demographics

National Demographics

Total Population:

17,609,178 1

Urban:

43.50% 1

Rural:

56.50% 1

Immigrants as % of Population:

0.8% 2

Level of Public Corruption:

87 (1=lowest, 176=highest corruption) 4

Fertility Rate:

5.28 births per adult woman 5

Children Who Do Not Live to Age 5:

6.40% 5

Life Expectancy at Birth:

64 years 5

Adult Literacy Rate:

61.43% 5

Internet Users:

17% 5

Gross National Income per Capita:

US$1,680 5

Population Living Below US$1.90 per Day:

64.6% 5

Catholic Demographics

These statistics are derived from the Vatican's official publication, Statistical Yearbook of the Church 2020 (Vatican City: Librera Editrice Vaticana, 2022). The numbers may differ from data reported by other sources on this site.

Baptized Catholics:

6,108,000

Baptized Catholics as % of Total Population:

34.15%

Baptisms per Year (Under age 7):

41,112

Baptisms per Year (Over age 7):

37,908

First Communions per Year:

26,000

Confirmations per Year:

17,763

Students Enrolled in Catholic Primary Schools:

59,974

Students Enrolled in Catholic Secondary Schools:

40,251

Students Enrolled in Catholic Higher Education:

7,945

Church Marriages per Year:

6,466

Church Marriages in Which Both Spouses are Catholics:

4,365

Priests:

998

Women Religious (Nuns & Sisters):

2,016

Catholics per Priest:

6,120

Parishes:

389

Mission Stations (no resident priests):

2,068

Catholic Hospitals:

Homes for Aged, Handicapped, Invalids:

1. United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division (2018). World Urbanization Prospects: The 2018 Revision, Online Edition.
2.United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs. Trends in International Migrant Stock: The 2015 revision.
3.United Nations Office of Drugs and Crime, Homicide Statistics 2015.
4.Transparency International, Corruption Perceptions Index 2016.
5.UNICEF, State of the World's Children, 2016.
6. Statistical Yearbook of the Church 2020 (Vatican City: Librera Editrice Vaticana, 2022).
7.World Economic Forum, The Global Gender Gap Report, 2016.

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