Afghanistan vs Zambia: Annual death rates at different ages in males
Afghanistan
49.54 deaths per 1,000 people
in 2023
Zambia
43.75 deaths per 1,000 people
in 2023
Afghanistan rank
25th
Zambia rank
27th
Annual death rates at different ages in males over time
- Afghanistan
- Zambia
How they compare
Afghanistan currently reports 49.54 deaths per 1,000 people against 43.75 deaths per 1,000 people in Zambia, a difference of 5.79 deaths per 1,000 people.
That makes Afghanistan's figure about 1.1 times Zambia's.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 74 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Afghanistan ahead.
Afghanistan ranks 25th and Zambia ranks 27th of 236 countries.
Afghanistan has averaged higher in every one of the 8 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Afghanistan | Zambia | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 339.65 deaths per 1,000 people | 140.33 deaths per 1,000 people | 199.32 deaths per 1,000 people | Afghanistan |
| 1960s | 276.44 deaths per 1,000 people | 125.18 deaths per 1,000 people | 151.26 deaths per 1,000 people | Afghanistan |
| 1970s | 224.43 deaths per 1,000 people | 110.34 deaths per 1,000 people | 114.09 deaths per 1,000 people | Afghanistan |
| 1980s | 189.06 deaths per 1,000 people | 112.73 deaths per 1,000 people | 76.34 deaths per 1,000 people | Afghanistan |
| 1990s | 126.64 deaths per 1,000 people | 116.6 deaths per 1,000 people | 10.04 deaths per 1,000 people | Afghanistan |
| 2000s | 89.88 deaths per 1,000 people | 83.18 deaths per 1,000 people | 6.7 deaths per 1,000 people | Afghanistan |
| 2010s | 63.79 deaths per 1,000 people | 54.51 deaths per 1,000 people | 9.28 deaths per 1,000 people | Afghanistan |
| 2020s | 51.81 deaths per 1,000 people | 45.54 deaths per 1,000 people | 6.27 deaths per 1,000 people | Afghanistan |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher annual death rates at different ages in males, Afghanistan or Zambia?
- Afghanistan, at 49.54 deaths per 1,000 people against 43.75 deaths per 1,000 people in Zambia as of 2023.
- What is the difference in annual death rates at different ages in males between Afghanistan and Zambia?
- 5.79 deaths per 1,000 people, with Afghanistan ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Afghanistan and Zambia?
- 74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.
- How do Afghanistan and Zambia rank globally for annual death rates at different ages in males?
- Afghanistan ranks 25th and Zambia ranks 27th of 236 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Human Mortality Database (2025); UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – with minor processing by Our World in Data, published as Annual death rates at different ages in males. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Death rate, calculated as the number of deaths divided by the average number of people alive during the interval.