This entry gives the average annual number of deaths during a year per 1,000 population at midyear; also known as crude death rate. The death rate, while only a rough indicator of the mortality situation in a country, accurately indicates the current mortality impact on population growth. This indicator is significantly affected by age distribution, and most countries will eventually show a rise in the overall death rate, in spite of continued decline in mortality at all ages, as declining fertility results in an aging population.
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| Country | Death rate(deaths/1,000 population) |
|---|---|
| Afghanistan | 17.65 deaths/1,000 population (July 2010 est.) |
| Albania | 6.04 deaths/1,000 population (July 2010 est.) |
| Algeria | 4.66 deaths/1,000 population (July 2010 est.) |
| American Samoa | 4.09 deaths/1,000 population (July 2010 est.) |
| Andorra | 6.21 deaths/1,000 population (July 2010 est.) |
| Angola | 23.74 deaths/1,000 population (July 2010 est.) |
| Anguilla | 4.4 deaths/1,000 population (July 2010 est.) |
| Antigua and Barbuda | 5.77 deaths/1,000 population (July 2010 est.) |
| Argentina | 7.39 deaths/1,000 population (July 2010 est.) |
| Armenia | 8.42 deaths/1,000 population (July 2010 est.) |
| Aruba | 7.76 deaths/1,000 population (July 2010 est.) |
| Australia | 6.81 deaths/1,000 population (July 2010 est.) |
| Austria | 10.05 deaths/1,000 population (July 2010 est.) |
| Azerbaijan | 8.28 deaths/1,000 population (July 2010 est.) |
| Bahamas, The | 6.89 deaths/1,000 population (July 2010 est.) |
| Bahrain | 4.37 deaths/1,000 population (July 2010 est.) |
| Bangladesh | 5.81 deaths/1,000 population (July 2010 est.) |
| Barbados | 8.39 deaths/1,000 population (July 2010 est.) |
| Belarus | 13.81 deaths/1,000 population (July 2010 est.) |
| Belgium | 10.5 deaths/1,000 population (July 2010 est.) |
| Belize | 5.82 deaths/1,000 population (July 2010 est.) |
| Benin | 9.23 deaths/1,000 population (July 2010 est.) |
| Bermuda | 7.43 deaths/1,000 population (July 2010 est.) |
| Bhutan | 7.25 deaths/1,000 population (July 2010 est.) |
| Bolivia | 6.95 deaths/1,000 population (July 2010 est.) |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 8.71 deaths/1,000 population (July 2010 est.) |
| Botswana | 9.02 deaths/1,000 population (July 2010 est.) |
| Brazil | 6.35 deaths/1,000 population (July 2010 est.) |
| British Virgin Islands | 4.41 deaths/1,000 population (July 2010 est.) |
| Brunei | 3.32 deaths/1,000 population (July 2010 est.) |
| Bulgaria | 14.31 deaths/1,000 population (July 2010 est.) |
| Burkina Faso | 13.02 deaths/1,000 population (July 2010 est.) |
| Burma | 8.23 deaths/1,000 population (July 2010 est.) |
| Burundi | 9.87 deaths/1,000 population (July 2010 est.) |
| Cambodia | 8.19 deaths/1,000 population (July 2010 est.) |
| Cameroon | 12.01 deaths/1,000 population (July 2010 est.) |
| Canada | 7.87 deaths/1,000 population (July 2010 est.) |
| Cape Verde | 6.41 deaths/1,000 population (July 2010 est.) |
| Cayman Islands | 5 deaths/1,000 population (July 2010 est.) |
| Central African Republic | 15.3 deaths/1,000 population (July 2010 est.) |
| Chad | 15.79 deaths/1,000 population (July 2010 est.) |
| Chile | 5.9 deaths/1,000 population (July 2010 est.) |
| China | 6.89 deaths/1,000 population (July 2010 est.) |
| Christmas Island | NA |
| Cocos (Keeling) Islands | NA |
| Colombia | 5.24 deaths/1,000 population (July 2010 est.) |
| Comoros | 7.4 deaths/1,000 population (July 2010 est.) |
| Congo, Democratic Republic of the | 11.39 deaths/1,000 population (July 2010 est.) |
| Congo, Republic of the | 11.75 deaths/1,000 population (July 2010 est.) |
| Cook Islands | 7.22 deaths/1,000 population NA |
| Costa Rica | 4.29 deaths/1,000 population (July 2010 est.) |
| Cote d’Ivoire | 10.43 deaths/1,000 population (July 2010 est.) |
| Croatia | 11.83 deaths/1,000 population (July 2010 est.) |
| Cuba | 7.29 deaths/1,000 population (July 2010 est.) |
| Curacao | 8 deaths/1,000 population (2009) |
| Cyprus | 6.42 deaths/1,000 population (July 2010 est.) |
| Czech Republic | 10.79 deaths/1,000 population (July 2010 est.) |
| Denmark | 10.19 deaths/1,000 population (July 2010 est.) |
| Djibouti | 8.37 deaths/1,000 population (July 2010 est.) |
| Dominica | 8.12 deaths/1,000 population (July 2010 est.) |
| Dominican Republic | 4.3 deaths/1,000 population (July 2010 est.) |
| Ecuador | 5 deaths/1,000 population (July 2010 est.) |
| Egypt | 4.85 deaths/1,000 population (July 2010 est.) |
| El Salvador | 5.61 deaths/1,000 population (July 2010 est.) |
| Equatorial Guinea | 9.26 deaths/1,000 population (July 2010 est.) |
| Eritrea | 8.25 deaths/1,000 population (July 2010 est.) |
| Estonia | 13.48 deaths/1,000 population (July 2010 est.) |
| Ethiopia | 11.29 deaths/1,000 population (July 2010 est.) |
| European Union | 10.33 deaths/1,000 population (July 2010 est.) |
| Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) | NA |
| Faroe Islands | 8.66 deaths/1,000 population (July 2010 est.) |
| Fiji | 5.88 deaths/1,000 population (July 2010 est.) |
| Finland | 10.15 deaths/1,000 population (July 2010 est.) |
| France | 8.65 deaths/1,000 population (July 2010 est.) |
| French Polynesia | 4.8 deaths/1,000 population (July 2010 est.) |
| Gabon | 12.9 deaths/1,000 population (July 2010 est.) |
| Gambia, The | 12.03 deaths/1,000 population (July 2010 est.) |
| Gaza Strip | 3.36 deaths/1,000 population (July 2010 est.) |
| Georgia | 9.79 deaths/1,000 population (July 2010 est.) |
| Germany | 11 deaths/1,000 population (July 2010 est.) |
| Ghana | 8.93 deaths/1,000 population (July 2010 est.) |
| Gibraltar | 8.17 deaths/1,000 population (July 2010 est.) |
| Greece | 10.6 deaths/1,000 population (July 2010 est.) |
| Greenland | 8.05 deaths/1,000 population (July 2010 est.) |
| Grenada | 7.9 deaths/1,000 population (July 2010 est.) |
| Guam | 4.64 deaths/1,000 population (July 2010 est.) |
| Guatemala | 5.04 deaths/1,000 population (July 2010 est.) |
| Guernsey | 8.35 deaths/1,000 population (July 2010 est.) |
| Guinea | 10.72 deaths/1,000 population (July 2010 est.) |
| Guinea-Bissau | 15.52 deaths/1,000 population (July 2010 est.) |
| Guyana | 7.24 deaths/1,000 population (July 2010 est.) |
| Haiti | 8.21 deaths/1,000 population note: the preliminary 2011 numbers differ significantly from those of 2010, which were strongly influenced by the demographic effect of the January 2010 earthquake; the latest figures more closely correspond to those of 2009 (2011 est.) |
| Honduras | 4.99 deaths/1,000 population (July 2010 est.) |
| Hong Kong | 6.91 deaths/1,000 population (July 2010 est.) |
| Hungary | 12.67 deaths/1,000 population (July 2010 est.) |
| Iceland | 6.9 deaths/1,000 population (July 2010 est.) |
| India | 7.53 deaths/1,000 population (July 2010 est.) |
| Indonesia | 6.25 deaths/1,000 population (July 2010 est.) |
| Iran | 5.94 deaths/1,000 population (July 2010 est.) |
| Iraq | 4.92 deaths/1,000 population (July 2010 est.) |
| Ireland | 6.3 deaths/1,000 population (July 2010 est.) |
| Isle of Man | 9.87 deaths/1,000 population (July 2010 est.) |
| Israel | 5.45 deaths/1,000 population (July 2010 est.) |
| Italy | 10.83 deaths/1,000 population (July 2010 est.) |
| Jamaica | 6.48 deaths/1,000 population (July 2010 est.) |
| Japan | 9.83 deaths/1,000 population (July 2010 est.) |
| Jersey | 7.49 deaths/1,000 population (July 2010 est.) |
| Jordan | 2.66 deaths/1,000 population (July 2010 est.) |
| Kazakhstan | 9.39 deaths/1,000 population (July 2010 est.) |
| Kenya | 9.26 deaths/1,000 population (July 2010 est.) |
| Kiribati | 7.48 deaths/1,000 population (July 2010 est.) |
| Korea, North | 10.6 deaths/1,000 population (July 2010 est.) |
| Korea, South | 6.15 deaths/1,000 population (July 2010 est.) |
| Kuwait | 2.29 deaths/1,000 population (July 2010 est.) |
| Kyrgyzstan | 6.85 deaths/1,000 population (July 2010 est.) |
| Laos | 8.28 deaths/1,000 population (July 2010 est.) |
| Latvia | 13.6 deaths/1,000 population (July 2010 est.) |
| Lebanon | 6.46 deaths/1,000 population (July 2010 est.) |
| Lesotho | 15.71 deaths/1,000 population (July 2010 est.) |
| Liberia | 10.88 deaths/1,000 population (July 2010 est.) |
| Libya | 3.4 deaths/1,000 population (July 2010 est.) |
| Liechtenstein | 7.49 deaths/1,000 population (July 2010 est.) |
| Lithuania | 11.25 deaths/1,000 population (July 2010 est.) |
| Luxembourg | 8.46 deaths/1,000 population (July 2010 est.) |
| Macau | 3.6 deaths/1,000 population (July 2010 est.) |
| Macedonia | 8.87 deaths/1,000 population (July 2010 est.) |
| Madagascar | 7.97 deaths/1,000 population (July 2010 est.) |
| Malawi | 13.69 deaths/1,000 population (July 2010 est.) |
| Malaysia | 4.92 deaths/1,000 population (July 2010 est.) |
| Maldives | 3.68 deaths/1,000 population (July 2010 est.) |
| Mali | 14.64 deaths/1,000 population (July 2010 est.) |
| Malta | 8.49 deaths/1,000 population (July 2010 est.) |
| Marshall Islands | 4.42 deaths/1,000 population (July 2010 est.) |
| Mauritania | 9 deaths/1,000 population (July 2010 est.) |
| Mauritius | 6.63 deaths/1,000 population (July 2010 est.) |
| Mayotte | 7.05 deaths/1,000 population (July 2010 est.) |
| Mexico | 4.83 deaths/1,000 population (July 2010 est.) |
| Micronesia, Federated States of | 4.4 deaths/1,000 population (July 2010 est.) |
| Moldova | 10.76 deaths/1,000 population (July 2010 est.) |
| Monaco | 8.01 deaths/1,000 population (July 2010 est.) |
| Mongolia | 6.08 deaths/1,000 population (July 2010 est.) |
| Montenegro | 8.76 deaths/1,000 population (July 2010 est.) |
| Montserrat | 7.82 deaths/1,000 population (July 2010 est.) |
| Morocco | 4.74 deaths/1,000 population (July 2010 est.) |
| Mozambique | 19.83 deaths/1,000 population (July 2010 est.) |
| Namibia | 12.97 deaths/1,000 population (July 2010 est.) |
| Nauru | 6.15 deaths/1,000 population (July 2010 est.) |
| Nepal | 6.89 deaths/1,000 population (July 2010 est.) |
| Netherlands | 8.78 deaths/1,000 population (July 2010 est.) |
| New Caledonia | 5.23 deaths/1,000 population (July 2010 est.) |
| New Zealand | 7.1 deaths/1,000 population (July 2010 est.) |
| Nicaragua | 4.28 deaths/1,000 population (July 2010 est.) |
| Niger | 14.47 deaths/1,000 population (July 2010 est.) |
| Nigeria | 16.31 deaths/1,000 population (July 2010 est.) |
| Niue | NA |
| Norfolk Island | NA |
| Northern Mariana Islands | 3.17 deaths/1,000 population (July 2010 est.) |
| Norway | 9.26 deaths/1,000 population (July 2010 est.) |
| Oman | 3.47 deaths/1,000 population (July 2010 est.) |
| Pakistan | 7.06 deaths/1,000 population (July 2010 est.) |
| Palau | 7.81 deaths/1,000 population (July 2010 est.) |
| Panama | 4.62 deaths/1,000 population (July 2010 est.) |
| Papua New Guinea | 6.62 deaths/1,000 population (July 2010 est.) |
| Paraguay | 4.55 deaths/1,000 population (July 2010 est.) |
| Peru | 6.13 deaths/1,000 population (July 2010 est.) |
| Philippines | 5.06 deaths/1,000 population (July 2010 est.) |
| Pitcairn Islands | NA |
| Poland | 10.1 deaths/1,000 population (July 2010 est.) |
| Portugal | 10.74 deaths/1,000 population (July 2010 est.) |
| Puerto Rico | 7.82 deaths/1,000 population (July 2010 est.) |
| Qatar | 2.44 deaths/1,000 population (July 2010 est.) |
| Romania | 11.78 deaths/1,000 population (July 2010 est.) |
| Russia | 16.04 deaths/1,000 population (July 2010 est.) |
| Rwanda | 10.19 deaths/1,000 population (July 2010 est.) |
| Saint Helena, Ascension, and Tristan da Cunha | 6.91 deaths/1,000 population (July 2010 est.) |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | 7.11 deaths/1,000 population (July 2010 est.) |
| Saint Lucia | 6.9 deaths/1,000 population (July 2010 est.) |
| Saint Pierre and Miquelon | 8.41 deaths/1,000 population (July 2010 est.) |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 6.94 deaths/1,000 population (July 2010 est.) |
| Samoa | 5.36 deaths/1,000 population (July 2010 est.) |
| San Marino | 7.75 deaths/1,000 population (July 2010 est.) |
| Sao Tome and Principe | 8.45 deaths/1,000 population (July 2010 est.) |
| Saudi Arabia | 3.34 deaths/1,000 population (July 2010 est.) |
| Senegal | 9.49 deaths/1,000 population (July 2010 est.) |
| Serbia | 13.89 deaths/1,000 population (July 2010 est.) |
| Seychelles | 6.92 deaths/1,000 population (July 2010 est.) |
| Sierra Leone | 11.97 deaths/1,000 population (July 2010 est.) |
| Singapore | 4.8 deaths/1,000 population (July 2010 est.) |
| Sint Maarten | 3 deaths/1,000 population (2009) |
| Slovakia | 9.56 deaths/1,000 population (July 2010 est.) |
| Slovenia | 10.74 deaths/1,000 population (July 2010 est.) |
| Solomon Islands | 3.96 deaths/1,000 population (July 2010 est.) |
| Somalia | 15.24 deaths/1,000 population (July 2010 est.) |
| South Africa | 16.99 deaths/1,000 population (July 2010 est.) |
| Spain | 8.72 deaths/1,000 population (July 2010 est.) |
| Sri Lanka | 6.2 deaths/1,000 population (July 2010 est.) |
| Sudan | 11.66 deaths/1,000 population (July 2010 est.) |
| Suriname | 5.53 deaths/1,000 population (July 2010 est.) |
| Svalbard | NA |
| Swaziland | 14.99 deaths/1,000 population (July 2010 est.) |
| Sweden | 10.2 deaths/1,000 population (July 2010 est.) |
| Switzerland | 8.65 deaths/1,000 population (July 2010 est.) |
| Syria | 3.7 deaths/1,000 population (July 2010 est.) |
| Taiwan | 6.87 deaths/1,000 population (July 2010 est.) |
| Tajikistan | 6.72 deaths/1,000 population (July 2010 est.) |
| Tanzania | 12.31 deaths/1,000 population (July 2010 est.) |
| Thailand | 6.47 deaths/1,000 population (July 2010 est.) |
| Timor-Leste | 5.93 deaths/1,000 population (July 2010 est.) |
| Togo | 8.15 deaths/1,000 population (July 2010 est.) |
| Tokelau | NA |
| Tonga | 4.95 deaths/1,000 population (July 2010 est.) |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 8.21 deaths/1,000 population (July 2010 est.) |
| Tunisia | 5.24 deaths/1,000 population (July 2010 est.) |
| Turkey | 6.1 deaths/1,000 population (July 2010 est.) |
| Turkmenistan | 6.27 deaths/1,000 population (July 2010 est.) |
| Turks and Caicos Islands | 4.17 deaths/1,000 population (July 2010 est.) |
| Tuvalu | 9.36 deaths/1,000 population (July 2010 est.) |
| Uganda | 11.9 deaths/1,000 population (July 2010 est.) |
| Ukraine | 15.7 deaths/1,000 population (July 2010 est.) |
| United Arab Emirates | 2.08 deaths/1,000 population (July 2010 est.) |
| United Kingdom | 9.33 deaths/1,000 population (July 2010 est.) |
| United States | 8.38 deaths/1,000 population (July 2010 est.) |
| Uruguay | 9.06 deaths/1,000 population (July 2010 est.) |
| Uzbekistan | 5.29 deaths/1,000 population (July 2010 est.) |
| Vanuatu | 7.49 deaths/1,000 population (July 2010 est.) |
| Venezuela | 5.14 deaths/1,000 population (July 2010 est.) |
| Vietnam | 5.97 deaths/1,000 population (July 2010 est.) |
| Virgin Islands | 6.96 deaths/1,000 population (July 2010 est.) |
| Wallis and Futuna | 4.56 deaths/1,000 population NA |
| West Bank | 3.62 deaths/1,000 population (July 2010 est.) |
| Western Sahara | 9.13 deaths/1,000 population (July 2010 est.) |
| World | 8.37 deaths/1,000 population (2009 est.) |
| Yemen | 7.24 deaths/1,000 population (July 2010 est.) |
| Zambia | 12.84 deaths/1,000 population (July 2010 est.) |
| Zimbabwe | 14.9 deaths/1,000 population (July 2010 est.) |
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