Bahamas vs Sri Lanka: Mortality rates at age 65
Bahamas
2.24 deaths per 1,000 people
in 2023
Sri Lanka
2.25 deaths per 1,000 people
in 2023
Bahamas rank
128th
Sri Lanka rank
127th
Mortality rates at age 65 over time
- Bahamas
- Sri Lanka
How they compare
Sri Lanka currently reports 2.25 deaths per 1,000 people against 2.24 deaths per 1,000 people in Bahamas, a difference of 0.01 deaths per 1,000 people.
The two have swapped places 4 times across 74 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Sri Lanka ahead.
Bahamas ranks 128th and Sri Lanka ranks 127th of 236 countries.
Across the 8 decades both report, Bahamas averaged higher in 5 and Sri Lanka in 3.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Bahamas | Sri Lanka | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 4.53 deaths per 1,000 people | 4.33 deaths per 1,000 people | 0.1969 deaths per 1,000 people | Bahamas |
| 1960s | 4.09 deaths per 1,000 people | 3.59 deaths per 1,000 people | 0.4971 deaths per 1,000 people | Bahamas |
| 1970s | 3.66 deaths per 1,000 people | 3.22 deaths per 1,000 people | 0.4346 deaths per 1,000 people | Bahamas |
| 1980s | 3.26 deaths per 1,000 people | 3.16 deaths per 1,000 people | 0.1014 deaths per 1,000 people | Bahamas |
| 1990s | 2.72 deaths per 1,000 people | 3.42 deaths per 1,000 people | 0.6945 deaths per 1,000 people | Sri Lanka |
| 2000s | 2.24 deaths per 1,000 people | 3.04 deaths per 1,000 people | 0.8056 deaths per 1,000 people | Sri Lanka |
| 2010s | 2.3 deaths per 1,000 people | 2.51 deaths per 1,000 people | 0.2091 deaths per 1,000 people | Sri Lanka |
| 2020s | 2.61 deaths per 1,000 people | 2.34 deaths per 1,000 people | 0.2637 deaths per 1,000 people | Bahamas |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher mortality rates at age 65, Bahamas or Sri Lanka?
- Sri Lanka, at 2.25 deaths per 1,000 people against 2.24 deaths per 1,000 people in Bahamas as of 2023.
- What is the difference in mortality rates at age 65 between Bahamas and Sri Lanka?
- 0.01 deaths per 1,000 people, with Sri Lanka ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Bahamas and Sri Lanka?
- 74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.
- How do Bahamas and Sri Lanka rank globally for mortality rates at age 65?
- Bahamas ranks 128th and Sri Lanka ranks 127th 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 Mortality rates at age 65. 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.