Annual death rates in people of different ages, by sex by country

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

Countries reporting
236
Highest
68.81 deaths per 1,000 people
Sierra Leone
Lowest
0.403 deaths per 1,000 people
Iceland
Median
9.57 deaths per 1,000 people
Years covered
273
1751–2023
Data points
18,722

What the numbers show

Annual death rates in people of different ages, by sex is currently reported for 236 countries. The highest value is 68.81 deaths per 1,000 people in Sierra Leone; the lowest is 0.403 deaths per 1,000 people in Iceland.

The median across all reporting countries is 9.57 deaths per 1,000 people, and the mean is 15.6 deaths per 1,000 people.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 171.

Over the past decade 20 countries rose and 216 fell. The largest increase was in Lebanon (up 44.7%), and the largest decrease in Iceland (down 85.1%).

Annual death rates in people of different ages, by sex: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Sierra Leone 68.81 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 down 29.9% falling
2 Nigeria 67.32 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 down 17.4% falling
3 Central African Republic 65.59 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 down 25.0% falling
4 Somalia 64.05 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 down 26.1% falling
5 Niger 63.68 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 down 9.1% falling
6 Guinea 62.55 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 down 17.6% falling
7 South Sudan 62.14 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 down 4.0% falling
8 Chad 61.55 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 down 25.3% falling
9 Mali 58.73 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 down 22.9% falling
10 Lesotho 53.09 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 down 15.3% falling
11 Liberia 52.77 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 down 22.4% falling
12 Burkina Faso 50.22 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 down 27.0% falling
13 Equatorial Guinea 49.7 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 down 28.1% falling
14 Benin 49.51 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 down 21.1% falling
15 Mozambique 47.21 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 down 29.0% falling
16 Pakistan 46.82 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 down 27.1% falling
17 Cote d'Ivoire 46.7 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 down 26.6% falling
18 Democratic Republic of Congo 45.91 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 down 26.6% falling
19 Guinea-Bissau 45.53 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 down 28.2% falling
20 Angola 45.32 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 down 33.2% falling
21 Cameroon 44.28 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 down 28.4% falling
22 Madagascar 42.18 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 down 2.4% falling
23 Afghanistan 41.52 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 down 27.1% volatile
24 Haiti 40.14 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 down 24.6% falling
25 Kiribati 39.54 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 down 6.6% falling
26 Togo 38.32 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 down 26.7% falling
27 Comoros 35.52 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 down 27.9% falling
28 Zambia 35.26 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 down 23.5% falling
29 Eswatini 34.97 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 down 29.1% falling
30 East Timor 34.52 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 down 26.0% volatile
31 Sudan 33.61 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 down 23.2% falling
32 Djibouti 33.53 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 down 24.1% falling
33 Burundi 32.92 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 down 31.4% falling
34 Zimbabwe 30.44 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 down 29.9% falling
35 Papua New Guinea 29.96 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 down 26.0% volatile
36 Bolivia 29.8 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 down 25.9% falling
37 Yemen 29.59 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 down 20.3% volatile
38 Ethiopia 29.28 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 down 32.8% falling
39 Myanmar 28.94 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 down 30.0% volatile
40 Laos 28.38 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 down 32.1% volatile
41 Mauritania 28.04 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 down 26.1% volatile
42 Ghana 27.82 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 down 28.4% falling
43 Turkmenistan 27.56 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 down 6.5% falling
44 Kenya 26.9 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 down 19.6% falling
45 Tanzania 26.51 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 down 34.4% falling
46 Malawi 26.49 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 down 39.7% falling
47 Gambia 26.44 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 down 30.9% falling
48 Botswana 26.41 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 down 26.5% falling
49 Dominica 26.31 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 up 28.4% volatile
50 Congo 26.3 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 down 28.0% falling
51 South Africa 26.29 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 down 7.4% falling
52 Uganda 25.99 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 down 36.4% falling
53 Rwanda 25.44 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 down 29.2% falling
54 Gabon 24.79 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 down 30.6% falling
55 Namibia 24.65 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 down 22.2% falling
56 Eritrea 23.9 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 down 26.4% volatile
57 Dominican Republic 23.35 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 down 9.8% volatile
58 India 22.95 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 down 43.9% falling
59 Tajikistan 21.49 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 down 25.0% falling
60 Senegal 21.44 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 down 36.7% falling
61 Bangladesh 21.18 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 down 36.2% volatile
62 Western Sahara 20.9 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 down 31.4% volatile
63 Fiji 20.68 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 up 32.1% volatile
64 Nepal 20.25 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 down 37.4% volatile
65 Marshall Islands 19.43 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 down 25.1% falling
66 Guyana 18.76 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 down 25.7% falling
67 Nauru 18.71 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 down 25.3% falling
68 Philippines 18.42 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 down 4.6% falling
69 Niue 17.52 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 down 25.9% volatile
70 Bhutan 17.45 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 down 32.1% volatile
71 Iraq 17.15 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 down 28.8% volatile
72 Cambodia 17 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 down 36.2% volatile
73 Algeria 16.47 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 down 19.5% volatile
74 Micronesia (country) 16.31 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 down 26.7% volatile
75 Palau 16.12 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 up 8.1% volatile
76 Guatemala 15.67 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 down 30.5% volatile
77 Indonesia 15.46 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 down 30.5% volatile
78 Libya 15.42 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 up 39.1% volatile
79 Syria 15.09 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 down 25.2% volatile
80 Wallis and Futuna 14.62 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 down 10.0% volatile
81 Lebanon 14.44 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 up 44.7% volatile
82 Tuvalu 14.13 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 down 29.3% volatile
83 Jamaica 14.05 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 up 2.1% volatile
84 Venezuela 14.02 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 up 6.0% volatile
85 Vanuatu 13.86 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 down 19.7% volatile
86 Egypt 13.48 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 down 30.6% volatile
87 Azerbaijan 13.45 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 down 43.2% volatile
88 Saint Lucia 13.11 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 down 6.4% volatile
89 Solomon Islands 13.09 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 down 27.3% volatile
90 North Korea 12.9 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 down 25.1% volatile
91 Palestine 12.85 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 down 15.5% volatile
92 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 12.84 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 down 7.7% volatile
93 Morocco 12.74 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 down 35.8% volatile
94 Kyrgyzstan 12.6 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 down 31.3% volatile
95 Paraguay 12.45 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 down 28.8% falling
96 Suriname 12.44 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 down 24.8% volatile
97 Vietnam 12.33 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 down 9.3% volatile
98 Trinidad and Tobago 12.19 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 down 25.0% volatile
99 Grenada 11.95 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 up 8.2% volatile
100 Mauritius 11.92 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 down 0.6% volatile
101 Samoa 11.82 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 down 17.3% volatile
102 Panama 11.68 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 down 6.6% volatile
103 Honduras 11.58 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 down 29.5% volatile
104 Saint Kitts and Nevis 11.3 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 down 18.1% volatile
105 Sao Tome and Principe 10.92 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 down 49.7% volatile
106 Aruba 10.86 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 down 12.3% volatile
107 Seychelles 10.86 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 down 0.2% volatile
108 Nicaragua 10.82 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 down 29.6% volatile
109 Guam 10.67 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 up 10.9% volatile
110 Brazil 10.66 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 down 18.4% volatile
111 Sint Maarten (Dutch part) 10.65 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 down 9.3% volatile
112 Jordan 10.45 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 down 25.5% volatile
113 Peru 10.39 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 down 20.0% volatile
114 Moldova 10.31 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 down 14.3% volatile
115 Uzbekistan 10.15 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 down 39.5% volatile
116 Bahamas 10.08 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 down 12.6% volatile
117 Bonaire Sint Eustatius and Saba 9.99 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 down 4.2% volatile
118 Isle of Man 9.6 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 down 14.6% falling
119 Saint Helena 9.53 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 down 6.8% falling
120 Iran 9.36 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 down 31.2% volatile
121 Mexico 9.34 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 down 27.9% volatile
122 Mongolia 9.31 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 down 40.8% volatile
123 British Virgin Islands 9.14 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 down 18.0% volatile
124 Falkland Islands 8.94 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 down 10.6% volatile
125 Malta 8.93 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 up 36.4% volatile
126 Cape Verde 8.84 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 down 44.2% volatile
127 Greenland 8.81 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 up 4.1% volatile
128 Colombia 8.71 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 down 28.1% volatile
129 Barbados 8.56 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 down 24.9% volatile
130 El Salvador 8.54 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 down 31.5% volatile
131 Ecuador 8.52 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 down 28.8% volatile
132 TΓΌrkiye 8.51 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 down 28.7% volatile
133 Jersey 8.47 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 up 15.9% falling
134 Argentina 8.32 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 down 24.5% volatile
135 Tunisia 8.11 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 down 41.2% volatile
136 Tonga 7.92 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 down 15.7% volatile
137 American Samoa 7.88 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 down 4.1% volatile
138 New Caledonia 7.81 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 down 21.6% volatile
139 Belize 7.78 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 down 39.0% volatile
140 Armenia 7.75 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 down 38.4% volatile
141 Mayotte 7.73 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 up 25.2% volatile
142 Oman 7.65 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 down 8.8% volatile
143 Brunei 7.53 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 down 0.9% volatile
144 Albania 7.49 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 down 11.1% volatile
145 Georgia 7.17 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 down 20.4% volatile
146 Kazakhstan 6.99 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 down 34.9% volatile
147 Curacao 6.9 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 down 20.5% volatile
148 Gibraltar 6.79 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 down 10.4% falling
149 Saint Martin (French Part) 6.73 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 down 7.1% volatile
150 Antigua and Barbuda 6.66 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 down 18.0% volatile
151 Martinique 6.6 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 up 2.4% volatile
152 Kuwait 6.51 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 down 12.8% volatile
153 French Guiana 6.37 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 down 12.4% volatile
154 Costa Rica 6.03 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 down 19.7% volatile
155 Saint Pierre and Miquelon 5.96 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 down 9.2% falling
156 Guadeloupe 5.92 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 down 0.3% volatile
157 Vatican 5.79 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 down 5.1% volatile
158 Malaysia 5.73 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 down 3.6% volatile
159 Liechtenstein 5.65 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 down 12.1% volatile
160 Thailand 5.51 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 down 28.9% volatile
161 Ukraine 5.48 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 down 21.5% volatile
162 Guernsey 5.47 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 down 9.6% falling
163 Montserrat 5.45 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 down 29.4% volatile
164 Cook Islands 5.32 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 down 29.7% volatile
165 Uruguay 5.29 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 down 28.8% volatile
166 Bahrain 5.13 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 down 20.7% volatile
167 Andorra 5.12 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 up 7.1% volatile
168 Reunion 4.91 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 down 15.1% volatile
169 Puerto Rico 4.91 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 down 1.1% volatile
170 Faroe Islands 4.9 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 down 8.7% volatile
171 Saudi Arabia 4.9 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 down 39.5% volatile
172 French Polynesia 4.87 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 down 20.5% volatile
173 Bosnia and Herzegovina 4.82 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 down 7.4% volatile
174 United States 4.8 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 down 10.4% volatile
175 China 4.73 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 down 49.1% volatile
176 Saint Barthelemy 4.69 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 up 5.0% volatile
177 Northern Mariana Islands 4.53 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 down 22.7% volatile
178 Sri Lanka 4.49 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 down 37.2% volatile
179 Romania 4.47 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 down 46.8% volatile
180 New Zealand 4.33 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 up 12.4% volatile
181 Bulgaria 4.32 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 down 33.6% volatile
182 United States Virgin Islands 4.3 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 down 30.2% volatile
183 United Arab Emirates 4.29 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 down 25.0% volatile
184 Turks and Caicos Islands 4.18 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 down 18.3% volatile
185 North Macedonia 4.15 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 down 57.4% volatile
186 Slovak Republic 4.02 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 down 23.8% volatile
187 Qatar 3.86 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 down 40.1% volatile
188 Maldives 3.86 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 down 54.0% volatile
189 Canada 3.77 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 down 17.9% volatile
190 Monaco 3.76 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 down 7.4% volatile
191 Chile 3.73 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 down 45.7% volatile
192 Serbia 3.71 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 down 30.9% volatile
193 Cuba 3.52 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 down 20.7% volatile
194 United Kingdom 3.28 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 down 4.2% volatile
195 Anguilla 3.25 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 down 28.0% volatile
196 Russia 3.21 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 down 55.7% volatile
197 Croatia 3.18 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 down 16.9% volatile
198 France 3.11 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 down 4.9% volatile
199 Tokelau 3.1 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 down 36.9% volatile
200 Netherlands 3.1 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 down 10.5% volatile
201 Poland 3.09 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 down 25.7% volatile
202 Australia 3.07 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 down 12.9% volatile
203 Switzerland 3.06 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 down 12.3% volatile
204 Greece 3.05 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 down 6.5% volatile
205 Latvia 2.95 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 down 28.0% volatile
206 Belgium 2.93 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 down 3.5% volatile
207 Cyprus 2.89 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 up 14.4% volatile
208 Hungary 2.81 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 down 34.5% volatile
209 Luxembourg 2.79 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 down 24.8% volatile
210 Germany 2.7 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 down 9.1% volatile
211 Taiwan 2.67 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 down 19.9% volatile
212 Ireland 2.65 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 down 16.0% volatile
213 Denmark 2.57 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 down 27.4% volatile
214 Austria 2.38 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 down 11.3% volatile
215 Portugal 2.35 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 up 0.6% volatile
216 Israel 2.35 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 down 19.1% volatile
217 Lithuania 2.23 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 down 24.6% volatile
218 Spain 2.17 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 down 11.8% volatile
219 Italy 2.09 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 down 16.0% volatile
220 Czechia 1.95 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 down 4.5% volatile
221 Finland 1.84 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 up 21.0% volatile
222 Korea 1.83 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 down 29.7% volatile
223 Sweden 1.69 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 down 32.3% volatile
224 Belarus 1.63 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 down 48.8% volatile
225 Singapore 1.61 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 down 17.8% volatile
226 Japan 1.56 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 down 21.5% volatile
227 Norway 1.53 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 down 43.3% volatile
228 Slovenia 1.41 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 down 34.7% volatile
229 Macao 1.31 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 down 31.6% volatile
230 Montenegro 1.27 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 down 62.8% volatile
231 Hong Kong 1.23 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 down 36.3% volatile
232 Bermuda 1.07 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 down 43.7% volatile
233 San Marino 0.9594 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 down 39.1% volatile
234 Cayman Islands 0.9263 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 down 55.4% volatile
235 Estonia 0.7971 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 down 63.9% volatile
236 Iceland 0.403 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 down 85.1% volatile

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Indicator
Annual death rates in people of different ages, by sex
Unit
deaths per 1,000 people
Source
Human Mortality Database (2025); UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – with minor processing by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
236 places, 18,722 data points, 1751–2023
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Death rate, calculated as the number of deaths divided by the average number of people alive during the interval.