Zambia · Annual SERIES
Life expectancy in Zambia
Years a newborn would be expected to live if the age-specific mortality rates in the observation year continued throughout life.
66.53years at birth
2024Observation year
+0.27% from 2023
years at birth · World Bank · Missing observations remain gaps.
Underlying data
Download CSV| Year | Value | Status & source note |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Not available | missing |
| 2024 | 66.528 | present |
| 2023 | 66.349 | present |
| 2022 | 65.279 | present |
| 2021 | 62.363 | present |
| 2020 | 63.361 | present |
| 2019 | 62.914 | present |
| 2018 | 62.138 | present |
| 2017 | 61.564 | present |
| 2016 | 61.129 | present |
| 2015 | 60.728 | present |
| 2014 | 60.109 | present |
| 2013 | 59.445 | present |
| 2012 | 58.704 | present |
| 2011 | 57.843 | present |
| 2010 | 56.896 | present |
| 2009 | 55.886 | present |
| 2008 | 54.835 | present |
| 2007 | 53.73 | present |
| 2006 | 52.693 | present |
| 2005 | 51.615 | present |
| 2004 | 50.54 | present |
| 2003 | 49.616 | present |
| 2002 | 48.461 | present |
| 2001 | 47.408 | present |
| 2000 | 46.577 | present |
Definition & method
WDI publishes period life expectancy from UN population data and national demographic sources, derived from life tables and age-specific mortality rates.
Years a newborn would be expected to live if the age-specific mortality rates in the observation year continued throughout life.
What to keep in mind
- This summarizes mortality conditions in a year; it does not predict how long a particular baby will live.
- It is a period life-table measure, rather than a measure of a completed birth cohort.
- Some underlying demographic estimates are interpolated and may not capture each annual event precisely.
- Missing years remain missing; the site does not extrapolate future life expectancy.