Sub-Saharan Africa Compared by People > Death rate

DEFINITION: The average annual number of deaths during a year per 1,000 population at midyear; also known as crude death rate. The death rate, while only a rough indicator of the mortality situation in a country, accurately indicates the current mortality impact on population growth. This indicator is significantly affected by age distribution, and most countries will eventually show a rise in the overall death rate, in spite of continued decline in mortality at all ages, as declining fertility results in an aging population.

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#	COUNTRY	AMOUNT	DATE
1	South Africa	17.36 deaths/1,000 population	2013
2	Lesotho	15.02 deaths/1,000 population	2013
3	Chad	14.85 deaths/1,000 population	2013
4	Guinea-Bissau	14.77 deaths/1,000 population	2013
5	Central African Republic	14.42 deaths/1,000 population	2013
6	Somalia	14.22 deaths/1,000 population	2013
7	Swaziland	13.95 deaths/1,000 population	2013
8	Mali	13.55 deaths/1,000 population	2013
9	Namibia	13.33 deaths/1,000 population	2013
10	Nigeria	13.2 deaths/1,000 population	2013
11	Zambia	13.17 deaths/1,000 population	2013
12	Gabon	13.11 deaths/1,000 population	2013
13	Niger	13.07 deaths/1,000 population	2013
14	Botswana	12.91 deaths/1,000 population	2013
15	Mozambique	12.57 deaths/1,000 population	2013
16	Malawi	12.54 deaths/1,000 population	2013
17	Burkina Faso	12.21 deaths/1,000 population	2013
18	Angola	11.86 deaths/1,000 population	2013
19	Cameroon	11.51 deaths/1,000 population	2013
20	Zimbabwe	11.4 deaths/1,000 population	2013
=21	Sierra Leone	11.26 deaths/1,000 population	2013
=21	Uganda	11.26 deaths/1,000 population	2013
23	Democratic Republic of the Congo	10.54 deaths/1,000 population	2013
24	Liberia	10.12 deaths/1,000 population	2013
25	Guinea	9.94 deaths/1,000 population	2013
26	Cote d'Ivoire	9.8 deaths/1,000 population	2013
27	Rwanda	9.41 deaths/1,000 population	2013
28	Burundi	9.12 deaths/1,000 population	2013
29	Ethiopia	8.87 deaths/1,000 population	2013
30	Senegal	8.85 deaths/1,000 population	2013
31	South Sudan	8.7 deaths/1,000 population	2013
=32	Equatorial Guinea	8.59 deaths/1,000 population	2013
=32	Benin	8.59 deaths/1,000 population	2013
34	Mauritania	8.5 deaths/1,000 population	2013
35	Tanzania	8.41 deaths/1,000 population	2013
36	Sudan	8.09 deaths/1,000 population	2013
37	Comoros	7.97 deaths/1,000 population	2013
38	Djibouti	7.96 deaths/1,000 population	2013
39	Eritrea	7.78 deaths/1,000 population	2013
40	Sao Tome and Principe	7.68 deaths/1,000 population	2013
41	Togo	7.6 deaths/1,000 population	2013
42	Ghana	7.53 deaths/1,000 population	2013
43	The Gambia	7.38 deaths/1,000 population	2013
44	Kenya	7.12 deaths/1,000 population	2013
45	Madagascar	7.1 deaths/1,000 population	2013
46	Seychelles	6.89 deaths/1,000 population	2013
47	Mauritius	6.79 deaths/1,000 population	2013
48	Cape Verde	6.22 deaths/1,000 population	2013

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