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Nigeria: Death rate, crude

11.64per 1,000 people · 2024-15.3% since 2014

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. Annual figures for Nigeria from 1960 to 2024.

19852024

Every year

YearValue (per 1,000 people)Note
202411.641
202311.74
202211.953
202112.306
202012.586
201912.679
201812.952
201713.192
201613.408
201513.656
201413.736
201313.864
201214.019
201114.203
201014.36
200914.554
200814.801
200715.067
200615.43
200515.692
200415.986
200316.37
200216.799
200117.149
200017.439
199917.803
199818.153
199718.358
199618.513
199518.535
199418.65
199318.675
199218.851
199118.972
199018.855
198918.848
198818.89
198718.926
198618.984
198518.928
198418.937
198319.034
198219.034
198119.201
198019.526
197919.778
197820.12
197720.5
197621
197521.906
197422.315
197322.804
197223.228
197123.752
197024.206
196925.049
196825.297
196726.356
196625.598
196525.698
196425.89
196326.016
196226.165
196126.286
196026.457

Source

Published by World Bank, produced by United Nations, National statistical offices, Eurostat. Licence: CC BY 4.0. Retrieved 2026-11-07.

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World Bank (2026). Death rate, crude. Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/worldbank-death-rate-crude (accessed 2026-11-07). catalog snapshot 2026-11-07.

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