Romania vs Russia: Death rate, crude (per 1,000 people)

Romania
12.8 per 1,000 people
in 2024
Russia
12.4 per 1,000 people
in 2024
Romania rank
13th
Russia rank
15th

Death rate, crude (per 1,000 people) over time

  • Romania
  • Russia
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How they compare

Romania currently reports 12.8 per 1,000 people against 12.4 per 1,000 people in Russia, a difference of 0.4 per 1,000 people.

The two have swapped places 4 times across 65 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Romania ahead.

Romania ranks 13th and Russia ranks 15th of 218 countries.

Across the 7 decades both report, Romania averaged higher in 2 and Russia in 5.

Head to head by decade

Decade Romania Russia Difference Ahead
1960s 8.86 per 1,000 people 7.71 per 1,000 people 1.15 per 1,000 people Romania
1970s 9.5 per 1,000 people 9.57 per 1,000 people 0.074 per 1,000 people Russia
1980s 10.54 per 1,000 people 10.89 per 1,000 people 0.35 per 1,000 people Russia
1990s 11.73 per 1,000 people 13.61 per 1,000 people 1.88 per 1,000 people Russia
2000s 12.15 per 1,000 people 15.38 per 1,000 people 3.23 per 1,000 people Russia
2010s 12.99 per 1,000 people 13.02 per 1,000 people 0.03 per 1,000 people Russia
2020s 14.58 per 1,000 people 13.74 per 1,000 people 0.84 per 1,000 people Romania

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher death rate, crude, Romania or Russia?
Romania, at 12.8 per 1,000 people against 12.4 per 1,000 people in Russia as of 2024.
What is the difference in death rate, crude between Romania and Russia?
0.4 per 1,000 people, with Romania ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Romania and Russia?
65 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2024.
How do Romania and Russia rank globally for death rate, crude?
Romania ranks 13th and Russia ranks 15th 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.