Which has higher number of deaths, Azerbaijan or Sierra Leone?

Sierra Leone, at 70,114 deaths against 67,841 deaths in Azerbaijan as of 2023.

What is the difference in number of deaths between Azerbaijan and Sierra Leone?

2,273 deaths, with Sierra Leone ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Azerbaijan and Sierra Leone?

74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.

Where does this data come from?

UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – processed by Our World in Data, published as Number of deaths. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Azerbaijan vs Sierra Leone: Number of deaths

Azerbaijan

67,841 deaths

in 2023

Sierra Leone

70,114 deaths

in 2023

Azerbaijan rank

98th

Sierra Leone rank

97th

Number of deaths over time

Azerbaijan
Sierra Leone

How they compare

Sierra Leone currently reports 70,114 deaths against 67,841 deaths in Azerbaijan, a difference of 2,273 deaths.

The two have swapped places 4 times across 74 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Sierra Leone ahead.

Azerbaijan ranks 98th and Sierra Leone ranks 97th of 236 countries.

Across the 8 decades both report, Azerbaijan averaged higher in 1 and Sierra Leone in 7.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Azerbaijan	Sierra Leone	Difference	Ahead
1950s	68,139 deaths	69,423 deaths	1,284 deaths	Sierra Leone
1960s	67,452 deaths	71,165 deaths	3,713 deaths	Sierra Leone
1970s	56,795 deaths	73,188 deaths	16,393 deaths	Sierra Leone
1980s	59,599 deaths	80,863 deaths	21,263 deaths	Sierra Leone
1990s	67,821 deaths	93,337 deaths	25,516 deaths	Sierra Leone
2000s	61,948 deaths	91,475 deaths	29,528 deaths	Sierra Leone
2010s	65,783 deaths	81,222 deaths	15,439 deaths	Sierra Leone
2020s	77,284 deaths	71,803 deaths	5,480 deaths	Azerbaijan

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher number of deaths, Azerbaijan or Sierra Leone?: Sierra Leone, at 70,114 deaths against 67,841 deaths in Azerbaijan as of 2023.
What is the difference in number of deaths between Azerbaijan and Sierra Leone?: 2,273 deaths, with Sierra Leone ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Azerbaijan and Sierra Leone?: 74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.
How do Azerbaijan and Sierra Leone rank globally for number of deaths?: Azerbaijan ranks 98th and Sierra Leone ranks 97th of 236 countries.
Where does this data come from?: UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – processed by Our World in Data, published as Number of deaths. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator: Number of deaths
Unit: deaths
Source: UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 236 places, 17,464 data points, 1950–2023
Last refreshed: 28 August 2026

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