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

Mortality in Zambia, 2028

Zambia
2028
Life expectancy: 67.2
Life expectancy at birth, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   2028  +1 +5

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Life expectancy at birth in Zambia is projected at 67.2 years in 2028: 69.7 for women and 64.7 for men, a gap of 4.9 years. 120,210 people are projected to die; 26.5% of them would be 65 or older and 28.4% children under five. The most common age at death is projected to be 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024 (medium-variant projection).

Life expectancy at birth
67.2
Women
69.7
Men
64.7
Life expectancy at 65
13.0
Infant deaths per 1,000 births
34.2
Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births
46.6
Deaths
120,210
Deaths per 1,000 people
5.1
Men dying between 15 and 60 (per 1,000)
223
Women dying between 15 and 60 (per 1,000)
146
Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 2028'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
030.5239.9869.764.7
1-42.713.7670.866.3
5-90.821.1467.563.3
10-140.600.8662.858.7
15-190.861.4258.053.9
20-241.102.0853.249.3
25-291.312.3748.544.8
30-341.652.8743.840.3
35-392.233.7539.235.8
40-443.145.1034.631.4
45-494.467.1730.127.2
50-546.7210.5025.723.1
55-5910.0115.1221.519.2
60-6416.0722.9717.415.5
65-6927.7037.6313.712.1
70-7452.0867.1310.39.0
75-7990.61113.147.76.6
80-84143.51175.975.74.9
85-89210.44249.514.23.7
90-94294.47336.633.22.8
95-99397.90441.562.52.2
100+507.07559.162.01.8