Brazil vs Nicaragua: Annual death rates at different ages

Brazil
12.18 deaths per 1,000 people
in 2023
Nicaragua
12.4 deaths per 1,000 people
in 2023
Brazil rank
107th
Nicaragua rank
105th

Annual death rates at different ages over time

  • Brazil
  • Nicaragua
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How they compare

Nicaragua currently reports 12.4 deaths per 1,000 people against 12.18 deaths per 1,000 people in Brazil, a difference of 0.22 deaths per 1,000 people.

Across all 74 years both countries report, Nicaragua has been ahead every year.

Brazil ranks 107th and Nicaragua ranks 105th of 236 countries.

Nicaragua has averaged higher in every one of the 8 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Brazil Nicaragua Difference Ahead
1950s 161 deaths per 1,000 people 173.82 deaths per 1,000 people 12.82 deaths per 1,000 people Nicaragua
1960s 127.69 deaths per 1,000 people 140.88 deaths per 1,000 people 13.18 deaths per 1,000 people Nicaragua
1970s 99.52 deaths per 1,000 people 113.93 deaths per 1,000 people 14.41 deaths per 1,000 people Nicaragua
1980s 68.96 deaths per 1,000 people 83.36 deaths per 1,000 people 14.4 deaths per 1,000 people Nicaragua
1990s 43.52 deaths per 1,000 people 46.22 deaths per 1,000 people 2.7 deaths per 1,000 people Nicaragua
2000s 23.27 deaths per 1,000 people 25.92 deaths per 1,000 people 2.64 deaths per 1,000 people Nicaragua
2010s 14.58 deaths per 1,000 people 16.83 deaths per 1,000 people 2.25 deaths per 1,000 people Nicaragua
2020s 12.52 deaths per 1,000 people 13.05 deaths per 1,000 people 0.5299 deaths per 1,000 people Nicaragua

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher annual death rates at different ages, Brazil or Nicaragua?
Nicaragua, at 12.4 deaths per 1,000 people against 12.18 deaths per 1,000 people in Brazil as of 2023.
What is the difference in annual death rates at different ages between Brazil and Nicaragua?
0.22 deaths per 1,000 people, with Nicaragua ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Brazil and Nicaragua?
74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.
How do Brazil and Nicaragua rank globally for annual death rates at different ages?
Brazil ranks 107th and Nicaragua ranks 105th 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.