Sweden vs Vatican: Mortality rates at age 65
Sweden
0.9912 deaths per 1,000 people
in 2023
Vatican
1.01 deaths per 1,000 people
in 2023
Sweden rank
216th
Vatican rank
214th
Mortality rates at age 65 over time
- Sweden
- Vatican
How they compare
Vatican currently reports 1.01 deaths per 1,000 people against 0.9912 deaths per 1,000 people in Sweden, a difference of 0.0188 deaths per 1,000 people.
The two have swapped places 8 times across 74 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Vatican ahead.
Sweden ranks 216th and Vatican ranks 214th of 236 countries.
Vatican has averaged higher in every one of the 8 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Sweden | Vatican | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 2.42 deaths per 1,000 people | 3.19 deaths per 1,000 people | 0.7693 deaths per 1,000 people | Vatican |
| 1960s | 2.42 deaths per 1,000 people | 2.95 deaths per 1,000 people | 0.5328 deaths per 1,000 people | Vatican |
| 1970s | 2.4 deaths per 1,000 people | 2.7 deaths per 1,000 people | 0.2945 deaths per 1,000 people | Vatican |
| 1980s | 2.18 deaths per 1,000 people | 2.35 deaths per 1,000 people | 0.173 deaths per 1,000 people | Vatican |
| 1990s | 1.78 deaths per 1,000 people | 1.96 deaths per 1,000 people | 0.1842 deaths per 1,000 people | Vatican |
| 2000s | 1.38 deaths per 1,000 people | 1.43 deaths per 1,000 people | 0.0539 deaths per 1,000 people | Vatican |
| 2010s | 1.07 deaths per 1,000 people | 1.08 deaths per 1,000 people | 0.0081 deaths per 1,000 people | Vatican |
| 2020s | 1 deaths per 1,000 people | 1 deaths per 1,000 people | 0.0009 deaths per 1,000 people | Vatican |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher mortality rates at age 65, Sweden or Vatican?
- Vatican, at 1.01 deaths per 1,000 people against 0.9912 deaths per 1,000 people in Sweden as of 2023.
- What is the difference in mortality rates at age 65 between Sweden and Vatican?
- 0.0188 deaths per 1,000 people, with Vatican ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Sweden and Vatican?
- 74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.
- How do Sweden and Vatican rank globally for mortality rates at age 65?
- Sweden ranks 216th and Vatican ranks 214th 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.