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Zambia: Death rate, crude

5.17per 1,000 people · 2024-32.8% since 2014

Crude death rate indicates the number of deaths occurring during the year, per 1,000 population estimated at midyear. Subtracting the crude death rate from the crude birth rate provides the rate of natural increase, which is equal to the rate of population change in the absence of migration. Annual figures for Zambia from 1960 to 2024.

19852024

Every year

YearValue (per 1,000 people)Note
20245.165
20235.207
20225.583
20216.607
20206.26
20196.482
20186.775
20177.005
20167.203
20157.402
20147.686
20138.017
20128.389
20118.818
20109.29
20099.829
200810.411
200711.047
200611.702
200512.371
200413.109
200313.792
200214.651
200115.459
200016.198
199916.815
199817.123
199717.273
199617.428
199517.401
199417.344
199317.265
199217.205
199117.045
199016.68
198916.356
198815.963
198715.594
198615.224
198514.802
198414.378
198313.989
198213.684
198113.432
198013.259
197913.092
197813.029
197713.099
197613.223
197513.43
197413.627
197313.902
197214.211
197114.489
197014.759
196914.94
196815.139
196715.281
196615.43
196515.573
196416.087
196315.891
196216.062
196116.25
196016.498

Source

Published by World Bank, produced by United Nations, National statistical offices, Eurostat. Licence: CC BY 4.0. Retrieved 2026-11-07.

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World Bank (2026). Death rate, crude. Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/worldbank-death-rate-crude (accessed 2026-11-08). catalog snapshot 2026-11-07.

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