Bible Society work in Zambia
Country Data:
| Area: |
752,614 sq.km. |
| Population: |
10,500,000 (2000) |
| Annual Per Capita Income: |
US$300 (2000) |
| Literate Population: |
78% (1999) |
| Religions in
% of Population (1997): |
Christian |
69.5%
|
| Traditional Beliefs |
28.4%
|
| Jehovahs Witness |
1.0%
|
| Muslim |
0.9%
|
| Hindu |
0.2%
|
| Official Language: |
English |
Bible Society Data:
| Beginning of organised work: |
1880 |
| Date of formation of Bible
Society: |
1966 |
| Date of Full Membership
in UBS: |
1999 |
| Scripture distribution in
2005: |
|
Bibles
|
New
Testaments
|
|
|
|
|
| 75,518 |
8,191 |
7,252 |
68,700 |
0 |
0 |
|