Zambia Transportation - 2024

GEOGRAPHICAL NAMES 

National air transport system

number of registered air carriers: 3 (2020)

inventory of registered aircraft operated by air carriers: 6

annual passenger traffic on registered air carriers: 8,904 (2018)

annual freight traffic on registered air carriers: 75.08 million (2018) mt-km

Civil aircraft registration country code prefix

9J

Airports

119 (2024)

Heliports

4 (2024)

Pipelines

771 km oil (2013)

Railways

total: 3,126 km (2014)

narrow gauge: 3,126 km (2014) 1.067-m gauge

note: includes 1,860 km of the Tanzania-Zambia Railway Authority (TAZARA)

Roadways

total: 67,671 km

paved: 10,150 km

unpaved: 57,520 km (2021)

Waterways

2,250 km (2010) (includes Lake Tanganyika and the Zambezi and Luapula Rivers)

Merchant marine

total: 2 (2023)

by type: general cargo 1, oil tanker 1

Ports and terminals

river port(s): Mpulungu (Zambezi)

NOTE: The information regarding Zambia on this page is re-published from the 2024 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency and other sources. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Zambia 2024 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Zambia 2024 should be addressed to the CIA or the source cited on each page.