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

Mortality in Zambia, 2038

Zambia
2038
Life expectancy: 68.8
Life expectancy at birth, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   2038  +1 +5

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Life expectancy at birth in Zambia is projected at 68.8 years in 2038: 71.4 for women and 66.1 for men, a gap of 5.3 years. 154,680 people are projected to die; 34.9% of them would be 65 or older and 19.5% 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
68.8
Women
71.4
Men
66.1
Life expectancy at 65
13.3
Infant deaths per 1,000 births
27.0
Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births
37.0
Deaths
154,680
Deaths per 1,000 people
5.1
Men dying between 15 and 60 (per 1,000)
208
Women dying between 15 and 60 (per 1,000)
131
Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 2038'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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Show the life table data
AgeDeath rate, women (‰)Death rate, men (‰)Years left, womenYears left, men
022.1933.0671.466.1
1-42.013.1672.067.3
5-90.631.0168.664.2
10-140.480.7563.859.5
15-190.701.2858.954.7
20-240.921.8854.150.0
25-291.112.1449.445.5
30-341.402.6044.640.9
35-391.913.4039.936.4
40-442.764.6635.332.0
45-493.986.6130.727.7
50-546.109.8126.323.6
55-599.1714.2122.019.6
60-6414.8921.7718.015.9
65-6925.8035.7514.112.4
70-7448.5163.6110.79.3
75-7984.68107.358.06.9
80-84135.21167.735.95.1
85-89200.19240.024.43.8
90-94283.12327.133.32.9
95-99386.52432.892.52.3
100+497.24552.492.01.8