Austria vs Denmark: Annual death rates in people of different ages, by sex
Austria
2.38 deaths per 1,000 people
in 2023
Denmark
2.57 deaths per 1,000 people
in 2023
Austria rank
214th
Denmark rank
213th
Annual death rates in people of different ages, by sex over time
- Austria
- Denmark
How they compare
Denmark currently reports 2.57 deaths per 1,000 people against 2.38 deaths per 1,000 people in Austria, a difference of 0.19 deaths per 1,000 people.
That makes Denmark's figure about 1.1 times Austria's.
The two have swapped places 11 times across 77 shared years of data; in 1947 it was Austria ahead.
Austria ranks 214th and Denmark ranks 213th of 236 countries.
Across the 9 decades both report, Austria averaged higher in 6 and Denmark in 3.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Austria | Denmark | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1940s | 73.42 deaths per 1,000 people | 31.2 deaths per 1,000 people | 42.21 deaths per 1,000 people | Austria |
| 1950s | 44.37 deaths per 1,000 people | 22.41 deaths per 1,000 people | 21.95 deaths per 1,000 people | Austria |
| 1960s | 26.31 deaths per 1,000 people | 15.69 deaths per 1,000 people | 10.62 deaths per 1,000 people | Austria |
| 1970s | 18 deaths per 1,000 people | 8.97 deaths per 1,000 people | 9.03 deaths per 1,000 people | Austria |
| 1980s | 9.53 deaths per 1,000 people | 6.91 deaths per 1,000 people | 2.62 deaths per 1,000 people | Austria |
| 1990s | 5.44 deaths per 1,000 people | 5.04 deaths per 1,000 people | 0.398 deaths per 1,000 people | Austria |
| 2000s | 3.66 deaths per 1,000 people | 3.83 deaths per 1,000 people | 0.166 deaths per 1,000 people | Denmark |
| 2010s | 2.89 deaths per 1,000 people | 3.2 deaths per 1,000 people | 0.316 deaths per 1,000 people | Denmark |
| 2020s | 2.7 deaths per 1,000 people | 2.91 deaths per 1,000 people | 0.2036 deaths per 1,000 people | Denmark |
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, Austria or Denmark?
- Denmark, at 2.57 deaths per 1,000 people against 2.38 deaths per 1,000 people in Austria as of 2023.
- What is the difference in annual death rates in people of different ages, by sex between Austria and Denmark?
- 0.19 deaths per 1,000 people, with Denmark ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Austria and Denmark?
- 77 years are reported by both, from 1947 to 2023.
- How do Austria and Denmark rank globally for annual death rates in people of different ages, by sex?
- Austria ranks 214th and Denmark ranks 213th 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.