Finland vs Korea: Annual death rates at different ages
Finland
1.93 deaths per 1,000 people
in 2023
Korea
2.08 deaths per 1,000 people
in 2023
Finland rank
224th
Korea rank
222nd
Annual death rates at different ages over time
- Finland
- Korea
How they compare
Korea currently reports 2.08 deaths per 1,000 people against 1.93 deaths per 1,000 people in Finland, a difference of 0.15 deaths per 1,000 people.
That makes Korea's figure about 1.1 times Finland's.
Across all 74 years both countries report, Korea has been ahead every year.
Finland ranks 224th and Korea ranks 222nd of 236 countries.
Korea has averaged higher in every one of the 8 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Finland | Korea | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 31.01 deaths per 1,000 people | 135.71 deaths per 1,000 people | 104.7 deaths per 1,000 people | Korea |
| 1960s | 17.54 deaths per 1,000 people | 66.71 deaths per 1,000 people | 49.17 deaths per 1,000 people | Korea |
| 1970s | 10.45 deaths per 1,000 people | 37.91 deaths per 1,000 people | 27.46 deaths per 1,000 people | Korea |
| 1980s | 6.31 deaths per 1,000 people | 20.74 deaths per 1,000 people | 14.43 deaths per 1,000 people | Korea |
| 1990s | 4.5 deaths per 1,000 people | 9.12 deaths per 1,000 people | 4.62 deaths per 1,000 people | Korea |
| 2000s | 3.04 deaths per 1,000 people | 4.63 deaths per 1,000 people | 1.59 deaths per 1,000 people | Korea |
| 2010s | 2.04 deaths per 1,000 people | 2.81 deaths per 1,000 people | 0.7639 deaths per 1,000 people | Korea |
| 2020s | 1.93 deaths per 1,000 people | 2.2 deaths per 1,000 people | 0.2633 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, Finland or Korea?
- Korea, at 2.08 deaths per 1,000 people against 1.93 deaths per 1,000 people in Finland as of 2023.
- What is the difference in annual death rates at different ages between Finland and Korea?
- 0.15 deaths per 1,000 people, with Korea ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Finland and Korea?
- 74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.
- How do Finland and Korea rank globally for annual death rates at different ages?
- Finland ranks 224th 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.