Puerto Rico vs Sri Lanka: Annual death rates at different ages
Puerto Rico
5.21 deaths per 1,000 people
in 2023
Sri Lanka
5.12 deaths per 1,000 people
in 2023
Puerto Rico rank
173rd
Sri Lanka rank
175th
Annual death rates at different ages over time
- Puerto Rico
- Sri Lanka
How they compare
Puerto Rico currently reports 5.21 deaths per 1,000 people against 5.12 deaths per 1,000 people in Sri Lanka, a difference of 0.09 deaths per 1,000 people.
The two have swapped places 5 times across 74 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Sri Lanka ahead.
Puerto Rico ranks 173rd and Sri Lanka ranks 175th of 236 countries.
Sri Lanka has averaged higher in every one of the 8 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Puerto Rico | Sri Lanka | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 55.46 deaths per 1,000 people | 94.31 deaths per 1,000 people | 38.85 deaths per 1,000 people | Sri Lanka |
| 1960s | 37.34 deaths per 1,000 people | 64.45 deaths per 1,000 people | 27.11 deaths per 1,000 people | Sri Lanka |
| 1970s | 26.02 deaths per 1,000 people | 49.64 deaths per 1,000 people | 23.61 deaths per 1,000 people | Sri Lanka |
| 1980s | 20.14 deaths per 1,000 people | 27.2 deaths per 1,000 people | 7.06 deaths per 1,000 people | Sri Lanka |
| 1990s | 14.45 deaths per 1,000 people | 16.74 deaths per 1,000 people | 2.29 deaths per 1,000 people | Sri Lanka |
| 2000s | 8.37 deaths per 1,000 people | 12.59 deaths per 1,000 people | 4.21 deaths per 1,000 people | Sri Lanka |
| 2010s | 6.55 deaths per 1,000 people | 7.55 deaths per 1,000 people | 1.01 deaths per 1,000 people | Sri Lanka |
| 2020s | 5.41 deaths per 1,000 people | 5.43 deaths per 1,000 people | 0.0169 deaths per 1,000 people | Sri Lanka |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher annual death rates at different ages, Puerto Rico or Sri Lanka?
- Puerto Rico, at 5.21 deaths per 1,000 people against 5.12 deaths per 1,000 people in Sri Lanka as of 2023.
- What is the difference in annual death rates at different ages between Puerto Rico and Sri Lanka?
- 0.09 deaths per 1,000 people, with Puerto Rico ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Puerto Rico and Sri Lanka?
- 74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.
- How do Puerto Rico and Sri Lanka rank globally for annual death rates at different ages?
- Puerto Rico ranks 173rd and Sri Lanka ranks 175th 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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About this data
Death rate, calculated as the number of deaths divided by the average number of people alive during the interval.