Zambia - Child and infant mortality
Number of infant deaths
The value for Number of infant deaths in Zambia was 26,776 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 41,827 in 1999 and a minimum value of 17,898 in 1960.
Definition: Number of infants dying before reaching one year of age.
Source: Estimates developed by the UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (UNICEF, WHO, World Bank, UN DESA Population Division) at www.childmortality.org.
See also:
| Year | Value |
|---|---|
| 1960 | 17,898 |
| 1961 | 18,202 |
| 1962 | 18,494 |
| 1963 | 18,818 |
| 1964 | 19,162 |
| 1965 | 19,569 |
| 1966 | 20,049 |
| 1967 | 20,584 |
| 1968 | 21,088 |
| 1969 | 21,525 |
| 1970 | 21,858 |
| 1971 | 22,057 |
| 1972 | 22,166 |
| 1973 | 22,247 |
| 1974 | 22,370 |
| 1975 | 22,634 |
| 1976 | 23,106 |
| 1977 | 23,760 |
| 1978 | 24,511 |
| 1979 | 25,303 |
| 1980 | 26,156 |
| 1981 | 26,993 |
| 1982 | 27,888 |
| 1983 | 28,985 |
| 1984 | 30,337 |
| 1985 | 31,852 |
| 1986 | 33,444 |
| 1987 | 34,998 |
| 1988 | 36,351 |
| 1989 | 37,499 |
| 1990 | 38,457 |
| 1991 | 39,297 |
| 1992 | 39,965 |
| 1993 | 40,428 |
| 1994 | 40,588 |
| 1995 | 40,733 |
| 1996 | 40,958 |
| 1997 | 41,341 |
| 1998 | 41,689 |
| 1999 | 41,827 |
| 2000 | 41,407 |
| 2001 | 40,106 |
| 2002 | 38,150 |
| 2003 | 36,030 |
| 2004 | 33,687 |
| 2005 | 31,622 |
| 2006 | 30,342 |
| 2007 | 29,960 |
| 2008 | 29,267 |
| 2009 | 28,842 |
| 2010 | 28,389 |
| 2011 | 28,237 |
| 2012 | 28,078 |
| 2013 | 27,043 |
| 2014 | 27,029 |
| 2015 | 27,861 |
| 2016 | 27,414 |
| 2017 | 27,012 |
| 2018 | 27,210 |
| 2019 | 27,025 |
| 2020 | 26,776 |
Number of under-five deaths
The value for Number of under-five deaths in Zambia was 38,955 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 70,606 in 1999 and a minimum value of 29,260 in 1960.
Definition: Number of children dying before reaching age five.
Source: Estimates developed by the UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (UNICEF, WHO, World Bank, UN DESA Population Division) at www.childmortality.org.
See also:
| Year | Value |
|---|---|
| 1960 | 29,260 |
| 1961 | 29,730 |
| 1962 | 30,189 |
| 1963 | 30,718 |
| 1964 | 31,284 |
| 1965 | 31,965 |
| 1966 | 32,764 |
| 1967 | 33,637 |
| 1968 | 34,418 |
| 1969 | 35,042 |
| 1970 | 35,455 |
| 1971 | 35,610 |
| 1972 | 35,591 |
| 1973 | 35,551 |
| 1974 | 35,621 |
| 1975 | 35,988 |
| 1976 | 36,751 |
| 1977 | 37,854 |
| 1978 | 39,127 |
| 1979 | 40,459 |
| 1980 | 41,878 |
| 1981 | 43,251 |
| 1982 | 44,713 |
| 1983 | 46,536 |
| 1984 | 48,825 |
| 1985 | 51,433 |
| 1986 | 54,199 |
| 1987 | 56,953 |
| 1988 | 59,422 |
| 1989 | 61,586 |
| 1990 | 63,522 |
| 1991 | 65,273 |
| 1992 | 66,725 |
| 1993 | 67,741 |
| 1994 | 68,201 |
| 1995 | 68,539 |
| 1996 | 68,999 |
| 1997 | 69,714 |
| 1998 | 70,352 |
| 1999 | 70,606 |
| 2000 | 69,828 |
| 2001 | 67,400 |
| 2002 | 63,892 |
| 2003 | 60,187 |
| 2004 | 56,430 |
| 2005 | 53,063 |
| 2006 | 50,191 |
| 2007 | 48,429 |
| 2008 | 46,871 |
| 2009 | 44,963 |
| 2010 | 43,235 |
| 2011 | 42,756 |
| 2012 | 42,223 |
| 2013 | 40,729 |
| 2014 | 39,706 |
| 2015 | 39,901 |
| 2016 | 38,985 |
| 2017 | 39,095 |
| 2018 | 40,118 |
| 2019 | 39,955 |
| 2020 | 38,955 |
Number of neonatal deaths
The value for Number of neonatal deaths in Zambia was 15,671 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 50 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 16,158 in 2000 and a minimum value of 7,473 in 1970.
Definition: Number of neonates dying before reaching 28 days of age.
Source: Estimates developed by the UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (UNICEF, WHO, World Bank, UN DESA Population Division) at www.childmortality.org.
See also:
| Year | Value |
|---|---|
| 1970 | 7,473 |
| 1971 | 7,642 |
| 1972 | 7,797 |
| 1973 | 7,951 |
| 1974 | 8,117 |
| 1975 | 8,305 |
| 1976 | 8,554 |
| 1977 | 8,831 |
| 1978 | 9,131 |
| 1979 | 9,452 |
| 1980 | 9,779 |
| 1981 | 10,112 |
| 1982 | 10,459 |
| 1983 | 10,836 |
| 1984 | 11,257 |
| 1985 | 11,689 |
| 1986 | 12,103 |
| 1987 | 12,488 |
| 1988 | 12,821 |
| 1989 | 13,065 |
| 1990 | 13,240 |
| 1991 | 13,397 |
| 1992 | 13,580 |
| 1993 | 13,777 |
| 1994 | 14,042 |
| 1995 | 14,381 |
| 1996 | 14,816 |
| 1997 | 15,242 |
| 1998 | 15,659 |
| 1999 | 15,988 |
| 2000 | 16,158 |
| 2001 | 16,057 |
| 2002 | 15,737 |
| 2003 | 15,320 |
| 2004 | 14,894 |
| 2005 | 14,535 |
| 2006 | 14,331 |
| 2007 | 14,292 |
| 2008 | 14,345 |
| 2009 | 14,472 |
| 2010 | 14,622 |
| 2011 | 14,752 |
| 2012 | 14,875 |
| 2013 | 14,978 |
| 2014 | 15,103 |
| 2015 | 15,207 |
| 2016 | 15,343 |
| 2017 | 15,443 |
| 2018 | 15,518 |
| 2019 | 15,594 |
| 2020 | 15,671 |
Classification
Topic: Health Indicators
Sub-Topic: Mortality
