Papua New Guinea vs Zambia: Life expectancy for people of different ages
Papua New Guinea
66.13 years
in 2023
Zambia
66.35 years
in 2023
Papua New Guinea rank
202nd
Zambia rank
199th
Life expectancy for people of different ages over time
- Papua New Guinea
- Zambia
How they compare
Zambia currently reports 66.35 years against 66.13 years in Papua New Guinea, a difference of 0.22 years.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 74 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Zambia ahead.
Papua New Guinea ranks 202nd and Zambia ranks 199th of 236 countries.
Across the 8 decades both report, Papua New Guinea averaged higher in 5 and Zambia in 3.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Papua New Guinea | Zambia | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 41.83 years | 48.54 years | 6.71 years | Zambia |
| 1960s | 48.61 years | 51.84 years | 3.24 years | Zambia |
| 1970s | 54.63 years | 55.25 years | 0.613 years | Zambia |
| 1980s | 58.61 years | 52.35 years | 6.26 years | Papua New Guinea |
| 1990s | 60.64 years | 46.48 years | 14.16 years | Papua New Guinea |
| 2000s | 61.98 years | 51.14 years | 10.85 years | Papua New Guinea |
| 2010s | 64.27 years | 60.15 years | 4.13 years | Papua New Guinea |
| 2020s | 65.21 years | 64.34 years | 0.8722 years | Papua New Guinea |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher life expectancy for people of different ages, Papua New Guinea or Zambia?
- Zambia, at 66.35 years against 66.13 years in Papua New Guinea as of 2023.
- What is the difference in life expectancy for people of different ages between Papua New Guinea and Zambia?
- 0.22 years, with Zambia ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Papua New Guinea and Zambia?
- 74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.
- How do Papua New Guinea and Zambia rank globally for life expectancy for people of different ages?
- Papua New Guinea ranks 202nd and Zambia ranks 199th of 236 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Riley (2005); Zijdeman et al. (2015); HMD (2025); UN WPP (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as Life expectancy for people of different ages. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Period life expectancy is the number of years the average person born in a certain year would live if they experienced the same chances of dying at each age as people did that year.