Death rate by country

The number of deaths in a year per 1,000 people in the population.

Countries reporting
229
Highest
25.58 deaths per 1,000 people
Vatican
Lowest
0.93 deaths per 1,000 people
Qatar
Median
7.4 deaths per 1,000 people
Years covered
74
1950–2023
Data points
17,464

What the numbers show

Death rate is currently reported for 229 countries. The highest value is 25.58 deaths per 1,000 people in Vatican; the lowest is 0.93 deaths per 1,000 people in Qatar.

The median across all reporting countries is 7.4 deaths per 1,000 people, and the mean is 8 deaths per 1,000 people.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 28.

Over the past decade 132 countries rose and 96 fell. The largest increase was in Saint Martin (French part) (up 141.7%), and the largest decrease in Eswatini (down 40.4%).

Death rate: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Vatican 25.58 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 up 45.2% rising
2 Monaco 20.97 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 up 29.1% flat
3 Saint Helena 16.84 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 up 33.7% rising
4 United States Virgin Islands 15.41 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 up 28.2% rising
5 Bulgaria 15.15 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 up 5.7% rising
6 Niue 14.72 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 up 10.3% rising
7 Latvia 14.67 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 up 2.6% rising
8 Saint Pierre and Miquelon 14.39 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 up 29.4% rising
9 Lithuania 14.34 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 up 2.3% rising
10 Croatia 14.12 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 up 15.2% rising
11 Serbia 13.87 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 up 1.3% rising
12 Montserrat 13.69 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 up 16.0% falling
13 Moldova 13.61 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 up 8.3% rising
14 Bosnia and Herzegovina 13.46 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 up 21.8% falling
15 Romania 13.45 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 up 6.5% rising
16 Belarus 13.34 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 up 1.7% rising
17 Hungary 13.22 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 up 3.7% rising
18 Ukraine 13.13 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 down 6.1% rising
19 Dominica 12.76 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 up 8.9% falling
20 Greece 12.4 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 up 19.7% rising
21 Russia 12.34 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 down 5.2% rising
22 Japan 12.26 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 up 19.7% rising
23 Germany 12.23 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 up 10.2% falling
24 Estonia 12.21 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 up 5.5% rising
25 Georgia 11.84 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 down 4.0% flat
26 Nigeria 11.74 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 down 15.3% falling
27 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 11.5 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 up 7.9% falling
28 Palau 11.49 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 up 27.0% falling
29 Montenegro 11.38 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 up 14.3% flat
30 Italy 11.15 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 up 13.0% rising
31 Portugal 11.11 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 up 11.8% falling
32 Jersey 11.09 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 up 30.7% falling
33 Chad 11.03 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 down 22.5% falling
34 North Macedonia 10.84 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 up 16.9% falling
35 Finland 10.71 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 up 13.3% flat
36 Puerto Rico 10.69 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 up 13.2% rising
37 Lesotho 10.65 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 down 31.3% falling
38 Poland 10.64 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 up 6.4% rising
39 Barbados 10.61 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 up 14.7% falling
40 Czechia 10.5 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 up 1.1% flat
41 Isle of Man 10.48 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 up 9.5% falling
42 Faroe Islands 10.31 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 up 1.4% rising
43 Austria 10.21 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 up 8.7% falling
44 Slovenia 10.19 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 up 8.0% flat
45 Cuba 10.15 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 up 19.2% flat
47 Saint Kitts and Nevis 9.96 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 up 6.9% falling
48 Curacao 9.94 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 up 16.8% rising
49 Greenland 9.85 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 up 17.6% falling
50 Somalia 9.84 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 down 23.7% falling
51 Slovakia 9.82 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 up 2.8% rising
52 Uruguay 9.78 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 up 3.4% flat
53 Belgium 9.71 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 down 0.9% falling
54 North Korea 9.68 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 up 13.7% volatile
55 Denmark 9.63 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 up 2.9% rising
56 South Sudan 9.61 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 down 3.9% falling
57 Aruba 9.58 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 up 27.5% falling
58 United Kingdom 9.52 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 up 5.5% falling
60 Central African Republic 9.42 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 down 34.6% falling
61 Armenia 9.37 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 down 4.5% falling
62 Spain 9.34 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 up 12.7% flat
63 Guernsey 9.3 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 up 12.6% falling
64 Saint Martin (French part) 9.28 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 up 141.7% falling
65 France 9.27 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 up 5.5% falling
66 Cook Islands 9.27 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 up 23.5% falling
67 Fiji 9.26 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 up 9.8% falling
68 South Africa 9.24 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 down 7.3% falling
69 Netherlands 9.19 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 up 10.6% rising
70 Myanmar 9.15 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 up 1.9% falling
71 Tuvalu 9.14 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 down 2.6% falling
72 Guinea 9.12 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 down 18.4% falling
73 Sweden 8.9 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 down 5.4% falling
74 Thailand 8.89 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 up 32.4% falling
75 Grenada 8.86 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 up 15.6% falling
75 Niger 8.86 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 down 17.6% falling
77 Bermuda 8.86 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 up 11.2% falling
78 Taiwan 8.81 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 up 29.3% falling
79 Benin 8.8 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 down 12.8% falling
80 Mauritius 8.73 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 up 24.5% falling
81 Togo 8.73 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 down 18.5% falling
82 Bahamas 8.71 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 up 16.4% falling
83 United States 8.66 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 up 6.2% falling
84 Bonaire Sint Eustatius and Saba 8.63 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 up 19.5% falling
85 Mali 8.63 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 down 23.1% falling
86 Saint Lucia 8.61 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 up 17.3% falling
87 Democratic Republic of Congo 8.53 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 down 21.4% falling
88 Trinidad and Tobago 8.37 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 up 23.4% falling
89 Albania 8.33 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 up 18.7% volatile
90 Switzerland 8.32 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 up 2.8% falling
91 Sierra Leone 8.29 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 down 34.1% falling
92 Seychelles 8.22 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 up 6.9% falling
93 China 8.21 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 up 22.6% volatile
94 Sint Maarten (Dutch part) 8.13 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 up 54.1% volatile
95 Jamaica 8.08 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 up 25.8% falling
96 Liberia 8.07 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 down 13.8% falling
97 San Marino 8.01 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 up 3.6% falling
98 Norway 8 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 down 1.2% falling
99 Burkina Faso 7.96 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 down 22.5% falling
100 Canada 7.93 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 up 9.1% falling
101 Equatorial Guinea 7.88 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 down 20.6% falling
102 Falkland Islands 7.85 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 up 12.8% falling
103 Haiti 7.82 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 down 6.0% falling
104 Wallis and Futuna 7.78 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 up 28.8% falling
105 Eswatini 7.7 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 down 40.4% falling
106 Hong Kong 7.68 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 up 21.0% falling
107 Argentina 7.67 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 down 1.4% falling
108 Cote d'Ivoire 7.66 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 down 26.1% falling
109 Micronesia (country) 7.64 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 up 4.5% falling
110 Zimbabwe 7.61 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 down 25.6% falling
112 Venezuela 7.56 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 up 30.3% falling
113 Indonesia 7.53 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 up 0.3% falling
114 Madagascar 7.53 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 down 0.1% falling
115 Nauru 7.52 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 down 2.2% falling
115 El Salvador 7.52 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 up 5.1% falling
117 Djibouti 7.46 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 down 10.8% falling
118 Turks and Caicos Islands 7.4 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 up 19.2% volatile
120 Guyana 7.32 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 down 9.0% falling
121 New Zealand 7.29 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 up 8.9% falling
122 East Timor 7.27 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 down 6.6% volatile
123 Kenya 7.21 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 up 0.5% falling
124 Palestine 7.2 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 up 115.4% volatile
125 Comoros 7.2 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 down 13.5% falling
126 Bolivia 7.17 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 down 7.8% falling
127 Cameroon 7.15 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 down 26.7% falling
128 Brazil 7.08 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 up 19.5% falling
129 Sri Lanka 7.07 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 up 12.4% falling
130 Cyprus 7.06 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 up 20.5% falling
131 Guinea-Bissau 7.05 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 down 27.2% falling
132 Kiribati 7.05 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 up 1.4% falling
133 Ghana 7.04 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 down 13.8% falling
134 American Samoa 7.02 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 up 35.3% falling
135 Mozambique 7 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 down 31.6% falling
137 Marshall Islands 6.97 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 up 9.1% falling
138 Australia 6.95 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 up 8.1% falling
139 Nepal 6.93 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 down 1.8% falling
140 Angola 6.92 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 down 27.7% falling
141 Antigua and Barbuda 6.89 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 up 19.1% falling
142 Guam 6.87 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 up 22.8% flat
144 Iceland 6.74 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 up 0.8% falling
145 Burundi 6.72 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 down 27.0% falling
146 Kazakhstan 6.71 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 down 14.9% falling
147 Anguilla 6.68 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 up 16.2% falling
148 South Korea 6.68 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 up 25.0% volatile
149 Libya 6.65 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 up 33.9% volatile
150 Suriname 6.65 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 down 7.7% falling
151 India 6.61 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 down 3.6% falling
152 Vietnam 6.58 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 up 8.6% falling
153 Azerbaijan 6.58 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 down 4.5% falling
154 Papua New Guinea 6.52 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 down 6.6% falling
155 Gibraltar 6.51 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 down 4.9% falling
156 Chile 6.5 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 up 7.2% falling
157 Pakistan 6.47 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 down 12.3% falling
158 Tonga 6.44 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 up 1.8% falling
159 Sudan 6.4 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 down 14.3% falling
160 Cambodia 6.39 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 up 5.9% volatile
161 Saint Barthelemy 6.36 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 up 36.7% falling
162 Western Sahara 6.34 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 up 2.8% volatile
163 Turkey 6.32 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 up 10.9% falling
164 Gambia 6.29 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 down 20.4% falling
165 Congo 6.29 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 down 17.0% falling
166 New Caledonia 6.27 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 up 14.4% volatile
167 Gabon 6.27 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 down 15.7% falling
168 Dominican Republic 6.25 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 up 12.6% volatile
169 Philippines 6.24 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 up 13.2% falling
170 Laos 6.22 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 down 17.0% falling
171 Uzbekistan 6.21 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 up 1.6% falling
172 Namibia 6.17 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 down 38.0% falling
173 Mexico 6.16 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 up 8.5% falling
174 Samoa 6.16 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 up 3.5% falling
175 Bhutan 6.11 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 down 5.5% volatile
176 Andorra 6.08 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 up 2.5% falling
177 Tunisia 6.07 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 up 3.4% volatile
178 Eritrea 6.05 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 down 15.1% falling
179 British Virgin Islands 5.97 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 up 15.2% falling
180 Kyrgyzstan 5.97 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 down 20.0% falling
181 Lebanon 5.96 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 up 47.2% falling
182 Ethiopia 5.96 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 down 23.4% falling
183 Rwanda 5.93 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 down 10.0% volatile
184 Mongolia 5.93 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 down 9.5% falling
185 Afghanistan 5.8 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 down 23.7% falling
186 Tanzania 5.79 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 down 22.8% falling
187 Turkmenistan 5.78 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 down 5.2% falling
188 Botswana 5.72 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 down 34.8% falling
189 Paraguay 5.7 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 up 9.8% falling
190 Tokelau 5.7 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 down 19.6% falling
191 Morocco 5.64 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 down 2.3% volatile
192 Senegal 5.58 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 down 21.3% falling
193 Sao Tome and Principe 5.57 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 down 22.0% falling
194 Israel 5.54 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 up 8.1% falling
195 Mauritania 5.52 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 down 27.0% falling
196 Peru 5.49 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 down 13.1% falling
197 Reunion 5.48 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 up 20.0% volatile
198 Egypt 5.46 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 down 8.5% volatile
199 Costa Rica 5.46 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 up 26.0% falling
200 Colombia 5.4 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 up 7.3% falling
201 Malawi 5.36 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 down 37.8% falling
202 Brunei 5.23 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 up 30.2% volatile
203 Zambia 5.21 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 down 35.1% falling
204 Malaysia 5.16 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 up 12.0% volatile
205 Solomon Islands 5.14 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 down 7.0% volatile
206 Ecuador 5.13 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 up 5.8% volatile
207 Vanuatu 5.08 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 down 9.0% volatile
208 Cape Verde 5.06 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 down 2.1% falling
209 Syria 5.04 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 down 32.9% volatile
210 Bangladesh 5.01 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 down 13.3% volatile
211 French Guiana 4.95 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 up 29.4% volatile
212 Belize 4.92 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 down 4.8% falling
213 Uganda 4.84 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 down 31.2% falling
214 Guatemala 4.83 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 down 6.8% volatile
215 Cayman Islands 4.8 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 up 1.5% falling
216 Macao 4.79 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 up 17.3% falling
217 Yemen 4.79 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 down 9.5% volatile
218 Singapore 4.79 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 up 25.0% falling
219 Panama 4.77 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 up 2.4% falling
220 Northern Mariana Islands 4.7 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 up 36.5% falling
221 Iran 4.67 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 up 1.4% volatile
222 Algeria 4.64 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 unchanged volatile
223 Nicaragua 4.59 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 down 7.9% volatile
224 Tajikistan 4.58 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 down 13.3% falling
225 Honduras 4.48 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 down 1.7% volatile
226 Iraq 4.13 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 down 18.3% volatile
227 French Polynesia 3.65 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 up 21.8% volatile
228 Jordan 3.05 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 down 15.2% volatile
230 Saudi Arabia 2.34 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 down 6.6% volatile
231 Maldives 2.34 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 down 23.0% volatile
232 Bahrain 2.09 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 up 5.3% volatile
233 Oman 1.9 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 down 13.3% volatile
234 Kuwait 1.78 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 down 1.2% volatile
235 United Arab Emirates 0.932 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 down 9.8% volatile
236 Qatar 0.93 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 down 15.8% volatile

About this data

Indicator
Death rate
Unit
deaths per 1,000 people
Source
UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
236 places, 17,464 data points, 1950–2023
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The number of deaths in a year per 1,000 people in the population.