Nigeria Death Rate 1950-2024

NOTE: All death rate data after 2019 are United Nations projections and therefore DO NOT include any impacts from COVID-19.
Chart and table of the Nigeria death rate from 1950 to 2024. United Nations projections are also included through the year 2100.
Data Source: United Nations - World Population Prospects

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Similar Countries Ranked by Death Rate
Country Name 2024 Death Rate
Ukraine 15.221
Lesotho 13.252
Georgia 12.686
Moldova 12.128
Nigeria 10.833
Eswatini 8.852
Republic of Congo 8.617
Myanmar 8.523
Cameroon 8.414
India 7.473
Angola 7.309
Sri Lanka 7.255
Papua New Guinea 7.226
El Salvador 7.220
Djibouti 7.047
Ghana 6.988
Indonesia 6.843
Sudan 6.830
Bolivia 6.819
Mauritania 6.805
Pakistan 6.712
Vietnam 6.689
Mongolia 6.468
Tunisia 6.354
Bhutan 6.347
Kiribati 6.272
Philippines 6.248
Micronesia 6.132
Cambodia 6.115
Zambia 6.005
Uzbekistan 5.961
Timor-Leste 5.735
Egypt 5.713
Bangladesh 5.557
Cabo Verde 5.498
Kenya 5.337
Nicaragua 5.176
Morocco 5.167
Vanuatu 4.947
Sao Tome and Principe 4.595
Honduras 4.544
Solomon Islands 4.239
Nigeria - Historical Death Rate Data
Year Death Rate Growth Rate
2024 10.833 -1.460%
2023 10.994 -1.730%
2022 11.188 -1.700%
2021 11.382 -1.680%
2020 11.577 -1.650%
2019 11.771 -1.620%
2018 11.965 -2.520%
2017 12.274 -2.460%
2016 12.583 -2.400%
2015 12.892 -2.340%
2014 13.201 -2.290%
2013 13.510 -2.330%
2012 13.833 -2.270%
2011 14.155 -2.230%
2010 14.478 -2.180%
2009 14.800 -2.140%
2008 15.123 -2.800%
2007 15.558 -2.720%
2006 15.993 -2.650%
2005 16.428 -2.580%
2004 16.863 -2.510%
2003 17.298 -1.040%
2002 17.479 -1.020%
2001 17.660 -1.020%
2000 17.842 -1.000%
1999 18.023 -0.990%
1998 18.204 -0.310%
1997 18.261 -0.310%
1996 18.317 -0.310%
1995 18.374 -0.300%
1994 18.430 -0.310%
1993 18.487 -0.180%
1992 18.521 -0.180%
1991 18.554 -0.180%
1990 18.588 -0.180%
1989 18.621 -0.180%
1988 18.655 -0.170%
1987 18.686 -0.160%
1986 18.716 -0.170%
1985 18.747 -0.160%
1984 18.777 -0.160%
1983 18.808 -1.510%
1982 19.097 -1.500%
1981 19.387 -1.470%
1980 19.676 -1.450%
1979 19.966 -1.430%
1978 20.255 -1.720%
1977 20.609 -1.690%
1976 20.963 -1.670%
1975 21.318 -1.630%
1974 21.672 -1.610%
1973 22.026 -1.400%
1972 22.339 -1.380%
1971 22.651 -1.360%
1970 22.964 -1.340%
1969 23.276 -1.330%
1968 23.589 -1.420%
1967 23.930 -1.400%
1966 24.271 -1.380%
1965 24.611 -1.370%
1964 24.952 -1.350%
1963 25.293 -1.760%
1962 25.745 -1.730%
1961 26.198 -1.700%
1960 26.650 -1.670%
1959 27.103 -1.640%
1958 27.555 -1.600%
1957 28.004 -1.580%
1956 28.454 -1.550%
1955 28.903 -1.530%
1954 29.353 -1.510%
1953 29.802 -1.480%
1952 30.251 -1.470%
1951 30.701 -1.440%
1950 31.150 0.000%