Which has higher number of deaths, Maldives or Sao Tome and Principe?

Sao Tome and Principe, at 1,285 deaths against 1,232 deaths in Maldives as of 2023.

What is the difference in number of deaths between Maldives and Sao Tome and Principe?

53 deaths, with Sao Tome and Principe ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Maldives and Sao Tome and Principe?

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.

Maldives vs Sao Tome and Principe: Number of deaths

Maldives

1,232 deaths

in 2023

Sao Tome and Principe

1,285 deaths

in 2023

Maldives rank

189th

Sao Tome and Principe rank

188th

Number of deaths over time

Maldives
Sao Tome and Principe

How they compare

Sao Tome and Principe currently reports 1,285 deaths against 1,232 deaths in Maldives, a difference of 53 deaths.

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

Maldives ranks 189th and Sao Tome and Principe ranks 188th of 236 countries.

Across the 8 decades both report, Maldives averaged higher in 6 and Sao Tome and Principe in 2.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Maldives	Sao Tome and Principe	Difference	Ahead
1950s	2,080 deaths	1,581 deaths	499.2 deaths	Maldives
1960s	2,524 deaths	1,216 deaths	1,308 deaths	Maldives
1970s	2,381 deaths	1,039 deaths	1,342 deaths	Maldives
1980s	2,002 deaths	1,228 deaths	774.8 deaths	Maldives
1990s	1,571 deaths	1,362 deaths	209.2 deaths	Maldives
2000s	1,179 deaths	1,384 deaths	205.2 deaths	Sao Tome and Principe
2010s	1,221 deaths	1,353 deaths	132 deaths	Sao Tome and Principe
2020s	1,386 deaths	1,328 deaths	58 deaths	Maldives

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher number of deaths, Maldives or Sao Tome and Principe?: Sao Tome and Principe, at 1,285 deaths against 1,232 deaths in Maldives as of 2023.
What is the difference in number of deaths between Maldives and Sao Tome and Principe?: 53 deaths, with Sao Tome and Principe ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Maldives and Sao Tome and Principe?: 74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.
How do Maldives and Sao Tome and Principe rank globally for number of deaths?: Maldives ranks 189th and Sao Tome and Principe ranks 188th 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

Number of deaths in a calendar year.