South Africa vs Thailand: Death rate, crude

South Africa
9.24 per 1,000 people
in 2024
Thailand
9.03 per 1,000 people
in 2024
South Africa rank
57th
Thailand rank
60th

Death rate, crude over time

  • South Africa
  • Thailand
051015196019922024

How they compare

South Africa currently reports 9.24 per 1,000 people against 9.03 per 1,000 people in Thailand, a difference of 0.21 per 1,000 people.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 65 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Thailand ahead.

South Africa ranks 57th and Thailand ranks 60th of 218 countries.

Across the 7 decades both report, South Africa averaged higher in 6 and Thailand in 1.

Head to head by decade

Decade South Africa Thailand Difference Ahead
1960s 13.13 per 1,000 people 13.2 per 1,000 people 0.0687 per 1,000 people Thailand
1970s 11.12 per 1,000 people 9.11 per 1,000 people 2.01 per 1,000 people South Africa
1980s 8.87 per 1,000 people 6.55 per 1,000 people 2.32 per 1,000 people South Africa
1990s 8.87 per 1,000 people 6.03 per 1,000 people 2.84 per 1,000 people South Africa
2000s 12.4 per 1,000 people 6.54 per 1,000 people 5.85 per 1,000 people South Africa
2010s 9.65 per 1,000 people 6.88 per 1,000 people 2.77 per 1,000 people South Africa
2020s 9.9 per 1,000 people 8.5 per 1,000 people 1.4 per 1,000 people South Africa

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher death rate, crude, South Africa or Thailand?
South Africa, at 9.24 per 1,000 people against 9.03 per 1,000 people in Thailand as of 2024.
What is the difference in death rate, crude between South Africa and Thailand?
0.21 per 1,000 people, with South Africa ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for South Africa and Thailand?
65 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2024.
How do South Africa and Thailand rank globally for death rate, crude?
South Africa ranks 57th and Thailand ranks 60th 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.

Individual pages

Share, cite or embed this page

Cite this page

South Africa vs Thailand: Death rate, crude. Statizoid, drawing on World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN), publisher: UN Population Division. Retrieved 12 September 2026, from https://health.statizoid.com/compare/death-rate-crude-per-1-000-people/south-africa/thailand/

Embed or link this data

Paste this into a page to link back to these figures. The data itself is free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data); please keep the attribution.

<a href="https://health.statizoid.com/compare/death-rate-crude-per-1-000-people/south-africa/thailand/">South Africa vs Thailand: Death rate, crude</a> — Statizoid

About this data

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.