Singapore vs Sweden: Annual death rates in people of different ages, by sex
Singapore
1.61 deaths per 1,000 people
in 2023
Sweden
1.69 deaths per 1,000 people
in 2023
Singapore rank
225th
Sweden rank
223rd
Annual death rates in people of different ages, by sex over time
- Singapore
- Sweden
How they compare
Sweden currently reports 1.69 deaths per 1,000 people against 1.61 deaths per 1,000 people in Singapore, a difference of 0.08 deaths per 1,000 people.
The two have swapped places 11 times across 74 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Singapore ahead.
Singapore ranks 225th and Sweden ranks 223rd of 236 countries.
Across the 8 decades both report, Singapore averaged higher in 5 and Sweden in 3.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Singapore | Sweden | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 59.83 deaths per 1,000 people | 16.05 deaths per 1,000 people | 43.78 deaths per 1,000 people | Singapore |
| 1960s | 26.6 deaths per 1,000 people | 12.26 deaths per 1,000 people | 14.34 deaths per 1,000 people | Singapore |
| 1970s | 14.32 deaths per 1,000 people | 8.03 deaths per 1,000 people | 6.3 deaths per 1,000 people | Singapore |
| 1980s | 8.25 deaths per 1,000 people | 5.87 deaths per 1,000 people | 2.38 deaths per 1,000 people | Singapore |
| 1990s | 4.01 deaths per 1,000 people | 3.94 deaths per 1,000 people | 0.0721 deaths per 1,000 people | Singapore |
| 2000s | 2.27 deaths per 1,000 people | 2.69 deaths per 1,000 people | 0.4183 deaths per 1,000 people | Sweden |
| 2010s | 1.91 deaths per 1,000 people | 2.13 deaths per 1,000 people | 0.2215 deaths per 1,000 people | Sweden |
| 2020s | 1.68 deaths per 1,000 people | 1.84 deaths per 1,000 people | 0.1543 deaths per 1,000 people | Sweden |
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, Singapore or Sweden?
- Sweden, at 1.69 deaths per 1,000 people against 1.61 deaths per 1,000 people in Singapore as of 2023.
- What is the difference in annual death rates in people of different ages, by sex between Singapore and Sweden?
- 0.08 deaths per 1,000 people, with Sweden ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Singapore and Sweden?
- 74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.
- How do Singapore and Sweden rank globally for annual death rates in people of different ages, by sex?
- Singapore ranks 225th and Sweden ranks 223rd 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.