Italy vs Norway: Annual death rates at different ages in males
Italy
2.4 deaths per 1,000 people
in 2023
Norway
2.22 deaths per 1,000 people
in 2023
Italy rank
222nd
Norway rank
224th
Annual death rates at different ages in males over time
- Italy
- Norway
How they compare
Italy currently reports 2.4 deaths per 1,000 people against 2.22 deaths per 1,000 people in Norway, a difference of 0.18 deaths per 1,000 people.
That makes Italy's figure about 1.1 times Norway's.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 152 shared years of data; in 1872 it was Italy ahead.
Italy ranks 222nd and Norway ranks 224th of 236 countries.
Italy has averaged higher in every one of the 16 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Italy | Norway | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1870s | 259.12 deaths per 1,000 people | 114.47 deaths per 1,000 people | 144.65 deaths per 1,000 people | Italy |
| 1880s | 243.36 deaths per 1,000 people | 103.71 deaths per 1,000 people | 139.65 deaths per 1,000 people | Italy |
| 1890s | 212.11 deaths per 1,000 people | 103.99 deaths per 1,000 people | 108.13 deaths per 1,000 people | Italy |
| 1900s | 193.2 deaths per 1,000 people | 80.97 deaths per 1,000 people | 112.24 deaths per 1,000 people | Italy |
| 1910s | 172.17 deaths per 1,000 people | 67.7 deaths per 1,000 people | 104.47 deaths per 1,000 people | Italy |
| 1920s | 144.58 deaths per 1,000 people | 53.76 deaths per 1,000 people | 90.82 deaths per 1,000 people | Italy |
| 1930s | 118.99 deaths per 1,000 people | 45.53 deaths per 1,000 people | 73.47 deaths per 1,000 people | Italy |
| 1940s | 109.82 deaths per 1,000 people | 37.23 deaths per 1,000 people | 72.59 deaths per 1,000 people | Italy |
| 1950s | 61.48 deaths per 1,000 people | 23.71 deaths per 1,000 people | 37.77 deaths per 1,000 people | Italy |
| 1960s | 42.06 deaths per 1,000 people | 17.55 deaths per 1,000 people | 24.51 deaths per 1,000 people | Italy |
| 1970s | 25.22 deaths per 1,000 people | 11.81 deaths per 1,000 people | 13.41 deaths per 1,000 people | Italy |
| 1980s | 12.48 deaths per 1,000 people | 8.98 deaths per 1,000 people | 3.5 deaths per 1,000 people | Italy |
| 1990s | 7.3 deaths per 1,000 people | 5.54 deaths per 1,000 people | 1.76 deaths per 1,000 people | Italy |
| 2000s | 4.13 deaths per 1,000 people | 3.62 deaths per 1,000 people | 0.513 deaths per 1,000 people | Italy |
| 2010s | 3.1 deaths per 1,000 people | 2.56 deaths per 1,000 people | 0.541 deaths per 1,000 people | Italy |
| 2020s | 2.53 deaths per 1,000 people | 2.08 deaths per 1,000 people | 0.4528 deaths per 1,000 people | Italy |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher annual death rates at different ages in males, Italy or Norway?
- Italy, at 2.4 deaths per 1,000 people against 2.22 deaths per 1,000 people in Norway as of 2023.
- What is the difference in annual death rates at different ages in males between Italy and Norway?
- 0.18 deaths per 1,000 people, with Italy ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Italy and Norway?
- 152 years are reported by both, from 1872 to 2023.
- How do Italy and Norway rank globally for annual death rates at different ages in males?
- Italy ranks 222nd and Norway ranks 224th 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.