Bulgaria vs North Macedonia: Annual death rates at different ages

Bulgaria
4.74 deaths per 1,000 people
in 2023
North Macedonia
4.74 deaths per 1,000 people
in 2023
Bulgaria rank
184th
North Macedonia rank
185th

Annual death rates at different ages over time

  • Bulgaria
  • North Macedonia
050100150200194719852023

How they compare

Bulgaria currently reports 4.74 deaths per 1,000 people against 4.74 deaths per 1,000 people in North Macedonia, a difference of 0 deaths per 1,000 people.

The two have swapped places 9 times across 74 shared years of data; in 1950 it was North Macedonia ahead.

Bulgaria ranks 184th and North Macedonia ranks 185th of 236 countries.

Across the 8 decades both report, Bulgaria averaged higher in 1 and North Macedonia in 7.

Head to head by decade

Decade Bulgaria North Macedonia Difference Ahead
1950s 83.16 deaths per 1,000 people 147.38 deaths per 1,000 people 64.22 deaths per 1,000 people North Macedonia
1960s 35.12 deaths per 1,000 people 116.79 deaths per 1,000 people 81.67 deaths per 1,000 people North Macedonia
1970s 24.54 deaths per 1,000 people 71.44 deaths per 1,000 people 46.9 deaths per 1,000 people North Macedonia
1980s 16.26 deaths per 1,000 people 44.71 deaths per 1,000 people 28.45 deaths per 1,000 people North Macedonia
1990s 15.57 deaths per 1,000 people 23.66 deaths per 1,000 people 8.09 deaths per 1,000 people North Macedonia
2000s 11.44 deaths per 1,000 people 12.18 deaths per 1,000 people 0.7389 deaths per 1,000 people North Macedonia
2010s 7.13 deaths per 1,000 people 8.62 deaths per 1,000 people 1.49 deaths per 1,000 people North Macedonia
2020s 5.12 deaths per 1,000 people 4.47 deaths per 1,000 people 0.6496 deaths per 1,000 people Bulgaria

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher annual death rates at different ages, Bulgaria or North Macedonia?
Bulgaria, at 4.74 deaths per 1,000 people against 4.74 deaths per 1,000 people in North Macedonia as of 2023.
What is the difference in annual death rates at different ages between Bulgaria and North Macedonia?
0 deaths per 1,000 people, with Bulgaria ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Bulgaria and North Macedonia?
74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.
How do Bulgaria and North Macedonia rank globally for annual death rates at different ages?
Bulgaria ranks 184th and North Macedonia ranks 185th 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.