Bangladesh vs India: Annual death rates at different ages

Bangladesh
23.27 deaths per 1,000 people
in 2023
India
23.09 deaths per 1,000 people
in 2023
Bangladesh rank
62nd
India rank
63rd

Annual death rates at different ages over time

  • Bangladesh
  • India
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How they compare

Bangladesh currently reports 23.27 deaths per 1,000 people against 23.09 deaths per 1,000 people in India, a difference of 0.18 deaths per 1,000 people.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 74 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Bangladesh ahead.

Bangladesh ranks 62nd and India ranks 63rd of 236 countries.

Across the 8 decades both report, Bangladesh averaged higher in 5 and India in 3.

Head to head by decade

Decade Bangladesh India Difference Ahead
1950s 212.99 deaths per 1,000 people 186.55 deaths per 1,000 people 26.45 deaths per 1,000 people Bangladesh
1960s 177.43 deaths per 1,000 people 166.74 deaths per 1,000 people 10.69 deaths per 1,000 people Bangladesh
1970s 171.2 deaths per 1,000 people 143.85 deaths per 1,000 people 27.36 deaths per 1,000 people Bangladesh
1980s 135.92 deaths per 1,000 people 113.2 deaths per 1,000 people 22.72 deaths per 1,000 people Bangladesh
1990s 93.29 deaths per 1,000 people 86.57 deaths per 1,000 people 6.73 deaths per 1,000 people Bangladesh
2000s 55.54 deaths per 1,000 people 61.06 deaths per 1,000 people 5.52 deaths per 1,000 people India
2010s 33.64 deaths per 1,000 people 37.43 deaths per 1,000 people 3.79 deaths per 1,000 people India
2020s 24.69 deaths per 1,000 people 25.09 deaths per 1,000 people 0.4087 deaths per 1,000 people India

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher annual death rates at different ages, Bangladesh or India?
Bangladesh, at 23.27 deaths per 1,000 people against 23.09 deaths per 1,000 people in India as of 2023.
What is the difference in annual death rates at different ages between Bangladesh and India?
0.18 deaths per 1,000 people, with Bangladesh ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Bangladesh and India?
74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.
How do Bangladesh and India rank globally for annual death rates at different ages?
Bangladesh ranks 62nd and India ranks 63rd 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. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator
Annual death rates at different ages
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
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Death rate, calculated as the number of deaths divided by the average number of people alive during the interval.