Annual death rates at different ages by country

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

Countries reporting
232
Highest
75.54 deaths per 1,000 people
Sierra Leone
Lowest
0.9556 deaths per 1,000 people
Iceland
Median
11.14 deaths per 1,000 people
Years covered
273
1751–2023
Data points
18,722

What the numbers show

Annual death rates at different ages is currently reported for 232 countries. The highest value is 75.54 deaths per 1,000 people in Sierra Leone; the lowest is 0.9556 deaths per 1,000 people in Iceland.

The median across all reporting countries is 11.14 deaths per 1,000 people, and the mean is 17.44 deaths per 1,000 people.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 79.

Over the past decade 15 countries rose and 217 fell. The largest increase was in Lebanon (up 45.5%), and the largest decrease in Montenegro (down 56.8%).

Annual death rates at different ages: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Sierra Leone 75.54 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 down 28.9% falling
2 Nigeria 73.33 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 down 17.0% falling
3 Central African Republic 72.14 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 down 23.9% falling
4 Somalia 69.83 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 down 25.5% falling
4 Malta 6.27 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 down 3.9% volatile
5 Guinea 68.91 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 down 17.4% falling
5 Liechtenstein 5.64 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 down 13.6% volatile
6 Niger 67.95 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 down 8.8% falling
6 Luxembourg 4.46 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 up 13.1% volatile
7 Chad 67.58 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 down 24.8% falling
7 Ireland 2.87 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 down 20.1% volatile
8 South Sudan 67.13 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 down 3.7% falling
9 Mali 63.81 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 down 22.3% falling
10 Lesotho 59.12 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 down 15.1% falling
11 Liberia 58.48 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 down 21.6% falling
12 Equatorial Guinea 55.2 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 down 27.2% falling
13 Burkina Faso 54.63 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 down 26.3% falling
14 Benin 54.62 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 down 20.7% falling
15 Cote d'Ivoire 53.87 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 down 25.7% falling
16 Mozambique 51.81 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 down 27.8% falling
17 Pakistan 51.43 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 down 25.8% falling
18 Democratic Republic of Congo 51.4 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 down 25.8% falling
19 Guinea-Bissau 50.94 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 down 27.7% falling
20 Angola 50.62 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 down 32.4% falling
21 Cameroon 49.3 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 down 27.8% falling
22 Madagascar 46.76 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 down 2.2% falling
23 Afghanistan 45.62 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 down 26.0% volatile
24 Haiti 45 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 down 23.9% falling
25 Kiribati 44.87 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 down 5.2% falling
26 Togo 42.84 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 down 25.5% falling
27 Zambia 39.51 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 down 22.7% falling
28 Eswatini 38.81 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 down 28.9% falling
29 East Timor 38.8 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 down 25.2% volatile
30 Comoros 38.38 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 down 27.6% falling
32 Sudan 37.38 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 down 23.1% falling
33 Burundi 36.5 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 down 31.2% falling
34 Zimbabwe 34.17 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 down 29.0% falling
35 Ethiopia 33.93 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 down 31.7% falling
36 Yemen 33.2 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 down 19.4% volatile
37 Papua New Guinea 33.07 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 down 25.5% falling
38 Bolivia 32.72 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 down 23.3% falling
39 Myanmar 32.69 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 down 29.3% volatile
40 Turkmenistan 32.67 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 down 6.8% falling
41 Laos 32.61 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 down 31.0% volatile
42 Mauritania 31.63 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 down 25.5% falling
43 Ghana 31.53 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 down 27.9% falling
44 Kenya 30.44 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 down 18.3% falling
45 Malawi 30.33 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 down 38.8% falling
46 Gambia 30.26 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 down 29.6% falling
47 Tanzania 29.67 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 down 33.7% falling
48 Congo 29.56 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 down 27.2% falling
49 Uganda 29.55 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 down 36.0% falling
50 Botswana 29.11 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 down 27.1% falling
51 South Africa 28.55 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 down 6.1% falling
52 Dominica 28.43 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 up 28.5% volatile
53 Rwanda 28.19 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 down 29.0% falling
54 Gabon 28.14 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 down 30.0% falling
55 Namibia 27.86 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 down 21.6% falling
56 Eritrea 27.75 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 down 25.3% volatile
57 Dominican Republic 26.22 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 down 9.4% volatile
58 Tajikistan 25.05 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 down 24.8% falling
59 Senegal 24.67 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 down 35.1% falling
60 Western Sahara 24.26 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 down 29.7% volatile
61 Fiji 23.33 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 up 33.4% volatile
62 Bangladesh 23.27 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 down 34.7% volatile
63 India 23.09 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 down 42.7% falling
64 Marshall Islands 22.58 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 down 24.2% falling
65 Nepal 22.34 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 down 36.2% volatile
66 Guyana 21.75 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 down 25.9% falling
67 Philippines 21.1 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 down 4.3% falling
68 Nauru 20.83 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 down 25.3% falling
69 Niue 19.83 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 down 26.1% volatile
70 Bhutan 19.68 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 down 31.0% volatile
71 Cambodia 19.52 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 down 36.0% volatile
72 Iraq 19.35 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 down 28.4% volatile
73 Micronesia (country) 19.16 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 down 26.4% volatile
74 Palau 18.43 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 up 7.9% volatile
75 Algeria 18.08 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 down 18.9% volatile
76 Guatemala 17.92 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 down 29.9% volatile
77 Indonesia 17.38 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 down 30.6% volatile
78 Syria 16.99 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 down 24.2% volatile
79 Tuvalu 16.35 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 down 29.1% volatile
80 Libya 16.26 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 up 30.6% volatile
81 Jamaica 16.13 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 up 0.9% volatile
82 Lebanon 15.95 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 up 45.5% volatile
83 Venezuela 15.93 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 up 5.3% volatile
84 Vietnam 15.28 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 down 10.2% volatile
85 Azerbaijan 15.15 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 down 43.1% volatile
86 Vanuatu 14.96 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 down 19.3% volatile
87 Egypt 14.74 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 down 29.9% volatile
88 North Korea 14.72 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 down 25.2% volatile
89 Solomon Islands 14.71 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 down 26.8% volatile
90 Saint Lucia 14.55 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 down 6.0% volatile
91 Morocco 14.52 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 down 35.3% volatile
92 Kyrgyzstan 14.45 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 down 31.4% volatile
93 Palestine 14.37 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 down 15.9% volatile
94 Suriname 14.28 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 down 25.2% volatile
95 Paraguay 14.15 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 down 28.3% falling
96 Trinidad and Tobago 13.68 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 down 24.7% volatile
97 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 13.4 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 down 27.0% volatile
98 Samoa 13.27 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 down 17.0% volatile
99 Grenada 13.26 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 up 8.9% volatile
100 Honduras 13.1 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 down 29.7% volatile
101 Mauritius 13.05 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 down 0.1% volatile
102 Sint Maarten (Dutch part) 13 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 down 13.1% volatile
103 Saint Kitts and Nevis 12.78 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 down 18.2% volatile
104 Panama 12.7 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 down 9.1% volatile
105 Nicaragua 12.4 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 down 29.8% volatile
106 Saint Helena 12.28 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 down 6.5% falling
107 Brazil 12.18 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 down 18.5% volatile
108 Aruba 12.1 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 down 16.2% volatile
109 Seychelles 11.93 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 down 0.1% volatile
110 Jordan 11.88 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 down 26.3% volatile
111 Peru 11.81 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 down 19.2% volatile
112 Moldova 11.8 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 down 14.5% volatile
113 Sao Tome and Principe 11.6 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 down 50.0% volatile
114 Guam 11.55 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 down 1.3% volatile
115 Uzbekistan 11.25 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 down 43.1% volatile
116 Wallis and Futuna 11.23 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 down 13.3% volatile
117 British Virgin Islands 11.16 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 down 17.9% volatile
118 Bonaire Sint Eustatius and Saba 11.12 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 down 15.5% volatile
119 Bahamas 11.05 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 down 12.5% volatile
120 Isle of Man 10.79 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 down 8.7% volatile
121 Mongolia 10.65 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 down 41.6% volatile
122 Mexico 10.44 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 down 28.5% volatile
123 Greenland 9.99 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 up 4.1% volatile
124 Iran 9.95 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 down 31.0% volatile
125 Cape Verde 9.92 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 down 44.1% volatile
126 Colombia 9.92 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 down 28.4% volatile
127 Ecuador 9.73 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 down 29.4% volatile
128 El Salvador 9.59 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 down 32.0% volatile
129 Barbados 9.47 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 down 24.2% volatile
130 New Caledonia 9.46 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 down 21.6% volatile
131 Falkland Islands 9.25 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 down 8.9% volatile
132 Turkey 9.24 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 down 28.1% volatile
133 Argentina 9.05 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 down 25.5% volatile
134 Tunisia 9.05 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 down 41.1% volatile
135 Tonga 9.03 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 down 16.2% volatile
136 French Guiana 8.99 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 down 12.3% volatile
137 Belize 8.77 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 down 38.9% volatile
138 Armenia 8.73 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 down 39.0% volatile
139 Jersey 8.68 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 up 11.3% falling
140 Curacao 8.67 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 down 18.3% volatile
141 Oman 8.62 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 down 9.3% volatile
142 American Samoa 8.5 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 down 4.1% volatile
143 Saint Martin (French part) 8.41 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 down 7.5% volatile
144 Gibraltar 8.38 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 down 10.1% volatile
145 Saint Pierre and Miquelon 8.21 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 down 6.6% falling
146 Georgia 8.2 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 down 21.4% volatile
147 Albania 8.19 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 down 13.8% volatile
148 Kazakhstan 8.18 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 down 35.8% volatile
149 Brunei 8.16 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 down 1.4% volatile
150 Antigua and Barbuda 7.52 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 down 17.9% volatile
151 Kuwait 7.29 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 down 12.5% volatile
152 Costa Rica 6.53 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 down 21.1% volatile
153 Malaysia 6.43 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 down 4.2% volatile
154 Thailand 6.24 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 down 29.9% volatile
155 Faroe Islands 6.14 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 down 8.5% volatile
156 Vatican 6.06 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 down 6.4% volatile
157 Ukraine 5.92 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 down 25.6% volatile
158 Guernsey 5.83 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 down 5.7% falling
159 Uruguay 5.63 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 down 36.4% volatile
160 Cook Islands 5.57 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 down 30.2% volatile
161 Montserrat 5.36 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 down 29.4% volatile
162 Bahrain 5.36 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 down 21.0% volatile
163 Bosnia and Herzegovina 5.35 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 down 8.5% volatile
164 United States 5.31 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 down 10.8% volatile
165 Andorra 5.3 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 up 4.9% volatile
166 Saint Barthelemy 5.29 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 down 19.3% volatile
167 French Polynesia 5.28 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 down 21.4% volatile
168 Puerto Rico 5.21 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 down 12.4% volatile
169 China 5.12 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 down 49.5% volatile
170 Sri Lanka 5.12 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 down 36.7% volatile
171 Reunion 5.12 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 down 14.6% volatile
172 Saudi Arabia 5.08 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 down 40.1% volatile
173 United States Virgin Islands 4.97 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 down 33.0% volatile
174 United Arab Emirates 4.88 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 down 25.6% volatile
175 Northern Mariana Islands 4.88 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 down 24.2% volatile
176 Anguilla 4.88 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 down 27.7% volatile
177 Romania 4.87 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 down 47.8% volatile
178 Turks and Caicos Islands 4.79 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 down 19.6% volatile
179 Bulgaria 4.74 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 down 36.9% volatile
180 North Macedonia 4.74 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 down 53.8% volatile
181 Slovakia 4.53 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 down 15.9% volatile
182 Cuba 4.38 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 down 13.9% volatile
183 New Zealand 4.36 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 up 1.0% volatile
184 Maldives 4.33 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 down 54.3% volatile
185 Canada 4.28 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 down 13.4% volatile
186 Qatar 4.19 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 down 40.8% volatile
187 Serbia 4.18 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 down 31.8% volatile
188 Chile 4.15 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 down 44.3% volatile
189 Tokelau 4.03 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 down 36.5% volatile
190 Monaco 3.96 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 down 15.2% volatile
191 United Kingdom 3.72 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 down 3.7% volatile
192 Russia 3.55 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 down 56.8% volatile
193 Croatia 3.51 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 down 16.4% volatile
194 France 3.51 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 down 2.6% volatile
195 Netherlands 3.4 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 down 8.8% volatile
196 Belgium 3.34 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 down 3.2% volatile
197 Greece 3.33 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 down 7.6% volatile
198 Australia 3.2 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 down 12.7% volatile
199 Hungary 3.2 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 down 37.5% volatile
200 Poland 3.2 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 down 29.4% volatile
201 Switzerland 3.18 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 down 19.6% volatile
202 Cyprus 3.13 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 up 14.1% volatile
203 Taiwan 2.99 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 down 20.4% volatile
204 Germany 2.98 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 down 10.2% volatile
205 Latvia 2.91 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 down 36.0% volatile
206 Denmark 2.9 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 down 14.2% volatile
207 Lithuania 2.83 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 down 21.7% volatile
208 Israel 2.79 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 down 10.7% volatile
209 Austria 2.76 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 down 12.1% volatile
210 Portugal 2.59 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 down 8.3% volatile
211 Spain 2.39 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 down 9.1% volatile
212 Macao 2.29 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 down 27.3% volatile
213 Italy 2.25 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 down 22.9% volatile
214 Czechia 2.23 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 down 9.6% volatile
215 South Korea 2.08 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 down 28.8% volatile
216 Bermuda 1.98 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 down 43.2% volatile
217 Finland 1.93 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 up 12.1% volatile
218 Belarus 1.91 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 down 49.1% volatile
219 Norway 1.88 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 down 23.1% volatile
220 Sweden 1.86 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 down 30.5% volatile
221 Slovenia 1.81 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 down 14.5% volatile
222 Singapore 1.73 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 down 20.6% volatile
223 Montenegro 1.72 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 down 56.8% volatile
224 Japan 1.65 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 down 22.8% volatile
225 Estonia 1.4 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 down 30.5% volatile
226 Hong Kong 1.35 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 down 36.5% volatile
227 Cayman Islands 1.11 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 down 55.1% volatile
228 San Marino 1.08 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 down 38.9% volatile
229 Iceland 0.9556 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 down 46.1% volatile

About this data

Indicator
Annual death rates at different ages
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
Last refreshed

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