Bhutan vs Cambodia: Mortality rates at age 65
Bhutan
2.47 deaths per 1,000 people
in 2023
Cambodia
2.48 deaths per 1,000 people
in 2023
Bhutan rank
116th
Cambodia rank
115th
Mortality rates at age 65 over time
- Bhutan
- Cambodia
How they compare
Cambodia currently reports 2.48 deaths per 1,000 people against 2.47 deaths per 1,000 people in Bhutan, a difference of 0.01 deaths per 1,000 people.
The two have swapped places 5 times across 74 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Bhutan ahead.
Bhutan ranks 116th and Cambodia ranks 115th of 236 countries.
Across the 8 decades both report, Bhutan averaged higher in 6 and Cambodia in 2.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Bhutan | Cambodia | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 6.35 deaths per 1,000 people | 5.15 deaths per 1,000 people | 1.2 deaths per 1,000 people | Bhutan |
| 1960s | 5.97 deaths per 1,000 people | 4.78 deaths per 1,000 people | 1.18 deaths per 1,000 people | Bhutan |
| 1970s | 5.17 deaths per 1,000 people | 9.65 deaths per 1,000 people | 4.49 deaths per 1,000 people | Cambodia |
| 1980s | 4.41 deaths per 1,000 people | 4.28 deaths per 1,000 people | 0.1372 deaths per 1,000 people | Bhutan |
| 1990s | 3.83 deaths per 1,000 people | 3.51 deaths per 1,000 people | 0.314 deaths per 1,000 people | Bhutan |
| 2000s | 3.27 deaths per 1,000 people | 2.92 deaths per 1,000 people | 0.3523 deaths per 1,000 people | Bhutan |
| 2010s | 2.76 deaths per 1,000 people | 2.56 deaths per 1,000 people | 0.2047 deaths per 1,000 people | Bhutan |
| 2020s | 2.52 deaths per 1,000 people | 2.6 deaths per 1,000 people | 0.0807 deaths per 1,000 people | Cambodia |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher mortality rates at age 65, Bhutan or Cambodia?
- Cambodia, at 2.48 deaths per 1,000 people against 2.47 deaths per 1,000 people in Bhutan as of 2023.
- What is the difference in mortality rates at age 65 between Bhutan and Cambodia?
- 0.01 deaths per 1,000 people, with Cambodia ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Bhutan and Cambodia?
- 74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.
- How do Bhutan and Cambodia rank globally for mortality rates at age 65?
- Bhutan ranks 116th and Cambodia ranks 115th 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.