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

Mortality in Zambia, 2033

Zambia
2033
Life expectancy: 68.0
Life expectancy at birth, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   2033  +1 +5

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Life expectancy at birth in Zambia is projected at 68.0 years in 2033: 70.6 for women and 65.5 for men, a gap of 5.1 years. 135,845 people are projected to die; 30.3% of them would be 65 or older and 23.8% 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
68.0
Women
70.6
Men
65.5
Life expectancy at 65
13.2
Infant deaths per 1,000 births
30.4
Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births
41.5
Deaths
135,845
Deaths per 1,000 people
5.0
Men dying between 15 and 60 (per 1,000)
215
Women dying between 15 and 60 (per 1,000)
138
Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 2033'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
026.0436.3270.665.5
1-42.343.4571.466.8
5-90.721.0768.163.8
10-140.540.8063.359.1
15-190.781.3458.554.3
20-241.001.9753.749.7
25-291.202.2548.945.1
30-341.522.7244.240.6
35-392.063.5639.536.1
40-442.944.8734.931.7
45-494.216.8830.427.4
50-546.4010.1426.023.3
55-599.5914.6621.719.4
60-6415.4922.3617.715.7
65-6926.7836.6913.912.2
70-7450.3665.3810.59.2
75-7987.77110.277.86.7
80-84139.57171.905.85.0
85-89205.63244.844.33.8
90-94289.22331.983.22.9
95-99392.74437.342.52.2
100+502.77555.962.01.8