What is the difference in number of deaths between Eritrea and North Macedonia?

1,112 deaths, with Eritrea ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Eritrea and North Macedonia?

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.

Eritrea vs North Macedonia: Number of deaths

Eritrea

20,977 deaths

in 2023

North Macedonia

19,865 deaths

in 2023

Eritrea rank

140th

North Macedonia rank

142nd

Number of deaths over time

Eritrea
North Macedonia

How they compare

Eritrea currently reports 20,977 deaths against 19,865 deaths in North Macedonia, a difference of 1,112 deaths.

That makes Eritrea's figure about 1.1 times North Macedonia's.

The two have swapped places 4 times across 74 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Eritrea ahead.

Eritrea ranks 140th and North Macedonia ranks 142nd of 236 countries.

Across the 8 decades both report, Eritrea averaged higher in 7 and North Macedonia in 1.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Eritrea	North Macedonia	Difference	Ahead
1950s	25,757 deaths	20,016 deaths	5,741 deaths	Eritrea
1960s	26,403 deaths	14,673 deaths	11,730 deaths	Eritrea
1970s	30,243 deaths	13,345 deaths	16,898 deaths	Eritrea
1980s	36,548 deaths	14,272 deaths	22,276 deaths	Eritrea
1990s	28,070 deaths	16,443 deaths	11,627 deaths	Eritrea
2000s	23,379 deaths	18,502 deaths	4,877 deaths	Eritrea
2010s	21,473 deaths	19,346 deaths	2,126 deaths	Eritrea
2020s	21,583 deaths	23,448 deaths	1,866 deaths	North Macedonia

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher number of deaths, Eritrea or North Macedonia?: Eritrea, at 20,977 deaths against 19,865 deaths in North Macedonia as of 2023.
What is the difference in number of deaths between Eritrea and North Macedonia?: 1,112 deaths, with Eritrea ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Eritrea and North Macedonia?: 74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.
How do Eritrea and North Macedonia rank globally for number of deaths?: Eritrea ranks 140th and North Macedonia ranks 142nd 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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