Canada vs Spain: Mortality rates at age 65
Canada
1.14 deaths per 1,000 people
in 2023
Spain
1.19 deaths per 1,000 people
in 2023
Canada rank
205th
Spain rank
203rd
Mortality rates at age 65 over time
- Canada
- Spain
How they compare
Spain currently reports 1.19 deaths per 1,000 people against 1.14 deaths per 1,000 people in Canada, a difference of 0.05 deaths per 1,000 people.
The two have swapped places 10 times across 74 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Spain ahead.
Canada ranks 205th and Spain ranks 203rd of 236 countries.
Across the 8 decades both report, Canada averaged higher in 4 and Spain in 4.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Canada | Spain | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 3.19 deaths per 1,000 people | 3.4 deaths per 1,000 people | 0.2104 deaths per 1,000 people | Spain |
| 1960s | 3.17 deaths per 1,000 people | 2.96 deaths per 1,000 people | 0.2066 deaths per 1,000 people | Canada |
| 1970s | 2.9 deaths per 1,000 people | 2.62 deaths per 1,000 people | 0.282 deaths per 1,000 people | Canada |
| 1980s | 2.43 deaths per 1,000 people | 2.15 deaths per 1,000 people | 0.2828 deaths per 1,000 people | Canada |
| 1990s | 1.95 deaths per 1,000 people | 1.87 deaths per 1,000 people | 0.0809 deaths per 1,000 people | Canada |
| 2000s | 1.44 deaths per 1,000 people | 1.52 deaths per 1,000 people | 0.0842 deaths per 1,000 people | Spain |
| 2010s | 1.18 deaths per 1,000 people | 1.26 deaths per 1,000 people | 0.0806 deaths per 1,000 people | Spain |
| 2020s | 1.23 deaths per 1,000 people | 1.33 deaths per 1,000 people | 0.0981 deaths per 1,000 people | Spain |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher mortality rates at age 65, Canada or Spain?
- Spain, at 1.19 deaths per 1,000 people against 1.14 deaths per 1,000 people in Canada as of 2023.
- What is the difference in mortality rates at age 65 between Canada and Spain?
- 0.05 deaths per 1,000 people, with Spain ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Canada and Spain?
- 74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.
- How do Canada and Spain rank globally for mortality rates at age 65?
- Canada ranks 205th and Spain ranks 203rd 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.