Causes of mortality in Germany

Germany: Causes of mortality was 1.03 million Deaths in 2023. β–² Rising

Latest (2023)
1.03 million Deaths
Change on year
down 3.2%
World rank
5th
of 36 countries
All-time high
1.07 million Deaths
in 2022
All-time low
818,271 Deaths
in 2004
Years of data
34
1990–2023

Causes of mortality in Germany, 1990–2023

0250.0k500.0k750.0k1.0M1990200620231990: 921.4k Deaths1991: 911.2k Deaths1992: 885.4k Deaths1993: 897.3k Deaths1994: 884.7k Deaths1995: 884.6k Deaths1996: 882.8k Deaths1997: 860.4k Deaths1998: 852.4k Deaths1999: 846.3k Deaths2000: 838.8k Deaths2001: 828.5k Deaths2002: 841.7k Deaths2003: 853.9k Deaths2004: 818.3k Deaths2005: 830.2k Deaths2006: 821.6k Deaths2007: 827.2k Deaths2008: 844.4k Deaths2009: 854.5k Deaths2010: 858.8k Deaths2011: 852.3k Deaths2012: 869.6k Deaths2013: 893.8k Deaths2014: 868.4k Deaths2015: 925.2k Deaths2016: 910.9k Deaths2017: 932.3k Deaths2018: 954.9k Deaths2019: 939.5k Deaths2020: 985.6k Deaths2021: 1.0M Deaths2022: 1.1M Deaths2023: 1.0M Deaths

Source: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. Measured in Deaths.

Analysis

In 2023, causes of mortality in Germany stood at 1.03 million Deaths.

The figure is down 3.2% on the previous year and up 15.5% over ten years.

Over the whole period, causes of mortality in Germany peaked at 1.07 million Deaths in 2022 and was at its lowest, 818,271 Deaths, in 2004.

That places Germany 5th out of 36 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the top quarter.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 34 years of available data.

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1990s 882,660 Deaths 846,330 Deaths 921,445 Deaths 10
2000s 835,923 Deaths 818,271 Deaths 854,544 Deaths 10
2010s 900,562 Deaths 852,328 Deaths 954,874 Deaths 10
2020s 1.03 million Deaths 985,572 Deaths 1.07 million Deaths 4

Countries ranked near Germany

  1. 2 Russian Federation 1.80 million Deaths compare
  2. 3 Japan 1.58 million Deaths compare
  3. 4 Brazil 1.47 million Deaths compare
  4. 6 Mexico 778,865 Deaths compare
  5. 7 Italy 666,131 Deaths compare
  6. 8 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 647,699 Deaths compare

See the full ranking of 46 places β†’

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Frequently asked questions

What is causes of mortality in Germany?
Causes of mortality in Germany was 1.03 million Deaths in 2023, according to Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.
What is the highest causes of mortality recorded in Germany?
The highest recorded value was 1.07 million Deaths in 2022.
What is the lowest causes of mortality recorded in Germany?
The lowest recorded value was 818,271 Deaths in 2004.
How does Germany rank for causes of mortality?
Germany ranks 5th out of 36 countries with data for 2023.
Is causes of mortality rising or falling in Germany?
Over the last ten years it is up 15.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Germany data come from?
The figures come from Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, published as part of Causes of mortality. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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Indicator
Causes of mortality
Unit
Deaths
Source
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
Licence
OECD Terms and Conditions (attribution required)
Coverage
46 places, 2,503 data points, 1960–2024
Last refreshed

This dataset presents the number of deaths and age-standardised death rates by causes of deaths. The number of deaths according to sex and selected causes are extracted from the World Health Organization Mortality Database available at https://www.who.int/data/data-collection-tools/who-mortality-database. Detailed information on the coverage and reliability of the cause-of-death data is regularly published in World Health Statistics Annuals. The selected causes of death presented in the OECD Health Statistics database are detailed in an Excel file available for download, with codes according to the Tenth revision of the International Classification of Diseases (ICD) along with codes from other ICD revisions used in the WHO Mortality Database. Please refer to the Sources and Methods for detailed country-specific information.