Country Comparison :: Death rate
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.
All data in the table below is based on July 2010 estimates except for Curacao and Sint Maarten (2009), the World (2009 est.), Haiti (2011) and the Cook Islands and Wallis and Futuna (NA).
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| Rank | Country | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Angola | 23.74 |
| 2 | Mozambique | 19.83 |
| 3 | Afghanistan | 17.65 |
| 4 | South Africa | 16.99 |
| 5 | Nigeria | 16.31 |
| 6 | Russia | 16.04 |
| 7 | Chad | 15.79 |
| 8 | Lesotho | 15.71 |
| 9 | Ukraine | 15.70 |
| 10 | Guinea-Bissau | 15.52 |
| 11 | Central African Republic | 15.30 |
| 12 | Somalia | 15.24 |
| 13 | Swaziland | 14.99 |
| 14 | Zimbabwe | 14.90 |
| 15 | Mali | 14.64 |
| 16 | Niger | 14.47 |
| 17 | Bulgaria | 14.31 |
| 18 | Serbia | 13.89 |
| 19 | Belarus | 13.81 |
| 20 | Malawi | 13.69 |
| 21 | Latvia | 13.60 |
| 22 | Estonia | 13.48 |
| 23 | Burkina Faso | 13.02 |
| 24 | Namibia | 12.97 |
| 25 | Gabon | 12.90 |
| 26 | Zambia | 12.84 |
| 27 | Hungary | 12.67 |
| 28 | Tanzania | 12.31 |
| 29 | Gambia, The | 12.03 |
| 30 | Cameroon | 12.01 |
| 31 | Sierra Leone | 11.97 |
| 32 | Uganda | 11.90 |
| 33 | Croatia | 11.83 |
| 34 | Romania | 11.78 |
| 35 | Congo, Republic of the | 11.75 |
| 36 | Sudan | 11.66 |
| 37 | Congo, Democratic Republic of the | 11.39 |
| 38 | Ethiopia | 11.29 |
| 39 | Lithuania | 11.25 |
| 40 | Germany | 11.00 |
| 41 | Liberia | 10.88 |
| 42 | Italy | 10.83 |
| 43 | Czech Republic | 10.79 |
| 44 | Moldova | 10.76 |
| 45 | Portugal | 10.74 |
| 46 | Slovenia | 10.74 |
| 47 | Guinea | 10.72 |
| 48 | Greece | 10.60 |
| 49 | Korea, North | 10.60 |
| 50 | Belgium | 10.50 |
| 51 | Cote d’Ivoire | 10.43 |
| 52 | Sweden | 10.20 |
| 53 | Denmark | 10.19 |
| 54 | Rwanda | 10.19 |
| 55 | Finland | 10.15 |
| 56 | Poland | 10.10 |
| 57 | Austria | 10.05 |
| 58 | Burundi | 9.87 |
| 59 | Isle of Man | 9.87 |
| 60 | Japan | 9.83 |
| 61 | Georgia | 9.79 |
| 62 | Slovakia | 9.56 |
| 63 | Senegal | 9.49 |
| 64 | Kazakhstan | 9.39 |
| 65 | Tuvalu | 9.36 |
| 66 | United Kingdom | 9.33 |
| 67 | Equatorial Guinea | 9.26 |
| 68 | Kenya | 9.26 |
| 69 | Norway | 9.26 |
| 70 | Benin | 9.23 |
| 71 | Western Sahara | 9.13 |
| 72 | Uruguay | 9.06 |
| 73 | Botswana | 9.02 |
| 74 | Mauritania | 9.00 |
| 75 | Ghana | 8.93 |
| 76 | Macedonia | 8.87 |
| 77 | Netherlands | 8.78 |
| 78 | Montenegro | 8.76 |
| 79 | Spain | 8.72 |
| 80 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 8.71 |
| 81 | Faroe Islands | 8.66 |
| 82 | France | 8.65 |
| 83 | Switzerland | 8.65 |
| 84 | Malta | 8.49 |
| 85 | Luxembourg | 8.46 |
| 86 | Sao Tome and Principe | 8.45 |
| 87 | Armenia | 8.42 |
| 88 | Saint Pierre and Miquelon | 8.41 |
| 89 | Barbados | 8.39 |
| 90 | United States | 8.38 |
| 91 | World | 8.37 |
| 92 | Djibouti | 8.37 |
| 93 | Guernsey | 8.35 |
| 94 | Azerbaijan | 8.28 |
| 95 | Laos | 8.28 |
| 96 | Eritrea | 8.25 |
| 97 | Burma | 8.23 |
| 98 | Haiti | 8.21 |
| 99 | Trinidad and Tobago | 8.21 |
| 100 | Cambodia | 8.19 |
| 101 | Gibraltar | 8.17 |
| 102 | Togo | 8.15 |
| 103 | Dominica | 8.12 |
| 104 | Greenland | 8.05 |
| 105 | Monaco | 8.01 |
| 106 | Curacao | 8.00 |
| 107 | Madagascar | 7.97 |
| 108 | Grenada | 7.90 |
| 109 | Canada | 7.87 |
| 110 | Montserrat | 7.82 |
| 111 | Puerto Rico | 7.82 |
| 112 | Palau | 7.81 |
| 113 | Aruba | 7.76 |
| 114 | San Marino | 7.75 |
| 115 | India | 7.53 |
| 116 | Jersey | 7.49 |
| 117 | Liechtenstein | 7.49 |
| 118 | Vanuatu | 7.49 |
| 119 | Kiribati | 7.48 |
| 120 | Bermuda | 7.43 |
| 121 | Comoros | 7.40 |
| 122 | Argentina | 7.39 |
| 123 | Cuba | 7.29 |
| 124 | Bhutan | 7.25 |
| 125 | Guyana | 7.24 |
| 126 | Yemen | 7.24 |
| 127 | Cook Islands | 7.22 |
| 128 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 7.11 |
| 129 | New Zealand | 7.10 |
| 130 | Pakistan | 7.06 |
| 131 | Mayotte | 7.05 |
| 132 | Virgin Islands | 6.96 |
| 133 | Bolivia | 6.95 |
| 134 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 6.94 |
| 135 | Seychelles | 6.92 |
| 136 | Hong Kong | 6.91 |
| 137 | Saint Helena, Ascension, and Tristan da Cunha | 6.91 |
| 138 | Iceland | 6.90 |
| 139 | Saint Lucia | 6.90 |
| 140 | Bahamas, The | 6.89 |
| 141 | Nepal | 6.89 |
| 142 | China | 6.89 |
| 143 | Taiwan | 6.87 |
| 144 | Kyrgyzstan | 6.85 |
| 145 | Australia | 6.81 |
| 146 | Tajikistan | 6.72 |
| 147 | Mauritius | 6.63 |
| 148 | Papua New Guinea | 6.62 |
| 149 | Jamaica | 6.48 |
| 150 | Thailand | 6.47 |
| 151 | Lebanon | 6.46 |
| 152 | Cyprus | 6.42 |
| 153 | Cape Verde | 6.41 |
| 154 | Brazil | 6.35 |
| 155 | Ireland | 6.30 |
| 156 | Turkmenistan | 6.27 |
| 157 | Indonesia | 6.25 |
| 158 | Andorra | 6.21 |
| 159 | Sri Lanka | 6.20 |
| 160 | Korea, South | 6.15 |
| 161 | Nauru | 6.15 |
| 162 | Peru | 6.13 |
| 163 | Turkey | 6.10 |
| 164 | Mongolia | 6.08 |
| 165 | Albania | 6.04 |
| 166 | Vietnam | 5.97 |
| 167 | Iran | 5.94 |
| 168 | Timor-Leste | 5.93 |
| 169 | Chile | 5.90 |
| 170 | Fiji | 5.88 |
| 171 | Belize | 5.82 |
| 172 | Bangladesh | 5.81 |
| 173 | Antigua and Barbuda | 5.77 |
| 174 | El Salvador | 5.61 |
| 175 | Suriname | 5.53 |
| 176 | Israel | 5.45 |
| 177 | Samoa | 5.36 |
| 178 | Uzbekistan | 5.29 |
| 179 | Colombia | 5.24 |
| 180 | Tunisia | 5.24 |
| 181 | New Caledonia | 5.23 |
| 182 | Venezuela | 5.14 |
| 183 | Philippines | 5.06 |
| 184 | Guatemala | 5.04 |
| 185 | Cayman Islands | 5.00 |
| 186 | Ecuador | 5.00 |
| 187 | Honduras | 4.99 |
| 188 | Tonga | 4.95 |
| 189 | Iraq | 4.92 |
| 190 | Malaysia | 4.92 |
| 191 | Egypt | 4.85 |
| 192 | Mexico | 4.83 |
| 193 | French Polynesia | 4.80 |
| 194 | Singapore | 4.80 |
| 195 | Morocco | 4.74 |
| 196 | Algeria | 4.66 |
| 197 | Panama | 4.62 |
| 198 | Wallis and Futuna | 4.56 |
| 199 | Paraguay | 4.55 |
| 200 | Marshall Islands | 4.42 |
| 201 | British Virgin Islands | 4.41 |
| 202 | Anguilla | 4.40 |
| 203 | Micronesia, Federated States of | 4.40 |
| 204 | Bahrain | 4.37 |
| 205 | Dominican Republic | 4.30 |
| 206 | Costa Rica | 4.29 |
| 207 | Nicaragua | 4.28 |
| 208 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 4.17 |
| 209 | American Samoa | 4.09 |
| 210 | Solomon Islands | 3.96 |
| 211 | Syria | 3.70 |
| 212 | Maldives | 3.68 |
| 213 | West Bank | 3.62 |
| 214 | Macau | 3.60 |
| 215 | Oman | 3.47 |
| 216 | Libya | 3.40 |
| 217 | Gaza Strip | 3.36 |
| 218 | Saudi Arabia | 3.34 |
| 219 | Brunei | 3.32 |
| 220 | Northern Mariana Islands | 3.17 |
| 221 | Sint Maarten | 3.00 |
| 222 | Jordan | 2.66 |
| 223 | Qatar | 2.44 |
| 224 | Kuwait | 2.29 |
| 225 | United Arab Emirates | 2.08 |
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