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

Switzerland, at 73,789 deaths against 70,114 deaths in Sierra Leone as of 2023.

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

3,675 deaths, with Switzerland ahead.

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

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.

Sierra Leone vs Switzerland: Number of deaths

Sierra Leone

70,114 deaths

in 2023

Switzerland

73,789 deaths

in 2023

Sierra Leone rank

97th

Switzerland rank

94th

Number of deaths over time

Sierra Leone
Switzerland

How they compare

Switzerland currently reports 73,789 deaths against 70,114 deaths in Sierra Leone, a difference of 3,675 deaths.

That makes Switzerland's figure about 1.1 times Sierra Leone's.

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

Sierra Leone ranks 97th and Switzerland ranks 94th of 236 countries.

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

Head to head by decade

Decade	Sierra Leone	Switzerland	Difference	Ahead
1950s	69,423 deaths	49,537 deaths	19,886 deaths	Sierra Leone
1960s	71,165 deaths	54,956 deaths	16,209 deaths	Sierra Leone
1970s	73,188 deaths	56,874 deaths	16,314 deaths	Sierra Leone
1980s	80,863 deaths	59,931 deaths	20,932 deaths	Sierra Leone
1990s	93,337 deaths	62,960 deaths	30,377 deaths	Sierra Leone
2000s	91,475 deaths	61,773 deaths	29,702 deaths	Sierra Leone
2010s	81,222 deaths	65,540 deaths	15,682 deaths	Sierra Leone
2020s	71,803 deaths	74,550 deaths	2,748 deaths	Switzerland

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher number of deaths, Sierra Leone or Switzerland?: Switzerland, at 73,789 deaths against 70,114 deaths in Sierra Leone as of 2023.
What is the difference in number of deaths between Sierra Leone and Switzerland?: 3,675 deaths, with Switzerland ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Sierra Leone and Switzerland?: 74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.
How do Sierra Leone and Switzerland rank globally for number of deaths?: Sierra Leone ranks 97th and Switzerland ranks 94th 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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