Sudan vs Zimbabwe: Annual death rates in people of different ages, by sex
Sudan
33.61 deaths per 1,000 people
in 2023
Zimbabwe
30.44 deaths per 1,000 people
in 2023
Sudan rank
31st
Zimbabwe rank
34th
Annual death rates in people of different ages, by sex over time
- Sudan
- Zimbabwe
How they compare
Sudan currently reports 33.61 deaths per 1,000 people against 30.44 deaths per 1,000 people in Zimbabwe, a difference of 3.17 deaths per 1,000 people.
That makes Sudan's figure about 1.1 times Zimbabwe's.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 74 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Sudan ahead.
Sudan ranks 31st and Zimbabwe ranks 34th of 236 countries.
Sudan has averaged higher in every one of the 8 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Sudan | Zimbabwe | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 116.52 deaths per 1,000 people | 95.25 deaths per 1,000 people | 21.27 deaths per 1,000 people | Sudan |
| 1960s | 100.85 deaths per 1,000 people | 77.93 deaths per 1,000 people | 22.91 deaths per 1,000 people | Sudan |
| 1970s | 92.89 deaths per 1,000 people | 68.07 deaths per 1,000 people | 24.82 deaths per 1,000 people | Sudan |
| 1980s | 91.96 deaths per 1,000 people | 55.09 deaths per 1,000 people | 36.87 deaths per 1,000 people | Sudan |
| 1990s | 72.93 deaths per 1,000 people | 56.83 deaths per 1,000 people | 16.09 deaths per 1,000 people | Sudan |
| 2000s | 56.9 deaths per 1,000 people | 56.88 deaths per 1,000 people | 0.0265 deaths per 1,000 people | Sudan |
| 2010s | 42.11 deaths per 1,000 people | 41.22 deaths per 1,000 people | 0.8836 deaths per 1,000 people | Sudan |
| 2020s | 34.92 deaths per 1,000 people | 31.66 deaths per 1,000 people | 3.26 deaths per 1,000 people | Sudan |
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, Sudan or Zimbabwe?
- Sudan, at 33.61 deaths per 1,000 people against 30.44 deaths per 1,000 people in Zimbabwe as of 2023.
- What is the difference in annual death rates in people of different ages, by sex between Sudan and Zimbabwe?
- 3.17 deaths per 1,000 people, with Sudan ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Sudan and Zimbabwe?
- 74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.
- How do Sudan and Zimbabwe rank globally for annual death rates in people of different ages, by sex?
- Sudan ranks 31st and Zimbabwe ranks 34th 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.