ATLAS · NATIONAL CAPITALS · ZAMBIA
Capital of Zambia
The capital of Zambia is Lusaka. The largest, Lusaka, has around 2,467,563 residents in the city proper — a major capital. From Wikidata, snapshot 2026-06-23.
CAPITALLusaka
POPULATION2,467,563
NUMBER OF CAPITALS1
The capital
Lusaka2,467,563 people
In context
Where Lusakasits on the world’s scale of capital sizes — from the micro-capitals of a few hundred to the mega-capitals of over ten million.
10M+
5–10M
1–5MLusaka is here
250k–1M
50–250k
<50k
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