Niger vs Somalia: Annual death rates in people of different ages, by sex
Niger
63.68 deaths per 1,000 people
in 2023
Somalia
64.05 deaths per 1,000 people
in 2023
Niger rank
5th
Somalia rank
4th
Annual death rates in people of different ages, by sex over time
- Niger
- Somalia
How they compare
Somalia currently reports 64.05 deaths per 1,000 people against 63.68 deaths per 1,000 people in Niger, a difference of 0.37 deaths per 1,000 people.
The two have swapped places 6 times across 74 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Somalia ahead.
Niger ranks 5th and Somalia ranks 4th of 236 countries.
Across the 8 decades both report, Niger averaged higher in 2 and Somalia in 6.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Niger | Somalia | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 127.71 deaths per 1,000 people | 148.7 deaths per 1,000 people | 20.99 deaths per 1,000 people | Somalia |
| 1960s | 128.12 deaths per 1,000 people | 136.14 deaths per 1,000 people | 8.01 deaths per 1,000 people | Somalia |
| 1970s | 130.73 deaths per 1,000 people | 128.69 deaths per 1,000 people | 2.05 deaths per 1,000 people | Niger |
| 1980s | 130.22 deaths per 1,000 people | 114.78 deaths per 1,000 people | 15.44 deaths per 1,000 people | Niger |
| 1990s | 119.24 deaths per 1,000 people | 141.73 deaths per 1,000 people | 22.5 deaths per 1,000 people | Somalia |
| 2000s | 89.17 deaths per 1,000 people | 101.94 deaths per 1,000 people | 12.77 deaths per 1,000 people | Somalia |
| 2010s | 69.42 deaths per 1,000 people | 102.7 deaths per 1,000 people | 33.28 deaths per 1,000 people | Somalia |
| 2020s | 64.76 deaths per 1,000 people | 72.1 deaths per 1,000 people | 7.35 deaths per 1,000 people | Somalia |
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, Niger or Somalia?
- Somalia, at 64.05 deaths per 1,000 people against 63.68 deaths per 1,000 people in Niger as of 2023.
- What is the difference in annual death rates in people of different ages, by sex between Niger and Somalia?
- 0.37 deaths per 1,000 people, with Somalia ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Niger and Somalia?
- 74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.
- How do Niger and Somalia rank globally for annual death rates in people of different ages, by sex?
- Niger ranks 5th and Somalia ranks 4th 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.