Nigeria - Death Rate 1971
23.8
−0.5 from 1970
Nigeria's death rate was 23.8 in 1971, decreased +0.5 from 24.2 in 1970. This was the 199th highest globally.
Global Ranking - 1971▾
| Rank | Country | Value | YoY |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Andorra | 4.4 | -2.5% |
| 2nd | Hong Kong SAR, China | 5.0 | -2.0% |
| 3rd | Guam | 5.0 | -1.1% |
| 4th | Sint Maarten (Dutch part) | 5.1 | -4.1% |
| 5th | Kuwait | 5.1 | -4.9% |
| 6th | St. Martin (French part) | 5.1 | -2.3% |
| 7th | Singapore | 5.4 | 3.8% |
| 8th | Macao SAR, China | 5.5 | -2.4% |
| 9th | American Samoa | 5.5 | -3.0% |
| 10th | Northern Mariana Islands | 5.8 | -5.6% |
| 11th | Costa Rica | 6.0 | -4.6% |
| 12th | Aruba | 6.1 | -0.8% |
| 13th | Greenland | 6.1 | 0.0% |
| 14th | Antigua and Barbuda | 6.1 | -1.3% |
| 15th | Grenada | 6.2 | -1.0% |
| 16th | Qatar | 6.2 | -10.1% |
| 17th | Bahamas, The | 6.4 | -2.3% |
| 18th | Puerto Rico (US) | 6.5 | -3.0% |
| 19th | Virgin Islands (US) | 6.5 | -4.4% |
| 20th | Brunei Darussalam | 6.5 | -6.1% |
| 21st | United Arab Emirates | 6.5 | -6.1% |
| 22nd | Curaçao | 6.6 | -1.5% |
| 23rd | Japan | 6.6 | -4.3% |
| 24th | Bahrain | 6.7 | -8.3% |
| 25th | Cuba | 6.8 | -3.0% |
| 26th | Barbados | 6.9 | -0.3% |
| 27th | Israel | 7.0 | -1.4% |
| 28th | Malaysia | 7.0 | -3.0% |
| 29th | Montenegro | 7.2 | -1.7% |
| 30th | British Virgin Islands | 7.2 | -1.8% |
| 31st | Korea | 7.2 | -10.0% |
| 32nd | Panama | 7.3 | -4.0% |
| 33rd | Canada | 7.3 | 0.0% |
| 34th | Iceland | 7.3 | 2.8% |
| 35th | San Marino | 7.3 | -1.7% |
| 36th | China | 7.3 | -3.7% |
| 37th | Tonga | 7.4 | -3.0% |
| 38th | French Polynesia | 7.5 | -3.1% |
| 39th | Gibraltar | 7.5 | -0.8% |
| 40th | Bermuda | 7.6 | -2.2% |
| 41st | Mauritius | 7.7 | -2.5% |
| 42nd | Fiji | 7.7 | -1.2% |
| 43rd | Nauru | 7.8 | 0.3% |
| 44th | Sri Lanka | 7.8 | 0.0% |
| 45th | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 7.9 | 0.4% |
| 46th | Trinidad and Tobago | 7.9 | -1.3% |
| 47th | Lebanon | 7.9 | -1.6% |
| 48th | Belarus | 7.9 | -0.2% |
| 49th | Faroe Islands | 8.0 | 8.1% |
| 50th | Philippines | 8.1 | -1.8% |
| 51st | Colombia | 8.1 | -4.0% |
| 52nd | North Macedonia | 8.1 | -0.9% |
| 53rd | Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of | 8.2 | -4.2% |
| 54th | Chile | 8.2 | -2.0% |
| 55th | St. Lucia | 8.3 | -2.5% |
| 56th | Jamaica | 8.4 | -1.4% |
| 57th | Greece | 8.4 | 0.0% |
| 58th | Netherlands | 8.4 | 0.0% |
| 59th | Albania | 8.5 | -4.5% |
| 60th | Samoa | 8.5 | -3.2% |
| 61st | New Zealand | 8.5 | -3.6% |
| 62nd | Lithuania | 8.5 | -4.5% |
| 63rd | Seychelles | 8.5 | -14.2% |
| 64th | Armenia | 8.6 | -1.8% |
| 65th | Australia | 8.6 | -4.4% |
| 66th | Liechtenstein | 8.6 | 11.7% |
| 67th | Poland | 8.7 | 6.1% |
| 68th | Dominica | 8.7 | -4.0% |
| 69th | Russian Federation | 8.7 | 0.6% |
| 70th | Spain | 8.8 | 6.0% |
| 71st | Belize | 8.8 | -2.7% |
| 72nd | St. Vincent and the Grenadines | 8.9 | -2.3% |
| 73rd | Ukraine | 9.0 | 1.1% |
| 74th | Serbia | 9.0 | 2.6% |
| 75th | Jordan | 9.1 | -9.9% |
| 76th | New Caledonia | 9.1 | -3.5% |
| 77th | Paraguay | 9.3 | -1.3% |
| 78th | Switzerland | 9.3 | 1.1% |
| 79th | United States | 9.3 | -2.1% |
| 80th | Argentina | 9.4 | 2.2% |
| 81st | Micronesia, Federated States of | 9.4 | -2.4% |
| 82nd | Slovak Republic | 9.4 | 1.1% |
| 83rd | Romania | 9.5 | 0.0% |
| 84th | Guyana | 9.6 | -0.4% |
| 85th | Turks and Caicos Islands | 9.6 | -4.6% |
| 86th | Mexico | 9.7 | -3.3% |
| 87th | Bulgaria | 9.7 | 6.6% |
| 88th | Italy | 9.7 | 0.0% |
| 89th | Uruguay | 9.8 | 0.0% |
| 90th | Denmark | 9.8 | 0.0% |
| 91st | Cyprus | 9.8 | 2.0% |
| 92nd | Syrian Arab Republic | 9.9 | -4.8% |
| 93rd | Finland | 9.9 | 3.1% |
| 94th | Azerbaijan | 9.9 | -3.0% |
| 95th | Norway | 10.0 | 0.0% |
| 96th | Slovenia | 10.0 | -1.0% |
| 97th | Croatia | 10.1 | 1.0% |
| 98th | Cayman Islands | 10.2 | -6.8% |
| 99th | Dominican Republic | 10.2 | -3.9% |
| 100th | Kazakhstan | 10.2 | -0.7% |
| 101st | Malta | 10.2 | 1.0% |
| 102nd | Sweden | 10.2 | 3.0% |
| 103rd | Brazil | 10.2 | -2.1% |
| 104th | Thailand | 10.3 | -3.8% |
| 105th | Suriname | 10.3 | -1.9% |
| 106th | Georgia | 10.3 | 0.1% |
| 107th | European Union | 10.5 | 0.8% |
| 108th | Iraq | 10.5 | -4.0% |
| 109th | Moldova | 10.7 | -0.5% |
| 110th | Ireland | 10.7 | -6.1% |
| 111th | France | 10.8 | 0.0% |
| 112th | Estonia | 10.9 | -2.7% |
| 113th | Marshall Islands | 11.0 | -3.5% |
| 114th | Ecuador | 11.1 | -3.1% |
| 115th | Latvia | 11.1 | -1.8% |
| 116th | Zimbabwe | 11.1 | -1.0% |
| 117th | Uzbekistan | 11.2 | -2.3% |
| 118th | Palau | 11.4 | -4.1% |
| 119th | Portugal | 11.4 | 6.5% |
| 120th | United Kingdom | 11.5 | -2.5% |
| 121st | Libya | 11.7 | -6.6% |
| 122nd | Kyrgyz Republic | 11.9 | -2.0% |
| 123rd | Vanuatu | 11.9 | -2.3% |
| 124th | Hungary | 11.9 | 2.6% |
| 125th | Solomon Islands | 12.0 | -5.6% |
| 126th | St. Kitts and Nevis | 12.0 | -1.3% |
| 127th | South Africa | 12.0 | -1.6% |
| 128th | Channel Islands | 12.1 | -1.6% |
| 129th | Tuvalu | 12.2 | -2.8% |
| 130th | Papua New Guinea | 12.3 | -2.6% |
| 131st | Germany | 12.3 | -1.6% |
| 132nd | Botswana | 12.3 | -3.8% |
| 133rd | Belgium | 12.4 | 0.8% |
| 134th | Czechia | 12.5 | 0.0% |
| 135th | Turkmenistan | 12.5 | -2.3% |
| 136th | São Tomé and Principe | 12.7 | -4.7% |
| 137th | Honduras | 12.8 | -3.4% |
| 138th | Luxembourg | 12.8 | 4.9% |
| 139th | Tajikistan | 12.8 | -1.9% |
| 140th | Viet Nam | 13.0 | -2.7% |
| 141st | Austria | 13.0 | -1.5% |
| 142nd | Cabo Verde | 13.1 | -1.1% |
| 143rd | Türkiye | 13.1 | -3.0% |
| 144th | Nicaragua | 13.1 | -2.0% |
| 145th | Indonesia | 13.2 | -2.9% |
| 146th | Kenya | 13.2 | -2.6% |
| 147th | Tunisia | 13.3 | -6.0% |
| 148th | Kiribati | 13.4 | -3.7% |
| 149th | Namibia | 13.5 | -2.8% |
| 150th | Congo, Republic of | 13.5 | -2.0% |
| 151st | Peru | 13.5 | -28.0% |
| 152nd | Kosovo | 14.1 | -5.6% |
| 153rd | Saudi Arabia | 14.1 | -5.2% |
| 154th | Sudan | 14.4 | -1.0% |
| 155th | Zambia | 14.5 | -1.8% |
| 156th | Guatemala | 14.9 | -6.9% |
| 157th | El Salvador | 15.0 | -2.8% |
| 158th | Eswatini | 15.0 | -2.1% |
| 159th | Lesotho | 15.0 | -2.0% |
| 160th | Myanmar | 15.1 | -2.4% |
| 161st | Iran, Islamic Republic of | 15.5 | -4.9% |
| 162nd | Mauritania | 15.9 | -0.9% |
| 163rd | Morocco | 16.2 | -2.5% |
| 164th | Mongolia | 16.3 | -2.8% |
| 165th | Pakistan | 16.5 | 15.8% |
| 166th | India | 16.8 | -1.2% |
| 167th | Gabon | 16.9 | -2.0% |
| 168th | Monaco | 17.0 | 0.6% |
| 169th | Isle of Man | 17.2 | 0.2% |
| 170th | Egypt, Arab Republic of | 17.3 | -1.8% |
| 171st | Djibouti | 17.3 | 0.5% |
| 172nd | Madagascar | 17.4 | -1.1% |
| 173rd | Haiti | 17.9 | -1.4% |
| 174th | Cameroon | 18.0 | -2.2% |
| 175th | Uganda | 18.0 | 9.8% |
| 176th | Tanzania | 18.4 | -1.6% |
| 177th | Ghana | 18.5 | -1.6% |
| 178th | Rwanda | 18.6 | 1.6% |
| 179th | Togo | 18.6 | -1.7% |
| 180th | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 18.8 | -1.9% |
| 181st | Oman | 19.0 | -5.2% |
| 182nd | Somalia, Fed. Rep. | 19.2 | -0.7% |
| 183rd | Maldives | 19.5 | -3.8% |
| 184th | Central African Republic | 19.7 | -2.4% |
| 185th | Lao PDR | 20.2 | -1.2% |
| 186th | Comoros | 20.3 | -2.4% |
| 187th | Côte d'Ivoire | 20.6 | -3.1% |
| 188th | Nepal | 20.6 | -1.8% |
| 189th | Congo, Democratic Republic of | 20.9 | -1.1% |
| 190th | Algeria | 21.0 | -2.3% |
| 191st | Burundi | 21.6 | 0.2% |
| 192nd | Bhutan | 21.9 | -2.5% |
| 193rd | Eritrea | 21.9 | -1.7% |
| 194th | Mozambique | 22.2 | -0.8% |
| 195th | Cambodia | 23.1 | -1.8% |
| 196th | Benin | 23.2 | -1.7% |
| 197th | Senegal | 23.2 | -1.7% |
| 198th | Liberia | 23.5 | -1.7% |
| 199th | Nigeria | 23.8 | -1.9% |
| 200th | Gambia, The | 23.8 | -1.9% |
| 201st | Chad | 24.0 | 2.0% |
| 202nd | Angola | 24.3 | -2.6% |
| 203rd | Timor-Leste | 24.4 | -2.4% |
| 204th | Burkina Faso | 24.7 | -0.9% |
| 205th | Guinea | 25.3 | -1.0% |
| 206th | Guinea-Bissau | 25.6 | 0.2% |
| 207th | Yemen, Republic of | 25.6 | -4.1% |
| 208th | Sierra Leone | 26.1 | -1.6% |
| 209th | Afghanistan | 26.4 | -1.7% |
| 210th | Equatorial Guinea | 27.4 | -18.7% |
| 211th | Malawi | 28.2 | -1.8% |
| 212th | Niger | 28.7 | 2.3% |
| 213th | Mali | 31.1 | -1.2% |
| 214th | South Sudan | 33.7 | -18.5% |
| 215th | Bangladesh | 39.9 | 80.0% |
FAQ
What was Nigeria's death rate in 1971?▾
Nigeria's death rate in 1971 was 23.8. This ranked 199th globally.
How did Nigeria's death rate change in 1971?▾
Nigeria's death rate decreased by 1.9% in 1971 compared to 1970.
Which country had the highest death rate in 1971?▾
Bangladesh had the highest death rate in 1971 at 39.9.
What is the death rate of Nigeria in 1971?▾
The death rate of Nigeria in 1971 was 23.8. This ranked 199th globally.
How does 1971 compare to 1970 for Nigeria's death rate?▾
Nigeria's death rate went from 24.2 in 1970 to 23.8 in 1971, a 1.9% decrease.
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