Which has higher number of deaths, Dominican Republic or Sierra Leone?

Dominican Republic, at 70,827 deaths against 70,114 deaths in Sierra Leone as of 2023.

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

713 deaths, with Dominican Republic ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Dominican Republic 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.

Dominican Republic vs Sierra Leone: Number of deaths

Dominican Republic

70,827 deaths

in 2023

Sierra Leone

70,114 deaths

in 2023

Dominican Republic rank

96th

Sierra Leone rank

97th

Number of deaths over time

Dominican Republic
Sierra Leone

How they compare

Dominican Republic currently reports 70,827 deaths against 70,114 deaths in Sierra Leone, a difference of 713 deaths.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 74 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Sierra Leone ahead.

Dominican Republic ranks 96th and Sierra Leone ranks 97th of 236 countries.

Sierra Leone has averaged higher in every one of the 8 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Dominican Republic	Sierra Leone	Difference	Ahead
1950s	52,706 deaths	69,423 deaths	16,717 deaths	Sierra Leone
1960s	50,484 deaths	71,165 deaths	20,681 deaths	Sierra Leone
1970s	44,839 deaths	73,188 deaths	28,349 deaths	Sierra Leone
1980s	43,302 deaths	80,863 deaths	37,561 deaths	Sierra Leone
1990s	44,586 deaths	93,337 deaths	48,751 deaths	Sierra Leone
2000s	51,677 deaths	91,475 deaths	39,798 deaths	Sierra Leone
2010s	59,506 deaths	81,222 deaths	21,716 deaths	Sierra Leone
2020s	71,513 deaths	71,803 deaths	290 deaths	Sierra Leone

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher number of deaths, Dominican Republic or Sierra Leone?: Dominican Republic, at 70,827 deaths against 70,114 deaths in Sierra Leone as of 2023.
What is the difference in number of deaths between Dominican Republic and Sierra Leone?: 713 deaths, with Dominican Republic ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Dominican Republic and Sierra Leone?: 74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.
How do Dominican Republic and Sierra Leone rank globally for number of deaths?: Dominican Republic ranks 96th 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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