Finland vs Sweden: Annual death rates at different ages in males
Finland
2.02 deaths per 1,000 people
in 2023
Sweden
2.03 deaths per 1,000 people
in 2023
Finland rank
229th
Sweden rank
228th
Annual death rates at different ages in males over time
- Finland
- Sweden
How they compare
Sweden currently reports 2.03 deaths per 1,000 people against 2.02 deaths per 1,000 people in Finland, a difference of 0.01 deaths per 1,000 people.
The two have swapped places 17 times across 146 shared years of data; in 1878 it was Finland ahead.
Finland ranks 229th and Sweden ranks 228th of 236 countries.
Across the 16 decades both report, Finland averaged higher in 12 and Sweden in 4.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Finland | Sweden | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1870s | 190.2 deaths per 1,000 people | 146.33 deaths per 1,000 people | 43.87 deaths per 1,000 people | Finland |
| 1880s | 192.38 deaths per 1,000 people | 133.21 deaths per 1,000 people | 59.17 deaths per 1,000 people | Finland |
| 1890s | 160.66 deaths per 1,000 people | 120.16 deaths per 1,000 people | 40.49 deaths per 1,000 people | Finland |
| 1900s | 152.64 deaths per 1,000 people | 101.74 deaths per 1,000 people | 50.9 deaths per 1,000 people | Finland |
| 1910s | 131.97 deaths per 1,000 people | 81.39 deaths per 1,000 people | 50.58 deaths per 1,000 people | Finland |
| 1920s | 110.54 deaths per 1,000 people | 68.7 deaths per 1,000 people | 41.85 deaths per 1,000 people | Finland |
| 1930s | 81.5 deaths per 1,000 people | 55.92 deaths per 1,000 people | 25.58 deaths per 1,000 people | Finland |
| 1940s | 70.52 deaths per 1,000 people | 34.39 deaths per 1,000 people | 36.13 deaths per 1,000 people | Finland |
| 1950s | 34.63 deaths per 1,000 people | 21.05 deaths per 1,000 people | 13.57 deaths per 1,000 people | Finland |
| 1960s | 19.71 deaths per 1,000 people | 16.21 deaths per 1,000 people | 3.5 deaths per 1,000 people | Finland |
| 1970s | 11.81 deaths per 1,000 people | 10.48 deaths per 1,000 people | 1.33 deaths per 1,000 people | Finland |
| 1980s | 6.95 deaths per 1,000 people | 7.13 deaths per 1,000 people | 0.184 deaths per 1,000 people | Sweden |
| 1990s | 4.9 deaths per 1,000 people | 5.02 deaths per 1,000 people | 0.122 deaths per 1,000 people | Sweden |
| 2000s | 3.41 deaths per 1,000 people | 3.2 deaths per 1,000 people | 0.209 deaths per 1,000 people | Finland |
| 2010s | 2.19 deaths per 1,000 people | 2.54 deaths per 1,000 people | 0.346 deaths per 1,000 people | Sweden |
| 2020s | 2.01 deaths per 1,000 people | 2.21 deaths per 1,000 people | 0.1997 deaths per 1,000 people | Sweden |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher annual death rates at different ages in males, Finland or Sweden?
- Sweden, at 2.03 deaths per 1,000 people against 2.02 deaths per 1,000 people in Finland as of 2023.
- What is the difference in annual death rates at different ages in males between Finland and Sweden?
- 0.01 deaths per 1,000 people, with Sweden ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Finland and Sweden?
- 146 years are reported by both, from 1878 to 2023.
- How do Finland and Sweden rank globally for annual death rates at different ages in males?
- Finland ranks 229th and Sweden ranks 228th 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 at different ages in males. 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.