Tonga vs Zambia: Mortality rates at age 65
Tonga
3.05 deaths per 1,000 people
in 2023
Zambia
3.03 deaths per 1,000 people
in 2023
Tonga rank
67th
Zambia rank
70th
Mortality rates at age 65 over time
- Tonga
- Zambia
How they compare
Tonga currently reports 3.05 deaths per 1,000 people against 3.03 deaths per 1,000 people in Zambia, a difference of 0.02 deaths per 1,000 people.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 74 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Tonga ahead.
Tonga ranks 67th and Zambia ranks 70th of 236 countries.
Across the 8 decades both report, Tonga averaged higher in 4 and Zambia in 4.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Tonga | Zambia | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 4.87 deaths per 1,000 people | 3.52 deaths per 1,000 people | 1.35 deaths per 1,000 people | Tonga |
| 1960s | 4.51 deaths per 1,000 people | 3.37 deaths per 1,000 people | 1.15 deaths per 1,000 people | Tonga |
| 1970s | 4.26 deaths per 1,000 people | 3.2 deaths per 1,000 people | 1.05 deaths per 1,000 people | Tonga |
| 1980s | 4.15 deaths per 1,000 people | 3.83 deaths per 1,000 people | 0.32 deaths per 1,000 people | Tonga |
| 1990s | 3.95 deaths per 1,000 people | 4.96 deaths per 1,000 people | 1.01 deaths per 1,000 people | Zambia |
| 2000s | 3.55 deaths per 1,000 people | 4.92 deaths per 1,000 people | 1.37 deaths per 1,000 people | Zambia |
| 2010s | 3.26 deaths per 1,000 people | 3.96 deaths per 1,000 people | 0.7037 deaths per 1,000 people | Zambia |
| 2020s | 3.11 deaths per 1,000 people | 3.58 deaths per 1,000 people | 0.4672 deaths per 1,000 people | Zambia |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher mortality rates at age 65, Tonga or Zambia?
- Tonga, at 3.05 deaths per 1,000 people against 3.03 deaths per 1,000 people in Zambia as of 2023.
- What is the difference in mortality rates at age 65 between Tonga and Zambia?
- 0.02 deaths per 1,000 people, with Tonga ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Tonga and Zambia?
- 74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.
- How do Tonga and Zambia rank globally for mortality rates at age 65?
- Tonga ranks 67th and Zambia ranks 70th 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 Mortality rates at age 65. 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.