South Asia death rate for 2023 was 6.46, a 0.22% increase from 2022.
South Asia death rate for 2022 was 6.44, a 25.73% decline from 2021.
South Asia death rate for 2021 was 8.67, a 21.79% increase from 2020.
South Asia death rate for 2020 was 7.12, a 8.22% increase from 2019.
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. The full historical dataset is available for download here: South Asia Death Rate Datasets (CSV).