What is the difference in number of deaths between Dominican Republic and Switzerland?

2,962 deaths, with Switzerland ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Dominican Republic and Switzerland?

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.

Dominican Republic vs Switzerland: Number of deaths

Dominican Republic

70,827 deaths

in 2023

Switzerland

73,789 deaths

in 2023

Dominican Republic rank

96th

Switzerland rank

94th

Number of deaths over time

Dominican Republic
Switzerland

How they compare

Switzerland currently reports 73,789 deaths against 70,827 deaths in Dominican Republic, a difference of 2,962 deaths.

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

Dominican Republic ranks 96th and Switzerland ranks 94th of 236 countries.

Across the 8 decades both report, Dominican Republic averaged higher in 1 and Switzerland in 7.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Dominican Republic	Switzerland	Difference	Ahead
1950s	52,706 deaths	49,537 deaths	3,169 deaths	Dominican Republic
1960s	50,484 deaths	54,956 deaths	4,472 deaths	Switzerland
1970s	44,839 deaths	56,874 deaths	12,035 deaths	Switzerland
1980s	43,302 deaths	59,931 deaths	16,629 deaths	Switzerland
1990s	44,586 deaths	62,960 deaths	18,374 deaths	Switzerland
2000s	51,677 deaths	61,773 deaths	10,096 deaths	Switzerland
2010s	59,506 deaths	65,540 deaths	6,034 deaths	Switzerland
2020s	71,513 deaths	74,550 deaths	3,038 deaths	Switzerland

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher number of deaths, Dominican Republic or Switzerland?: Switzerland, at 73,789 deaths against 70,827 deaths in Dominican Republic as of 2023.
What is the difference in number of deaths between Dominican Republic and Switzerland?: 2,962 deaths, with Switzerland ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Dominican Republic and Switzerland?: 74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.
How do Dominican Republic and Switzerland rank globally for number of deaths?: Dominican Republic ranks 96th and Switzerland ranks 94th 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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