Nigeria Death Rate 1950-2025
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 2025. United Nations projections are also included through the year 2100.
| Similar Countries Ranked by Death Rate | |
|---|---|
| Country Name | 2025 Death Rate |
| Ukraine | 15.247 |
| Lesotho | 13.094 |
| Georgia | 12.682 |
| Moldova | 12.258 |
| Nigeria | 10.672 |
| Eswatini | 8.779 |
| Myanmar | 8.608 |
| Republic of Congo | 8.482 |
| Cameroon | 8.290 |
| India | 7.530 |
| Sri Lanka | 7.389 |
| El Salvador | 7.253 |
| Papua New Guinea | 7.219 |
| Angola | 7.172 |
| Djibouti | 7.067 |
| Ghana | 6.954 |
| Indonesia | 6.924 |
| Bolivia | 6.834 |
| Sudan | 6.775 |
| Vietnam | 6.768 |
| Mauritania | 6.754 |
| Pakistan | 6.688 |
| Mongolia | 6.520 |
| Tunisia | 6.405 |
| Bhutan | 6.384 |
| Philippines | 6.322 |
| Kiribati | 6.287 |
| Micronesia | 6.218 |
| Cambodia | 6.157 |
| Uzbekistan | 6.040 |
| Zambia | 5.932 |
| Egypt | 5.716 |
| Timor-Leste | 5.692 |
| Bangladesh | 5.583 |
| Cabo Verde | 5.508 |
| Kenya | 5.329 |
| Morocco | 5.209 |
| Nicaragua | 5.208 |
| Vanuatu | 4.920 |
| Sao Tome and Principe | 4.570 |
| Honduras | 4.570 |
| Solomon Islands | 4.245 |
| Nigeria - Historical Death Rate Data | ||
|---|---|---|
| Year | Death Rate | Growth Rate |
| 2025 | 10.672 | -1.490% |
| 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% |