Dominican Republic vs Gabon: Annual death rates in people of different ages, by sex
Dominican Republic
23.35 deaths per 1,000 people
in 2023
Gabon
24.79 deaths per 1,000 people
in 2023
Dominican Republic rank
57th
Gabon rank
54th
Annual death rates in people of different ages, by sex over time
- Dominican Republic
- Gabon
How they compare
Gabon currently reports 24.79 deaths per 1,000 people against 23.35 deaths per 1,000 people in Dominican Republic, a difference of 1.44 deaths per 1,000 people.
That makes Gabon's figure about 1.1 times Dominican Republic's.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 74 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Dominican Republic ahead.
Dominican Republic ranks 57th and Gabon ranks 54th of 236 countries.
Across the 8 decades both report, Dominican Republic averaged higher in 4 and Gabon in 4.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Dominican Republic | Gabon | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 152.79 deaths per 1,000 people | 135.34 deaths per 1,000 people | 17.45 deaths per 1,000 people | Dominican Republic |
| 1960s | 118.08 deaths per 1,000 people | 108.7 deaths per 1,000 people | 9.38 deaths per 1,000 people | Dominican Republic |
| 1970s | 90.17 deaths per 1,000 people | 85.07 deaths per 1,000 people | 5.1 deaths per 1,000 people | Dominican Republic |
| 1980s | 66.21 deaths per 1,000 people | 65.74 deaths per 1,000 people | 0.4704 deaths per 1,000 people | Dominican Republic |
| 1990s | 41.66 deaths per 1,000 people | 56.15 deaths per 1,000 people | 14.49 deaths per 1,000 people | Gabon |
| 2000s | 29.03 deaths per 1,000 people | 47.63 deaths per 1,000 people | 18.59 deaths per 1,000 people | Gabon |
| 2010s | 25.79 deaths per 1,000 people | 33.95 deaths per 1,000 people | 8.16 deaths per 1,000 people | Gabon |
| 2020s | 24.06 deaths per 1,000 people | 26.15 deaths per 1,000 people | 2.09 deaths per 1,000 people | Gabon |
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, Dominican Republic or Gabon?
- Gabon, at 24.79 deaths per 1,000 people against 23.35 deaths per 1,000 people in Dominican Republic as of 2023.
- What is the difference in annual death rates in people of different ages, by sex between Dominican Republic and Gabon?
- 1.44 deaths per 1,000 people, with Gabon ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Dominican Republic and Gabon?
- 74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.
- How do Dominican Republic and Gabon rank globally for annual death rates in people of different ages, by sex?
- Dominican Republic ranks 57th and Gabon ranks 54th 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.