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Southern African Countries, 1950-2050

Crude Death Rates - Southern African Countries, 1950-1970

Region and country
Crude death
rate

(per thousand)

1950-55

Crude death
rate

(per thousand)

1955-60

Crude death
rate

(per thousand)

1960-65

Crude death
rate

(per thousand)

1965-70

Southern Africa
20.9
18.7
17.2
15.3
Botswana
22.3
20.2
18.8
16.4
Lesotho
26.6
24.6
22.8
20.9
Namibia
25.1
22.8
20.6
18.7
South Africa
20.3
18.1
16.7
14.8
Swaziland
28.2
25.2
22.5
20.2

 

Crude Death Rates-Southern African Countries, 1970-1995

Region and country
Crude death
rate

(per thousand)

1970-75

Crude death
rate

(per thousand)

1975-80

Crude death
rate

(per thousand)

1980-85

Crude death
rate

(per thousand)

1985-90

Crude death
rate

(per thousand)

1990-95

Southern Africa
14.2
12.7
11.3
9.9
9.1
Botswana
13.6
11.3
9.3
8.3
11.0
Lesotho
19.3
16.5
13.9
12.3
11.3
Namibia
16.8
15.1
13.5
12.1
11.9
South Africa
13.8
12.4
11.1
9.7
8.8
Swaziland
18.0
16.0
13.7
12.5
10.7

 

Crude Death Rates-Southern African Countries, 1995-2025

Region and country
Crude death
rate

(per thousand)

medium variant

1995-00

Crude death
rate

(per thousand)

medium variant

2000-05

Crude death
rate

(per thousand)

medium variant

2005-10

Crude death
rate

(per thousand)

medium variant

2010-15

Crude death
rate

(per thousand)

medium variant

2015-20

Crude death
rate

(per thousand)

medium variant

2020-25

Southern Africa
8.3
7.4
6.8
6.4
6.1
6.1
Botswana
13.0
11.9
10.1
8.5
7.5
7.1
Lesotho
10.6
9.5
8.4
7.4
6.6
6.2
Namibia
11.8
10.9
9.6
8.3
7.4
6.8
South Africa
7.9
7.0
6.5
6.2
6.0
6.0
Swaziland
9.2
7.9
6.9
6.1
5.7
5.5

 

Crude Death Rates-Southern African Countries, 2025-2050

Region and country
Crude death
rate

(per thousand)

medium
variant

2025-30

Crude death
rate

(per thousand)

medium
variant

2030-35

Crude death
rate

(per thousand)

medium
variant

2035-40

Crude death
rate

(per thousand)

medium
variant

2040-45

Crude death
rate

(per thousand)

medium
variant

2045-50

Southern Africa
6.1
6.3
6.6
6.9
7.2
Botswana
7.0
7.2
7.4
7.8
8.2
Lesotho
5.9
5.8
5.8
6.0
6.2
Namibia
6.5
6.3
6.3
6.5
6.7
South Africa
6.1
6.3
6.6
6.9
7.2
Swaziland
5.5
5.6
6.0
6.3
6.9

Footnotes:

Source: "World Population Prospects: The 1996 Revision", United Nations, 1997

- : Data negligible or not available

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