What is the difference in number of deaths between Bulgaria and Zambia?

4,938 deaths, with Zambia ahead.

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

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

Where does this data come from?

UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – processed by Our World in Data, published as Number of deaths. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Bulgaria vs Zambia: Number of deaths

Bulgaria

102,975 deaths

in 2023

Zambia

107,913 deaths

in 2023

Bulgaria rank

81st

Zambia rank

80th

Number of deaths over time

Bulgaria
Zambia

How they compare

Zambia currently reports 107,913 deaths against 102,975 deaths in Bulgaria, a difference of 4,938 deaths.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 74 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Bulgaria ahead.

Bulgaria ranks 81st and Zambia ranks 80th of 236 countries.

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

Head to head by decade

Decade	Bulgaria	Zambia	Difference	Ahead
1950s	70,448 deaths	47,586 deaths	22,862 deaths	Bulgaria
1960s	68,650 deaths	57,221 deaths	11,429 deaths	Bulgaria
1970s	86,773 deaths	67,389 deaths	19,384 deaths	Bulgaria
1980s	103,054 deaths	98,674 deaths	4,381 deaths	Bulgaria
1990s	113,552 deaths	149,544 deaths	35,992 deaths	Zambia
2000s	111,880 deaths	147,190 deaths	35,310 deaths	Zambia
2010s	108,274 deaths	123,495 deaths	15,222 deaths	Zambia
2020s	122,777 deaths	117,314 deaths	5,463 deaths	Bulgaria

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher number of deaths, Bulgaria or Zambia?: Zambia, at 107,913 deaths against 102,975 deaths in Bulgaria as of 2023.
What is the difference in number of deaths between Bulgaria and Zambia?: 4,938 deaths, with Zambia ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Bulgaria and Zambia?: 74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.
How do Bulgaria and Zambia rank globally for number of deaths?: Bulgaria ranks 81st and Zambia ranks 80th of 236 countries.
Where does this data come from?: UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – processed by Our World in Data, published as Number of deaths. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator: Number of deaths
Unit: deaths
Source: UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 236 places, 17,464 data points, 1950–2023
Last refreshed: 28 August 2026

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