South Africa Death Rate 1960-2025

South Africa death rate for 2022 was 12.03, a 5.25% increase from 2021.
  • South Africa death rate for 2021 was 11.43, a 21.29% increase from 2020.
  • South Africa death rate for 2020 was 9.43, a 9.41% increase from 2019.
  • South Africa death rate for 2019 was 8.61, a 1.72% decline from 2018.
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.