Lao People's Democratic Republic vs Mauritania: Annual death rates in people of different ages, by sex

Lao People's Democratic Republic
28.38 deaths per 1,000 people
in 2023
Mauritania
28.04 deaths per 1,000 people
in 2023
Lao People's Democratic Republic rank
40th
Mauritania rank
41st

Annual death rates in people of different ages, by sex over time

  • Lao People's Democratic Republic
  • Mauritania
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How they compare

Lao People's Democratic Republic currently reports 28.38 deaths per 1,000 people against 28.04 deaths per 1,000 people in Mauritania, a difference of 0.34 deaths per 1,000 people.

Across all 74 years both countries report, Lao People's Democratic Republic has been ahead every year.

Lao People's Democratic Republic ranks 40th and Mauritania ranks 41st of 236 countries.

Lao People's Democratic Republic has averaged higher in every one of the 8 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Lao People's Democratic Republic Mauritania Difference Ahead
1950s 205.84 deaths per 1,000 people 182.04 deaths per 1,000 people 23.8 deaths per 1,000 people Lao People's Democratic Republic
1960s 178.13 deaths per 1,000 people 147.25 deaths per 1,000 people 30.89 deaths per 1,000 people Lao People's Democratic Republic
1970s 153.39 deaths per 1,000 people 123.7 deaths per 1,000 people 29.69 deaths per 1,000 people Lao People's Democratic Republic
1980s 121.41 deaths per 1,000 people 97.23 deaths per 1,000 people 24.18 deaths per 1,000 people Lao People's Democratic Republic
1990s 88.62 deaths per 1,000 people 77.08 deaths per 1,000 people 11.54 deaths per 1,000 people Lao People's Democratic Republic
2000s 60.55 deaths per 1,000 people 54.64 deaths per 1,000 people 5.9 deaths per 1,000 people Lao People's Democratic Republic
2010s 39.48 deaths per 1,000 people 36.46 deaths per 1,000 people 3.02 deaths per 1,000 people Lao People's Democratic Republic
2020s 30.07 deaths per 1,000 people 29.41 deaths per 1,000 people 0.66 deaths per 1,000 people Lao People's Democratic Republic

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, Lao People's Democratic Republic or Mauritania?
Lao People's Democratic Republic, at 28.38 deaths per 1,000 people against 28.04 deaths per 1,000 people in Mauritania as of 2023.
What is the difference in annual death rates in people of different ages, by sex between Lao People's Democratic Republic and Mauritania?
0.34 deaths per 1,000 people, with Lao People's Democratic Republic ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Lao People's Democratic Republic and Mauritania?
74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.
How do Lao People's Democratic Republic and Mauritania rank globally for annual death rates in people of different ages, by sex?
Lao People's Democratic Republic ranks 40th and Mauritania ranks 41st 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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Indicator
Annual death rates in people of different ages, by sex
Unit
deaths per 1,000 people
Source
Human Mortality Database (2025); UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – with minor processing by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
236 places, 18,722 data points, 1751–2023
Last refreshed

Death rate, calculated as the number of deaths divided by the average number of people alive during the interval.