Causes of mortality in Türkiye

Türkiye: Causes of mortality was 525,814 Deaths in 2023. ▲ Rising

Latest (2023)
525,814 Deaths
Change on year
up 4.2%
World rank
1st
of 7 countries
All-time high
566,485 Deaths
in 2021
All-time low
281,504 Deaths
in 2009
Years of data
15
2009–2023

Causes of mortality in Türkiye, 2009–2023

0200.0k400.0k600.0k2009201620232009: 281.5k Deaths2010: 294.5k Deaths2011: 312.2k Deaths2012: 321.0k Deaths2013: 357.5k Deaths2014: 383.6k Deaths2015: 397.0k Deaths2016: 420.1k Deaths2017: 423.8k Deaths2018: 426.4k Deaths2019: 435.9k Deaths2020: 509.0k Deaths2021: 566.5k Deaths2022: 504.8k Deaths2023: 525.8k Deaths

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

Analysis

Türkiye recorded 525,814 Deaths for causes of mortality in 2023.

The figure is up 4.2% on the previous year and up 47.1% over ten years.

Over the whole period, causes of mortality in Türkiye peaked at 566,485 Deaths in 2021 and was at its lowest, 281,504 Deaths, in 2009.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 15 years of available data.

Causes of mortality in Türkiye, year by year

Annual values for Causes of mortality in Türkiye, 2009 to 2023.
Year Deaths Change
2009 281,504 Deaths
2010 294,501 Deaths +4.6%
2011 312,249 Deaths +6.0%
2012 320,967 Deaths +2.8%
2013 357,533 Deaths +11.4%
2014 383,603 Deaths +7.3%
2015 396,971 Deaths +3.5%
2016 420,124 Deaths +5.8%
2017 423,819 Deaths +0.9%
2018 426,449 Deaths +0.6%
2019 435,941 Deaths +2.2%
2020 509,048 Deaths +16.8%
2021 566,485 Deaths +11.3%
2022 504,839 Deaths -10.9%
2023 525,814 Deaths +4.2%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
2000s 281,504 Deaths 281,504 Deaths 281,504 Deaths 1
2010s 377,216 Deaths 294,501 Deaths 435,941 Deaths 10
2020s 526,546 Deaths 504,839 Deaths 566,485 Deaths 4

Countries ranked near Türkiye

  1. 1 United States 3.09 million Deaths compare
  2. 2 Russia 1.80 million Deaths compare
  3. 2 Poland 408,504 Deaths compare
  4. 3 Croatia 51,275 Deaths compare
  5. 3 Japan 1.58 million Deaths compare
  6. 3 Netherlands 172,165 Deaths compare
  7. 4 Lithuania 37,453 Deaths compare
  8. 4 Brazil 1.47 million Deaths compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is causes of mortality in Türkiye?
Causes of mortality in Türkiye was 525,814 Deaths in 2023, according to Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.
What is the highest causes of mortality recorded in Türkiye?
The highest recorded value was 566,485 Deaths in 2021.
What is the lowest causes of mortality recorded in Türkiye?
The lowest recorded value was 281,504 Deaths in 2009.
How does Türkiye rank for causes of mortality?
Türkiye ranks 1st out of 7 countries with data for 2023.
Is causes of mortality rising or falling in Türkiye?
Over the last ten years it is up 47.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Türkiye 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
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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.