Guinea vs Niger: Annual death rates in people of different ages, by sex
Guinea
62.55 deaths per 1,000 people
in 2023
Niger
63.68 deaths per 1,000 people
in 2023
Guinea rank
6th
Niger rank
5th
Annual death rates in people of different ages, by sex over time
- Guinea
- Niger
How they compare
Niger currently reports 63.68 deaths per 1,000 people against 62.55 deaths per 1,000 people in Guinea, a difference of 1.13 deaths per 1,000 people.
The two have swapped places 3 times across 74 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Guinea ahead.
Guinea ranks 6th and Niger ranks 5th of 236 countries.
Across the 8 decades both report, Guinea averaged higher in 7 and Niger in 1.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Guinea | Niger | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 185.78 deaths per 1,000 people | 127.71 deaths per 1,000 people | 58.06 deaths per 1,000 people | Guinea |
| 1960s | 179.86 deaths per 1,000 people | 128.12 deaths per 1,000 people | 51.73 deaths per 1,000 people | Guinea |
| 1970s | 168.17 deaths per 1,000 people | 130.73 deaths per 1,000 people | 37.44 deaths per 1,000 people | Guinea |
| 1980s | 149.93 deaths per 1,000 people | 130.22 deaths per 1,000 people | 19.71 deaths per 1,000 people | Guinea |
| 1990s | 123.28 deaths per 1,000 people | 119.24 deaths per 1,000 people | 4.04 deaths per 1,000 people | Guinea |
| 2000s | 91.35 deaths per 1,000 people | 89.17 deaths per 1,000 people | 2.18 deaths per 1,000 people | Guinea |
| 2010s | 74.09 deaths per 1,000 people | 69.42 deaths per 1,000 people | 4.67 deaths per 1,000 people | Guinea |
| 2020s | 64.71 deaths per 1,000 people | 64.76 deaths per 1,000 people | 0.0537 deaths per 1,000 people | Niger |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher annual death rates in people of different ages, by sex, Guinea or Niger?
- Niger, at 63.68 deaths per 1,000 people against 62.55 deaths per 1,000 people in Guinea as of 2023.
- What is the difference in annual death rates in people of different ages, by sex between Guinea and Niger?
- 1.13 deaths per 1,000 people, with Niger ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Guinea and Niger?
- 74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.
- How do Guinea and Niger rank globally for annual death rates in people of different ages, by sex?
- Guinea ranks 6th and Niger ranks 5th of 236 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Human Mortality Database (2025); UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – with minor processing by Our World in Data, published as Annual death rates in people of different ages, by sex. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Death rate, calculated as the number of deaths divided by the average number of people alive during the interval.