Causes of mortality in Romania
Romania: Causes of mortality was 244,061 Deaths in 2023. β² Rising
Causes of mortality in Romania, 1963β2023
Source: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. Measured in Deaths.
Analysis
Romania recorded 244,061 Deaths for causes of mortality in 2023.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 10.7% on the previous year and down 1.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, causes of mortality in Romania peaked at 336,075 Deaths in 2021 and was at its lowest, 155,767 Deaths, in 1963.
That places Romania 15th out of 36 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 55 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 178,496 Deaths | 155,767 Deaths | 201,225 Deaths | 2 |
| 1970s | 199,460 Deaths | 189,793 Deaths | 211,846 Deaths | 9 |
| 1980s | 253,143 Deaths | 239,256 Deaths | 270,413 Deaths | 10 |
| 1990s | 266,363 Deaths | 247,086 Deaths | 286,158 Deaths | 10 |
| 2000s | 259,313 Deaths | 251,965 Deaths | 269,666 Deaths | 10 |
| 2010s | 257,601 Deaths | 247,475 Deaths | 264,963 Deaths | 10 |
| 2020s | 288,260 Deaths | 244,061 Deaths | 336,075 Deaths | 4 |
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- Heat deaths vs projected death rates, annual growth rate -0.0845 % change on previous year (2090)
- Heat deaths vs projected death rates 1,419 (2090)
- Un projection of annual infant deaths 113 (2100)
- Deaths in armed conflicts by country 0 (2026)
- Deaths in armed conflicts by region 0 (2026)
- Age population, age 25, male, interpolated 102,589 (2025)
- Age population, age 25, female, interpolated 98,334 (2025)
- Age population, age 24, male, interpolated 100,311 (2025)
- Age population, age 24, female, interpolated 96,161 (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is causes of mortality in Romania?
- Causes of mortality in Romania was 244,061 Deaths in 2023, according to Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.
- What is the highest causes of mortality recorded in Romania?
- The highest recorded value was 336,075 Deaths in 2021.
- What is the lowest causes of mortality recorded in Romania?
- The lowest recorded value was 155,767 Deaths in 1963.
- How does Romania rank for causes of mortality?
- Romania ranks 15th out of 36 countries with data for 2023.
- Is causes of mortality rising or falling in Romania?
- Over the last ten years it is down 1.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Romania 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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About this data
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.