Korea vs Macao: Annual death rates at different ages
Korea
2.08 deaths per 1,000 people
in 2023
Macao
2.29 deaths per 1,000 people
in 2023
Korea rank
222nd
Macao rank
219th
Annual death rates at different ages over time
- Korea
- Macao
How they compare
Macao currently reports 2.29 deaths per 1,000 people against 2.08 deaths per 1,000 people in Korea, a difference of 0.21 deaths per 1,000 people.
That makes Macao's figure about 1.1 times Korea's.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 74 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Korea ahead.
Korea ranks 222nd and Macao ranks 219th of 236 countries.
Across the 8 decades both report, Korea averaged higher in 5 and Macao in 3.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Korea | Macao | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 135.71 deaths per 1,000 people | 60.09 deaths per 1,000 people | 75.62 deaths per 1,000 people | Korea |
| 1960s | 66.71 deaths per 1,000 people | 40.07 deaths per 1,000 people | 26.64 deaths per 1,000 people | Korea |
| 1970s | 37.91 deaths per 1,000 people | 24.19 deaths per 1,000 people | 13.72 deaths per 1,000 people | Korea |
| 1980s | 20.74 deaths per 1,000 people | 14.14 deaths per 1,000 people | 6.6 deaths per 1,000 people | Korea |
| 1990s | 9.12 deaths per 1,000 people | 8.21 deaths per 1,000 people | 0.9076 deaths per 1,000 people | Korea |
| 2000s | 4.63 deaths per 1,000 people | 4.74 deaths per 1,000 people | 0.1052 deaths per 1,000 people | Macao |
| 2010s | 2.81 deaths per 1,000 people | 3.02 deaths per 1,000 people | 0.2171 deaths per 1,000 people | Macao |
| 2020s | 2.2 deaths per 1,000 people | 2.39 deaths per 1,000 people | 0.1947 deaths per 1,000 people | Macao |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher annual death rates at different ages, Korea or Macao?
- Macao, at 2.29 deaths per 1,000 people against 2.08 deaths per 1,000 people in Korea as of 2023.
- What is the difference in annual death rates at different ages between Korea and Macao?
- 0.21 deaths per 1,000 people, with Macao ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Korea and Macao?
- 74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.
- How do Korea and Macao rank globally for annual death rates at different ages?
- Korea ranks 222nd and Macao ranks 219th 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.