What is the difference in number of deaths between Korea, Democratic People's Republic of and Romania?

1,291 deaths, with Romania ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Korea, Democratic People's Republic of and Romania?

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.

Korea, Democratic People's Republic of vs Romania: Number of deaths

Korea, Democratic People's Republic of

255,828 deaths

in 2023

Romania

257,119 deaths

in 2023

Korea, Democratic People's Republic of rank

37th

Romania rank

36th

Number of deaths over time

Korea, Democratic People's Republic of
Romania

How they compare

Romania currently reports 257,119 deaths against 255,828 deaths in Korea, Democratic People's Republic of, a difference of 1,291 deaths.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 74 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Korea, Democratic People's Republic of ahead.

Korea, Democratic People's Republic of ranks 37th and Romania ranks 36th of 236 countries.

Across the 8 decades both report, Korea, Democratic People's Republic of averaged higher in 1 and Romania in 7.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Korea, Democratic People's Republic of	Romania	Difference	Ahead
1950s	265,613 deaths	189,228 deaths	76,385 deaths	Korea, Democratic People's Republic of
1960s	131,768 deaths	170,935 deaths	39,167 deaths	Romania
1970s	119,397 deaths	205,600 deaths	86,203 deaths	Romania
1980s	112,917 deaths	245,069 deaths	132,153 deaths	Romania
1990s	181,406 deaths	269,081 deaths	87,675 deaths	Romania
2000s	225,211 deaths	268,683 deaths	43,472 deaths	Romania
2010s	222,732 deaths	261,520 deaths	38,788 deaths	Romania
2020s	251,980 deaths	290,845 deaths	38,865 deaths	Romania

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher number of deaths, Korea, Democratic People's Republic of or Romania?: Romania, at 257,119 deaths against 255,828 deaths in Korea, Democratic People's Republic of as of 2023.
What is the difference in number of deaths between Korea, Democratic People's Republic of and Romania?: 1,291 deaths, with Romania ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Korea, Democratic People's Republic of and Romania?: 74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.
How do Korea, Democratic People's Republic of and Romania rank globally for number of deaths?: Korea, Democratic People's Republic of ranks 37th and Romania ranks 36th 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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