Iraq vs Niue: Annual death rates in people of different ages, by sex
Iraq
17.15 deaths per 1,000 people
in 2023
Niue
17.52 deaths per 1,000 people
in 2023
Iraq rank
71st
Niue rank
69th
Annual death rates in people of different ages, by sex over time
- Iraq
- Niue
How they compare
Niue currently reports 17.52 deaths per 1,000 people against 17.15 deaths per 1,000 people in Iraq, a difference of 0.37 deaths per 1,000 people.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 74 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Iraq ahead.
Iraq ranks 71st and Niue ranks 69th of 236 countries.
Across the 8 decades both report, Iraq averaged higher in 7 and Niue in 1.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Iraq | Niue | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 181.65 deaths per 1,000 people | 82.57 deaths per 1,000 people | 99.08 deaths per 1,000 people | Iraq |
| 1960s | 109.78 deaths per 1,000 people | 56.7 deaths per 1,000 people | 53.08 deaths per 1,000 people | Iraq |
| 1970s | 69.73 deaths per 1,000 people | 30.62 deaths per 1,000 people | 39.11 deaths per 1,000 people | Iraq |
| 1980s | 49.24 deaths per 1,000 people | 18.77 deaths per 1,000 people | 30.47 deaths per 1,000 people | Iraq |
| 1990s | 39.25 deaths per 1,000 people | 20.47 deaths per 1,000 people | 18.78 deaths per 1,000 people | Iraq |
| 2000s | 30.56 deaths per 1,000 people | 25.68 deaths per 1,000 people | 4.87 deaths per 1,000 people | Iraq |
| 2010s | 22.86 deaths per 1,000 people | 22.59 deaths per 1,000 people | 0.2614 deaths per 1,000 people | Iraq |
| 2020s | 18.08 deaths per 1,000 people | 18.24 deaths per 1,000 people | 0.163 deaths per 1,000 people | Niue |
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, Iraq or Niue?
- Niue, at 17.52 deaths per 1,000 people against 17.15 deaths per 1,000 people in Iraq as of 2023.
- What is the difference in annual death rates in people of different ages, by sex between Iraq and Niue?
- 0.37 deaths per 1,000 people, with Niue ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Iraq and Niue?
- 74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.
- How do Iraq and Niue rank globally for annual death rates in people of different ages, by sex?
- Iraq ranks 71st and Niue ranks 69th 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.