Bulgaria vs Romania: Annual death rates in people of different ages, by sex
Bulgaria
4.32 deaths per 1,000 people
in 2023
Romania
4.47 deaths per 1,000 people
in 2023
Bulgaria rank
181st
Romania rank
179th
Annual death rates in people of different ages, by sex over time
- Bulgaria
- Romania
How they compare
Romania currently reports 4.47 deaths per 1,000 people against 4.32 deaths per 1,000 people in Bulgaria, a difference of 0.15 deaths per 1,000 people.
The two have swapped places 6 times across 74 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Romania ahead.
Bulgaria ranks 181st and Romania ranks 179th of 236 countries.
Romania has averaged higher in every one of the 8 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Bulgaria | Romania | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 75.47 deaths per 1,000 people | 80.87 deaths per 1,000 people | 5.39 deaths per 1,000 people | Romania |
| 1960s | 31.48 deaths per 1,000 people | 51.28 deaths per 1,000 people | 19.8 deaths per 1,000 people | Romania |
| 1970s | 21.25 deaths per 1,000 people | 33.94 deaths per 1,000 people | 12.69 deaths per 1,000 people | Romania |
| 1980s | 14.19 deaths per 1,000 people | 23.51 deaths per 1,000 people | 9.32 deaths per 1,000 people | Romania |
| 1990s | 13.51 deaths per 1,000 people | 19.9 deaths per 1,000 people | 6.38 deaths per 1,000 people | Romania |
| 2000s | 10.28 deaths per 1,000 people | 13.73 deaths per 1,000 people | 3.45 deaths per 1,000 people | Romania |
| 2010s | 6.23 deaths per 1,000 people | 7.21 deaths per 1,000 people | 0.985 deaths per 1,000 people | Romania |
| 2020s | 4.86 deaths per 1,000 people | 4.97 deaths per 1,000 people | 0.1121 deaths per 1,000 people | Romania |
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, Bulgaria or Romania?
- Romania, at 4.47 deaths per 1,000 people against 4.32 deaths per 1,000 people in Bulgaria as of 2023.
- What is the difference in annual death rates in people of different ages, by sex between Bulgaria and Romania?
- 0.15 deaths per 1,000 people, with Romania ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Bulgaria and Romania?
- 74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.
- How do Bulgaria and Romania rank globally for annual death rates in people of different ages, by sex?
- Bulgaria ranks 181st and Romania ranks 179th 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.