Who dies: share of all deaths, by age and sex

Mortality in Zambia, 1953

Zambia
1953
Life expectancy: 48.0
Life expectancy at birth, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   1953  +1 +5

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Life expectancy at birth in Zambia was 48.0 years in 1953: 49.0 for women and 47.0 for men, a gap of 2.1 years. 46,468 people died; 9.7% of them were 65 or older and 59.9% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Life expectancy at birth
48.0
Women
49.0
Men
47.0
Life expectancy at 65
13.2
Infant deaths per 1,000 births
122.1
Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births
230.4
Deaths
46,468
Deaths per 1,000 people
18.3
Men dying between 15 and 60 (per 1,000)
337
Women dying between 15 and 60 (per 1,000)
304
Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1953's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.
Deaths per 1,000 people per year in each age group. Logarithmic scale: each gridline is ten times the one below. Hover for exact values.
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AgeDeath rate, women (‰)Death rate, men (‰)Years left, womenYears left, men
0124.39142.7449.047.0
1-432.9934.0454.352.9
5-97.547.4157.756.3
10-144.383.9754.853.3
15-194.504.2350.949.3
20-245.465.6847.045.3
25-296.125.9443.341.6
30-346.566.4039.537.8
35-397.147.4035.833.9
40-447.878.7532.030.1
45-498.7010.7228.226.3
50-5411.2214.1924.322.6
55-5915.0018.7720.619.1
60-6423.1627.6417.015.7
65-6935.2940.7613.712.7
70-7454.1261.2810.910.0
75-7980.1392.118.57.7
80-84118.39138.186.55.8
85-89176.67206.874.94.3
90-94249.91290.503.73.2
95-99341.90394.522.82.5
100+451.24509.532.22.0