Annual death rate by age group by country

The death rate, calculated as the number of deaths divided by the average number of people alive during the interval.

Countries reporting
41
Highest
7.94 deaths per 1,000 people
Ukraine
Lowest
1.4 deaths per 1,000 people
Latvia
Median
3.29 deaths per 1,000 people
Years covered
274
1751–2024
Data points
3,817

What the numbers show

Annual death rate by age group is currently reported for 41 countries. The highest value is 7.94 deaths per 1,000 people in Ukraine; the lowest is 1.4 deaths per 1,000 people in Latvia.

The median across all reporting countries is 3.29 deaths per 1,000 people, and the mean is 3.44 deaths per 1,000 people.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 6.

Over the past decade 7 countries rose and 34 fell. The largest increase was in Iceland (up 27.8%), and the largest decrease in Latvia (down 64.5%).

Annual death rate by age group: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Ukraine 7.94 deaths per 1,000 people 2013 down 18.8% falling
2 Russian Federation 7.46 deaths per 1,000 people 2014 down 37.1% falling
3 Bulgaria 5.57 deaths per 1,000 people 2021 down 33.3% volatile
4 United States 5.5 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 down 7.6% volatile
5 Chile 5.46 deaths per 1,000 people 2020 down 26.7% falling
6 Slovak Republic 5.03 deaths per 1,000 people 2019 down 14.2% volatile
7 New Zealand 4.6 deaths per 1,000 people 2021 up 0.4% volatile
8 Canada 4.59 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 down 7.3% volatile
9 Taiwan 4.43 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 up 13.3% falling
10 Denmark 4.3 deaths per 1,000 people 2024 up 5.9% volatile
11 Luxembourg 4.17 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 up 5.6% volatile
12 Croatia 3.93 deaths per 1,000 people 2020 down 10.1% falling
13 United Kingdom 3.88 deaths per 1,000 people 2022 down 6.7% volatile
14 France 3.85 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 up 6.6% volatile
15 Poland 3.69 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 down 17.4% volatile
16 Greece 3.64 deaths per 1,000 people 2019 up 12.3% volatile
17 Netherlands 3.6 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 down 3.5% volatile
18 Hungary 3.41 deaths per 1,000 people 2020 down 34.5% volatile
19 Switzerland 3.33 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 down 15.9% volatile
20 Ireland 3.29 deaths per 1,000 people 2022 down 7.1% volatile
20 Australia 3.29 deaths per 1,000 people 2021 down 13.4% volatile
22 Israel 3.16 deaths per 1,000 people 2016 down 22.4% falling
23 Germany 3.07 deaths per 1,000 people 2020 down 11.8% falling
24 Belgium 3.03 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 down 12.2% volatile
25 Lithuania 2.85 deaths per 1,000 people 2024 down 30.1% volatile
26 Austria 2.78 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 down 11.5% volatile
27 Spain 2.58 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 down 1.9% volatile
28 Italy 2.49 deaths per 1,000 people 2022 down 16.7% volatile
29 Portugal 2.46 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 down 12.8% volatile
30 Belarus 2.41 deaths per 1,000 people 2018 down 48.1% volatile
31 Korea, Rep. 2.4 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 down 18.1% falling
32 Iceland 2.3 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 up 27.8% volatile
33 Czechia 2.22 deaths per 1,000 people 2021 down 14.9% volatile
34 Norway 2.07 deaths per 1,000 people 2024 down 14.5% volatile
34 Slovenia 2.07 deaths per 1,000 people 2019 down 12.7% volatile
36 Finland 1.96 deaths per 1,000 people 2024 down 8.4% volatile
37 Sweden 1.94 deaths per 1,000 people 2024 down 11.4% volatile
38 Japan 1.77 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 down 17.3% volatile
39 Estonia 1.56 deaths per 1,000 people 2019 down 56.5% volatile
40 Hong Kong 1.46 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 down 31.8% falling
41 Latvia 1.4 deaths per 1,000 people 2024 down 64.5% volatile

About this data

Indicator
Annual death rate by age group
Unit
deaths per 1,000 people
Source
Human Mortality Database (2025) – with minor processing by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
41 places, 3,817 data points, 1751–2024
Last refreshed

The death rate, calculated as the number of deaths divided by the average number of people alive during the interval.