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Crude death rate by country

Death rate, calculated as the number of deaths divided by the average number of people alive during the year.

Countries reporting
41
Highest
21.49 deaths per 1,000 people
Bulgaria
Lowest
5.16 deaths per 1,000 people
Israel
Median
9.71 deaths per 1,000 people
Years covered
274
1751–2024
Data points
3,818

What the numbers show

Crude death rate is currently reported for 41 countries. The highest value is 21.49 deaths per 1,000 people in Bulgaria; the lowest is 5.16 deaths per 1,000 people in Israel.

The median across all reporting countries is 9.71 deaths per 1,000 people, and the mean is 10.25 deaths per 1,000 people.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 4.

Over the past decade 30 countries rose and 11 fell. The largest increase was in Bulgaria (up 48.0%), and the largest decrease in Russia (down 17.8%).

Crude death rate: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Bulgaria 21.49 deaths per 1,000 people 2021 up 48.0% rising
2 Ukraine 14.51 deaths per 1,000 people 2013 down 9.0% rising
3 Hungary 14.4 deaths per 1,000 people 2020 up 10.8% rising
4 Latvia 14.21 deaths per 1,000 people 2024 up 0.2% rising
5 Croatia 14.02 deaths per 1,000 people 2020 up 16.2% rising
6 Czechia 13.25 deaths per 1,000 people 2021 up 30.4% flat
7 Russia 12.97 deaths per 1,000 people 2014 down 17.8% rising
8 Lithuania 12.96 deaths per 1,000 people 2024 down 4.8% rising
9 Japan 12.93 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 up 28.4% rising
10 Belarus 12.62 deaths per 1,000 people 2018 down 9.7% rising
11 Italy 12.15 deaths per 1,000 people 2022 up 20.1% falling
12 Germany 11.82 deaths per 1,000 people 2020 up 11.0% flat
13 Greece 11.62 deaths per 1,000 people 2019 up 19.6% rising
14 Estonia 11.61 deaths per 1,000 people 2019 down 3.2% rising
15 Portugal 11.23 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 up 11.0% flat
16 Poland 10.8 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 up 7.8% rising
17 Finland 10.36 deaths per 1,000 people 2024 up 8.5% falling
18 Slovenia 9.87 deaths per 1,000 people 2019 up 7.3% falling
19 Austria 9.83 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 up 4.8% falling
20 United Kingdom 9.73 deaths per 1,000 people 2022 up 9.2% falling
21 Slovakia 9.71 deaths per 1,000 people 2019 down 0.5% rising
22 Denmark 9.53 deaths per 1,000 people 2024 up 4.9% falling
23 Netherlands 9.48 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 up 13.2% falling
24 Belgium 9.45 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 down 3.4% falling
25 France 9.42 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 up 7.9% falling
26 United States 9.15 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 up 11.9% falling
27 Spain 9 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 up 8.4% falling
28 Taiwan 8.8 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 up 32.3% rising
29 Sweden 8.63 deaths per 1,000 people 2024 down 6.2% falling
30 Canada 8.22 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 up 14.4% falling
31 Switzerland 8.12 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 up 0.9% falling
32 Norway 7.95 deaths per 1,000 people 2024 up 0.9% falling
33 Hong Kong 7.35 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 up 21.4% rising
34 Chile 7 deaths per 1,000 people 2020 up 19.4% rising
35 Ireland 6.91 deaths per 1,000 people 2022 up 8.2% falling
36 South Korea 6.87 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 up 30.9% rising
37 Iceland 6.83 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 up 0.5% volatile
38 New Zealand 6.79 deaths per 1,000 people 2021 down 0.5% falling
39 Luxembourg 6.66 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 down 5.8% falling
40 Australia 6.66 deaths per 1,000 people 2021 up 1.6% falling
41 Israel 5.16 deaths per 1,000 people 2016 down 4.9% falling

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Indicator
Crude death rate
Unit
deaths per 1,000 people
Source
Human Mortality Database (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
41 places, 3,818 data points, 1751–2024
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Death rate, calculated as the number of deaths divided by the average number of people alive during the year.