Mauritania vs Senegal: Death rate, crude

Mauritania
5.41 per 1,000 people
in 2024
Senegal
5.5 per 1,000 people
in 2024
Mauritania rank
183rd
Senegal rank
180th

Death rate, crude over time

  • Mauritania
  • Senegal
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How they compare

Senegal currently reports 5.5 per 1,000 people against 5.41 per 1,000 people in Mauritania, a difference of 0.09 per 1,000 people.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 65 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Senegal ahead.

Mauritania ranks 183rd and Senegal ranks 180th of 218 countries.

Across the 7 decades both report, Mauritania averaged higher in 1 and Senegal in 6.

Head to head by decade

Decade Mauritania Senegal Difference Ahead
1960s 18.18 per 1,000 people 24.62 per 1,000 people 6.44 per 1,000 people Senegal
1970s 15.26 per 1,000 people 21.13 per 1,000 people 5.86 per 1,000 people Senegal
1980s 12.38 per 1,000 people 14.6 per 1,000 people 2.22 per 1,000 people Senegal
1990s 10.12 per 1,000 people 11.12 per 1,000 people 1.01 per 1,000 people Senegal
2000s 7.71 per 1,000 people 9.31 per 1,000 people 1.6 per 1,000 people Senegal
2010s 6.91 per 1,000 people 6.8 per 1,000 people 0.1132 per 1,000 people Mauritania
2020s 5.85 per 1,000 people 5.87 per 1,000 people 0.0208 per 1,000 people Senegal

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher death rate, crude, Mauritania or Senegal?
Senegal, at 5.5 per 1,000 people against 5.41 per 1,000 people in Mauritania as of 2024.
What is the difference in death rate, crude between Mauritania and Senegal?
0.09 per 1,000 people, with Senegal ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Mauritania and Senegal?
65 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2024.
How do Mauritania and Senegal rank globally for death rate, crude?
Mauritania ranks 183rd and Senegal ranks 180th of 218 countries.
Where does this data come from?
World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN), publisher: UN Population Division, published as Death rate, crude (per 1,000 people). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator
Death rate, crude (per 1,000 people)
Unit
per 1,000 people
Source
World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN), publisher: UN Population Division
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
266 places, 17,260 data points, 1960–2024
Last refreshed

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.