Libya vs Papua New Guinea: Death rate, crude

Libya
6.53 per 1,000 people
in 2024
Papua New Guinea
6.55 per 1,000 people
in 2024
Libya rank
139th
Papua New Guinea rank
138th

Death rate, crude over time

  • Libya
  • Papua New Guinea
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How they compare

Papua New Guinea currently reports 6.55 per 1,000 people against 6.53 per 1,000 people in Libya, a difference of 0.02 per 1,000 people.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 65 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Libya ahead.

Libya ranks 139th and Papua New Guinea ranks 138th of 218 countries.

Across the 7 decades both report, Libya averaged higher in 1 and Papua New Guinea in 6.

Head to head by decade

Decade Libya Papua New Guinea Difference Ahead
1960s 19.19 per 1,000 people 14.97 per 1,000 people 4.22 per 1,000 people Libya
1970s 9.55 per 1,000 people 10.93 per 1,000 people 1.38 per 1,000 people Papua New Guinea
1980s 5.69 per 1,000 people 8.89 per 1,000 people 3.2 per 1,000 people Papua New Guinea
1990s 4.42 per 1,000 people 8.12 per 1,000 people 3.7 per 1,000 people Papua New Guinea
2000s 4.68 per 1,000 people 7.68 per 1,000 people 3 per 1,000 people Papua New Guinea
2010s 5.19 per 1,000 people 6.89 per 1,000 people 1.71 per 1,000 people Papua New Guinea
2020s 5.88 per 1,000 people 6.79 per 1,000 people 0.9174 per 1,000 people Papua New Guinea

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher death rate, crude, Libya or Papua New Guinea?
Papua New Guinea, at 6.55 per 1,000 people against 6.53 per 1,000 people in Libya as of 2024.
What is the difference in death rate, crude between Libya and Papua New Guinea?
0.02 per 1,000 people, with Papua New Guinea ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Libya and Papua New Guinea?
65 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2024.
How do Libya and Papua New Guinea rank globally for death rate, crude?
Libya ranks 139th and Papua New Guinea ranks 138th of 218 countries.
Where does this data come from?
World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN), publisher: UN Population Division, published as Death rate, crude (per 1,000 people). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator
Death rate, crude (per 1,000 people)
Unit
per 1,000 people
Source
World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN), publisher: UN Population Division
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
266 places, 17,260 data points, 1960–2024
Last refreshed

Crude death rate indicates the number of deaths occurring during the year, per 1,000 population estimated at midyear. Subtracting the crude death rate from the crude birth rate provides the rate of natural increase, which is equal to the rate of population change in the absence of migration.