Death rate - Country rankings

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Death rate, per 1000 people, 2020 - Country rankings:

The average for 2020 based on 192 countries was 7.83 deaths per 1000 people.The highest value was in Bulgaria: 18 deaths per 1000 people and the lowest value was in Qatar: 1.29 deaths per 1000 people. The indicator is available from 1960 to 2020. 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, 2020	Global rank	Available data
Bulgaria	18	1	1960 - 2020
Serbia	16.9	2	1991 - 2020
Ukraine	15.9	3	1960 - 2020
Lithuania	15.6	4	1960 - 2020
Romania	15.4	5	1960 - 2020
Latvia	15.2	6	1960 - 2020
Russia	14.6	7	1960 - 2020
Hungary	14.5	8	1960 - 2020
Croatia	14.1	9	1960 - 2020
Lesotho	13.69	10	1960 - 2020
Belarus	13	11	1960 - 2020
Georgia	12.75	12	1960 - 2020
Italy	12.6	13	1960 - 2020
Poland	12.6	14	1960 - 2020
North Macedonia	12.4	15	1960 - 2020
Greece	12.2	16	1960 - 2020
Czechia	12.1	17	1960 - 2020
Portugal	12	18	1960 - 2020
Estonia	11.9	19	1960 - 2020
Germany	11.9	20	1960 - 2020
Moldova	11.78	21	1960 - 2020
C.A. Republic	11.72	22	1960 - 2020
Chad	11.72	23	1960 - 2020
Montenegro	11.7	24	1960 - 2020
Nigeria	11.42	25	1960 - 2020
Slovenia	11.4	26	1960 - 2020
Sierra Leone	11.3	27	1960 - 2020
Euro area	11.14	28	1960 - 2020
Japan	11.1	29	1960 - 2020
Bosnia & Herz.	11.05	30	1960 - 2020
Belgium	11	31	1960 - 2020
Slovakia	10.8	32	1960 - 2020
Somalia	10.5	33	1960 - 2020
Spain	10.4	34	1960 - 2020
UK	10.4	35	1960 - 2020
Austria	10.3	36	1960 - 2020
USA	10.3	37	1960 - 2020
Finland	10	38	1960 - 2020
France	9.9	39	1960 - 2020
San Marino	9.9	40	2004 - 2020
Armenia	9.8	41	1960 - 2020
Ivory Coast	9.71	42	1960 - 2020
Netherlands	9.7	43	1960 - 2020
Puerto Rico	9.6	44	1960 - 2020
Grenada	9.59	45	1960 - 2020
Sweden	9.5	46	1960 - 2020
Uruguay	9.48	47	1960 - 2020
Denmark	9.4	48	1960 - 2020
St. Vincent & ...	9.38	49	1960 - 2020
South Africa	9.38	50	1960 - 2020
Aruba	9.36	51	1960 - 2020
North Korea	9.31	52	1960 - 2020
G.-Bissau	9.27	53	1960 - 2020
Mali	9.16	54	1960 - 2020
Barbados	9.13	55	1960 - 2020
DR Congo	9.12	56	1960 - 2020
Eq. Guinea	8.91	57	1960 - 2020
Cameroon	8.88	58	1960 - 2020
Swaziland	8.88	59	1960 - 2020
Bermuda	8.8	60	1960 - 2020
Switzerland	8.8	61	1960 - 2020
Mauritius	8.7	62	1960 - 2020
Tr.&Tobago	8.64	63	1960 - 2020
Kazakhstan	8.6	64	1960 - 2020
Benin	8.57	65	1960 - 2020
Haiti	8.38	66	1960 - 2020
Fiji	8.33	67	1960 - 2020
Albania	8.26	68	1960 - 2020
Burma	8.25	69	1960 - 2020
Liechtenstein	8.2	70	1960 - 2020
Togo	8.2	71	1960 - 2020
Canada	8.1	72	1960 - 2020
Guinea	8.03	73	1960 - 2020
Mozambique	7.95	74	1960 - 2020
Thailand	7.92	75	1960 - 2020
Malta	7.9	76	1960 - 2020
Niger	7.82	77	1960 - 2020
Angola	7.8	78	1960 - 2020
Namibia	7.73	79	1960 - 2020
Burkina Faso	7.71	80	1960 - 2020
Zimbabwe	7.69	81	1960 - 2020
Guyana	7.65	82	1960 - 2020
Burundi	7.61	83	1960 - 2020
Jamaica	7.61	84	1960 - 2020
Argentina	7.6	85	1960 - 2020
Palau	7.6	86	1990 - 2020
Gambia	7.55	87	1960 - 2020
Azerbaijan	7.5	88	1960 - 2020
Norway	7.5	89	1960 - 2020
Suriname	7.45	90	1960 - 2020
Saint Lucia	7.33	91	1960 - 2020
India	7.3	92	1960 - 2020
Luxembourg	7.3	93	1960 - 2020
Papua N.G.	7.3	94	1960 - 2020
Liberia	7.26	95	1960 - 2020
Venezuela	7.22	96	1960 - 2020
Cyprus	7.18	97	1960 - 2020
Ghana	7.14	98	1960 - 2020
El Salvador	7.1	99	1960 - 2020
China	7.07	100	1960 - 2020
Comoros	7.06	101	1960 - 2020
Sudan	7.05	102	1960 - 2020
Tonga	7.05	103	1960 - 2020
Turkmenistan	7.04	104	1960 - 2020
Mauritania	7.03	105	1960 - 2020
Faroe Isl.	7	106	1970 - 2020
Bahamas	6.93	107	1960 - 2020
Djibouti	6.92	108	1960 - 2020
Eritrea	6.87	109	1960 - 2020
Sri Lanka	6.85	110	1960 - 2020
Pakistan	6.84	111	1960 - 2020
Hong Kong	6.8	112	1960 - 2020
Seychelles	6.8	113	1971 - 2020
Bolivia	6.76	114	1960 - 2020
Micronesia	6.68	115	1960 - 2020
Brazil	6.61	116	1960 - 2020
Gabon	6.6	117	1960 - 2020
Indonesia	6.57	118	1960 - 2020
R. of Congo	6.55	119	1960 - 2020
Ant.& Barb.	6.48	120	1960 - 2020
Vietnam	6.44	121	1960 - 2020
New Zealand	6.41	122	1960 - 2020
Ireland	6.4	123	1960 - 2020
Chile	6.35	124	1960 - 2020
Mongolia	6.35	125	1960 - 2020
Laos	6.32	126	1960 - 2020
Australia	6.3	127	1960 - 2020
Iceland	6.3	128	1960 - 2020
Ethiopia	6.29	129	1960 - 2020
Nepal	6.29	130	1960 - 2020
Bhutan	6.26	131	1960 - 2020
Malawi	6.26	132	1960 - 2020
Tunisia	6.26	133	1960 - 2020
Kiribati	6.25	134	1960 - 2020
Uganda	6.24	135	1960 - 2020
Domin. Rep.	6.23	136	1960 - 2020
Zambia	6.22	137	1960 - 2020
Afghanistan	6.16	138	1960 - 2020
Mexico	6.15	139	1960 - 2020
Tanzania	6.12	140	1960 - 2020
Kyrgyzstan	6.1	141	1960 - 2020
Cambodia	6	142	1960 - 2020
Philippines	5.98	143	1960 - 2020
Yemen	5.98	144	1960 - 2020
N. Caledonia	5.92	145	1960 - 2020
South Korea	5.9	146	1960 - 2020
Madagascar	5.82	147	1960 - 2020
Egypt	5.75	148	1960 - 2020
Botswana	5.72	149	1960 - 2020
Colombia	5.71	150	1960 - 2020
Peru	5.66	151	1960 - 2020
Paraguay	5.59	152	1960 - 2020
Cape Verde	5.54	153	1960 - 2020
Bangladesh	5.52	154	1960 - 2020
Senegal	5.48	155	1960 - 2020
Turkey	5.48	156	1960 - 2020
Kenya	5.34	157	1960 - 2020
Israel	5.3	158	1960 - 2020
Malaysia	5.25	159	1960 - 2020
Costa Rica	5.23	160	1960 - 2020
Singapore	5.2	161	1960 - 2020
Samoa	5.19	162	1960 - 2020
Ecuador	5.14	163	1960 - 2020
Panama	5.14	164	1960 - 2020
Vanuatu	5.13	165	1960 - 2020
Libya	5.12	166	1960 - 2020
Uzbekistan	5.1	167	1960 - 2020
Nicaragua	5.09	168	1960 - 2020
Morocco	5.06	169	1960 - 2020
Rwanda	5.05	170	1960 - 2020
Iran	4.84	171	1960 - 2020
Syria	4.83	172	1960 - 2020
Belize	4.8	173	1960 - 2020
Algeria	4.72	174	1960 - 2020
Guatemala	4.71	175	1960 - 2020
Iraq	4.71	176	1960 - 2020
S.T.&Principe	4.71	177	1960 - 2020
Tajikistan	4.69	178	1960 - 2020
Brunei	4.66	179	1960 - 2020
Lebanon	4.57	180	1960 - 2020
Honduras	4.47	181	1960 - 2020
Solomon Isl.	4.22	182	1960 - 2020
Macao	4.1	183	1960 - 2020
Jordan	3.92	184	1960 - 2020
Saudi Arabia	3.55	185	1960 - 2020
Palestine	3.45	186	1990 - 2020
Kuwait	2.92	187	1960 - 2020
Maldives	2.73	188	1960 - 2020
Bahrain	2.44	189	1960 - 2020
Oman	2.42	190	1960 - 2020
UA Emirates	1.58	191	1960 - 2020
Qatar	1.29	192	1960 - 2020

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.

1. Bulgaria

2. Serbia

3. Ukraine

4. Lithuania

5. Romania

6. Latvia

7. Russia

8. Hungary

9. Croatia

10. Lesotho

11. Belarus

12. Georgia

13. Italy

14. Poland

15. North Macedonia

16. Greece

17. Czechia

18. Portugal

19. Estonia

20. Germany

21. Moldova

22. C.A. Republic

23. Chad

24. Montenegro

25. Nigeria

26. Slovenia

27. Sierra Leone

28. Euro area

29. Japan

30. Bosnia & Herz.

31. Belgium

32. Slovakia

33. Somalia

34. Spain

35. UK

36. Austria

37. USA

38. Finland

39. France

40. San Marino

41. Armenia

42. Ivory Coast

43. Netherlands

44. Puerto Rico

45. Grenada

46. Sweden

47. Uruguay

48. Denmark

49. St. Vincent & ...

50. South Africa

51. Aruba

52. North Korea

53. G.-Bissau

54. Mali

55. Barbados

56. DR Congo

57. Eq. Guinea

58. Cameroon

59. Swaziland

60. Bermuda

61. Switzerland

62. Mauritius

63. Tr.&Tobago

64. Kazakhstan

65. Benin

66. Haiti

67. Fiji

68. Albania

69. Burma

70. Liechtenstein

71. Togo

72. Canada

73. Guinea

74. Mozambique

75. Thailand

76. Malta

77. Niger

78. Angola

79. Namibia

80. Burkina Faso

81. Zimbabwe

82. Guyana

83. Burundi

84. Jamaica

85. Argentina

86. Palau

87. Gambia

88. Azerbaijan

89. Norway

90. Suriname

91. Saint Lucia

92. India

93. Luxembourg

94. Papua N.G.

95. Liberia

96. Venezuela

97. Cyprus

98. Ghana

99. El Salvador

100. China

101. Comoros

102. Sudan

103. Tonga

104. Turkmenistan

105. Mauritania

106. Faroe Isl.

107. Bahamas

108. Djibouti

109. Eritrea

110. Sri Lanka

111. Pakistan

112. Hong Kong

113. Seychelles

114. Bolivia

115. Micronesia

116. Brazil

117. Gabon

118. Indonesia

119. R. of Congo

120. Ant.& Barb.

121. Vietnam

122. New Zealand

123. Ireland

124. Chile

125. Mongolia

126. Laos

127. Australia

128. Iceland

129. Ethiopia

130. Nepal

131. Bhutan

132. Malawi

133. Tunisia

134. Kiribati

135. Uganda

136. Domin. Rep.

137. Zambia

138. Afghanistan

139. Mexico

140. Tanzania

141. Kyrgyzstan

142. Cambodia

143. Philippines

144. Yemen

145. N. Caledonia

146. South Korea

147. Madagascar

148. Egypt

149. Botswana

150. Colombia

151. Peru

152. Paraguay

153. Cape Verde

154. Bangladesh

155. Senegal

156. Turkey

157. Kenya

158. Israel

159. Malaysia

160. Costa Rica

161. Singapore

162. Samoa

163. Ecuador

164. Panama

165. Vanuatu

166. Libya

167. Uzbekistan

168. Nicaragua

169. Morocco

170. Rwanda

171. Iran

172. Syria

173. Belize

174. Algeria

175. Guatemala

176. Iraq

177. S.T.&Principe

178. Tajikistan

179. Brunei

180. Lebanon

181. Honduras

182. Solomon Isl.

183. Macao

184. Jordan

185. Saudi Arabia

186. Palestine

187. Kuwait

188. Maldives

189. Bahrain

190. Oman

191. UA Emirates

192. Qatar

18.00

16.90

15.90

15.60

15.40

15.20

14.60

14.50

14.10

13.69

13.00

12.75

12.60

12.40

12.20

12.10

12.00

11.90

11.78

11.72

11.70

11.42

11.40

11.30

11.14

11.10

11.05

11.00

10.80

10.50

10.40

10.30

10.00

9.90

9.80

9.71

9.70

9.60

9.59

9.50

9.48

9.40

9.38

9.36

9.31

9.27

9.16

9.13

9.12

8.91

8.88

8.80

8.70

8.64

8.60

8.57

8.38

8.33

8.26

8.25

8.20

8.10

8.03

7.95

7.92

7.90

7.82

7.80

7.73

7.71

7.69

7.65

7.61

7.60

7.55

7.50

7.45

7.33

7.30

7.26

7.22

7.18

7.14

7.10

7.07

7.06

7.05

7.04

7.03

7.00

6.93

6.92

6.87

6.85

6.84

6.80

6.76

6.68

6.61

6.60

6.57

6.55

6.48

6.44

6.41

6.40

6.35

6.32

6.30

6.29

6.26

6.25

6.24

6.23

6.22

6.16

6.15

6.12

6.10

6.00

5.98

5.92

5.90

5.82

5.75

5.72

5.71

5.66

5.59

5.54

5.52

5.48

5.34

5.30

5.25

5.23

5.20

5.19

5.14

5.13

5.12

5.10

5.09

5.06

5.05

4.84

4.83

4.80

4.72

4.71

4.69

4.66

4.57

4.47

4.22

4.10

3.92

3.55

3.45

2.92

2.73

2.44

2.42

1.58

1.29

4.5

13.5

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