Australia vs Latvia: Annual death rates in people of different ages, by sex
Australia
3.07 deaths per 1,000 people
in 2023
Latvia
2.95 deaths per 1,000 people
in 2023
Australia rank
202nd
Latvia rank
205th
Annual death rates in people of different ages, by sex over time
- Australia
- Latvia
How they compare
Australia currently reports 3.07 deaths per 1,000 people against 2.95 deaths per 1,000 people in Latvia, a difference of 0.12 deaths per 1,000 people.
The two have swapped places 5 times across 74 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Latvia ahead.
Australia ranks 202nd and Latvia ranks 205th of 236 countries.
Across the 8 decades both report, Australia averaged higher in 1 and Latvia in 7.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Australia | Latvia | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 20.48 deaths per 1,000 people | 38.46 deaths per 1,000 people | 17.98 deaths per 1,000 people | Latvia |
| 1960s | 16.86 deaths per 1,000 people | 18.21 deaths per 1,000 people | 1.36 deaths per 1,000 people | Latvia |
| 1970s | 12.93 deaths per 1,000 people | 14.72 deaths per 1,000 people | 1.79 deaths per 1,000 people | Latvia |
| 1980s | 8.34 deaths per 1,000 people | 11.27 deaths per 1,000 people | 2.92 deaths per 1,000 people | Latvia |
| 1990s | 5.45 deaths per 1,000 people | 13.63 deaths per 1,000 people | 8.18 deaths per 1,000 people | Latvia |
| 2000s | 4.25 deaths per 1,000 people | 8.31 deaths per 1,000 people | 4.06 deaths per 1,000 people | Latvia |
| 2010s | 3.12 deaths per 1,000 people | 4.18 deaths per 1,000 people | 1.06 deaths per 1,000 people | Latvia |
| 2020s | 3.2 deaths per 1,000 people | 2.77 deaths per 1,000 people | 0.4279 deaths per 1,000 people | Australia |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher annual death rates in people of different ages, by sex, Australia or Latvia?
- Australia, at 3.07 deaths per 1,000 people against 2.95 deaths per 1,000 people in Latvia as of 2023.
- What is the difference in annual death rates in people of different ages, by sex between Australia and Latvia?
- 0.12 deaths per 1,000 people, with Australia ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Australia and Latvia?
- 74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.
- How do Australia and Latvia rank globally for annual death rates in people of different ages, by sex?
- Australia ranks 202nd and Latvia ranks 205th of 236 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Human Mortality Database (2025); UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – with minor processing by Our World in Data, published as Annual death rates in people of different ages, by sex. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Death rate, calculated as the number of deaths divided by the average number of people alive during the interval.