South Korea vs Macao: Annual death rates at different ages

South Korea
2.08 deaths per 1,000 people
in 2023
Macao
2.29 deaths per 1,000 people
in 2023
South Korea rank
222nd
Macao rank
219th

Annual death rates at different ages over time

  • South Korea
  • Macao
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How they compare

Macao currently reports 2.29 deaths per 1,000 people against 2.08 deaths per 1,000 people in South Korea, a difference of 0.21 deaths per 1,000 people.

That makes Macao's figure about 1.1 times South Korea's.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 74 shared years of data; in 1950 it was South Korea ahead.

South Korea ranks 222nd and Macao ranks 219th of 236 countries.

Across the 8 decades both report, South Korea averaged higher in 5 and Macao in 3.

Head to head by decade

Decade South 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 South Korea
1960s 66.71 deaths per 1,000 people 40.07 deaths per 1,000 people 26.64 deaths per 1,000 people South Korea
1970s 37.91 deaths per 1,000 people 24.19 deaths per 1,000 people 13.72 deaths per 1,000 people South Korea
1980s 20.74 deaths per 1,000 people 14.14 deaths per 1,000 people 6.6 deaths per 1,000 people South Korea
1990s 9.12 deaths per 1,000 people 8.21 deaths per 1,000 people 0.9076 deaths per 1,000 people South 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, South Korea or Macao?
Macao, at 2.29 deaths per 1,000 people against 2.08 deaths per 1,000 people in South Korea as of 2023.
What is the difference in annual death rates at different ages between South Korea and Macao?
0.21 deaths per 1,000 people, with Macao ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for South Korea and Macao?
74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.
How do South Korea and Macao rank globally for annual death rates at different ages?
South 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) – 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.