Death rate - Country rankings
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Death rate, per 1000 people, 2024:
The average for 2024 based on 53 countries was 7.2 deaths per 1000 people. The highest value was in Nigeria: 11.64 deaths per 1000 people and the lowest value was in Algeria: 4.62 deaths per 1000 people. The indicator is available from 1960 to 2024. Below is a chart for all countries where data are available.Measure: deaths per 1000 people; Source: The World Bank
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| Countries | Death rate, 2024 | Global rank | Available data |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 11.64 | 1 | 1960 - 2024 |
| Chad | 11.08 | 2 | 1960 - 2024 |
| Lesotho | 10.48 | 3 | 1960 - 2024 |
| Mauritius | 10 | 4 | 1960 - 2024 |
| Somalia | 9.74 | 5 | 1960 - 2024 |
| C.A. Republic | 9.38 | 6 | 1960 - 2024 |
| South Africa | 9.24 | 7 | 1960 - 2024 |
| Guinea | 9.03 | 8 | 1960 - 2024 |
| Niger | 8.72 | 9 | 1960 - 2024 |
| Benin | 8.71 | 10 | 1960 - 2024 |
| Mali | 8.51 | 11 | 1960 - 2024 |
| Togo | 8.49 | 12 | 1960 - 2024 |
| DR Congo | 8.42 | 13 | 1960 - 2024 |
| Sierra Leone | 8.21 | 14 | 1960 - 2024 |
| Liberia | 8.02 | 15 | 1960 - 2024 |
| Burkina Faso | 7.91 | 16 | 1960 - 2024 |
| Eq. Guinea | 7.85 | 17 | 1960 - 2024 |
| Swaziland | 7.73 | 18 | 1960 - 2024 |
| Ivory Coast | 7.61 | 19 | 1960 - 2024 |
| Zimbabwe | 7.5 | 20 | 1960 - 2024 |
| Djibouti | 7.49 | 21 | 1960 - 2024 |
| Madagascar | 7.47 | 22 | 1960 - 2024 |
| Kenya | 7.18 | 23 | 1960 - 2024 |
| Comoros | 7.12 | 24 | 1960 - 2024 |
| Cameroon | 7.03 | 25 | 1960 - 2024 |
| Ghana | 7.01 | 26 | 1960 - 2024 |
| G.-Bissau | 7.01 | 27 | 1960 - 2024 |
| Seychelles | 7 | 28 | 1960 - 2024 |
| Mozambique | 6.91 | 29 | 1960 - 2024 |
| Angola | 6.84 | 30 | 1960 - 2024 |
| Burundi | 6.67 | 31 | 1960 - 2024 |
| Libya | 6.53 | 32 | 1960 - 2024 |
| Sudan | 6.34 | 33 | 1960 - 2024 |
| Gambia | 6.25 | 34 | 1960 - 2024 |
| R. of Congo | 6.24 | 35 | 1960 - 2024 |
| Gabon | 6.23 | 36 | 1960 - 2024 |
| Namibia | 6.18 | 37 | 1960 - 2024 |
| Tunisia | 6.13 | 38 | 1960 - 2024 |
| Eritrea | 5.99 | 39 | 1960 - 2024 |
| Rwanda | 5.89 | 40 | 1960 - 2024 |
| Ethiopia | 5.88 | 41 | 1960 - 2024 |
| Botswana | 5.74 | 42 | 1960 - 2024 |
| Morocco | 5.73 | 43 | 1960 - 2024 |
| Tanzania | 5.72 | 44 | 1960 - 2024 |
| S.T.&Principe | 5.53 | 45 | 1960 - 2024 |
| Egypt | 5.51 | 46 | 1960 - 2024 |
| Senegal | 5.51 | 47 | 1960 - 2024 |
| Mauritania | 5.41 | 48 | 1960 - 2024 |
| Malawi | 5.29 | 49 | 1960 - 2024 |
| Zambia | 5.16 | 50 | 1960 - 2024 |
| Cape Verde | 5.1 | 51 | 1960 - 2024 |
| Uganda | 4.77 | 52 | 1960 - 2024 |
| Algeria | 4.62 | 53 | 1960 - 2024 |
Definition: 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.
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