Australia vs Tokelau: Annual death rates in people of different ages, by sex
Australia
3.07 deaths per 1,000 people
in 2023
Tokelau
3.1 deaths per 1,000 people
in 2023
Australia rank
202nd
Tokelau rank
199th
Annual death rates in people of different ages, by sex over time
- Australia
- Tokelau
How they compare
Tokelau currently reports 3.1 deaths per 1,000 people against 3.07 deaths per 1,000 people in Australia, a difference of 0.03 deaths per 1,000 people.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 74 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Tokelau ahead.
Australia ranks 202nd and Tokelau ranks 199th of 236 countries.
Tokelau has averaged higher in every one of the 8 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Australia | Tokelau | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 20.48 deaths per 1,000 people | 36.88 deaths per 1,000 people | 16.39 deaths per 1,000 people | Tokelau |
| 1960s | 16.86 deaths per 1,000 people | 27.32 deaths per 1,000 people | 10.46 deaths per 1,000 people | Tokelau |
| 1970s | 12.93 deaths per 1,000 people | 20.71 deaths per 1,000 people | 7.79 deaths per 1,000 people | Tokelau |
| 1980s | 8.34 deaths per 1,000 people | 15.53 deaths per 1,000 people | 7.19 deaths per 1,000 people | Tokelau |
| 1990s | 5.45 deaths per 1,000 people | 10.81 deaths per 1,000 people | 5.36 deaths per 1,000 people | Tokelau |
| 2000s | 4.25 deaths per 1,000 people | 7.37 deaths per 1,000 people | 3.13 deaths per 1,000 people | Tokelau |
| 2010s | 3.12 deaths per 1,000 people | 4.63 deaths per 1,000 people | 1.51 deaths per 1,000 people | Tokelau |
| 2020s | 3.2 deaths per 1,000 people | 3.32 deaths per 1,000 people | 0.123 deaths per 1,000 people | Tokelau |
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 Tokelau?
- Tokelau, at 3.1 deaths per 1,000 people against 3.07 deaths per 1,000 people in Australia as of 2023.
- What is the difference in annual death rates in people of different ages, by sex between Australia and Tokelau?
- 0.03 deaths per 1,000 people, with Tokelau ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Australia and Tokelau?
- 74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.
- How do Australia and Tokelau rank globally for annual death rates in people of different ages, by sex?
- Australia ranks 202nd and Tokelau ranks 199th 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.