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Sri Lanka: Death rate, crude

7.80per 1,000 people · 2024+23.0% 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 Sri Lanka from 1960 to 2024.

19852024

Every year

YearValue (per 1,000 people)Note
20247.8
20238.2
20228.1
20217.4
20206
20196.7
20186.677
20176.608
20166.493
20156.398
20146.341
20136.291
20126.324
20116.407
20106.403
20097.984
20086.947
20076.694
20066.632
20056.415
20048.246
20036.462
20026.406
20016.482
20006.633
19996.944
19987.005
19977.043
19967.019
19956.988
19946.715
19936.689
19926.781
19916.917
19906.809
19897.504
19886.708
19876.608
19866.528
19856.479
19846.448
19836.368
19826.326
19816.407
19806.503
19796.662
19786.87
19776.988
19767.175
19757.34
19747.481
19737.567
19727.652
19717.828
19707.827
19697.961
19688.139
19678.341
19668.585
19658.853
19649.165
19639.451
19629.794
196110.204
196010.699

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 2026-11-08). catalog snapshot 2026-11-07.

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