Which has higher deaths by age group, New Zealand or Romania?

Romania, at 517 deaths against 402 deaths in New Zealand as of 2023.

What is the difference in deaths by age group between New Zealand and Romania?

115 deaths, with Romania ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for New Zealand and Romania?

74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.

Where does this data come from?

UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – processed by Our World in Data, published as Deaths by age group. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

New Zealand vs Romania: Deaths by age group

New Zealand

402 deaths

in 2023

Romania

517 deaths

in 2023

New Zealand rank

50th

Romania rank

47th

Deaths by age group over time

New Zealand
Romania

How they compare

Romania currently reports 517 deaths against 402 deaths in New Zealand, a difference of 115 deaths.

That makes Romania's figure about 1.3 times New Zealand's.

The two have swapped places 5 times across 74 shared years of data; in 1950 it was New Zealand ahead.

New Zealand ranks 50th and Romania ranks 47th of 236 countries.

Across the 8 decades both report, New Zealand averaged higher in 6 and Romania in 2.

Head to head by decade

Decade	New Zealand	Romania	Difference	Ahead
1950s	17.2 deaths	11.6 deaths	5.6 deaths	New Zealand
1960s	20.4 deaths	14.2 deaths	6.2 deaths	New Zealand
1970s	30.7 deaths	15.9 deaths	14.8 deaths	New Zealand
1980s	65.9 deaths	26.2 deaths	39.7 deaths	New Zealand
1990s	105.8 deaths	46.3 deaths	59.5 deaths	New Zealand
2000s	164.4 deaths	76.7 deaths	87.7 deaths	New Zealand
2010s	265.6 deaths	270.4 deaths	4.8 deaths	Romania
2020s	387.5 deaths	457 deaths	69.5 deaths	Romania

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher deaths by age group, New Zealand or Romania?: Romania, at 517 deaths against 402 deaths in New Zealand as of 2023.
What is the difference in deaths by age group between New Zealand and Romania?: 115 deaths, with Romania ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for New Zealand and Romania?: 74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.
How do New Zealand and Romania rank globally for deaths by age group?: New Zealand ranks 50th and Romania ranks 47th of 236 countries.
Where does this data come from?: UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – processed by Our World in Data, published as Deaths by age group. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator: Deaths by age group
Unit: deaths
Source: UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 236 places, 17,464 data points, 1950–2023
Last refreshed: 28 August 2026

Number of deaths in a calendar year. This only includes people aged 100+.