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
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) β 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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About this data
Death rate, calculated as the number of deaths divided by the average number of people alive during the interval.