Annual death rates in different age groups by sex by country
Countries reporting
236
Highest
68.81
Sierra Leone
Lowest
0.403
Iceland
Median
9.57
Years covered
273
1751–2023
Data points
18,722
What the numbers show
Annual death rates in different age groups by sex is currently reported for 236 countries. The highest value is 68.81 in Sierra Leone; the lowest is 0.403 in Iceland.
The median across all reporting countries is 9.57, and the mean is 15.6.
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 different age groups by sex: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sierra Leone | 68.81 | 2023 | down 29.9% | falling |
| 1 | Niue | 17.52 | 2023 | down 25.9% | volatile |
| 2 | Nigeria | 67.32 | 2023 | down 17.4% | falling |
| 2 | Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha | 9.53 | 2023 | down 6.8% | falling |
| 3 | Central African Republic | 65.59 | 2023 | down 25.0% | falling |
| 3 | Mayotte | 7.73 | 2023 | up 25.2% | volatile |
| 4 | Somalia | 64.05 | 2023 | down 26.1% | falling |
| 4 | Montserrat | 5.45 | 2023 | down 29.4% | volatile |
| 5 | Niger | 63.68 | 2023 | down 9.1% | falling |
| 5 | Cook Islands | 5.32 | 2023 | down 29.7% | volatile |
| 6 | Guinea | 62.55 | 2023 | down 17.6% | falling |
| 6 | Anguilla | 3.25 | 2023 | down 28.0% | volatile |
| 7 | South Sudan | 62.14 | 2023 | down 4.0% | falling |
| 7 | Tokelau | 3.1 | 2023 | down 36.9% | volatile |
| 8 | Chad | 61.55 | 2023 | down 25.3% | falling |
| 9 | Mali | 58.73 | 2023 | down 22.9% | falling |
| 10 | Lesotho | 53.09 | 2023 | down 15.3% | falling |
| 11 | Liberia | 52.77 | 2023 | down 22.4% | falling |
| 12 | Burkina Faso | 50.22 | 2023 | down 27.0% | falling |
| 13 | Equatorial Guinea | 49.7 | 2023 | down 28.1% | falling |
| 14 | Benin | 49.51 | 2023 | down 21.1% | falling |
| 15 | Mozambique | 47.21 | 2023 | down 29.0% | falling |
| 16 | Pakistan | 46.82 | 2023 | down 27.1% | falling |
| 17 | Côte d'Ivoire | 46.7 | 2023 | down 26.6% | falling |
| 18 | Congo, Democratic Republic of the | 45.91 | 2023 | down 26.6% | falling |
| 19 | Guinea-Bissau | 45.53 | 2023 | down 28.2% | falling |
| 20 | Angola | 45.32 | 2023 | down 33.2% | falling |
| 21 | Cameroon | 44.28 | 2023 | down 28.4% | falling |
| 22 | Madagascar | 42.18 | 2023 | down 2.4% | falling |
| 23 | Afghanistan | 41.52 | 2023 | down 27.1% | volatile |
| 24 | Haiti | 40.14 | 2023 | down 24.6% | falling |
| 25 | Kiribati | 39.54 | 2023 | down 6.6% | falling |
| 26 | Togo | 38.32 | 2023 | down 26.7% | falling |
| 27 | Comoros | 35.52 | 2023 | down 27.9% | falling |
| 28 | Zambia | 35.26 | 2023 | down 23.5% | falling |
| 29 | Eswatini | 34.97 | 2023 | down 29.1% | falling |
| 30 | Timor-Leste | 34.52 | 2023 | down 26.0% | volatile |
| 31 | Sudan | 33.61 | 2023 | down 23.2% | falling |
| 32 | Djibouti | 33.53 | 2023 | down 24.1% | falling |
| 33 | Burundi | 32.92 | 2023 | down 31.4% | falling |
| 34 | Zimbabwe | 30.44 | 2023 | down 29.9% | falling |
| 35 | Papua New Guinea | 29.96 | 2023 | down 26.0% | volatile |
| 36 | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 29.8 | 2023 | down 25.9% | falling |
| 37 | Yemen | 29.59 | 2023 | down 20.3% | volatile |
| 38 | Ethiopia | 29.28 | 2023 | down 32.8% | falling |
| 39 | Myanmar | 28.94 | 2023 | down 30.0% | volatile |
| 40 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 28.38 | 2023 | down 32.1% | volatile |
| 41 | Mauritania | 28.04 | 2023 | down 26.1% | volatile |
| 42 | Ghana | 27.82 | 2023 | down 28.4% | falling |
| 43 | Turkmenistan | 27.56 | 2023 | down 6.5% | falling |
| 44 | Kenya | 26.9 | 2023 | down 19.6% | falling |
| 45 | Tanzania, United Republic of | 26.51 | 2023 | down 34.4% | falling |
| 46 | Malawi | 26.49 | 2023 | down 39.7% | falling |
| 47 | Gambia | 26.44 | 2023 | down 30.9% | falling |
| 48 | Botswana | 26.41 | 2023 | down 26.5% | falling |
| 49 | Dominica | 26.31 | 2023 | up 28.4% | volatile |
| 50 | Congo | 26.3 | 2023 | down 28.0% | falling |
| 51 | South Africa | 26.29 | 2023 | down 7.4% | falling |
| 52 | Uganda | 25.99 | 2023 | down 36.4% | falling |
| 53 | Rwanda | 25.44 | 2023 | down 29.2% | falling |
| 54 | Gabon | 24.79 | 2023 | down 30.6% | falling |
| 55 | Namibia | 24.65 | 2023 | down 22.2% | falling |
| 56 | Eritrea | 23.9 | 2023 | down 26.4% | volatile |
| 57 | Dominican Republic | 23.35 | 2023 | down 9.8% | volatile |
| 58 | India | 22.95 | 2023 | down 43.9% | falling |
| 59 | Tajikistan | 21.49 | 2023 | down 25.0% | falling |
| 60 | Senegal | 21.44 | 2023 | down 36.7% | falling |
| 61 | Bangladesh | 21.18 | 2023 | down 36.2% | volatile |
| 62 | Western Sahara | 20.9 | 2023 | down 31.4% | volatile |
| 63 | Fiji | 20.68 | 2023 | up 32.1% | volatile |
| 64 | Nepal | 20.25 | 2023 | down 37.4% | volatile |
| 65 | Marshall Islands | 19.43 | 2023 | down 25.1% | falling |
| 66 | Guyana | 18.76 | 2023 | down 25.7% | falling |
| 67 | Naoero | 18.71 | 2023 | down 25.3% | falling |
| 68 | Philippines | 18.42 | 2023 | down 4.6% | falling |
| 69 | Bhutan | 17.45 | 2023 | down 32.1% | volatile |
| 70 | Iraq | 17.15 | 2023 | down 28.8% | volatile |
| 71 | Cambodia | 17 | 2023 | down 36.2% | volatile |
| 72 | Algeria | 16.47 | 2023 | down 19.5% | volatile |
| 73 | Micronesia, Federated States of | 16.31 | 2023 | down 26.7% | volatile |
| 74 | Palau | 16.12 | 2023 | up 8.1% | volatile |
| 75 | Guatemala | 15.67 | 2023 | down 30.5% | volatile |
| 76 | Indonesia | 15.46 | 2023 | down 30.5% | volatile |
| 77 | Libya | 15.42 | 2023 | up 39.1% | volatile |
| 78 | Syrian Arab Republic | 15.09 | 2023 | down 25.2% | volatile |
| 79 | Wallis and Futuna | 14.62 | 2023 | down 10.0% | volatile |
| 80 | Lebanon | 14.44 | 2023 | up 44.7% | volatile |
| 81 | Tuvalu | 14.13 | 2023 | down 29.3% | volatile |
| 82 | Jamaica | 14.05 | 2023 | up 2.1% | volatile |
| 83 | Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of | 14.02 | 2023 | up 6.0% | volatile |
| 84 | Vanuatu | 13.86 | 2023 | down 19.7% | volatile |
| 85 | Egypt | 13.48 | 2023 | down 30.6% | volatile |
| 86 | Azerbaijan | 13.45 | 2023 | down 43.2% | volatile |
| 87 | Saint Lucia | 13.11 | 2023 | down 6.4% | volatile |
| 88 | Solomon Islands | 13.09 | 2023 | down 27.3% | volatile |
| 89 | Korea, Democratic People's Republic of | 12.9 | 2023 | down 25.1% | volatile |
| 90 | Palestine, State of | 12.85 | 2023 | down 15.5% | volatile |
| 91 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 12.84 | 2023 | down 7.7% | volatile |
| 92 | Morocco | 12.74 | 2023 | down 35.8% | volatile |
| 93 | Kyrgyzstan | 12.6 | 2023 | down 31.3% | volatile |
| 94 | Paraguay | 12.45 | 2023 | down 28.8% | falling |
| 95 | Suriname | 12.44 | 2023 | down 24.8% | volatile |
| 96 | Viet Nam | 12.33 | 2023 | down 9.3% | volatile |
| 97 | Trinidad and Tobago | 12.19 | 2023 | down 25.0% | volatile |
| 98 | Grenada | 11.95 | 2023 | up 8.2% | volatile |
| 99 | Mauritius | 11.92 | 2023 | down 0.6% | volatile |
| 100 | Samoa | 11.82 | 2023 | down 17.3% | volatile |
| 101 | Panama | 11.68 | 2023 | down 6.6% | volatile |
| 102 | Honduras | 11.58 | 2023 | down 29.5% | volatile |
| 103 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 11.3 | 2023 | down 18.1% | volatile |
| 104 | Sao Tome and Principe | 10.92 | 2023 | down 49.7% | volatile |
| 105 | Aruba | 10.86 | 2023 | down 12.3% | volatile |
| 106 | Seychelles | 10.86 | 2023 | down 0.2% | volatile |
| 107 | Nicaragua | 10.82 | 2023 | down 29.6% | volatile |
| 108 | Guam | 10.67 | 2023 | up 10.9% | volatile |
| 109 | Brazil | 10.66 | 2023 | down 18.4% | volatile |
| 110 | Sint Maarten | 10.65 | 2023 | down 9.3% | volatile |
| 111 | Jordan | 10.45 | 2023 | down 25.5% | volatile |
| 112 | Peru | 10.39 | 2023 | down 20.0% | volatile |
| 113 | Republic of Moldova | 10.31 | 2023 | down 14.3% | volatile |
| 114 | Uzbekistan | 10.15 | 2023 | down 39.5% | volatile |
| 115 | Bahamas | 10.08 | 2023 | down 12.6% | volatile |
| 116 | Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba | 9.99 | 2023 | down 4.2% | volatile |
| 117 | Isle of Man | 9.6 | 2023 | down 14.6% | falling |
| 118 | Iran, Islamic Republic of | 9.36 | 2023 | down 31.2% | volatile |
| 119 | Mexico | 9.34 | 2023 | down 27.9% | volatile |
| 120 | Mongolia | 9.31 | 2023 | down 40.8% | volatile |
| 121 | British Virgin Islands | 9.14 | 2023 | down 18.0% | volatile |
| 122 | Falkland Islands, Malvinas | 8.94 | 2023 | down 10.6% | volatile |
| 123 | Malta | 8.93 | 2023 | up 36.4% | volatile |
| 124 | Cape Verde | 8.84 | 2023 | down 44.2% | volatile |
| 125 | Greenland | 8.81 | 2023 | up 4.1% | volatile |
| 126 | Colombia | 8.71 | 2023 | down 28.1% | volatile |
| 127 | Barbados | 8.56 | 2023 | down 24.9% | volatile |
| 128 | El Salvador | 8.54 | 2023 | down 31.5% | volatile |
| 129 | Ecuador | 8.52 | 2023 | down 28.8% | volatile |
| 130 | Türkiye | 8.51 | 2023 | down 28.7% | volatile |
| 131 | Jersey | 8.47 | 2023 | up 15.9% | falling |
| 132 | Argentina | 8.32 | 2023 | down 24.5% | volatile |
| 133 | Tunisia | 8.11 | 2023 | down 41.2% | volatile |
| 134 | Tonga | 7.92 | 2023 | down 15.7% | volatile |
| 135 | American Samoa | 7.88 | 2023 | down 4.1% | volatile |
| 136 | New Caledonia | 7.81 | 2023 | down 21.6% | volatile |
| 137 | Belize | 7.78 | 2023 | down 39.0% | volatile |
| 138 | Armenia | 7.75 | 2023 | down 38.4% | volatile |
| 139 | Oman | 7.65 | 2023 | down 8.8% | volatile |
| 140 | Brunei Darussalam | 7.53 | 2023 | down 0.9% | volatile |
| 141 | Albania | 7.49 | 2023 | down 11.1% | volatile |
| 142 | Georgia | 7.17 | 2023 | down 20.4% | volatile |
| 143 | Kazakhstan | 6.99 | 2023 | down 34.9% | volatile |
| 144 | Curaçao | 6.9 | 2023 | down 20.5% | volatile |
| 145 | Gibraltar | 6.79 | 2023 | down 10.4% | falling |
| 146 | Saint Martin (French part) | 6.73 | 2023 | down 7.1% | volatile |
| 147 | Antigua and Barbuda | 6.66 | 2023 | down 18.0% | volatile |
| 148 | Martinique | 6.6 | 2023 | up 2.4% | volatile |
| 149 | Kuwait | 6.51 | 2023 | down 12.8% | volatile |
| 150 | French Guiana | 6.37 | 2023 | down 12.4% | volatile |
| 151 | Costa Rica | 6.03 | 2023 | down 19.7% | volatile |
| 152 | Saint Pierre and Miquelon | 5.96 | 2023 | down 9.2% | falling |
| 153 | Guadeloupe | 5.92 | 2023 | down 0.3% | volatile |
| 154 | Holy See | 5.79 | 2023 | down 5.1% | volatile |
| 155 | Malaysia | 5.73 | 2023 | down 3.6% | volatile |
| 156 | Liechtenstein | 5.65 | 2023 | down 12.1% | volatile |
| 157 | Thailand | 5.51 | 2023 | down 28.9% | volatile |
| 158 | Ukraine | 5.48 | 2023 | down 21.5% | volatile |
| 159 | Bailiwick of Guernsey | 5.47 | 2023 | down 9.6% | falling |
| 160 | Uruguay | 5.29 | 2023 | down 28.8% | volatile |
| 161 | Bahrain | 5.13 | 2023 | down 20.7% | volatile |
| 162 | Andorra | 5.12 | 2023 | up 7.1% | volatile |
| 163 | Réunion | 4.91 | 2023 | down 15.1% | volatile |
| 164 | Puerto Rico | 4.91 | 2023 | down 1.1% | volatile |
| 165 | Faroe Islands | 4.9 | 2023 | down 8.7% | volatile |
| 166 | Saudi Arabia | 4.9 | 2023 | down 39.5% | volatile |
| 167 | French Polynesia | 4.87 | 2023 | down 20.5% | volatile |
| 168 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 4.82 | 2023 | down 7.4% | volatile |
| 169 | United States of America | 4.8 | 2023 | down 10.4% | volatile |
| 170 | China | 4.73 | 2023 | down 49.1% | volatile |
| 171 | Saint Barthélemy | 4.69 | 2023 | up 5.0% | volatile |
| 172 | Northern Mariana Islands | 4.53 | 2023 | down 22.7% | volatile |
| 173 | Sri Lanka | 4.49 | 2023 | down 37.2% | volatile |
| 174 | Romania | 4.47 | 2023 | down 46.8% | volatile |
| 175 | New Zealand | 4.33 | 2023 | up 12.4% | volatile |
| 176 | Bulgaria | 4.32 | 2023 | down 33.6% | volatile |
| 177 | United States Virgin Islands | 4.3 | 2023 | down 30.2% | volatile |
| 178 | United Arab Emirates | 4.29 | 2023 | down 25.0% | volatile |
| 179 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 4.18 | 2023 | down 18.3% | volatile |
| 180 | North Macedonia | 4.15 | 2023 | down 57.4% | volatile |
| 181 | Slovakia | 4.02 | 2023 | down 23.8% | volatile |
| 182 | Qatar | 3.86 | 2023 | down 40.1% | volatile |
| 183 | Maldives | 3.86 | 2023 | down 54.0% | volatile |
| 184 | Canada | 3.77 | 2023 | down 17.9% | volatile |
| 185 | Monaco | 3.76 | 2023 | down 7.4% | volatile |
| 186 | Chile | 3.73 | 2023 | down 45.7% | volatile |
| 187 | Serbia | 3.71 | 2023 | down 30.9% | volatile |
| 188 | Cuba | 3.52 | 2023 | down 20.7% | volatile |
| 189 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 3.28 | 2023 | down 4.2% | volatile |
| 190 | Russian Federation | 3.21 | 2023 | down 55.7% | volatile |
| 191 | Croatia | 3.18 | 2023 | down 16.9% | volatile |
| 192 | France | 3.11 | 2023 | down 4.9% | volatile |
| 193 | Netherlands | 3.1 | 2023 | down 10.5% | volatile |
| 194 | Poland | 3.09 | 2023 | down 25.7% | volatile |
| 195 | Australia | 3.07 | 2023 | down 12.9% | volatile |
| 196 | Switzerland | 3.06 | 2023 | down 12.3% | volatile |
| 197 | Greece | 3.05 | 2023 | down 6.5% | volatile |
| 198 | Latvia | 2.95 | 2023 | down 28.0% | volatile |
| 199 | Belgium | 2.93 | 2023 | down 3.5% | volatile |
| 200 | Cyprus | 2.89 | 2023 | up 14.4% | volatile |
| 201 | Hungary | 2.81 | 2023 | down 34.5% | volatile |
| 202 | Luxembourg | 2.79 | 2023 | down 24.8% | volatile |
| 203 | Germany | 2.7 | 2023 | down 9.1% | volatile |
| 204 | Taiwan, China | 2.67 | 2023 | down 19.9% | volatile |
| 205 | Ireland | 2.65 | 2023 | down 16.0% | volatile |
| 206 | Denmark | 2.57 | 2023 | down 27.4% | volatile |
| 207 | Austria | 2.38 | 2023 | down 11.3% | volatile |
| 208 | Portugal | 2.35 | 2023 | up 0.6% | volatile |
| 209 | Israel | 2.35 | 2023 | down 19.1% | volatile |
| 210 | Lithuania | 2.23 | 2023 | down 24.6% | volatile |
| 211 | Spain | 2.17 | 2023 | down 11.8% | volatile |
| 212 | Italy | 2.09 | 2023 | down 16.0% | volatile |
| 213 | Czechia | 1.95 | 2023 | down 4.5% | volatile |
| 214 | Finland | 1.84 | 2023 | up 21.0% | volatile |
| 215 | Republic of Korea | 1.83 | 2023 | down 29.7% | volatile |
| 216 | Sweden | 1.69 | 2023 | down 32.3% | volatile |
| 217 | Belarus | 1.63 | 2023 | down 48.8% | volatile |
| 218 | Singapore | 1.61 | 2023 | down 17.8% | volatile |
| 219 | Japan | 1.56 | 2023 | down 21.5% | volatile |
| 220 | Norway | 1.53 | 2023 | down 43.3% | volatile |
| 221 | Slovenia | 1.41 | 2023 | down 34.7% | volatile |
| 222 | Macau, China | 1.31 | 2023 | down 31.6% | volatile |
| 223 | Montenegro | 1.27 | 2023 | down 62.8% | volatile |
| 224 | Hong Kong, China | 1.23 | 2023 | down 36.3% | volatile |
| 225 | Bermuda | 1.07 | 2023 | down 43.7% | volatile |
| 226 | San Marino | 0.9594 | 2023 | down 39.1% | volatile |
| 227 | Cayman Islands | 0.9263 | 2023 | down 55.4% | volatile |
| 228 | Estonia | 0.7971 | 2023 | down 63.9% | volatile |
| 229 | Iceland | 0.403 | 2023 | down 85.1% | volatile |