Death rate - Country rankings
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Death rate, per 1000 people, 2022:
The average for 2022 based on 47 countries was 8.41 deaths per 1000 people. The highest value was in Lesotho: 14.07 deaths per 1000 people and the lowest value was in Senegal: 5.55 deaths per 1000 people. The indicator is available from 1960 to 2022. 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, 2022 | Global rank | Available data |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lesotho | 14.07 | 1 | 1960 - 2022 |
| Nigeria | 12.43 | 2 | 1960 - 2022 |
| Chad | 12.16 | 3 | 1960 - 2022 |
| South Africa | 12.03 | 4 | 1960 - 2022 |
| Swaziland | 11.88 | 5 | 1960 - 2022 |
| Namibia | 11.46 | 6 | 1960 - 2022 |
| Somalia | 11.01 | 7 | 1960 - 2022 |
| C.A. Republic | 11 | 8 | 1960 - 2022 |
| Mauritius | 10.2 | 9 | 1960 - 2022 |
| Guinea | 9.87 | 10 | 1960 - 2022 |
| DR Congo | 9.35 | 11 | 1960 - 2022 |
| Benin | 9.32 | 12 | 1960 - 2022 |
| Mali | 8.95 | 13 | 1960 - 2022 |
| Zimbabwe | 8.94 | 14 | 1960 - 2022 |
| Sierra Leone | 8.91 | 15 | 1960 - 2022 |
| Ivory Coast | 8.84 | 16 | 1960 - 2022 |
| Eq. Guinea | 8.71 | 17 | 1960 - 2022 |
| Burkina Faso | 8.66 | 18 | 1960 - 2022 |
| Liberia | 8.63 | 19 | 1960 - 2022 |
| Mozambique | 8.61 | 20 | 1960 - 2022 |
| G.-Bissau | 8.6 | 21 | 1960 - 2022 |
| Comoros | 8.53 | 22 | 1960 - 2022 |
| Cameroon | 8.23 | 23 | 1960 - 2022 |
| Togo | 8.21 | 24 | 1960 - 2022 |
| Angola | 7.86 | 25 | 1960 - 2022 |
| Kenya | 7.83 | 26 | 1960 - 2022 |
| Niger | 7.83 | 27 | 1960 - 2022 |
| Seychelles | 7.8 | 28 | 1971 - 2022 |
| Ghana | 7.59 | 29 | 1960 - 2022 |
| Burundi | 7.31 | 30 | 1960 - 2022 |
| Gabon | 7.31 | 31 | 1960 - 2022 |
| R. of Congo | 7.28 | 32 | 1960 - 2022 |
| Mauritania | 7.2 | 33 | 1960 - 2022 |
| Gambia | 7.14 | 34 | 1960 - 2022 |
| Malawi | 6.93 | 35 | 1960 - 2022 |
| Botswana | 6.9 | 36 | 1960 - 2022 |
| Madagascar | 6.8 | 37 | 1960 - 2022 |
| Eritrea | 6.73 | 38 | 1960 - 2022 |
| Zambia | 6.72 | 39 | 1960 - 2022 |
| Sudan | 6.68 | 40 | 1960 - 2022 |
| Ethiopia | 6.5 | 41 | 1960 - 2022 |
| Tanzania | 5.96 | 42 | 1960 - 2022 |
| Rwanda | 5.85 | 43 | 1960 - 2022 |
| S.T.&Principe | 5.84 | 44 | 1960 - 2022 |
| Cape Verde | 5.66 | 45 | 1960 - 2022 |
| Uganda | 5.58 | 46 | 1960 - 2022 |
| Senegal | 5.55 | 47 | 1960 - 2022 |
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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