Sweden vs Zambia: Number of deaths per year

Sweden
93,945
in 2023
Zambia
107,913
in 2023
Sweden rank
83rd
Zambia rank
80th

Number of deaths per year over time

  • Sweden
  • Zambia
50.0k75.0k100.0k125.0k150.0k175.0k195019862023

How they compare

Zambia currently reports 107,913 against 93,945 in Sweden, a difference of 13,968.

That makes Zambia's figure about 1.1 times Sweden's.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 74 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Sweden ahead.

Sweden ranks 83rd and Zambia ranks 80th of 236 countries.

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

Head to head by decade

Decade Sweden Zambia Difference Ahead
1950s 70,053 47,586 22,467 Sweden
1960s 78,049 57,221 20,829 Sweden
1970s 86,619 67,389 19,230 Sweden
1980s 92,485 98,674 6,189 Zambia
1990s 94,283 149,544 55,261 Zambia
2000s 92,232 147,190 54,958 Zambia
2010s 90,672 123,495 32,823 Zambia
2020s 94,728 117,314 22,586 Zambia

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher number of deaths per year, Sweden or Zambia?
Zambia, at 107,913 against 93,945 in Sweden as of 2023.
What is the difference in number of deaths per year between Sweden and Zambia?
13,968, with Zambia ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Sweden and Zambia?
74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.
How do Sweden and Zambia rank globally for number of deaths per year?
Sweden ranks 83rd and Zambia ranks 80th of 236 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Our World in Data, published as Number of deaths per year. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Individual pages

Share, cite or embed this page

Cite this page

Sweden vs Zambia: Number of deaths per year. Statizoid, drawing on Our World in Data. Retrieved 10 November 2026, from https://health.statizoid.com/compare/number-of-deaths-per-year/sweden/zambia/

Embed or link this data

Paste this into a page to link back to these figures. The data itself is free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data); please keep the attribution.

<a href="https://health.statizoid.com/compare/number-of-deaths-per-year/sweden/zambia/">Sweden vs Zambia: Number of deaths per year</a> — Statizoid

About this data

Indicator
Number of deaths per year
Source
Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
236 places, 17,464 data points, 1950–2023
Last refreshed