Mortality in Zambia, 2001

Zambia
2001
Life expectancy: 47.4
Life expectancy at birth, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   2001  +1 +5

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Life expectancy at birth in Zambia was 47.4 years in 2001: 48.1 for women and 46.6 for men, a gap of 1.5 years. 159,613 people died; 13.1% of them were 65 or older and 40.6% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Life expectancy at birth
47.4
Women
48.1
Men
46.6
Life expectancy at 65
11.2
Infant deaths per 1,000 births
87.0
Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births
143.5
Deaths
159,613
Deaths per 1,000 people
15.5
Men dying between 15 and 60 (per 1,000)
529
Women dying between 15 and 60 (per 1,000)
518
Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 2001'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
084.88100.3848.146.7
1-415.4716.7551.350.4
5-93.824.4750.449.8
10-142.853.1146.445.9
15-194.364.5242.041.6
20-247.347.3737.937.5
25-2910.979.8934.233.8
30-3413.9712.6731.030.3
35-3916.7615.9828.027.2
40-4418.4718.9025.224.2
45-4920.4422.1522.421.4
50-5424.1926.7119.618.6
55-5929.4032.2316.815.9
60-6439.5943.2714.013.2
65-6954.0658.1411.610.8
70-7473.2380.549.48.6
75-7999.00114.187.56.7
80-84138.11165.135.85.1
85-89202.85237.674.43.8
90-94283.85324.133.32.9
95-99383.91429.122.52.3
100+499.93544.072.01.8