Italy vs Korea: Annual death rates in people of different ages, by sex
Italy
2.09 deaths per 1,000 people
in 2023
Korea
1.83 deaths per 1,000 people
in 2023
Italy rank
219th
Korea rank
222nd
Annual death rates in people of different ages, by sex over time
- Italy
- Korea
How they compare
Italy currently reports 2.09 deaths per 1,000 people against 1.83 deaths per 1,000 people in Korea, a difference of 0.26 deaths per 1,000 people.
That makes Italy's figure about 1.1 times Korea's.
The two have swapped places 5 times across 74 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Korea ahead.
Italy ranks 219th and Korea ranks 222nd of 236 countries.
Across the 8 decades both report, Italy averaged higher in 2 and Korea in 6.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Italy | Korea | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 52.39 deaths per 1,000 people | 127.03 deaths per 1,000 people | 74.64 deaths per 1,000 people | Korea |
| 1960s | 34.3 deaths per 1,000 people | 62.02 deaths per 1,000 people | 27.73 deaths per 1,000 people | Korea |
| 1970s | 20.06 deaths per 1,000 people | 34.52 deaths per 1,000 people | 14.46 deaths per 1,000 people | Korea |
| 1980s | 10.04 deaths per 1,000 people | 18.59 deaths per 1,000 people | 8.55 deaths per 1,000 people | Korea |
| 1990s | 6.01 deaths per 1,000 people | 8.19 deaths per 1,000 people | 2.18 deaths per 1,000 people | Korea |
| 2000s | 3.53 deaths per 1,000 people | 4.21 deaths per 1,000 people | 0.6781 deaths per 1,000 people | Korea |
| 2010s | 2.65 deaths per 1,000 people | 2.5 deaths per 1,000 people | 0.1411 deaths per 1,000 people | Italy |
| 2020s | 2.25 deaths per 1,000 people | 1.94 deaths per 1,000 people | 0.3035 deaths per 1,000 people | Italy |
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, Italy or Korea?
- Italy, at 2.09 deaths per 1,000 people against 1.83 deaths per 1,000 people in Korea as of 2023.
- What is the difference in annual death rates in people of different ages, by sex between Italy and Korea?
- 0.26 deaths per 1,000 people, with Italy ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Italy and Korea?
- 74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.
- How do Italy and Korea rank globally for annual death rates in people of different ages, by sex?
- Italy ranks 219th and Korea ranks 222nd 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.