Life expectancy at age 15 in Zambia
Zambia: Life expectancy at age 15 was 78.49 years in 2100. ▲ Rising
Life expectancy at age 15 in Zambia, 1950–2100
Source: Human Mortality Database (2025); UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in years.
Analysis
Zambia recorded 78.49 years for life expectancy at age 15 in 2100. That is the highest value across all 151 years on record.
That represents a change of up 0.1% on the previous year and up 1.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, life expectancy at age 15 in Zambia peaked at 78.49 years in 2100 and was at its lowest, 56.23 years, in 1999.
That places Zambia 196th out of 236 countries with data for 2100, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 151 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 65.33 years | 64.74 years | 65.98 years | 10 |
| 1960s | 66.51 years | 65.89 years | 66.95 years | 10 |
| 1970s | 67.93 years | 67.07 years | 68.54 years | 10 |
| 1980s | 64.8 years | 61.63 years | 67.65 years | 10 |
| 1990s | 58.19 years | 56.23 years | 60.93 years | 10 |
| 2000s | 58.89 years | 56.45 years | 61.9 years | 10 |
| 2010s | 65.37 years | 62.69 years | 67.66 years | 10 |
| 2020s | 70 years | 66.77 years | 71.08 years | 10 |
| 2030s | 71.53 years | 71.17 years | 71.91 years | 10 |
| 2040s | 72.38 years | 72 years | 72.78 years | 10 |
| 2050s | 73.3 years | 72.87 years | 73.74 years | 10 |
| 2060s | 74.29 years | 73.83 years | 74.78 years | 10 |
| 2070s | 75.41 years | 74.89 years | 75.93 years | 10 |
| 2080s | 76.59 years | 76.05 years | 77.15 years | 10 |
| 2090s | 77.83 years | 77.28 years | 78.37 years | 10 |
| 2100s | 78.49 years | 78.49 years | 78.49 years | 1 |
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- Population, male 49.5% (2025)
- Age population, age 06, female, interpolated 302,089 (2025)
- Age population, age 06, male, interpolated 301,939 (2025)
- Age population, age 07, female, interpolated 296,231 (2025)
- Population ages 15-64, female 6.31 million (2025)
- Population ages 0-14, total 8.98 million (2025)
- Age population, age 07, male, interpolated 296,034 (2025)
- Age population, age 08, female, interpolated 291,211 (2025)
- Age population, age 11, male, interpolated 279,125 (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is life expectancy at age 15 in Zambia?
- Life expectancy at age 15 in Zambia was 78.49 years in 2100, according to Human Mortality Database (2025); UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest life expectancy at age 15 recorded in Zambia?
- The highest recorded value was 78.49 years in 2100.
- What is the lowest life expectancy at age 15 recorded in Zambia?
- The lowest recorded value was 56.23 years in 1999.
- How does Zambia rank for life expectancy at age 15?
- Zambia ranks 196th out of 236 countries with data for 2100.
- Is life expectancy at age 15 rising or falling in Zambia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 1.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Zambia data come from?
- The figures come from Human Mortality Database (2025); UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Life expectancy at age 15. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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The total period life expectancy at age 15, in a given year.