# Crude death rate in Sri Lanka

Crude death rate in Sri Lanka was 7.8 per 1,000 inhabitants in 2024. Source: World Bank.

- Indicator id: `crude_death_rate`
- Place id: `lk`
- Unit: per 1,000 inhabitants
- Definition: Deaths per 1,000 residents during the year.
- Source: World Bank, Death rate, crude, per 1,000 people (SP.DYN.CDRT.IN) (https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SP.DYN.CDRT.IN)
- Retrieved: 2026-10-09
- License: CC BY 4.0 (commercial and non-commercial reuse, attribution required)
- Citation: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Death rate, crude, per 1,000 people (SP.DYN.CDRT.IN). https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SP.DYN.CDRT.IN. Retrieved 2026-10-09.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/en/death-rate/sri-lanka
- CSV: https://invokely.ai/download/death-rate/sri-lanka.csv
- API: https://invokely.ai/api/v1/series?indicator=crude_death_rate&place=lk

| Period | per 1,000 inhabitants |
|---|---:|
| 2024 | 7.8 |
| 2023 | 8.2 |
| 2022 | 8.1 |
| 2021 | 7.4 |
| 2020 | 6 |
| 2019 | 6.7 |
| 2018 | 6.68 |
| 2017 | 6.61 |
| 2016 | 6.49 |
| 2015 | 6.4 |
| 2014 | 6.34 |
| 2013 | 6.29 |
| 2012 | 6.32 |
| 2011 | 6.41 |
| 2010 | 6.4 |
| 2009 | 7.98 |
| 2008 | 6.95 |
| 2007 | 6.69 |
| 2006 | 6.63 |
| 2005 | 6.42 |
| 2004 | 8.25 |
| 2003 | 6.46 |
| 2002 | 6.41 |
| 2001 | 6.48 |
| 2000 | 6.63 |
| 1999 | 6.94 |
| 1998 | 7.01 |
| 1997 | 7.04 |
| 1996 | 7.02 |
| 1995 | 6.99 |
| 1994 | 6.72 |
| 1993 | 6.69 |
| 1992 | 6.78 |
| 1991 | 6.92 |
| 1990 | 6.81 |
| 1989 | 7.5 |
| 1988 | 6.71 |
| 1987 | 6.61 |
| 1986 | 6.53 |
| 1985 | 6.48 |
| 1984 | 6.45 |
| 1983 | 6.37 |
| 1982 | 6.33 |
| 1981 | 6.41 |
| 1980 | 6.5 |
| 1979 | 6.66 |
| 1978 | 6.87 |
| 1977 | 6.99 |
| 1976 | 7.18 |
| 1975 | 7.34 |
| 1974 | 7.48 |
| 1973 | 7.57 |
| 1972 | 7.65 |
| 1971 | 7.83 |
| 1970 | 7.83 |
| 1969 | 7.96 |
| 1968 | 8.14 |
| 1967 | 8.34 |
| 1966 | 8.59 |
| 1965 | 8.85 |
| 1964 | 9.17 |
| 1963 | 9.45 |
| 1962 | 9.79 |
| 1961 | 10.2 |
| 1960 | 10.7 |