Businesses in Mazabuka

Industries

Business Distribution by Industry in Mazabuka

Industry Description	Number of Establishments
Churches	35
Education	32
Shopping	26
Restaurants	20
Other accommodation	14
Bars, pubs and taverns	10
Electronics stores	8
Grocery stores and supermarkets	7
Hardware store	7

Mazabuka Facts

Area	3248.7 km²
Population	209,753
Male Population	104,346 (49.7%)
Female Population	105,407 (50.3%)
Population change (1975 to 2020)	+178.9%
Population change (2000 to 2020)	+33.5%
Median Age	17.1 years (Male: 17, Female: 17.1)
GDP per capita (PPP)	$2,887 (2022)
Local Time
Timezone	Central Africa Time
Lat & Lng	-15.85601, 27.74800

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Mazabuka Population

Years 1975 to 2030

Data	1975	1990	2000	2015	2020	2025*	2030*
Population	75,200	128,196	157,143	194,152	209,753	220,800	229,069
Population Density	23.1 / km²	39.5 / km²	48.4 / km²	59.8 / km²	64.6 / km²	68 / km²	70.5 / km²

* Projected

Sources: JRC (European Commission's Joint Research Centre) work on the GHS built-up grid

Mazabuka Population change from 2000 to 2020

Increase of 33.5% from year 2000 to 2020

Location	Change since 1975	Change since 1990	Change since 2000
Mazabuka	+178.9%	+63.6%	+33.5%
Southern Province, Zambia	—	—	—
Zambia	—	—	—

Sources: JRC (European Commission's Joint Research Centre) work on the GHS built-up grid

Mazabuka Median Age

Median Age: 17.1 years

Location	Median Age	Median Age (Female)	Median Age (Male)
Mazabuka	17.1 yrs	17.1 yrs	17 yrs
Southern Province, Zambia	16.1 yrs	16.4 yrs	15.8 yrs
Zambia	17 yrs	17.1 yrs	16.8 yrs

Sources: CIESIN (Center for International Earth Science Information Network)

Mazabuka Population Density

Population Density: 64.6 / km²

Location	Population	Area	Density
Mazabuka	209,753	3,248.7 km²	64.6 / km²
Southern Province, Zambia	1.9 million	85,355.5 km²	22.1 / km²
Zambia	16.1 million	751,093.4 km²	21.5 / km²

Sources: JRC (European Commission's Joint Research Centre) work on the GHS built-up grid

Mazabuka Historical and Projected Population

Estimated Population from 1750 to 2100

Sources:

JRC (European Commission's Joint Research Centre) work on the GHS built-up grid
CIESIN (Center for International Earth Science Information Network)
[Link] Klein Goldewijk, K., Beusen, A., Doelman, J., and Stehfest, E.: Anthropogenic land use estimates for the Holocene – HYDE 3.2, Earth Syst. Sci. Data, 9, 927–953, https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-9-927-2017, 2017.

Area Codes

Percentage Area Codes used by businesses in Mazabuka

Price Distribution

Business distribution by price for Mazabuka

Human Development Index (HDI)

Statistic composite index of life expectancy, education, and per capita income.

Source: [Link] Kummu, M., Taka, M. &Guillaume, J. Gridded global datasets for Gross Domestic Product and Human Development Index over 1990–2015. Sci Data 5, 180004 (2018) doi:10.1038/sdata.2018.4

Mazabuka Gross Domestic Product (GDP)

GDP per capita, PPP (constant 2017 international $)

Data	1990	1995	2000	2005	2010	2015	2020	2022
GDP per capita	$1,555	$1,570	$2,148	$2,279	$2,661	$3,306	$2,564	$2,887
Total GDP	$168.8M	$190.7M	$291.4M	$341.1M	$444.9M	$608.4M	$506.6M	$582.5M

Source: [Link] Kummu, M., Kosonen, M. & Masoumzadeh Sayyar, S. Downscaled gridded global dataset for gross domestic product (GDP) per capita PPP over 1990–2022. Sci Data 12, 178 (2025) doi:10.1038/s41597-025-04487-x

Mazabuka CO2 Emissions

Carbon Dioxide (CO2) Emissions Per Capita in Tonnes Per Year

Location	CO2 Emissions	CO2 Emissions Per Capita	CO2 Emissions Intensity
Mazabuka	84,526 tn	0.4 tn	26 tons/km²
Southern Province, Zambia	760,394 tn	0.4 tn	8.9 tons/km²
Zambia	6,494,218 tn	0.4 tn	8.6 tons/km²

Sources: [Link] Moran, D., Kanemoto K; Jiborn, M., Wood, R., Többen, J., and Seto, K.C. (2018) Carbon footprints of 13,000 cities. Environmental Research Letters DOI: 10.1088/1748-9326/aac72a

Mazabuka CO2 Emissions

2013 CO2 emissions (tonnes/year)	84,526 tn
2013 CO2 emissions (tonnes/year) per capita	0.4 tn
2013 CO2 emissions intensity (tonnes/km²/year)	26 tons/km²

Natural Hazards Risk

Relative risk out of 10

Hazard	Risk Level
Drought	Medium (5)

* Risk, particularly concerning flood or landslide, may not be for the entire area.

Sources:

Dilley, M., R.S. Chen, U. Deichmann, A.L. Lerner-Lam, M. Arnold, J. Agwe, P. Buys, O. Kjekstad, B. Lyon, and G. Yetman. 2005. Natural Disaster Hotspots: A Global Risk Analysis. Washington, D.C.: World Bank. https://doi.org/10.1596/0-8213-5930-4.
Center for Hazards and Risk Research - CHRR - Columbia University, Center for International Earth Science Information Network - CIESIN - Columbia University, and International Research Institute for Climate and Society - IRI - Columbia University. 2005. Global Drought Hazard Frequency and Distribution. Palisades, NY: NASA Socioeconomic Data and Applications Center (SEDAC). https://doi.org/10.7927/H4VX0DFT.

Recent Nearby Earthquakes

Magnitude 3.0 and greater

Date▼	Time↕	Magnitude↕	Distance↕	Depth↕	Location↕	Link
1/9/16	3:05 AM	4.6	75.5 km	10,000 m	40km SE of Kafue, Zambia	usgs.gov
3/6/08	5:47 PM	4.8	92.2 km	10,000 m	Zambia	usgs.gov
11/30/92	8:30 AM	4.3	96.6 km	10,000 m	Zambia	usgs.gov
11/15/92	8:30 AM	3.3	92.1 km	33,000 m	Zambia	usgs.gov
6/24/87	6:02 PM	4.4	89.4 km	10,000 m	Zambia	usgs.gov
7/18/86	3:07 PM	5.2	97.8 km	17,100 m	Zambia	usgs.gov
8/9/84	3:15 PM	4.6	97.7 km	10,000 m	Zambia	usgs.gov
3/29/82	2:07 AM	3.8	99.1 km	33,000 m	Zambia	usgs.gov
9/22/80	7:28 AM	4.6	93.5 km	33,000 m	Zambia	usgs.gov
8/1/74	9:36 AM	5.1	92.2 km	14,000 m	Zambia	usgs.gov

Source: U.S. Geological Survey (USGS)

Mazabuka

Mazabuka is a town in the Southern Province of Zambia, lying south west of Lusaka, on the Lusaka-Livingstone Road and the railway to Livingstone. The town lies on the south east edge of the Kafue Flats wetland. The name Mazabuka originates from a Ton..

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