Which has higher life expectancy, Sudan or Zambia?

Zambia, at 66.35 years against 66.33 years in Sudan as of 2023.

How many years of comparable data are there for Sudan and Zambia?

74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.

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. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Sudan vs Zambia: Life expectancy

Sudan

66.33 years

in 2023

Zambia

66.35 years

in 2023

Sudan rank

200th

Zambia rank

199th

Life expectancy over time

Sudan
Zambia

How they compare

Zambia currently reports 66.35 years against 66.33 years in Sudan, a difference of 0.02 years.

The two have swapped places 4 times across 74 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Zambia ahead.

Sudan ranks 200th and Zambia ranks 199th of 236 countries.

Across the 8 decades both report, Sudan averaged higher in 5 and Zambia in 3.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Sudan	Zambia	Difference	Ahead
1950s	47.51 years	48.54 years	1.03 years	Zambia
1960s	50.92 years	51.84 years	0.9213 years	Zambia
1970s	53.06 years	55.25 years	2.18 years	Zambia
1980s	53.14 years	52.35 years	0.7851 years	Sudan
1990s	57.02 years	46.48 years	10.54 years	Sudan
2000s	59.56 years	51.14 years	8.43 years	Sudan
2010s	64.25 years	60.15 years	4.11 years	Sudan
2020s	65.4 years	64.34 years	1.06 years	Sudan

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher life expectancy, Sudan or Zambia?: Zambia, at 66.35 years against 66.33 years in Sudan as of 2023.
What is the difference in life expectancy between Sudan and Zambia?: 0.02 years, with Zambia ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Sudan and Zambia?: 74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.
How do Sudan and Zambia rank globally for life expectancy?: Sudan ranks 200th 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. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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About this data

Indicator: Life expectancy
Unit: years
Source: Riley (2005); Zijdeman et al. (2015); HMD (2025); UN WPP (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 236 places, 19,452 data points, 1543–2023
Last refreshed: 06 August 2026

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.