Nicaragua vs Panama: Annual death rates at different ages
Nicaragua
12.4 deaths per 1,000 people
in 2023
Panama
12.7 deaths per 1,000 people
in 2023
Nicaragua rank
105th
Panama rank
104th
Annual death rates at different ages over time
- Nicaragua
- Panama
How they compare
Panama currently reports 12.7 deaths per 1,000 people against 12.4 deaths per 1,000 people in Nicaragua, a difference of 0.3 deaths per 1,000 people.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 74 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Nicaragua ahead.
Nicaragua ranks 105th and Panama ranks 104th of 236 countries.
Nicaragua has averaged higher in every one of the 8 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Nicaragua | Panama | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 173.82 deaths per 1,000 people | 78.45 deaths per 1,000 people | 95.37 deaths per 1,000 people | Nicaragua |
| 1960s | 140.88 deaths per 1,000 people | 60.65 deaths per 1,000 people | 80.22 deaths per 1,000 people | Nicaragua |
| 1970s | 113.93 deaths per 1,000 people | 41.92 deaths per 1,000 people | 72.02 deaths per 1,000 people | Nicaragua |
| 1980s | 83.36 deaths per 1,000 people | 29.07 deaths per 1,000 people | 54.29 deaths per 1,000 people | Nicaragua |
| 1990s | 46.22 deaths per 1,000 people | 22.29 deaths per 1,000 people | 23.93 deaths per 1,000 people | Nicaragua |
| 2000s | 25.92 deaths per 1,000 people | 17.55 deaths per 1,000 people | 8.36 deaths per 1,000 people | Nicaragua |
| 2010s | 16.83 deaths per 1,000 people | 13.99 deaths per 1,000 people | 2.84 deaths per 1,000 people | Nicaragua |
| 2020s | 13.05 deaths per 1,000 people | 11.66 deaths per 1,000 people | 1.39 deaths per 1,000 people | Nicaragua |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher annual death rates at different ages, Nicaragua or Panama?
- Panama, at 12.7 deaths per 1,000 people against 12.4 deaths per 1,000 people in Nicaragua as of 2023.
- What is the difference in annual death rates at different ages between Nicaragua and Panama?
- 0.3 deaths per 1,000 people, with Panama ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Nicaragua and Panama?
- 74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.
- How do Nicaragua and Panama rank globally for annual death rates at different ages?
- Nicaragua ranks 105th and Panama ranks 104th 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.