Table 3: Ethnic Composition of Population by Sex, 2000 Sex Male Female Both Sexes Percent of Total Population African 4,572,026 4,722,128 9,24,154 99.54 Ethnic Group Asian European 6,272 3,462 5,576 2,720 11,848 6,182 0.13 0.07 American 691 507 1,198 0.01 Other 11,839 12,204 24,043 0.26 Total 4,594,290 4,743,135 9,337,425 100.00 Source: CSO, Census of Population & Housing National Analytical Report, 2000 7. In Zambia, seven broad ethnic groups are identified, and all the tribes belong to one of these broad tribal groupings: Bemba, Tonga, NorthWestern, Barotse, Nyanja or Eastern, Mambwe and the Tumbuka groups (Figure 1 and Table 4). Tribes in the Bemba ethnic group account for more than two-thirds of all tribes in Zambia. Additionally, 30.5 percent and 39.1 percent of the people belonging to the Bemba tribal group reside in rural and urban areas, respectively. Those categorised as ‘Others’ include non-Zambian tribes/ethnic groups and accounted for 2.3 percent in the 2000 census. Figure 1: Broad Ethnic Groups by Sex, 2000 40 35 Percent 30 25 20 15 10 5 0 Bemba Tonga North-Western Barotse Nyanja Mambwe Tumbuka Others Total 33.6 16.8 10.3 7.8 18.2 5.9 5.1 2.3 Male 33.5 16.7 10.4 7.7 18.2 5.9 5.1 2.4 Female 33.6 16.9 10.3 7.9 18.2 5.8 5 2.3 Language Group Source: CSO, Census of Population and Housing National Analytical Report, 2000 15