Death rate, crude (per 1,000 people) - Population - Development outcomes - African Development Indicators
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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 population growth rate in the absence of migration. Source: World Bank staff estimates from various sources including census reports, the United Nations Population Division's World Population Prospects, national statistical offices, household surveys conducted by national agencies, and Macro International.
| Death rate, crude (per 1,000 people) - Population - Development outcomes - African Development Indicators (2007) |
Rank | Country | Value |
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| 1 |  Mozambique | 19.81 |
| 2 | Lesotho | 19.17 |
| 3 | Central African Republic | 18.13 |
| 4 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 18.10 |
| 5 | Zambia | 17.49 |
| 6 | Guinea-Bissau | 17.37 |
| 7 | Angola | 17.13 |
| 8 | South Africa | 17.04 |
| 9 | Nigeria | 16.84 |
| 10 | Somalia | 16.56 |
| 11 | Zimbabwe | 16.19 |
| 12 | Sierra Leone | 16 |
| 13 | Swaziland | 15.66 |
| 14 | Chad | 15.38 |
| 15 | Equatorial Guinea | 15.12 |
| 16 | Malawi | 14.82 |
| 17 | Mali | 14.71 |
| 18 | Rwanda | 14.67 |
| 19 | Cameroon | 14.39 |
| 20 | Burkina Faso | 14.35 |
| 21 | Sub-Saharan Africa | 14.27 |
| 22 | Botswana | 14.11 |
| 23 | Sub-Saharan Africa excluding South Africa | 14.09 |
| 24 | Burundi | 14.01 |
| 25 | Niger | 13.78 |
| 26 | Sub-Saharan Africa excluding South Africa and Nigeria | 13.41 |
| 27 | Republic of the Congo | 12.89 |
| 28 | Uganda | 12.86 |
| 29 | Africa | 12.81 |
| 30 | Namibia | 12.43 |
| 31 | Ethiopia | 11.96 |
| 32 | Kenya | 11.77 |
| 33 | Tanzania | 11.51 |
| 34 | Gambia | 11.40 |
| 35 | Djibouti | 11.32 |
| 36 | Guinea | 11.17 |
| 37 | Ghana | 11.15 |
| 38 | Senegal | 10.95 |
| 39 | Ivory Coast | 10.91 |
| 40 | Liberia | 10.60 |
| 41 | Sudan | 10.32 |
| 42 | Gabon | 9.78 |
| 43 | Madagascar | 9.31 |
| 44 | Benin | 9.29 |
| 45 | Eritrea | 9.18 |
| 46 | Togo | 8.21 |
| 47 | Mauritania | 7.85 |
| 48 | Sao Tome and Principe | 7.53 |
| 49 | Seychelles | 7.40 |
| 50 | Mauritius | 6.70 |
| 51 | Comoros | 6.45 |
| 52 | Egypt | 5.87 |
| 53 | Morocco | 5.83 |
| 54 | North Africa | 5.58 |
| 55 | Tunisia | 5.50 |
| 56 | Cape Verde | 5.01 |
| 57 | Algeria | 4.94 |
| 58 | Libya | 4.08 |
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