Death rate - Country rankings
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Death rate, per 1000 people, 2021:
The average for 2021 based on 45 countries was 12.19 deaths per 1000 people. The highest value was in Bulgaria: 21.7 deaths per 1000 people and the lowest value was in Iceland: 6.3 deaths per 1000 people. The indicator is available from 1960 to 2021. Below is a chart for all countries where data are available.Measure: deaths per 1000 people; Source: The World Bank
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| Countries | Death rate, 2021 | Global rank | Available data |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bulgaria | 21.7 | 1 | 1960 - 2021 |
| Serbia | 20 | 2 | 1960 - 2021 |
| Ukraine | 18.5 | 3 | 1960 - 2021 |
| Latvia | 18.4 | 4 | 1960 - 2021 |
| Romania | 17.5 | 5 | 1960 - 2021 |
| Lithuania | 17 | 6 | 1960 - 2021 |
| Russia | 16.7 | 7 | 1960 - 2021 |
| Belarus | 16.54 | 8 | 1960 - 2021 |
| Moldova | 16.36 | 9 | 1960 - 2021 |
| Croatia | 16.2 | 10 | 1960 - 2021 |
| Hungary | 16.1 | 11 | 1960 - 2021 |
| Bosnia & Herz. | 15.71 | 12 | 1960 - 2021 |
| North Macedonia | 15.5 | 13 | 1960 - 2021 |
| Montenegro | 14.8 | 14 | 1960 - 2021 |
| Estonia | 14 | 15 | 1960 - 2021 |
| Poland | 13.8 | 16 | 1960 - 2021 |
| Greece | 13.5 | 17 | 1960 - 2021 |
| Slovakia | 13.5 | 18 | 1960 - 2021 |
| Czechia | 13.3 | 19 | 1960 - 2021 |
| Germany | 12.3 | 20 | 1960 - 2021 |
| Portugal | 12.1 | 21 | 1960 - 2021 |
| Italy | 12 | 22 | 1960 - 2021 |
| Gibraltar | 11.55 | 23 | 1960 - 2021 |
| Albania | 11.32 | 24 | 1960 - 2021 |
| Slovenia | 11 | 25 | 1960 - 2021 |
| Finland | 10.4 | 26 | 1960 - 2021 |
| Austria | 10.3 | 27 | 1960 - 2021 |
| Denmark | 9.8 | 28 | 1960 - 2021 |
| Netherlands | 9.8 | 29 | 1960 - 2021 |
| Belgium | 9.7 | 30 | 1960 - 2021 |
| France | 9.7 | 31 | 1960 - 2021 |
| UK | 9.7 | 32 | 1960 - 2021 |
| Spain | 9.5 | 33 | 1960 - 2021 |
| San Marino | 9.1 | 34 | 2004 - 2021 |
| Sweden | 8.8 | 35 | 1960 - 2021 |
| Switzerland | 8.2 | 36 | 1960 - 2021 |
| Faroe Isl. | 8.1 | 37 | 1970 - 2021 |
| Malta | 8 | 38 | 1960 - 2021 |
| Norway | 7.8 | 39 | 1960 - 2021 |
| Cyprus | 7.26 | 40 | 1960 - 2021 |
| Luxembourg | 7 | 41 | 1960 - 2021 |
| Liechtenstein | 6.9 | 42 | 1960 - 2021 |
| Ireland | 6.6 | 43 | 1960 - 2021 |
| Turkey | 6.4 | 44 | 1960 - 2021 |
| Iceland | 6.3 | 45 | 1960 - 2021 |
Definition: Crude death rate indicates the number of deaths occurring during the year, per 1,000 population estimated at midyear. Subtracting the crude death rate from the crude birth rate provides the rate of natural increase, which is equal to the rate of population change in the absence of migration.
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