Bahrain vs Iceland: Mortality rates at age 65
Bahrain
0.9215 deaths per 1,000 people
in 2023
Iceland
0.9166 deaths per 1,000 people
in 2023
Bahrain rank
222nd
Iceland rank
224th
Mortality rates at age 65 over time
- Bahrain
- Iceland
How they compare
Bahrain currently reports 0.9215 deaths per 1,000 people against 0.9166 deaths per 1,000 people in Iceland, a difference of 0.0049 deaths per 1,000 people.
The two have swapped places 10 times across 74 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Bahrain ahead.
Bahrain ranks 222nd and Iceland ranks 224th of 236 countries.
Bahrain has averaged higher in every one of the 8 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Bahrain | Iceland | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 4.96 deaths per 1,000 people | 2.06 deaths per 1,000 people | 2.91 deaths per 1,000 people | Bahrain |
| 1960s | 3.82 deaths per 1,000 people | 2.24 deaths per 1,000 people | 1.57 deaths per 1,000 people | Bahrain |
| 1970s | 2.95 deaths per 1,000 people | 2.25 deaths per 1,000 people | 0.7036 deaths per 1,000 people | Bahrain |
| 1980s | 2.49 deaths per 1,000 people | 2.1 deaths per 1,000 people | 0.3926 deaths per 1,000 people | Bahrain |
| 1990s | 2.2 deaths per 1,000 people | 1.64 deaths per 1,000 people | 0.5551 deaths per 1,000 people | Bahrain |
| 2000s | 1.77 deaths per 1,000 people | 1.06 deaths per 1,000 people | 0.7128 deaths per 1,000 people | Bahrain |
| 2010s | 1.29 deaths per 1,000 people | 1.08 deaths per 1,000 people | 0.2133 deaths per 1,000 people | Bahrain |
| 2020s | 1.27 deaths per 1,000 people | 0.9229 deaths per 1,000 people | 0.351 deaths per 1,000 people | Bahrain |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher mortality rates at age 65, Bahrain or Iceland?
- Bahrain, at 0.9215 deaths per 1,000 people against 0.9166 deaths per 1,000 people in Iceland as of 2023.
- What is the difference in mortality rates at age 65 between Bahrain and Iceland?
- 0.0049 deaths per 1,000 people, with Bahrain ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Bahrain and Iceland?
- 74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.
- How do Bahrain and Iceland rank globally for mortality rates at age 65?
- Bahrain ranks 222nd and Iceland ranks 224th 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.