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Life Expectancy in United Kingdom vs Zambia (1950-2026)

Updated on by Georank team

The average life expectancy at birth is 81.7 years in the United Kingdom vs 66.9 in Zambia. The United Kingdom is ranked 35/197 by life expectancy, and Zambia is 161/197. In the United Kingdom, the life expectancy is 79.9 years for males and 83.6 years for females. In Zambia, it's 64.4 years for males and 69.3 years for females.

United Kingdom vs Zambia life expectancy at birth by year chart

United Kingdom
Male

Female
Zambia
Male

Female
Year Life expectancy, years
United Kingdom Zambia
Average Male Female Average Male Female
1950 68.6 66.2 70.9 46.8 45.7 47.9
1951 68.2 65.7 70.7 47.2 46.1 48.2
1952 69.5 66.8 72.1 47.6 46.5 48.6
1953 69.8 67.1 72.4 48 47 49
1954 70.2 67.4 72.8 48.4 47.4 49.4
1955 70.1 67.4 72.8 48.8 47.7 49.8
1956 70.4 67.6 73.1 49.1 48.1 50.2
1957 70.5 67.6 73.3 49.5 48.4 50.5
1958 70.7 67.8 73.5 49.9 48.8 51
1959 70.8 67.9 73.6 50.3 49.2 51.4
1960 71 68 73.9 50.6 49.6 51.7
1961 70.8 67.8 73.7 51 50 52.1
1962 70.9 67.8 73.8 51.3 50.3 52.4
1963 70.8 67.7 73.7 51.6 50.6 52.6
1964 71.5 68.4 74.6 51.2 49.9 52.5
1965 71.5 68.4 74.6 52.1 50.9 53.2
1966 71.4 68.3 74.5 52.3 51.1 53.4
1967 72.1 68.9 75.1 52.5 51.3 53.7
1968 71.7 68.6 74.7 52.7 51.5 53.9
1969 71.7 68.5 74.8 53 51.8 54.2
1970 71.9 68.7 75 53.4 52.2 54.6
1971 72.2 69 75.3 53.9 52.7 55.1
1972 72 68.8 75.1 54.4 53.1 55.6
1973 72.2 69 75.3 54.9 53.7 56.1
1974 72.4 69.2 75.5 55.4 54.2 56.6
1975 72.7 69.5 75.7 55.7 54.5 57
1976 72.6 69.5 75.7 56.1 54.8 57.4
1977 73.1 70 76.1 56.3 54.8 57.7
1978 73 69.9 76.1 56.3 54.9 57.8
1979 73.2 70.1 76.2 56 54.4 57.7
1980 73.6 70.5 76.6 55.5 53.8 57.1
1981 73.9 70.9 76.9 55 53.2 56.7
1982 74 71 76.9 54.4 52.5 56.1
1983 74.3 71.3 77.2 53.7 51.9 55.3
1984 74.7 71.7 77.6 52.9 51.1 54.6
1985 74.5 71.6 77.4 52 50.2 53.7
1986 74.8 71.8 77.7 51.1 49.5 52.8
1987 75.1 72.2 78 50.4 48.8 51.9
1988 75.3 72.3 78.1 49.7 48.2 51.1
1989 75.4 72.6 78.1 48.9 47.5 50.2
1990 75.7 72.8 78.5 48.2 46.9 49.4
1991 75.9 73.1 78.6 47.4 46.2 48.6
1992 76.3 73.5 79 47 45.7 48.1
1993 76.2 73.4 78.8 46.7 45.4 47.8
1994 76.7 74 79.3 46.3 45.2 47.4
1995 76.6 73.9 79.2 46.1 44.9 47.1
1996 76.9 74.2 79.4 45.8 44.7 46.7
1997 77.1 74.6 79.6 45.7 44.7 46.7
1998 77.3 74.7 79.7 45.7 44.8 46.5
1999 77.4 74.9 79.8 45.9 45.1 46.7
2000 77.8 75.4 80.2 46.6 45.8 47.3
2001 78.1 75.7 80.4 47.4 46.6 48.1
2002 78.2 75.8 80.5 48.5 47.7 49.1
2003 78.3 76.1 80.5 49.6 48.7 50.4
2004 78.9 76.6 81.1 50.5 49.9 51.1
2005 79.1 76.9 81.2 51.6 51 52.1
2006 79.3 77.1 81.5 52.7 51.9 53.3
2007 79.5 77.3 81.6 53.7 52.9 54.5
2008 79.7 77.5 81.7 54.8 53.7 55.9
2009 80.2 78 82.2 55.9 54.7 56.9
2010 80.4 78.3 82.3 56.9 55.5 58.2
2011 80.8 78.8 82.7 57.8 56.2 59.4
2012 80.9 79 82.7 58.7 57 60.3
2013 80.9 79 82.8 59.4 57.6 61.2
2014 81.2 79.2 83 60.1 58.1 62
2015 80.9 79 82.7 60.7 58.5 62.8
2016 81.1 79.2 82.9 61.1 58.9 63.3
2017 81.2 79.3 83 61.6 59.2 63.9
2018 81.1 79.2 82.9 62.1 59.7 64.5
2019 81.4 79.6 83.3 62.9 60.3 65.4
2020 80.4 78.4 82.4 63.4 60.7 66
2021 80.7 78.7 82.7 62.4 59.8 64.9
2022 81.1 79.1 83 65.3 62.8 67.7
2023 81.3 79.4 83.2 66.3 63.9 68.7
2024 81.4 79.5 83.3 66.5 64.1 68.9
2025 81.6 79.7 83.4 66.7 64.3 69.1
2026 81.7 79.9 83.6 66.9 64.4 69.3

Life expectancy is the average age of death for a hypothetical cohort of newborns if they experienced the age-specific mortality rates of one particular year throughout their entire life. It is a snapshot reflecting mortality rates at a given year that does not account for any future changes in these rates.

Healthy life expectancy at birth, defined by the World Health Organization as the average number of years a person can expect to live in full health, is 68.6 years in the United Kingdom and 53 in Zambia. People who reach age 60 can expect an additional 17.5 healthy years in the United Kingdom and 11.3 in Zambia.

United Kingdom vs Zambia life expectancy calculator

This life expectancy calculator assesses the odds of living to 100, 95, 90, and below based on the current age for both males and females in the United Kingdom and Zambia, also providing mean and median age of death. The calculations are based on the 2026 life tables (actuarial tables) from the UN World Population Prospects.


Mean remaining life expectancy:
52.4 vs 41.9 years

Mean expected age of death:
82.4 vs 71.9 years

Median expected age of death:
85.0 vs 74.3 years

Odds of living to

Target age Survival probability
United Kingdom Zambia
Male Female Male Female
40 99.0% 99.4% 96.7% 98.0%
50 96.9% 98.1% 90.8% 94.2%
60 92.5% 95.2% 79.7% 86.5%
65 88.6% 92.5% 70.9% 79.7%
70 82.7% 88.5% 58.6% 69.2%
75 74.1% 82.2% 41.5% 53.0%
80 61.3% 72.1% 23.1% 33.2%
85 43.7% 56.4% 9.3% 15.8%
90 23.5% 34.9% 2.5% 5.3%
95 7.6% 14.0% 0.4% 1.1%
100 1.1% 2.8% 0.0% 0.1%

Remaining life expectancy by current age

Life expectancy is often mistaken for the average lifespan of an adult. An adult has already survived early-age mortality causes and is expected to have a longer lifespan than calculated from birth.

The life expectancy from current ages in the United Kingdom vs Zambia: 82.4 years vs 71.9 at 30, 85.3 vs 77.9 at 65, 89.3 vs 85.3 at 80 — significantly higher than the 81.7 vs 66.9 years calculated at birth.

The chart and table below account for the remaining lifespan and display total life expectancy by age and gender in the United Kingdom and Zambia.

United Kingdom
Male

Female
Zambia
Male

Female
Current age, years Total life expectancy, years
United Kingdom Zambia
Average Male Female Average Male Female
0 81.7 79.9 83.6 66.9 64.4 69.3
1 82 80.2 83.8 69.4 67.1 71.5
2 82.1 80.2 83.9 69.7 67.5 71.9
3 82.1 80.2 83.9 70 67.8 72.1
4 82.1 80.2 83.9 70.1 68 72.2
5 82.1 80.2 83.9 70.3 68.1 72.3
6 82.1 80.2 83.9 70.3 68.2 72.4
7 82.1 80.3 83.9 70.4 68.3 72.5
8 82.1 80.3 83.9 70.5 68.4 72.5
9 82.1 80.3 83.9 70.5 68.4 72.6
10 82.1 80.3 83.9 70.6 68.5 72.6
11 82.1 80.3 83.9 70.6 68.5 72.6
12 82.1 80.3 83.9 70.7 68.6 72.7
13 82.1 80.3 83.9 70.7 68.6 72.7
14 82.1 80.3 83.9 70.8 68.7 72.7
15 82.1 80.3 83.9 70.8 68.7 72.8
16 82.1 80.3 83.9 70.9 68.8 72.8
17 82.1 80.3 83.9 70.9 68.8 72.9
18 82.2 80.3 83.9 71 68.9 72.9
19 82.2 80.4 84 71 69 73
20 82.2 80.4 84 71.1 69.1 73
21 82.2 80.4 84 71.2 69.2 73.1
22 82.2 80.4 84 71.3 69.3 73.2
23 82.3 80.5 84 71.4 69.4 73.2
24 82.3 80.5 84 71.4 69.5 73.3
25 82.3 80.5 84 71.5 69.6 73.3
26 82.3 80.6 84 71.6 69.7 73.4
27 82.3 80.6 84.1 71.7 69.8 73.5
28 82.4 80.6 84.1 71.8 69.9 73.5
29 82.4 80.7 84.1 71.9 70 73.6
30 82.4 80.7 84.1 71.9 70.1 73.6
31 82.5 80.7 84.1 72 70.2 73.7
32 82.5 80.8 84.1 72.1 70.3 73.8
33 82.5 80.8 84.2 72.2 70.4 73.8
34 82.6 80.8 84.2 72.3 70.5 73.9
35 82.6 80.9 84.2 72.4 70.7 74
36 82.6 80.9 84.2 72.5 70.8 74.1
37 82.7 81 84.3 72.6 70.9 74.2
38 82.7 81 84.3 72.7 71 74.2
39 82.7 81.1 84.3 72.8 71.2 74.3
40 82.8 81.1 84.4 72.9 71.3 74.4
41 82.8 81.2 84.4 73.1 71.4 74.5
42 82.9 81.3 84.5 73.2 71.6 74.6
43 83 81.3 84.5 73.3 71.7 74.7
44 83 81.4 84.5 73.5 71.9 74.8
45 83.1 81.5 84.6 73.6 72.1 74.9
46 83.1 81.6 84.6 73.7 72.2 75.1
47 83.2 81.6 84.7 73.9 72.4 75.2
48 83.3 81.7 84.8 74 72.6 75.3
49 83.4 81.8 84.8 74.2 72.8 75.4
50 83.4 81.9 84.9 74.4 73 75.6
51 83.5 82 85 74.6 73.2 75.7
52 83.6 82.1 85 74.7 73.4 75.9
53 83.7 82.2 85.1 74.9 73.6 76
54 83.8 82.3 85.2 75.1 73.9 76.2
55 83.9 82.5 85.3 75.3 74.1 76.4
56 84 82.6 85.4 75.6 74.3 76.6
57 84.1 82.7 85.5 75.8 74.6 76.7
58 84.3 82.9 85.6 76 74.9 76.9
59 84.4 83 85.7 76.2 75.1 77.1
60 84.5 83.2 85.8 76.5 75.4 77.4
61 84.7 83.3 85.9 76.8 75.7 77.6
62 84.8 83.5 86 77 76 77.8
63 85 83.7 86.2 77.3 76.3 78.1
64 85.1 83.9 86.3 77.6 76.6 78.3
65 85.3 84.1 86.5 77.9 77 78.6
66 85.5 84.3 86.6 78.2 77.3 78.9
67 85.7 84.5 86.8 78.6 77.7 79.2
68 85.9 84.7 87 78.9 78.1 79.5
69 86.1 85 87.1 79.3 78.5 79.9
70 86.3 85.2 87.3 79.7 79 80.3
71 86.6 85.5 87.5 80.2 79.4 80.7
72 86.8 85.8 87.7 80.6 79.9 81.1
73 87.1 86.1 87.9 81.1 80.5 81.6
74 87.3 86.4 88.2 81.7 81 82.1
75 87.6 86.7 88.4 82.2 81.6 82.6
76 87.9 87 88.7 82.8 82.2 83.2
77 88.3 87.4 89 83.4 82.8 83.7
78 88.6 87.8 89.3 84 83.5 84.3
79 89 88.2 89.6 84.7 84.1 85
80 89.3 88.6 89.9 85.3 84.8 85.6
81 89.7 89 90.3 86 85.6 86.3
82 90.2 89.5 90.7 86.8 86.3 87
83 90.6 90 91.1 87.5 87.1 87.7
84 91.1 90.5 91.5 88.3 87.9 88.4
85 91.6 91 92 89 88.7 89.2
86 92.1 91.6 92.5 89.8 89.5 90
87 92.6 92.1 93 90.6 90.3 90.8
88 93.2 92.7 93.5 91.4 91.1 91.6
89 93.8 93.4 94.1 92.2 92 92.4
90 94.4 94 94.7 93.1 92.8 93.2
91 95.1 94.7 95.3 93.9 93.7 94
92 95.8 95.4 96 94.8 94.6 94.9
93 96.5 96.2 96.7 95.6 95.4 95.7
94 97.2 96.9 97.4 96.5 96.3 96.6
95 98 97.7 98.1 97.4 97.2 97.4
96 98.8 98.5 98.9 98.3 98.1 98.3
97 99.6 99.3 99.7 99.2 99 99.2
98 100.4 100.2 100.5 100.1 99.9 100.1
99 101.2 101 101.3 101 100.9 101
100 102.1 101.9 102.1 101.9 101.8 102

Odds of living to age in United Kingdom vs Zambia

The chart below shows the odds of living to all ages starting from birth. Of the newborn cohort, 93% in the United Kingdom and 76.5% in Zambia are expected to survive till at least 60 years old, 84.8% and 59% will live to 70 years or older, 66.1% and 26.3% to 80+ years, and 29% and 3.69% will live past 90 years old.

For longevity rates starting from an age other than 0, use the probability of survival to an age calculator provided above.

United Kingdom
Male

Female
Zambia
Male

Female
Age Survival probability
United Kingdom Zambia
Average Male Female Average Male Female
1 99.7% 99.6% 99.7% 96.4% 96% 96.9%
2 99.6% 99.6% 99.7% 95.9% 95.4% 96.4%
3 99.6% 99.6% 99.7% 95.5% 95% 96.1%
4 99.6% 99.6% 99.6% 95.3% 94.7% 95.9%
5 99.6% 99.6% 99.6% 95.1% 94.5% 95.7%
6 99.6% 99.6% 99.6% 95% 94.4% 95.6%
7 99.6% 99.5% 99.6% 94.9% 94.2% 95.5%
8 99.6% 99.5% 99.6% 94.8% 94.1% 95.5%
9 99.6% 99.5% 99.6% 94.7% 94.1% 95.4%
10 99.6% 99.5% 99.6% 94.6% 94% 95.3%
11 99.6% 99.5% 99.6% 94.6% 93.9% 95.3%
12 99.6% 99.5% 99.6% 94.5% 93.8% 95.2%
13 99.5% 99.5% 99.6% 94.4% 93.7% 95.2%
14 99.5% 99.5% 99.6% 94.4% 93.6% 95.1%
15 99.5% 99.5% 99.6% 94.3% 93.6% 95%
16 99.5% 99.5% 99.6% 94.2% 93.4% 95%
17 99.5% 99.4% 99.6% 94.1% 93.3% 94.9%
18 99.5% 99.4% 99.5% 94% 93.2% 94.8%
19 99.4% 99.4% 99.5% 93.9% 93% 94.7%
20 99.4% 99.3% 99.5% 93.7% 92.9% 94.6%
21 99.4% 99.3% 99.5% 93.6% 92.7% 94.5%
22 99.4% 99.2% 99.5% 93.4% 92.5% 94.4%
23 99.3% 99.2% 99.4% 93.3% 92.3% 94.3%
24 99.3% 99.1% 99.4% 93.1% 92.1% 94.2%
25 99.2% 99.1% 99.4% 93% 91.9% 94.1%
26 99.2% 99% 99.4% 92.8% 91.7% 93.9%
27 99.2% 99% 99.4% 92.6% 91.4% 93.8%
28 99.1% 98.9% 99.3% 92.5% 91.2% 93.7%
29 99.1% 98.9% 99.3% 92.3% 91% 93.6%
30 99% 98.8% 99.3% 92.1% 90.8% 93.4%
31 99% 98.7% 99.2% 91.9% 90.5% 93.3%
32 98.9% 98.6% 99.2% 91.7% 90.3% 93.1%
33 98.8% 98.6% 99.1% 91.5% 90% 93%
34 98.8% 98.5% 99.1% 91.3% 89.7% 92.8%
35 98.7% 98.4% 99% 91% 89.4% 92.6%
36 98.6% 98.3% 99% 90.8% 89.1% 92.4%
37 98.5% 98.2% 98.9% 90.5% 88.8% 92.2%
38 98.5% 98.1% 98.9% 90.2% 88.5% 92%
39 98.4% 97.9% 98.8% 89.9% 88.1% 91.8%
40 98.3% 97.8% 98.7% 89.6% 87.7% 91.5%
41 98.1% 97.7% 98.6% 89.3% 87.3% 91.3%
42 98% 97.5% 98.5% 88.9% 86.9% 91%
43 97.9% 97.3% 98.4% 88.6% 86.5% 90.7%
44 97.7% 97.2% 98.3% 88.2% 86% 90.4%
45 97.6% 97% 98.2% 87.8% 85.5% 90.1%
46 97.4% 96.7% 98.1% 87.3% 84.9% 89.7%
47 97.2% 96.5% 97.9% 86.8% 84.4% 89.3%
48 97% 96.3% 97.8% 86.3% 83.8% 88.9%
49 96.8% 96% 97.6% 85.8% 83.1% 88.5%
50 96.6% 95.7% 97.4% 85.2% 82.4% 88%
51 96.3% 95.4% 97.2% 84.5% 81.6% 87.5%
52 96% 95.1% 97% 83.9% 80.8% 87%
53 95.8% 94.8% 96.8% 83.1% 80% 86.4%
54 95.5% 94.4% 96.5% 82.4% 79.1% 85.7%
55 95.1% 94% 96.3% 81.5% 78.1% 85.1%
56 94.8% 93.6% 96% 80.7% 77.1% 84.3%
57 94.4% 93.1% 95.7% 79.7% 76% 83.6%
58 93.9% 92.6% 95.3% 78.8% 74.9% 82.7%
59 93.5% 92% 94.9% 77.7% 73.6% 81.8%
60 93% 91.4% 94.5% 76.5% 72.3% 80.8%
61 92.4% 90.8% 94.1% 75.3% 70.9% 79.7%
62 91.8% 90.1% 93.6% 74% 69.5% 78.6%
63 91.2% 89.3% 93% 72.6% 67.9% 77.3%
64 90.5% 88.4% 92.5% 71.1% 66.2% 76%
65 89.7% 87.5% 91.8% 69.4% 64.4% 74.5%
66 88.8% 86.5% 91.2% 67.7% 62.5% 72.9%
67 88% 85.4% 90.4% 65.8% 60.4% 71.1%
68 87% 84.3% 89.6% 63.7% 58.2% 69.2%
69 85.9% 83% 88.8% 61.4% 55.7% 67%
70 84.8% 81.7% 87.8% 59% 53.1% 64.7%
71 83.6% 80.3% 86.8% 56.3% 50.3% 62%
72 82.3% 78.7% 85.7% 53.4% 47.4% 59.2%
73 80.8% 77% 84.5% 50.4% 44.2% 56.2%
74 79.2% 75.2% 83.1% 47.2% 41% 52.9%
75 77.5% 73.2% 81.6% 43.8% 37.7% 49.5%
76 75.5% 71% 80% 40.3% 34.2% 45.9%
77 73.5% 68.6% 78.1% 36.8% 30.8% 42.3%
78 71.2% 66.1% 76.1% 33.3% 27.5% 38.5%
79 68.7% 63.4% 74% 29.7% 24.2% 34.8%
80 66.1% 60.5% 71.6% 26.3% 21% 31%
81 63.2% 57.4% 69% 22.9% 17.9% 27.4%
82 60.2% 54.1% 66.1% 19.8% 15.2% 23.9%
83 56.9% 50.7% 63% 16.9% 12.7% 20.7%
84 53.4% 47% 59.6% 14.2% 10.4% 17.6%
85 49.6% 43.2% 56% 11.8% 8.4% 14.8%
86 45.7% 39.2% 52.1% 9.63% 6.69% 12.2%
87 41.6% 35.2% 47.9% 7.76% 5.24% 9.97%
88 37.5% 31.2% 43.6% 6.15% 4.04% 8.02%
89 33.2% 27.1% 39.1% 4.8% 3.06% 6.34%
90 29% 23.2% 34.6% 3.69% 2.28% 4.93%
91 24.8% 19.4% 30.1% 2.77% 1.66% 3.76%
92 20.8% 15.9% 25.6% 2.06% 1.19% 2.82%
93 17.1% 12.7% 21.4% 1.49% 0.84% 2.07%
94 13.7% 9.88% 17.5% 1.06% 0.57% 1.49%
95 10.8% 7.47% 13.9% 0.74% 0.39% 1.05%
96 8.18% 5.48% 10.8% 0.5% 0.25% 0.72%
97 6.05% 3.89% 8.1% 0.33% 0.16% 0.48%
98 4.34% 2.67% 5.9% 0.21% 0.1% 0.32%
99 3.01% 1.77% 4.16% 0.14% 0.06% 0.2%
100 2.01% 1.13% 2.83% 0.08% 0.04% 0.13%

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Odds of dying by age chart

Mortality rates vary throughout a lifetime. The annual chance of dying is 0.34% in the birth year in the United Kingdom and 3.57% in Zambia, 0.05% vs 0.21% at age 30, 0.59% vs 1.62% at 60, and 4.32% vs 12.8% at 80.

Below is a graph displaying the probabilities of dying in the United Kingdom compared to Zambia at any given age.

United Kingdom
Male

Female
Zambia
Male

Female
Age Probability of dying
United Kingdom Zambia
Average Male Female Average Male Female
0 0.34% 0.38% 0.31% 3.57% 4% 3.15%
1 0.03% 0.03% 0.03% 0.58% 0.66% 0.49%
2 0.01% 0.01% 0.01% 0.35% 0.41% 0.3%
3 0.009% 0.009% 0.008% 0.24% 0.28% 0.21%
4 0.008% 0.009% 0.007% 0.18% 0.2% 0.15%
5 0.007% 0.008% 0.007% 0.14% 0.16% 0.12%
6 0.007% 0.007% 0.006% 0.11% 0.13% 0.1%
7 0.006% 0.007% 0.006% 0.1% 0.11% 0.08%
8 0.006% 0.006% 0.005% 0.09% 0.1% 0.07%
9 0.005% 0.006% 0.005% 0.08% 0.09% 0.06%
10 0.006% 0.007% 0.005% 0.07% 0.09% 0.06%
11 0.007% 0.008% 0.006% 0.07% 0.08% 0.06%
12 0.008% 0.009% 0.006% 0.07% 0.09% 0.06%
13 0.009% 0.01% 0.007% 0.08% 0.09% 0.06%
14 0.01% 0.01% 0.01% 0.08% 0.1% 0.07%
15 0.01% 0.02% 0.01% 0.09% 0.11% 0.08%
16 0.02% 0.02% 0.01% 0.11% 0.13% 0.08%
17 0.02% 0.03% 0.02% 0.12% 0.15% 0.09%
18 0.03% 0.04% 0.02% 0.13% 0.17% 0.1%
19 0.03% 0.04% 0.02% 0.14% 0.18% 0.1%
20 0.03% 0.05% 0.02% 0.15% 0.2% 0.11%
21 0.03% 0.05% 0.02% 0.16% 0.21% 0.11%
22 0.03% 0.05% 0.02% 0.17% 0.22% 0.12%
23 0.04% 0.05% 0.02% 0.17% 0.22% 0.12%
24 0.04% 0.05% 0.02% 0.18% 0.23% 0.12%
25 0.04% 0.06% 0.02% 0.18% 0.23% 0.13%
26 0.04% 0.06% 0.03% 0.18% 0.24% 0.13%
27 0.04% 0.06% 0.03% 0.19% 0.24% 0.14%
28 0.05% 0.06% 0.03% 0.2% 0.25% 0.14%
29 0.05% 0.07% 0.03% 0.2% 0.26% 0.15%
30 0.05% 0.07% 0.04% 0.21% 0.27% 0.16%
31 0.06% 0.08% 0.04% 0.22% 0.28% 0.16%
32 0.06% 0.08% 0.04% 0.23% 0.29% 0.17%
33 0.07% 0.09% 0.05% 0.24% 0.31% 0.18%
34 0.07% 0.09% 0.05% 0.26% 0.32% 0.19%
35 0.08% 0.1% 0.06% 0.27% 0.34% 0.2%
36 0.09% 0.11% 0.06% 0.29% 0.36% 0.22%
37 0.09% 0.12% 0.07% 0.3% 0.38% 0.23%
38 0.1% 0.12% 0.07% 0.33% 0.41% 0.25%
39 0.11% 0.13% 0.08% 0.35% 0.43% 0.26%
40 0.12% 0.15% 0.09% 0.37% 0.46% 0.28%
41 0.13% 0.16% 0.09% 0.39% 0.48% 0.3%
42 0.14% 0.17% 0.1% 0.42% 0.52% 0.32%
43 0.15% 0.19% 0.11% 0.45% 0.55% 0.34%
44 0.16% 0.2% 0.12% 0.48% 0.59% 0.37%
45 0.18% 0.22% 0.14% 0.51% 0.63% 0.39%
46 0.19% 0.23% 0.15% 0.55% 0.67% 0.42%
47 0.21% 0.25% 0.16% 0.59% 0.72% 0.45%
48 0.22% 0.27% 0.17% 0.63% 0.78% 0.49%
49 0.24% 0.29% 0.18% 0.68% 0.84% 0.53%
50 0.26% 0.32% 0.2% 0.75% 0.92% 0.59%
51 0.28% 0.34% 0.22% 0.79% 0.97% 0.62%
52 0.3% 0.36% 0.24% 0.87% 1.06% 0.69%
53 0.32% 0.38% 0.26% 0.93% 1.14% 0.73%
54 0.35% 0.42% 0.28% 1% 1.22% 0.8%
55 0.38% 0.46% 0.3% 1.07% 1.31% 0.86%
56 0.42% 0.51% 0.33% 1.15% 1.4% 0.93%
57 0.45% 0.55% 0.36% 1.24% 1.51% 1%
58 0.49% 0.6% 0.4% 1.35% 1.64% 1.1%
59 0.54% 0.65% 0.43% 1.46% 1.77% 1.2%
60 0.59% 0.72% 0.48% 1.62% 1.95% 1.35%
61 0.65% 0.79% 0.53% 1.74% 2.08% 1.44%
62 0.72% 0.87% 0.58% 1.92% 2.29% 1.61%
63 0.78% 0.96% 0.63% 2.09% 2.49% 1.77%
64 0.85% 1.04% 0.68% 2.28% 2.7% 1.94%
65 0.93% 1.13% 0.73% 2.5% 2.94% 2.14%
66 1.01% 1.24% 0.8% 2.8% 3.3% 2.41%
67 1.1% 1.35% 0.87% 3.16% 3.71% 2.73%
68 1.2% 1.47% 0.96% 3.57% 4.18% 3.12%
69 1.31% 1.6% 1.05% 4% 4.67% 3.51%
70 1.44% 1.75% 1.16% 4.59% 5.31% 4.08%
71 1.59% 1.93% 1.29% 5.04% 5.84% 4.49%
72 1.76% 2.14% 1.44% 5.74% 6.61% 5.16%
73 1.97% 2.39% 1.61% 6.39% 7.34% 5.77%
74 2.21% 2.68% 1.8% 7.12% 8.15% 6.47%
75 2.48% 3% 2.02% 7.93% 9.05% 7.24%
76 2.76% 3.31% 2.27% 8.72% 9.95% 7.99%
77 3.08% 3.68% 2.55% 9.59% 10.9% 8.8%
78 3.44% 4.09% 2.87% 10.6% 12.1% 9.8%
79 3.86% 4.57% 3.23% 11.6% 13.2% 10.7%
80 4.32% 5.12% 3.65% 12.8% 14.5% 11.9%
81 4.85% 5.73% 4.14% 13.5% 15.3% 12.5%
82 5.45% 6.42% 4.7% 14.8% 16.7% 13.7%
83 6.18% 7.24% 5.36% 15.9% 17.8% 14.8%
84 6.99% 8.16% 6.12% 17.1% 19.2% 16.1%
85 7.91% 9.15% 6.98% 18.3% 20.4% 17.2%
86 8.91% 10.2% 7.93% 19.4% 21.6% 18.4%
87 10.1% 11.5% 9.03% 20.7% 22.9% 19.6%
88 11.3% 12.9% 10.2% 22% 24.3% 20.9%
89 12.7% 14.5% 11.6% 23.2% 25.6% 22.1%
90 14.4% 16.3% 13.1% 24.9% 27.2% 23.9%
91 16.1% 18.2% 14.8% 25.8% 28.2% 24.9%
92 17.8% 20.1% 16.5% 27.5% 29.8% 26.6%
93 19.7% 22.2% 18.3% 28.9% 31.3% 28.1%
94 21.7% 24.4% 20.4% 30.5% 32.8% 29.7%
95 23.9% 26.7% 22.5% 32.2% 34.6% 31.4%
96 26.1% 28.9% 24.8% 33.7% 36.1% 32.9%
97 28.3% 31.3% 27.2% 35.2% 37.4% 34.4%
98 30.7% 33.7% 29.6% 36.6% 38.7% 35.9%
99 33% 36.1% 32% 38.3% 40.4% 37.6%
100 35.3% 38.4% 34.3% 39.7% 41.8% 39.1%

Death rate by age in the United Kingdom compared to Zambia

In the United Kingdom, the most common age of death is 88, compared to 0 in Zambia. The median age of death is 84.9 in the United Kingdom and 73.1 in Zambia — only half of the newborns in both countries are expected to live past these ages.

United Kingdom
Male

Female
Zambia
Male

Female
Age Death rate
United Kingdom Zambia
Total Male Female Total Male Female
0 344 379 307 3,575 4,001 3,149
1 29.6 31.3 27.9 555 635 473
2 10.4 11 9.76 337 387 285.6
3 8.67 9.38 7.92 233.1 267.5 198.2
4 7.92 8.61 7.18 168.3 191.1 145.2
5 7.18 7.77 6.56 129.5 146.6 112.1
6 6.82 7.33 6.27 107.4 122.3 92.3
7 6.36 6.78 5.92 91.9 105.4 78.2
8 5.59 5.87 5.29 80.8 93.2 68.2
9 5.33 5.64 5 73.6 85.2 61.8
10 6.07 6.74 5.36 69.5 80.4 58.5
11 6.8 8.01 5.53 67.9 78.3 57.4
12 7.51 9.02 5.93 69.1 79.8 58.4
13 8.76 10 7.44 72.9 84.4 61.3
14 10.7 11.7 9.58 79.5 92.7 66.2
15 13.1 15.1 11.1 88.5 103.9 72.8
16 16.7 20.6 12.6 100.4 120 80.7
17 22.1 28.3 15.5 111.9 136.8 86.8
18 27.9 36.8 18.5 124 154.6 93.1
19 31.1 42.6 19 133.6 168.9 97.9
20 32.5 45.7 18.8 141.8 181.3 102
21 33.9 47.5 19.7 148.7 191.6 105.5
22 34.5 48 20.2 154.4 199.7 108.8
23 35.1 49 20.5 159 205.5 112.3
24 37.2 52.1 21.4 163.1 209.9 116
25 39.8 55.5 23.1 166.5 213.3 119.4
26 41.5 57 25 170.6 217.3 123.5
27 43.5 58.7 27.3 175.1 221.9 128
28 46.8 63.1 29.6 180.9 228 133.4
29 50.6 68.2 32 186.9 234.8 138.4
30 53.8 71.8 34.8 195.5 244.5 146
31 57.9 76.2 38.6 201.3 251.6 150.3
32 63.6 83 43.2 212.8 265 159.9
33 67.6 87.6 47 223 276.8 168.3
34 71.6 91.8 50.7 234.4 290 177.5
35 78.5 99.8 56.4 248 306 188.3
36 86.2 108.9 62.9 261.5 322 199.7
37 91.4 115.1 67.9 275.8 339 211.1
38 96.4 120.8 72.5 294.2 359 227
39 104.2 130.2 78.5 311 378 240.8
40 113.9 142.6 85.4 334 404 260
41 124 156.1 92.3 348 421 271.8
42 134.6 169.8 99.7 376 452 295.7
43 146.5 183.9 109.4 396 476 312
44 159.1 197.3 121.7 421 505 331
45 172.4 210.8 134.7 450 540 355
46 186 226.5 145.9 476 570 377
47 199.8 244 155.6 509 609 403
48 214.4 262.9 165.9 548 654 437
49 230.5 282.6 178.5 587 699 470
50 249.6 304 195.6 639 756 516
51 269.9 325 214.8 672 796 543
52 287.9 343 231.5 729 858 597
53 307 364 248.3 773 909 635
54 329 393 267.9 824 966 682
55 359 432 292 874 1,020 728
56 394 473 318 932 1,083 782
57 427 512 347 989 1,145 835
58 462 553 377 1,064 1,225 909
59 504 603 411 1,137 1,304 978
60 551 660 449 1,243 1,409 1,088
61 605 722 494 1,307 1,479 1,148
62 658 785 539 1,424 1,593 1,268
63 713 853 582 1,520 1,690 1,367
64 771 923 625 1,623 1,790 1,476
65 832 993 675 1,736 1,896 1,598
66 899 1,070 731 1,894 2,059 1,755
67 968 1,151 791 2,079 2,244 1,945
68 1,045 1,237 859 2,277 2,432 2,158
69 1,127 1,328 934 2,458 2,605 2,352
70 1,221 1,431 1,018 2,709 2,822 2,641
71 1,329 1,551 1,117 2,837 2,940 2,783
72 1,451 1,682 1,232 3,069 3,132 3,057
73 1,594 1,838 1,363 3,219 3,248 3,241
74 1,750 2,016 1,499 3,359 3,344 3,423
75 1,919 2,195 1,648 3,474 3,408 3,586
76 2,086 2,353 1,816 3,518 3,408 3,670
77 2,265 2,523 1,996 3,530 3,372 3,721
78 2,451 2,705 2,183 3,543 3,315 3,780
79 2,650 2,900 2,388 3,452 3,177 3,724
80 2,855 3,100 2,613 3,368 3,043 3,680
81 3,064 3,293 2,855 3,095 2,752 3,419
82 3,281 3,474 3,106 2,926 2,529 3,293
83 3,514 3,666 3,380 2,677 2,256 3,061
84 3,732 3,832 3,652 2,432 1,993 2,828
85 3,927 3,949 3,909 2,151 1,711 2,544
86 4,074 4,007 4,131 1,873 1,448 2,249
87 4,188 4,032 4,328 1,602 1,201 1,955
88 4,245 4,016 4,465 1,353 982 1,679
89 4,234 3,934 4,532 1,113 782 1,403
90 4,159 3,777 4,538 917 619 1,180
91 3,993 3,536 4,450 715 468 933
92 3,716 3,204 4,227 565 355 750
93 3,374 2,822 3,922 431 261.6 581
94 2,986 2,410 3,555 323 188.7 442
95 2,567 1,991 3,136 237.3 133.6 329
96 2,134 1,584 2,674 168.4 91.1 236.9
97 1,715 1,217 2,201 116.4 60.5 166.2
98 1,331 901 1,745 78.4 39.1 113.5
99 993 640 1,330 52.1 25 76.3
100 563 251.1 855 0 0 0

The chart above shows the number of deaths by age and gender per a 100,000 cohort of newborns, illustrating the distribution of expected mortality throughout life.

Note that the graph above does not represent rates per 100,000 population, as this would be skewed by age distribution and reveal more about the United Kingdom and Zambia demographics than the death rate. It also does not represent rates per 100,000 people in an age group, as this would be just the probability of death.

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