Which has higher number of deaths, Denmark or Papua New Guinea?

Papua New Guinea, at 67,700 deaths against 57,275 deaths in Denmark as of 2023.

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

10,425 deaths, with Papua New Guinea ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Denmark 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.

Denmark vs Papua New Guinea: Number of deaths

Denmark

57,275 deaths

in 2023

Papua New Guinea

67,700 deaths

in 2023

Denmark rank

101st

Papua New Guinea rank

99th

Number of deaths over time

Denmark
Papua New Guinea

How they compare

Papua New Guinea currently reports 67,700 deaths against 57,275 deaths in Denmark, a difference of 10,425 deaths.

That makes Papua New Guinea's figure about 1.2 times Denmark's.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 74 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Denmark ahead.

Denmark ranks 101st and Papua New Guinea ranks 99th of 236 countries.

Across the 8 decades both report, Denmark averaged higher in 6 and Papua New Guinea in 2.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Denmark	Papua New Guinea	Difference	Ahead
1950s	39,935 deaths	34,168 deaths	5,768 deaths	Denmark
1960s	46,464 deaths	33,003 deaths	13,461 deaths	Denmark
1970s	51,248 deaths	30,265 deaths	20,983 deaths	Denmark
1980s	57,460 deaths	30,623 deaths	26,837 deaths	Denmark
1990s	60,624 deaths	37,160 deaths	23,463 deaths	Denmark
2000s	56,357 deaths	49,452 deaths	6,905 deaths	Denmark
2010s	53,062 deaths	59,336 deaths	6,274 deaths	Papua New Guinea
2020s	57,099 deaths	69,228 deaths	12,129 deaths	Papua New Guinea

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher number of deaths, Denmark or Papua New Guinea?: Papua New Guinea, at 67,700 deaths against 57,275 deaths in Denmark as of 2023.
What is the difference in number of deaths between Denmark and Papua New Guinea?: 10,425 deaths, with Papua New Guinea ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Denmark and Papua New Guinea?: 74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.
How do Denmark and Papua New Guinea rank globally for number of deaths?: Denmark ranks 101st 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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