Belarus vs Korea: Annual death rates at different ages
Belarus
1.91 deaths per 1,000 people
in 2023
Korea
2.08 deaths per 1,000 people
in 2023
Belarus rank
225th
Korea rank
222nd
Annual death rates at different ages over time
- Belarus
- Korea
How they compare
Korea currently reports 2.08 deaths per 1,000 people against 1.91 deaths per 1,000 people in Belarus, a difference of 0.17 deaths per 1,000 people.
That makes Korea's figure about 1.1 times Belarus's.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 74 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Korea ahead.
Belarus ranks 225th and Korea ranks 222nd of 236 countries.
Across the 8 decades both report, Belarus averaged higher in 3 and Korea in 5.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Belarus | Korea | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 69.72 deaths per 1,000 people | 135.71 deaths per 1,000 people | 65.99 deaths per 1,000 people | Korea |
| 1960s | 26.97 deaths per 1,000 people | 66.71 deaths per 1,000 people | 39.73 deaths per 1,000 people | Korea |
| 1970s | 18.12 deaths per 1,000 people | 37.91 deaths per 1,000 people | 19.79 deaths per 1,000 people | Korea |
| 1980s | 14.81 deaths per 1,000 people | 20.74 deaths per 1,000 people | 5.93 deaths per 1,000 people | Korea |
| 1990s | 12.25 deaths per 1,000 people | 9.12 deaths per 1,000 people | 3.13 deaths per 1,000 people | Belarus |
| 2000s | 7.48 deaths per 1,000 people | 4.63 deaths per 1,000 people | 2.85 deaths per 1,000 people | Belarus |
| 2010s | 3.47 deaths per 1,000 people | 2.81 deaths per 1,000 people | 0.6609 deaths per 1,000 people | Belarus |
| 2020s | 2.12 deaths per 1,000 people | 2.2 deaths per 1,000 people | 0.0774 deaths per 1,000 people | Korea |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher annual death rates at different ages, Belarus or Korea?
- Korea, at 2.08 deaths per 1,000 people against 1.91 deaths per 1,000 people in Belarus as of 2023.
- What is the difference in annual death rates at different ages between Belarus and Korea?
- 0.17 deaths per 1,000 people, with Korea ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Belarus and Korea?
- 74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.
- How do Belarus and Korea rank globally for annual death rates at different ages?
- Belarus ranks 225th and Korea ranks 222nd 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.