Libya vs Syria: Annual death rates at different ages
Libya
16.26 deaths per 1,000 people
in 2023
Syria
16.99 deaths per 1,000 people
in 2023
Libya rank
80th
Syria rank
78th
Annual death rates at different ages over time
- Libya
- Syria
How they compare
Syria currently reports 16.99 deaths per 1,000 people against 16.26 deaths per 1,000 people in Libya, a difference of 0.73 deaths per 1,000 people.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 74 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Libya ahead.
Libya ranks 80th and Syria ranks 78th of 236 countries.
Across the 8 decades both report, Libya averaged higher in 6 and Syria in 2.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Libya | Syria | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 240.02 deaths per 1,000 people | 144.61 deaths per 1,000 people | 95.41 deaths per 1,000 people | Libya |
| 1960s | 154.21 deaths per 1,000 people | 96.31 deaths per 1,000 people | 57.9 deaths per 1,000 people | Libya |
| 1970s | 79.13 deaths per 1,000 people | 61.35 deaths per 1,000 people | 17.78 deaths per 1,000 people | Libya |
| 1980s | 46.12 deaths per 1,000 people | 38 deaths per 1,000 people | 8.12 deaths per 1,000 people | Libya |
| 1990s | 28.97 deaths per 1,000 people | 23.71 deaths per 1,000 people | 5.26 deaths per 1,000 people | Libya |
| 2000s | 19.45 deaths per 1,000 people | 16.44 deaths per 1,000 people | 3 deaths per 1,000 people | Libya |
| 2010s | 12.13 deaths per 1,000 people | 20.1 deaths per 1,000 people | 7.97 deaths per 1,000 people | Syria |
| 2020s | 10.94 deaths per 1,000 people | 16.7 deaths per 1,000 people | 5.77 deaths per 1,000 people | Syria |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher annual death rates at different ages, Libya or Syria?
- Syria, at 16.99 deaths per 1,000 people against 16.26 deaths per 1,000 people in Libya as of 2023.
- What is the difference in annual death rates at different ages between Libya and Syria?
- 0.73 deaths per 1,000 people, with Syria ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Libya and Syria?
- 74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.
- How do Libya and Syria rank globally for annual death rates at different ages?
- Libya ranks 80th and Syria ranks 78th 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.