Canada vs Maldives: Annual death rates in people of different ages, by sex
Canada
3.77 deaths per 1,000 people
in 2023
Maldives
3.86 deaths per 1,000 people
in 2023
Canada rank
189th
Maldives rank
188th
Annual death rates in people of different ages, by sex over time
- Canada
- Maldives
How they compare
Maldives currently reports 3.86 deaths per 1,000 people against 3.77 deaths per 1,000 people in Canada, a difference of 0.09 deaths per 1,000 people.
Across all 74 years both countries report, Maldives has been ahead every year.
Canada ranks 189th and Maldives ranks 188th of 236 countries.
Maldives has averaged higher in every one of the 8 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Canada | Maldives | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 32.09 deaths per 1,000 people | 222.06 deaths per 1,000 people | 189.97 deaths per 1,000 people | Maldives |
| 1960s | 21.34 deaths per 1,000 people | 194.68 deaths per 1,000 people | 173.34 deaths per 1,000 people | Maldives |
| 1970s | 13.02 deaths per 1,000 people | 141.73 deaths per 1,000 people | 128.71 deaths per 1,000 people | Maldives |
| 1980s | 7.41 deaths per 1,000 people | 85.61 deaths per 1,000 people | 78.2 deaths per 1,000 people | Maldives |
| 1990s | 5.32 deaths per 1,000 people | 47.48 deaths per 1,000 people | 42.15 deaths per 1,000 people | Maldives |
| 2000s | 4.79 deaths per 1,000 people | 18.36 deaths per 1,000 people | 13.57 deaths per 1,000 people | Maldives |
| 2010s | 4.37 deaths per 1,000 people | 7.64 deaths per 1,000 people | 3.27 deaths per 1,000 people | Maldives |
| 2020s | 3.88 deaths per 1,000 people | 4.4 deaths per 1,000 people | 0.5196 deaths per 1,000 people | Maldives |
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, Canada or Maldives?
- Maldives, at 3.86 deaths per 1,000 people against 3.77 deaths per 1,000 people in Canada as of 2023.
- What is the difference in annual death rates in people of different ages, by sex between Canada and Maldives?
- 0.09 deaths per 1,000 people, with Maldives ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Canada and Maldives?
- 74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.
- How do Canada and Maldives rank globally for annual death rates in people of different ages, by sex?
- Canada ranks 189th and Maldives ranks 188th 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.