South Africa 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 South Africa 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 |
| Bulgaria | 15.772 |
| Romania | 13.506 |
| Serbia | 13.399 |
| Russia | 13.169 |
| Belarus | 12.608 |
| Montenegro | 10.912 |
| North Macedonia | 10.714 |
| Cuba | 9.938 |
| Armenia | 9.742 |
| Grenada | 9.598 |
| Mauritius | 9.475 |
| South Africa | 9.389 |
| Albania | 9.021 |
| Fiji | 8.730 |
| Thailand | 8.612 |
| China | 8.168 |
| Guyana | 8.116 |
| Equatorial Guinea | 8.104 |
| Jamaica | 7.804 |
| Suriname | 7.748 |
| Kazakhstan | 7.461 |
| Venezuela | 7.369 |
| Azerbaijan | 7.274 |
| Turkmenistan | 7.202 |
| Namibia | 7.166 |
| Brazil | 7.042 |
| Tonga | 6.840 |
| Dominican Republic | 6.502 |
| Mexico | 6.405 |
| Gabon | 6.386 |
| Colombia | 6.115 |
| Botswana | 6.010 |
| Peru | 5.986 |
| Paraguay | 5.848 |
| Turkey | 5.737 |
| Malaysia | 5.659 |
| Costa Rica | 5.612 |
| Libya | 5.351 |
| Samoa | 5.302 |
| Ecuador | 5.281 |
| Lebanon | 5.095 |
| Belize | 4.997 |
| Iran | 4.904 |
| Algeria | 4.795 |
| Guatemala | 4.686 |
| Iraq | 4.675 |
| Jordan | 4.098 |
| Maldives | 2.864 |
| South Africa - Historical Death Rate Data | ||
|---|---|---|
| Year | Death Rate | Growth Rate |
| 2025 | 9.389 | 0.000% |
| 2024 | 9.389 | 0.000% |
| 2023 | 9.389 | -0.280% |
| 2022 | 9.415 | -0.280% |
| 2021 | 9.441 | -0.290% |
| 2020 | 9.468 | -0.270% |
| 2019 | 9.494 | -0.270% |
| 2018 | 9.520 | -1.930% |
| 2017 | 9.707 | -1.890% |
| 2016 | 9.894 | -1.850% |
| 2015 | 10.080 | -1.820% |
| 2014 | 10.267 | -1.790% |
| 2013 | 10.454 | -5.590% |
| 2012 | 11.073 | -5.290% |
| 2011 | 11.692 | -5.040% |
| 2010 | 12.312 | -4.790% |
| 2009 | 12.931 | -4.570% |
| 2008 | 13.550 | 0.070% |
| 2007 | 13.540 | 0.070% |
| 2006 | 13.531 | 0.070% |
| 2005 | 13.521 | 0.070% |
| 2004 | 13.512 | 0.070% |
| 2003 | 13.502 | 4.860% |
| 2002 | 12.876 | 5.110% |
| 2001 | 12.250 | 5.390% |
| 2000 | 11.624 | 5.690% |
| 1999 | 10.998 | 6.040% |
| 1998 | 10.372 | 4.510% |
| 1997 | 9.924 | 4.740% |
| 1996 | 9.475 | 4.960% |
| 1995 | 9.027 | 5.230% |
| 1994 | 8.578 | 5.510% |
| 1993 | 8.130 | -1.190% |
| 1992 | 8.228 | -1.170% |
| 1991 | 8.325 | -1.160% |
| 1990 | 8.423 | -1.140% |
| 1989 | 8.520 | -1.140% |
| 1988 | 8.618 | -3.440% |
| 1987 | 8.925 | -3.340% |
| 1986 | 9.233 | -3.220% |
| 1985 | 9.540 | -3.130% |
| 1984 | 9.848 | -3.020% |
| 1983 | 10.155 | -2.630% |
| 1982 | 10.429 | -2.560% |
| 1981 | 10.703 | -2.500% |
| 1980 | 10.977 | -2.440% |
| 1979 | 11.251 | -2.380% |
| 1978 | 11.525 | -3.060% |
| 1977 | 11.889 | -2.980% |
| 1976 | 12.254 | -2.880% |
| 1975 | 12.618 | -2.810% |
| 1974 | 12.983 | -2.730% |
| 1973 | 13.347 | -2.600% |
| 1972 | 13.703 | -2.530% |
| 1971 | 14.059 | -2.470% |
| 1970 | 14.415 | -2.410% |
| 1969 | 14.771 | -2.350% |
| 1968 | 15.127 | -2.030% |
| 1967 | 15.440 | -1.990% |
| 1966 | 15.753 | -1.950% |
| 1965 | 16.066 | -1.910% |
| 1964 | 16.379 | -1.880% |
| 1963 | 16.692 | -1.760% |
| 1962 | 16.991 | -1.730% |
| 1961 | 17.290 | -1.700% |
| 1960 | 17.589 | -1.670% |
| 1959 | 17.888 | -1.640% |
| 1958 | 18.187 | -2.250% |
| 1957 | 18.606 | -2.200% |
| 1956 | 19.025 | -2.150% |
| 1955 | 19.444 | -2.110% |
| 1954 | 19.863 | -2.070% |
| 1953 | 20.282 | -2.020% |
| 1952 | 20.701 | -1.980% |
| 1951 | 21.120 | -1.950% |
| 1950 | 21.539 | 0.000% |