Bulgaria vs Sri Lanka: Annual death rates in people of different ages, by sex
Bulgaria
4.32 deaths per 1,000 people
in 2023
Sri Lanka
4.49 deaths per 1,000 people
in 2023
Bulgaria rank
181st
Sri Lanka rank
178th
Annual death rates in people of different ages, by sex over time
- Bulgaria
- Sri Lanka
How they compare
Sri Lanka currently reports 4.49 deaths per 1,000 people against 4.32 deaths per 1,000 people in Bulgaria, a difference of 0.17 deaths per 1,000 people.
The two have swapped places 10 times across 74 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Sri Lanka ahead.
Bulgaria ranks 181st and Sri Lanka ranks 178th of 236 countries.
Across the 8 decades both report, Bulgaria averaged higher in 1 and Sri Lanka in 7.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Bulgaria | Sri Lanka | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 75.47 deaths per 1,000 people | 89.89 deaths per 1,000 people | 14.42 deaths per 1,000 people | Sri Lanka |
| 1960s | 31.48 deaths per 1,000 people | 60.25 deaths per 1,000 people | 28.76 deaths per 1,000 people | Sri Lanka |
| 1970s | 21.25 deaths per 1,000 people | 45.86 deaths per 1,000 people | 24.61 deaths per 1,000 people | Sri Lanka |
| 1980s | 14.19 deaths per 1,000 people | 24.7 deaths per 1,000 people | 10.52 deaths per 1,000 people | Sri Lanka |
| 1990s | 13.51 deaths per 1,000 people | 15.06 deaths per 1,000 people | 1.54 deaths per 1,000 people | Sri Lanka |
| 2000s | 10.28 deaths per 1,000 people | 11.31 deaths per 1,000 people | 1.03 deaths per 1,000 people | Sri Lanka |
| 2010s | 6.23 deaths per 1,000 people | 6.68 deaths per 1,000 people | 0.4562 deaths per 1,000 people | Sri Lanka |
| 2020s | 4.86 deaths per 1,000 people | 4.77 deaths per 1,000 people | 0.0867 deaths per 1,000 people | Bulgaria |
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 Sri Lanka?
- Sri Lanka, at 4.49 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 Sri Lanka?
- 0.17 deaths per 1,000 people, with Sri Lanka ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Bulgaria and Sri Lanka?
- 74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.
- How do Bulgaria and Sri Lanka rank globally for annual death rates in people of different ages, by sex?
- Bulgaria ranks 181st and Sri Lanka ranks 178th 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.