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Life Expectancy in Vietnam vs Zambia (1950-2026)

Updated on by Georank team

The average life expectancy at birth is 75 years in Vietnam vs 66.9 in Zambia. Vietnam is ranked 93/197 by life expectancy, and Zambia is 161/197. In Vietnam, the life expectancy is 70.4 years for males and 79.6 years for females. In Zambia, it's 64.4 years for males and 69.3 years for females.

Vietnam vs Zambia life expectancy at birth by year chart

Vietnam
Male

Female
Zambia
Male

Female
Year Life expectancy, years
Vietnam Zambia
Average Male Female Average Male Female
1950 48 43.9 52.8 46.8 45.7 47.9
1951 48.7 44.4 53.6 47.2 46.1 48.2
1952 49.4 45 54.4 47.6 46.5 48.6
1953 50 45.5 55 48 47 49
1954 52 49 55.2 48.4 47.4 49.4
1955 54.8 52.3 57.4 48.8 47.7 49.8
1956 55.5 52.9 58.3 49.1 48.1 50.2
1957 56.2 53.5 59 49.5 48.4 50.5
1958 56.8 54 59.7 49.9 48.8 51
1959 57.4 54.5 60.4 50.3 49.2 51.4
1960 58 55.1 61.2 50.6 49.6 51.7
1961 58.5 55.4 61.7 51 50 52.1
1962 58.2 54.8 61.8 51.3 50.3 52.4
1963 56.9 53 61.1 51.6 50.6 52.6
1964 57.5 53.7 61.5 51.2 49.9 52.5
1965 57 52.8 61.6 52.1 50.9 53.2
1966 56.9 52.5 61.7 52.3 51.1 53.4
1967 56.7 52.2 61.7 52.5 51.3 53.7
1968 52.7 47.3 58.9 52.7 51.5 53.9
1969 54.8 49.7 60.6 53 51.8 54.2
1970 54.9 49.7 60.8 53.4 52.2 54.6
1971 55.6 50.4 61.4 53.9 52.7 55.1
1972 51.9 46 58.8 54.4 53.1 55.6
1973 55.7 50.3 61.7 54.9 53.7 56.1
1974 54.8 49.1 61.1 55.4 54.2 56.6
1975 61.9 57.4 66.5 55.7 54.5 57
1976 63.7 59.5 68 56.1 54.8 57.4
1977 64.1 59.8 68.5 56.3 54.8 57.7
1978 64.5 60.2 69 56.3 54.9 57.8
1979 65 60.6 69.6 56 54.4 57.7
1980 65.3 60.9 69.9 55.5 53.8 57.1
1981 65.8 61.4 70.3 55 53.2 56.7
1982 66.2 62 70.5 54.4 52.5 56.1
1983 66.5 62.5 70.7 53.7 51.9 55.3
1984 66.9 62.9 71 52.9 51.1 54.6
1985 67.2 63.1 71.3 52 50.2 53.7
1986 67.6 63.5 71.7 51.1 49.5 52.8
1987 68 63.9 72.1 50.4 48.8 51.9
1988 68.6 64.6 72.5 49.7 48.2 51.1
1989 68.8 64.9 72.7 48.9 47.5 50.2
1990 69 65 73.1 48.2 46.9 49.4
1991 69.3 65.3 73.3 47.4 46.2 48.6
1992 69.6 65.7 73.5 47 45.7 48.1
1993 70 66.1 73.7 46.7 45.4 47.8
1994 70.4 66.7 74 46.3 45.2 47.4
1995 70.9 67.1 74.5 46.1 44.9 47.1
1996 71.3 67.5 75 45.8 44.7 46.7
1997 71.7 67.7 75.5 45.7 44.7 46.7
1998 72.3 68.1 76.4 45.7 44.8 46.5
1999 72.6 68.1 77 45.9 45.1 46.7
2000 72.7 68.2 77.3 46.6 45.8 47.3
2001 73 68.3 77.7 47.4 46.6 48.1
2002 73.1 68.3 78 48.5 47.7 49.1
2003 73.2 68.3 78.2 49.6 48.7 50.4
2004 73.1 68.3 77.8 50.5 49.9 51.1
2005 73.2 68.4 78 51.6 51 52.1
2006 73.3 68.5 78 52.7 51.9 53.3
2007 73.4 68.6 78.2 53.7 52.9 54.5
2008 73.5 68.6 78.2 54.8 53.7 55.9
2009 73.5 68.7 78.3 55.9 54.7 56.9
2010 73.6 68.8 78.4 56.9 55.5 58.2
2011 73.7 68.9 78.4 57.8 56.2 59.4
2012 73.8 69 78.5 58.7 57 60.3
2013 73.8 69 78.5 59.4 57.6 61.2
2014 73.9 69.1 78.6 60.1 58.1 62
2015 74 69.1 78.7 60.7 58.5 62.8
2016 74 69.2 78.8 61.1 58.9 63.3
2017 74 69.2 78.8 61.6 59.2 63.9
2018 74.1 69.3 78.9 62.1 59.7 64.5
2019 74.2 69.4 79 62.9 60.3 65.4
2020 75.4 70.4 80.3 63.4 60.7 66
2021 74.1 69.5 78.8 62.4 59.8 64.9
2022 74.5 69.8 79.2 65.3 62.8 67.7
2023 74.6 69.9 79.3 66.3 63.9 68.7
2024 74.7 70.1 79.4 66.5 64.1 68.9
2025 74.9 70.2 79.5 66.7 64.3 69.1
2026 75 70.4 79.6 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 65.4 years in Vietnam and 53 in Zambia. People who reach age 60 can expect an additional 15.1 healthy years in Vietnam and 11.3 in Zambia.

Vietnam 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 Vietnam 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:
48.1 vs 41.9 years

Mean expected age of death:
78.1 vs 71.9 years

Median expected age of death:
80.6 vs 74.3 years

Odds of living to

Target age Survival probability
Vietnam Zambia
Male Female Male Female
40 97.2% 99.0% 96.7% 98.0%
50 93.2% 97.3% 90.8% 94.2%
60 85.2% 93.8% 79.7% 86.5%
65 78.4% 90.6% 70.9% 79.7%
70 68.8% 85.3% 58.6% 69.2%
75 55.7% 76.7% 41.5% 53.0%
80 39.2% 63.6% 23.1% 33.2%
85 21.9% 45.5% 9.3% 15.8%
90 8.4% 25.8% 2.5% 5.3%
95 1.9% 10.2% 0.4% 1.1%
100 0.2% 2.4% 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 Vietnam vs Zambia: 78.1 years vs 71.9 at 30, 82.6 vs 77.9 at 65, 88.1 vs 85.3 at 80 — significantly higher than the 75 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 Vietnam and Zambia.

Vietnam
Male

Female
Zambia
Male

Female
Current age, years Total life expectancy, years
Vietnam Zambia
Average Male Female Average Male Female
0 75 70.4 79.6 66.9 64.4 69.3
1 76.1 71.6 80.5 69.4 67.1 71.5
2 76.2 71.7 80.7 69.7 67.5 71.9
3 76.3 71.8 80.8 70 67.8 72.1
4 76.4 71.9 80.8 70.1 68 72.2
5 76.5 72 80.9 70.3 68.1 72.3
6 76.5 72.1 80.9 70.3 68.2 72.4
7 76.6 72.1 80.9 70.4 68.3 72.5
8 76.6 72.2 81 70.5 68.4 72.5
9 76.7 72.3 81 70.5 68.4 72.6
10 76.7 72.3 81 70.6 68.5 72.6
11 76.8 72.4 81 70.6 68.5 72.6
12 76.8 72.4 81.1 70.7 68.6 72.7
13 76.8 72.5 81.1 70.7 68.6 72.7
14 76.9 72.5 81.1 70.8 68.7 72.7
15 76.9 72.6 81.1 70.8 68.7 72.8
16 77 72.6 81.1 70.9 68.8 72.8
17 77 72.7 81.2 70.9 68.8 72.9
18 77.1 72.8 81.2 71 68.9 72.9
19 77.2 72.9 81.2 71 69 73
20 77.2 73 81.3 71.1 69.1 73
21 77.3 73.1 81.3 71.2 69.2 73.1
22 77.4 73.3 81.4 71.3 69.3 73.2
23 77.5 73.4 81.4 71.4 69.4 73.2
24 77.6 73.5 81.4 71.4 69.5 73.3
25 77.7 73.6 81.5 71.5 69.6 73.3
26 77.7 73.7 81.5 71.6 69.7 73.4
27 77.8 73.9 81.6 71.7 69.8 73.5
28 77.9 74 81.6 71.8 69.9 73.5
29 78 74.1 81.7 71.9 70 73.6
30 78.1 74.2 81.7 71.9 70.1 73.6
31 78.1 74.3 81.7 72 70.2 73.7
32 78.2 74.4 81.8 72.1 70.3 73.8
33 78.3 74.5 81.8 72.2 70.4 73.8
34 78.4 74.6 81.9 72.3 70.5 73.9
35 78.5 74.7 81.9 72.4 70.7 74
36 78.6 74.9 82 72.5 70.8 74.1
37 78.6 75 82 72.6 70.9 74.2
38 78.7 75.1 82.1 72.7 71 74.2
39 78.8 75.2 82.1 72.8 71.2 74.3
40 78.9 75.3 82.2 72.9 71.3 74.4
41 79 75.4 82.2 73.1 71.4 74.5
42 79.1 75.5 82.3 73.2 71.6 74.6
43 79.2 75.7 82.3 73.3 71.7 74.7
44 79.3 75.8 82.4 73.5 71.9 74.8
45 79.4 75.9 82.5 73.6 72.1 74.9
46 79.5 76 82.5 73.7 72.2 75.1
47 79.6 76.2 82.6 73.9 72.4 75.2
48 79.7 76.3 82.7 74 72.6 75.3
49 79.8 76.5 82.7 74.2 72.8 75.4
50 79.9 76.6 82.8 74.4 73 75.6
51 80 76.8 82.9 74.6 73.2 75.7
52 80.2 77 83 74.7 73.4 75.9
53 80.3 77.1 83.1 74.9 73.6 76
54 80.5 77.3 83.2 75.1 73.9 76.2
55 80.6 77.5 83.3 75.3 74.1 76.4
56 80.8 77.7 83.4 75.6 74.3 76.6
57 81 77.9 83.5 75.8 74.6 76.7
58 81.1 78.1 83.6 76 74.9 76.9
59 81.3 78.4 83.7 76.2 75.1 77.1
60 81.5 78.6 83.8 76.5 75.4 77.4
61 81.7 78.8 84 76.8 75.7 77.6
62 81.9 79.1 84.1 77 76 77.8
63 82.1 79.4 84.3 77.3 76.3 78.1
64 82.3 79.6 84.4 77.6 76.6 78.3
65 82.6 80 84.6 77.9 77 78.6
66 82.8 80.3 84.8 78.2 77.3 78.9
67 83.1 80.6 85 78.6 77.7 79.2
68 83.4 81 85.2 78.9 78.1 79.5
69 83.7 81.3 85.4 79.3 78.5 79.9
70 84 81.7 85.6 79.7 79 80.3
71 84.3 82.1 85.9 80.2 79.4 80.7
72 84.7 82.5 86.2 80.6 79.9 81.1
73 85 82.9 86.4 81.1 80.5 81.6
74 85.4 83.4 86.8 81.7 81 82.1
75 85.8 83.8 87.1 82.2 81.6 82.6
76 86.2 84.3 87.4 82.8 82.2 83.2
77 86.7 84.8 87.8 83.4 82.8 83.7
78 87.1 85.3 88.2 84 83.5 84.3
79 87.6 85.9 88.6 84.7 84.1 85
80 88.1 86.4 89 85.3 84.8 85.6
81 88.7 87 89.5 86 85.6 86.3
82 89.2 87.6 90 86.8 86.3 87
83 89.8 88.3 90.5 87.5 87.1 87.7
84 90.4 88.9 91 88.3 87.9 88.4
85 91 89.6 91.6 89 88.7 89.2
86 91.6 90.3 92.2 89.8 89.5 90
87 92.3 91 92.8 90.6 90.3 90.8
88 93 91.7 93.4 91.4 91.1 91.6
89 93.7 92.5 94 92.2 92 92.4
90 94.4 93.2 94.7 93.1 92.8 93.2
91 95.1 94 95.4 93.9 93.7 94
92 95.9 94.8 96.1 94.8 94.6 94.9
93 96.6 95.6 96.8 95.6 95.4 95.7
94 97.4 96.4 97.6 96.5 96.3 96.6
95 98.2 97.2 98.3 97.4 97.2 97.4
96 99 98.1 99.1 98.3 98.1 98.3
97 99.8 99 99.9 99.2 99 99.2
98 100.6 99.9 100.7 100.1 99.9 100.1
99 101.5 100.8 101.5 101 100.9 101
100 102.4 101.8 102.4 101.9 101.8 102

Odds of living to age in Vietnam vs Zambia

The chart below shows the odds of living to all ages starting from birth. Of the newborn cohort, 85.4% in Vietnam and 76.5% in Zambia are expected to survive till at least 60 years old, 73.7% and 59% will live to 70 years or older, 49.5% and 26.3% to 80+ years, and 16.8% 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.

Vietnam
Male

Female
Zambia
Male

Female
Age Survival probability
Vietnam Zambia
Average Male Female Average Male Female
1 98.6% 98.4% 98.9% 96.4% 96% 96.9%
2 98.5% 98.2% 98.7% 95.9% 95.4% 96.4%
3 98.3% 98.1% 98.6% 95.5% 95% 96.1%
4 98.2% 98% 98.5% 95.3% 94.7% 95.9%
5 98.1% 97.8% 98.4% 95.1% 94.5% 95.7%
6 98% 97.7% 98.4% 95% 94.4% 95.6%
7 97.9% 97.6% 98.3% 94.9% 94.2% 95.5%
8 97.9% 97.5% 98.3% 94.8% 94.1% 95.5%
9 97.8% 97.4% 98.3% 94.7% 94.1% 95.4%
10 97.7% 97.3% 98.3% 94.6% 94% 95.3%
11 97.7% 97.2% 98.2% 94.6% 93.9% 95.3%
12 97.6% 97.1% 98.2% 94.5% 93.8% 95.2%
13 97.6% 97.1% 98.2% 94.4% 93.7% 95.2%
14 97.5% 97% 98.1% 94.4% 93.6% 95.1%
15 97.5% 96.9% 98.1% 94.3% 93.6% 95%
16 97.4% 96.8% 98.1% 94.2% 93.4% 95%
17 97.3% 96.6% 98% 94.1% 93.3% 94.9%
18 97.2% 96.5% 98% 94% 93.2% 94.8%
19 97.1% 96.3% 97.9% 93.9% 93% 94.7%
20 96.9% 96.1% 97.9% 93.7% 92.9% 94.6%
21 96.8% 95.9% 97.8% 93.6% 92.7% 94.5%
22 96.7% 95.7% 97.7% 93.4% 92.5% 94.4%
23 96.5% 95.4% 97.7% 93.3% 92.3% 94.3%
24 96.4% 95.2% 97.6% 93.1% 92.1% 94.2%
25 96.2% 95% 97.5% 93% 91.9% 94.1%
26 96.1% 94.7% 97.4% 92.8% 91.7% 93.9%
27 95.9% 94.5% 97.4% 92.6% 91.4% 93.8%
28 95.7% 94.3% 97.3% 92.5% 91.2% 93.7%
29 95.6% 94.1% 97.2% 92.3% 91% 93.6%
30 95.4% 93.8% 97.1% 92.1% 90.8% 93.4%
31 95.3% 93.6% 97% 91.9% 90.5% 93.3%
32 95.1% 93.3% 97% 91.7% 90.3% 93.1%
33 94.9% 93.1% 96.9% 91.5% 90% 93%
34 94.8% 92.8% 96.8% 91.3% 89.7% 92.8%
35 94.6% 92.6% 96.7% 91% 89.4% 92.6%
36 94.4% 92.3% 96.6% 90.8% 89.1% 92.4%
37 94.2% 92.1% 96.5% 90.5% 88.8% 92.2%
38 94% 91.8% 96.4% 90.2% 88.5% 92%
39 93.8% 91.5% 96.3% 89.9% 88.1% 91.8%
40 93.6% 91.2% 96.2% 89.6% 87.7% 91.5%
41 93.4% 90.9% 96% 89.3% 87.3% 91.3%
42 93.2% 90.6% 95.9% 88.9% 86.9% 91%
43 92.9% 90.3% 95.8% 88.6% 86.5% 90.7%
44 92.7% 89.9% 95.6% 88.2% 86% 90.4%
45 92.4% 89.6% 95.4% 87.8% 85.5% 90.1%
46 92.1% 89.2% 95.3% 87.3% 84.9% 89.7%
47 91.9% 88.8% 95.1% 86.8% 84.4% 89.3%
48 91.5% 88.4% 94.9% 86.3% 83.8% 88.9%
49 91.2% 87.9% 94.7% 85.8% 83.1% 88.5%
50 90.9% 87.4% 94.5% 85.2% 82.4% 88%
51 90.5% 86.9% 94.2% 84.5% 81.6% 87.5%
52 90% 86.2% 94% 83.9% 80.8% 87%
53 89.5% 85.6% 93.7% 83.1% 80% 86.4%
54 89% 84.9% 93.3% 82.4% 79.1% 85.7%
55 88.5% 84.1% 93% 81.5% 78.1% 85.1%
56 87.9% 83.4% 92.7% 80.7% 77.1% 84.3%
57 87.3% 82.6% 92.3% 79.7% 76% 83.6%
58 86.7% 81.8% 91.9% 78.8% 74.9% 82.7%
59 86.1% 80.9% 91.5% 77.7% 73.6% 81.8%
60 85.4% 79.9% 91.1% 76.5% 72.3% 80.8%
61 84.6% 78.9% 90.6% 75.3% 70.9% 79.7%
62 83.7% 77.7% 90% 74% 69.5% 78.6%
63 82.8% 76.5% 89.4% 72.6% 67.9% 77.3%
64 81.8% 75.1% 88.7% 71.1% 66.2% 76%
65 80.7% 73.6% 88% 69.4% 64.4% 74.5%
66 79.5% 72% 87.1% 67.7% 62.5% 72.9%
67 78.2% 70.3% 86.2% 65.8% 60.4% 71.1%
68 76.8% 68.5% 85.2% 63.7% 58.2% 69.2%
69 75.3% 66.6% 84.1% 61.4% 55.7% 67%
70 73.7% 64.5% 82.8% 59% 53.1% 64.7%
71 71.9% 62.4% 81.5% 56.3% 50.3% 62%
72 70% 60.1% 80% 53.4% 47.4% 59.2%
73 68% 57.6% 78.3% 50.4% 44.2% 56.2%
74 65.8% 55% 76.5% 47.2% 41% 52.9%
75 63.5% 52.2% 74.5% 43.8% 37.7% 49.5%
76 61% 49.4% 72.4% 40.3% 34.2% 45.9%
77 58.3% 46.4% 70% 36.8% 30.8% 42.3%
78 55.6% 43.2% 67.5% 33.3% 27.5% 38.5%
79 52.6% 40% 64.8% 29.7% 24.2% 34.8%
80 49.5% 36.8% 61.8% 26.3% 21% 31%
81 46.3% 33.5% 58.7% 22.9% 17.9% 27.4%
82 43% 30.2% 55.3% 19.8% 15.2% 23.9%
83 39.6% 26.9% 51.7% 16.9% 12.7% 20.7%
84 36.2% 23.7% 48% 14.2% 10.4% 17.6%
85 32.8% 20.6% 44.2% 11.8% 8.4% 14.8%
86 29.4% 17.6% 40.4% 9.63% 6.69% 12.2%
87 26% 14.8% 36.5% 7.76% 5.24% 9.97%
88 22.8% 12.2% 32.6% 6.15% 4.04% 8.02%
89 19.7% 9.92% 28.8% 4.8% 3.06% 6.34%
90 16.8% 7.9% 25.1% 3.69% 2.28% 4.93%
91 14.2% 6.16% 21.5% 2.77% 1.66% 3.76%
92 11.7% 4.69% 18.2% 2.06% 1.19% 2.82%
93 9.56% 3.48% 15.1% 1.49% 0.84% 2.07%
94 7.65% 2.5% 12.4% 1.06% 0.57% 1.49%
95 6.01% 1.74% 9.91% 0.74% 0.39% 1.05%
96 4.63% 1.17% 7.79% 0.5% 0.25% 0.72%
97 3.49% 0.75% 5.99% 0.33% 0.16% 0.48%
98 2.57% 0.47% 4.48% 0.21% 0.1% 0.32%
99 1.84% 0.28% 3.26% 0.14% 0.06% 0.2%
100 1.28% 0.16% 2.29% 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 1.4% in the birth year in Vietnam and 3.57% in Zambia, 0.17% vs 0.21% at age 30, 0.9% vs 1.62% at 60, and 6.49% vs 12.8% at 80.

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

Vietnam
Male

Female
Zambia
Male

Female
Age Probability of dying
Vietnam Zambia
Average Male Female Average Male Female
0 1.4% 1.63% 1.13% 3.57% 4% 3.15%
1 0.15% 0.14% 0.16% 0.58% 0.66% 0.49%
2 0.13% 0.14% 0.12% 0.35% 0.41% 0.3%
3 0.11% 0.14% 0.09% 0.24% 0.28% 0.21%
4 0.1% 0.14% 0.07% 0.18% 0.2% 0.15%
5 0.09% 0.13% 0.05% 0.14% 0.16% 0.12%
6 0.09% 0.12% 0.04% 0.11% 0.13% 0.1%
7 0.08% 0.11% 0.04% 0.1% 0.11% 0.08%
8 0.07% 0.1% 0.03% 0.09% 0.1% 0.07%
9 0.06% 0.09% 0.03% 0.08% 0.09% 0.06%
10 0.06% 0.08% 0.03% 0.07% 0.09% 0.06%
11 0.05% 0.08% 0.03% 0.07% 0.08% 0.06%
12 0.05% 0.08% 0.03% 0.07% 0.09% 0.06%
13 0.06% 0.08% 0.03% 0.08% 0.09% 0.06%
14 0.07% 0.09% 0.04% 0.08% 0.1% 0.07%
15 0.08% 0.11% 0.04% 0.09% 0.11% 0.08%
16 0.09% 0.14% 0.04% 0.11% 0.13% 0.08%
17 0.11% 0.16% 0.05% 0.12% 0.15% 0.09%
18 0.12% 0.19% 0.05% 0.13% 0.17% 0.1%
19 0.13% 0.21% 0.06% 0.14% 0.18% 0.1%
20 0.14% 0.23% 0.06% 0.15% 0.2% 0.11%
21 0.15% 0.23% 0.07% 0.16% 0.21% 0.11%
22 0.15% 0.24% 0.07% 0.17% 0.22% 0.12%
23 0.16% 0.24% 0.07% 0.17% 0.22% 0.12%
24 0.16% 0.24% 0.07% 0.18% 0.23% 0.12%
25 0.16% 0.24% 0.08% 0.18% 0.23% 0.13%
26 0.16% 0.24% 0.08% 0.18% 0.24% 0.13%
27 0.16% 0.24% 0.08% 0.19% 0.24% 0.14%
28 0.17% 0.25% 0.08% 0.2% 0.25% 0.14%
29 0.17% 0.25% 0.09% 0.2% 0.26% 0.15%
30 0.17% 0.26% 0.09% 0.21% 0.27% 0.16%
31 0.18% 0.26% 0.09% 0.22% 0.28% 0.16%
32 0.18% 0.27% 0.09% 0.23% 0.29% 0.17%
33 0.18% 0.27% 0.09% 0.24% 0.31% 0.18%
34 0.18% 0.27% 0.09% 0.26% 0.32% 0.19%
35 0.19% 0.28% 0.09% 0.27% 0.34% 0.2%
36 0.19% 0.28% 0.1% 0.29% 0.36% 0.22%
37 0.2% 0.29% 0.1% 0.3% 0.38% 0.23%
38 0.21% 0.3% 0.11% 0.33% 0.41% 0.25%
39 0.22% 0.32% 0.12% 0.35% 0.43% 0.26%
40 0.24% 0.34% 0.13% 0.37% 0.46% 0.28%
41 0.25% 0.35% 0.15% 0.39% 0.48% 0.3%
42 0.26% 0.37% 0.16% 0.42% 0.52% 0.32%
43 0.27% 0.39% 0.17% 0.45% 0.55% 0.34%
44 0.29% 0.4% 0.17% 0.48% 0.59% 0.37%
45 0.3% 0.42% 0.18% 0.51% 0.63% 0.39%
46 0.31% 0.44% 0.19% 0.55% 0.67% 0.42%
47 0.33% 0.47% 0.2% 0.59% 0.72% 0.45%
48 0.36% 0.52% 0.21% 0.63% 0.78% 0.49%
49 0.4% 0.57% 0.23% 0.68% 0.84% 0.53%
50 0.44% 0.63% 0.26% 0.75% 0.92% 0.59%
51 0.49% 0.7% 0.29% 0.79% 0.97% 0.62%
52 0.54% 0.76% 0.32% 0.87% 1.06% 0.69%
53 0.57% 0.82% 0.34% 0.93% 1.14% 0.73%
54 0.61% 0.87% 0.36% 1% 1.22% 0.8%
55 0.63% 0.91% 0.37% 1.07% 1.31% 0.86%
56 0.66% 0.95% 0.39% 1.15% 1.4% 0.93%
57 0.7% 1.01% 0.41% 1.24% 1.51% 1%
58 0.75% 1.08% 0.45% 1.35% 1.64% 1.1%
59 0.82% 1.18% 0.49% 1.46% 1.77% 1.2%
60 0.9% 1.31% 0.54% 1.62% 1.95% 1.35%
61 1.01% 1.46% 0.61% 1.74% 2.08% 1.44%
62 1.12% 1.62% 0.68% 1.92% 2.29% 1.61%
63 1.24% 1.8% 0.76% 2.09% 2.49% 1.77%
64 1.36% 1.98% 0.85% 2.28% 2.7% 1.94%
65 1.49% 2.16% 0.95% 2.5% 2.94% 2.14%
66 1.62% 2.36% 1.06% 2.8% 3.3% 2.41%
67 1.77% 2.57% 1.18% 3.16% 3.71% 2.73%
68 1.95% 2.8% 1.32% 3.57% 4.18% 3.12%
69 2.15% 3.07% 1.47% 4% 4.67% 3.51%
70 2.37% 3.37% 1.65% 4.59% 5.31% 4.08%
71 2.63% 3.71% 1.85% 5.04% 5.84% 4.49%
72 2.91% 4.09% 2.07% 5.74% 6.61% 5.16%
73 3.21% 4.52% 2.31% 6.39% 7.34% 5.77%
74 3.54% 5% 2.58% 7.12% 8.15% 6.47%
75 3.93% 5.52% 2.88% 7.93% 9.05% 7.24%
76 4.33% 6.09% 3.22% 8.72% 9.95% 7.99%
77 4.76% 6.72% 3.61% 9.59% 10.9% 8.8%
78 5.28% 7.4% 4.05% 10.6% 12.1% 9.8%
79 5.87% 8.14% 4.56% 11.6% 13.2% 10.7%
80 6.49% 8.95% 5.12% 12.8% 14.5% 11.9%
81 7.15% 9.86% 5.75% 13.5% 15.3% 12.5%
82 7.87% 10.9% 6.42% 14.8% 16.7% 13.7%
83 8.65% 12% 7.15% 15.9% 17.8% 14.8%
84 9.49% 13.2% 7.92% 17.1% 19.2% 16.1%
85 10.4% 14.5% 8.74% 18.3% 20.4% 17.2%
86 11.4% 15.9% 9.64% 19.4% 21.6% 18.4%
87 12.4% 17.3% 10.6% 20.7% 22.9% 19.6%
88 13.5% 18.8% 11.7% 22% 24.3% 20.9%
89 14.6% 20.4% 12.9% 23.2% 25.6% 22.1%
90 15.9% 22% 14.1% 24.9% 27.2% 23.9%
91 17.2% 23.8% 15.5% 25.8% 28.2% 24.9%
92 18.6% 25.8% 16.9% 27.5% 29.8% 26.6%
93 20% 28.1% 18.3% 28.9% 31.3% 28.1%
94 21.4% 30.5% 19.8% 30.5% 32.8% 29.7%
95 23% 33% 21.4% 32.2% 34.6% 31.4%
96 24.6% 35.4% 23.2% 33.7% 36.1% 32.9%
97 26.4% 37.8% 25.1% 35.2% 37.4% 34.4%
98 28.4% 40% 27.3% 36.6% 38.7% 35.9%
99 30.6% 42.1% 29.6% 38.3% 40.4% 37.6%
100 32.3% 44.5% 31.5% 39.7% 41.8% 39.1%

Death rate by age in Vietnam compared to Zambia

In Vietnam, the most common age of death is 84, compared to 0 in Zambia. The median age of death is 79.9 in Vietnam and 73.1 in Zambia — only half of the newborns in both countries are expected to live past these ages.

Vietnam
Male

Female
Zambia
Male

Female
Age Death rate
Vietnam Zambia
Total Male Female Total Male Female
0 1,396 1,633 1,135 3,575 4,001 3,149
1 144.1 134.9 154.2 555 635 473
2 125.7 135.1 115.2 337 387 285.6
3 112 134.7 86.8 233.1 267.5 198.2
4 101.3 132.6 66.5 168.3 191.1 145.2
5 92.2 127.9 52.1 129.5 146.6 112.1
6 83.3 120.1 42.2 107.4 122.3 92.3
7 74.3 109.5 35.7 91.9 105.4 78.2
8 65.9 98 31.6 80.8 93.2 68.2
9 59.2 87.3 29.2 73.6 85.2 61.8
10 54.6 79.3 28.3 69.5 80.4 58.5
11 52.5 75.1 28.6 67.9 78.3 57.4
12 53.2 75.4 29.8 69.1 79.8 58.4
13 57.1 80.9 32.1 72.9 84.4 61.3
14 64.3 92 35.1 79.5 92.7 66.2
15 74.9 109.1 38.9 88.5 103.9 72.8
16 88.3 131.3 43.3 100.4 120 80.7
17 103.3 156.5 47.9 111.9 136.8 86.8
18 118.3 181.4 52.6 124 154.6 93.1
19 130.8 202.1 56.9 133.6 168.9 97.9
20 140 216.8 60.9 141.8 181.3 102
21 145.9 225.1 64.5 148.7 191.6 105.5
22 149.1 228.5 67.6 154.4 199.7 108.8
23 150.8 229 70.5 159 205.5 112.3
24 151.7 228.3 73.1 163.1 209.9 116
25 152.9 227.7 75.6 166.5 213.3 119.4
26 154.5 227.8 77.9 170.6 217.3 123.5
27 156.3 229.4 80.1 175.1 221.9 128
28 158.6 232.3 82.1 180.9 228 133.4
29 161.3 236.3 83.9 186.9 234.8 138.4
30 164.2 240.8 85.4 195.5 244.5 146
31 166.9 245 86.5 201.3 251.6 150.3
32 169.3 248.5 87.4 212.8 265 159.9
33 171.2 251.2 88.3 223 276.8 168.3
34 173.4 253.6 89.6 234.4 290 177.5
35 176.4 256.7 91.7 248 306 188.3
36 180.5 261.3 95.3 261.5 322 199.7
37 186.8 268.5 100.8 275.8 339 211.1
38 195.8 278.8 108.5 294.2 359 227
39 207.4 291.8 118.2 311 378 240.8
40 220.5 307 129.3 334 404 260
41 233.7 322 140.4 348 421 271.8
42 245.6 336 150.4 376 452 295.7
43 255.6 349 158.3 396 476 312
44 264.8 361 164.4 421 505 331
45 274.8 375 170.1 450 540 355
46 287.6 394 177 476 570 377
47 306 420 187.1 509 609 403
48 331 456 201.8 548 654 437
49 364 501 221.5 587 699 470
50 402 554 245.4 639 756 516
51 444 609 271.3 672 796 543
52 483 660 296 729 858 597
53 514 702 317 773 909 635
54 539 735 334 824 966 682
55 560 763 349 874 1,020 728
56 582 792 364 932 1,083 782
57 609 831 383 989 1,145 835
58 649 884 410 1,064 1,225 909
59 702 956 446 1,137 1,304 978
60 770 1,045 492 1,243 1,409 1,088
61 851 1,149 548 1,307 1,479 1,148
62 938 1,261 612 1,424 1,593 1,268
63 1,027 1,375 683 1,520 1,690 1,367
64 1,114 1,486 757 1,623 1,790 1,476
65 1,201 1,594 837 1,736 1,896 1,598
66 1,291 1,699 923 1,894 2,059 1,755
67 1,387 1,807 1,016 2,079 2,244 1,945
68 1,499 1,920 1,121 2,277 2,432 2,158
69 1,622 2,042 1,237 2,458 2,605 2,352
70 1,749 2,173 1,365 2,709 2,822 2,641
71 1,891 2,313 1,506 2,837 2,940 2,783
72 2,038 2,458 1,655 3,069 3,132 3,057
73 2,182 2,605 1,812 3,219 3,248 3,241
74 2,332 2,748 1,977 3,359 3,344 3,423
75 2,492 2,884 2,150 3,474 3,408 3,586
76 2,641 3,008 2,333 3,518 3,408 3,670
77 2,778 3,114 2,528 3,530 3,372 3,721
78 2,934 3,198 2,735 3,543 3,315 3,780
79 3,088 3,258 2,950 3,452 3,177 3,724
80 3,214 3,293 3,166 3,368 3,043 3,680
81 3,314 3,301 3,370 3,095 2,752 3,419
82 3,386 3,280 3,551 2,926 2,529 3,293
83 3,428 3,224 3,697 2,677 2,256 3,061
84 3,437 3,127 3,803 2,432 1,993 2,828
85 3,408 2,984 3,867 2,151 1,711 2,544
86 3,336 2,794 3,891 1,873 1,448 2,249
87 3,222 2,562 3,874 1,602 1,201 1,955
88 3,071 2,298 3,814 1,353 982 1,679
89 2,887 2,019 3,707 1,113 782 1,403
90 2,673 1,739 3,547 917 619 1,180
91 2,434 1,468 3,333 715 468 933
92 2,177 1,213 3,069 565 355 750
93 1,909 977 2,768 431 261.6 581
94 1,640 763 2,447 323 188.7 442
95 1,380 574 2,121 237.3 133.6 329
96 1,140 414 1,804 168.4 91.1 236.9
97 922 284.9 1,504 116.4 60.5 166.2
98 729 187.5 1,223 78.4 39.1 113.5
99 561 118.2 966 52.1 25 76.3
100 332 0 656 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 Vietnam 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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