China vs Puerto Rico: Annual death rates at different ages
China
5.12 deaths per 1,000 people
in 2023
Puerto Rico
5.21 deaths per 1,000 people
in 2023
China rank
174th
Puerto Rico rank
173rd
Annual death rates at different ages over time
- China
- Puerto Rico
How they compare
Puerto Rico currently reports 5.21 deaths per 1,000 people against 5.12 deaths per 1,000 people in China, a difference of 0.09 deaths per 1,000 people.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 74 shared years of data; in 1950 it was China ahead.
China ranks 174th and Puerto Rico ranks 173rd of 236 countries.
China has averaged higher in every one of the 8 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | China | Puerto Rico | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 132.43 deaths per 1,000 people | 55.46 deaths per 1,000 people | 76.97 deaths per 1,000 people | China |
| 1960s | 116.75 deaths per 1,000 people | 37.34 deaths per 1,000 people | 79.41 deaths per 1,000 people | China |
| 1970s | 66.51 deaths per 1,000 people | 26.02 deaths per 1,000 people | 40.49 deaths per 1,000 people | China |
| 1980s | 44.74 deaths per 1,000 people | 20.14 deaths per 1,000 people | 24.6 deaths per 1,000 people | China |
| 1990s | 36.94 deaths per 1,000 people | 14.45 deaths per 1,000 people | 22.49 deaths per 1,000 people | China |
| 2000s | 20.75 deaths per 1,000 people | 8.37 deaths per 1,000 people | 12.38 deaths per 1,000 people | China |
| 2010s | 9.31 deaths per 1,000 people | 6.55 deaths per 1,000 people | 2.77 deaths per 1,000 people | China |
| 2020s | 5.56 deaths per 1,000 people | 5.41 deaths per 1,000 people | 0.1458 deaths per 1,000 people | China |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher annual death rates at different ages, China or Puerto Rico?
- Puerto Rico, at 5.21 deaths per 1,000 people against 5.12 deaths per 1,000 people in China as of 2023.
- What is the difference in annual death rates at different ages between China and Puerto Rico?
- 0.09 deaths per 1,000 people, with Puerto Rico ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for China and Puerto Rico?
- 74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.
- How do China and Puerto Rico rank globally for annual death rates at different ages?
- China ranks 174th and Puerto Rico ranks 173rd 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.