What is the difference in number of deaths between Azerbaijan and Papua New Guinea?

141 deaths, with Azerbaijan ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Azerbaijan and Papua New Guinea?

74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.

Where does this data come from?

UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – processed by Our World in Data, published as Number of deaths. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Azerbaijan vs Papua New Guinea: Number of deaths

Azerbaijan

67,841 deaths

in 2023

Papua New Guinea

67,700 deaths

in 2023

Azerbaijan rank

98th

Papua New Guinea rank

99th

Number of deaths over time

Azerbaijan
Papua New Guinea

How they compare

Azerbaijan currently reports 67,841 deaths against 67,700 deaths in Papua New Guinea, a difference of 141 deaths.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 74 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Azerbaijan ahead.

Azerbaijan ranks 98th and Papua New Guinea ranks 99th of 236 countries.

Azerbaijan has averaged higher in every one of the 8 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Azerbaijan	Papua New Guinea	Difference	Ahead
1950s	68,139 deaths	34,168 deaths	33,971 deaths	Azerbaijan
1960s	67,452 deaths	33,003 deaths	34,449 deaths	Azerbaijan
1970s	56,795 deaths	30,265 deaths	26,530 deaths	Azerbaijan
1980s	59,599 deaths	30,623 deaths	28,976 deaths	Azerbaijan
1990s	67,821 deaths	37,160 deaths	30,661 deaths	Azerbaijan
2000s	61,948 deaths	49,452 deaths	12,496 deaths	Azerbaijan
2010s	65,783 deaths	59,336 deaths	6,448 deaths	Azerbaijan
2020s	77,284 deaths	69,228 deaths	8,055 deaths	Azerbaijan

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher number of deaths, Azerbaijan or Papua New Guinea?: Azerbaijan, at 67,841 deaths against 67,700 deaths in Papua New Guinea as of 2023.
What is the difference in number of deaths between Azerbaijan and Papua New Guinea?: 141 deaths, with Azerbaijan ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Azerbaijan and Papua New Guinea?: 74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.
How do Azerbaijan and Papua New Guinea rank globally for number of deaths?: Azerbaijan ranks 98th and Papua New Guinea ranks 99th of 236 countries.
Where does this data come from?: UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – processed by Our World in Data, published as Number of deaths. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator: Number of deaths
Unit: deaths
Source: UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 236 places, 17,464 data points, 1950–2023
Last refreshed: 28 August 2026

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