Death rate

This entry gives the average annual number of deaths during a year per 1,000 persons at midyear; also known as crude death rate. The death rate, while only a rough indicator of the mortality situation in a country, accurately indicates the current mortality impact on population growth. This indicator is significantly affected by age distribution, and most countries will eventually show a rise in the overall death rate, in spite of continued decline in mortality at all ages, as declining fertility and increased lifespans result in an aging population.

• Afghanistan

  12.08 deaths/1,000 population (2023 est.)

• Akrotiri

  NA

• Albania

  7.36 deaths/1,000 population (2023 est.)

• Algeria

  4.33 deaths/1,000 population (2023 est.)

• American Samoa

  6.19 deaths/1,000 population (2023 est.)

• Andorra

  7.98 deaths/1,000 population (2023 est.)

• Angola

  7.8 deaths/1,000 population (2023 est.)

• Anguilla

  4.72 deaths/1,000 population (2023 est.)

• Antigua and Barbuda

  5.69 deaths/1,000 population (2023 est.)

• Argentina

  7.28 deaths/1,000 population (2023 est.)

• Armenia

  9.54 deaths/1,000 population (2023 est.)

• Aruba

  8.69 deaths/1,000 population (2023 est.)

• Ashmore and Cartier Islands

  NA

• Australia

  6.76 deaths/1,000 population (2023 est.)

• Austria

  9.86 deaths/1,000 population (2023 est.)

• Azerbaijan

  6.92 deaths/1,000 population (2023 est.)

• Bahamas, The

  6.47 deaths/1,000 population (2023 est.)

• Bahrain

  2.83 deaths/1,000 population (2023 est.)

• Bangladesh

  5.5 deaths/1,000 population (2023 est.)

• Barbados

  8.03 deaths/1,000 population (2023 est.)

• Belarus

  12.81 deaths/1,000 population (2023 est.)

• Belgium

  9.57 deaths/1,000 population (2023 est.)

• Belize

  3.89 deaths/1,000 population (2023 est.)

• Benin

  7.82 deaths/1,000 population (2023 est.)

• Bermuda

  9.2 deaths/1,000 population (2023 est.)

• Bhutan

  6.05 deaths/1,000 population (2023 est.)

• Bolivia

  6.54 deaths/1,000 population (2023 est.)

• Bosnia and Herzegovina

  10.26 deaths/1,000 population (2023 est.)

• Botswana

  8.98 deaths/1,000 population (2023 est.)

• Bouvet Island

  NA

• Brazil

  6.9 deaths/1,000 population (2023 est.)

• British Indian Ocean Territory

  NA

• British Virgin Islands

  5.44 deaths/1,000 population (2023 est.)

• Brunei

  3.85 deaths/1,000 population (2023 est.)

• Bulgaria

  14.31 deaths/1,000 population (2023 est.)

• Burkina Faso

  7.5 deaths/1,000 population (2023 est.)

• Burma

  7.14 deaths/1,000 population (2023 est.)

• Burundi

  5.85 deaths/1,000 population (2023 est.)

• Cabo Verde

  5.77 deaths/1,000 population (2023 est.)

• Cambodia

  5.7 deaths/1,000 population (2023 est.)

• Cameroon

  7.54 deaths/1,000 population (2023 est.)

• Canada

  8.17 deaths/1,000 population (2023 est.)

• Cayman Islands

  6.06 deaths/1,000 population (2023 est.)

• Central African Republic

  11.51 deaths/1,000 population (2023 est.)

• Chad

  9.21 deaths/1,000 population (2023 est.)

• Chile

  6.58 deaths/1,000 population (2023 est.)

• China

  7.82 deaths/1,000 population (2023 est.)

• Christmas Island

  NA

• Clipperton Island

  NA

• Cocos (Keeling) Islands

  8.89 deaths/1,000 population (2021 est.)

• Colombia

  7.84 deaths/1,000 population (2023 est.)

• Comoros

  6.49 deaths/1,000 population (2023 est.)

• Congo, Democratic Republic of the

  7.74 deaths/1,000 population (2023 est.)

• Congo, Republic of the

  8.23 deaths/1,000 population (2023 est.)

• Cook Islands

  9.2 deaths/1,000 population (2023 est.)

• Coral Sea Islands

  NA

• Costa Rica

  4.97 deaths/1,000 population (2023 est.)

• Cote d'Ivoire

  7.45 deaths/1,000 population (2023 est.)

• Croatia

  12.98 deaths/1,000 population (2023 est.)

• Cuba

  9.37 deaths/1,000 population (2023 est.)

• Curacao

  8.78 deaths/1,000 population (2023 est.)

• Cyprus

  6.99 deaths/1,000 population (2023 est.)

• Czechia

  10.77 deaths/1,000 population (2023 est.)

• Denmark

  9.55 deaths/1,000 population (2023 est.)

• Dhekelia

  NA

• Djibouti

  7.08 deaths/1,000 population (2023 est.)

• Dominica

  8.12 deaths/1,000 population (2023 est.)

• Dominican Republic

  6.31 deaths/1,000 population (2023 est.)

• Ecuador

  5.18 deaths/1,000 population (2023 est.)

• Egypt

  4.32 deaths/1,000 population (2023 est.)

• El Salvador

  5.92 deaths/1,000 population (2023 est.)

• Equatorial Guinea

  8.9 deaths/1,000 population (2023 est.)

• Eritrea

  6.6 deaths/1,000 population (2023 est.)

• Estonia

  13.13 deaths/1,000 population (2023 est.)

• Eswatini

  9.53 deaths/1,000 population (2023 est.)

• Ethiopia

  5.6 deaths/1,000 population (2023 est.)

• European Union

  (2021 est.) 10.7 deaths/1,000 population

• Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas)

  4.9 deaths/1,000 population (2012 est.)

• Faroe Islands

  8.61 deaths/1,000 population (2023 est.)

• Fiji

  6.44 deaths/1,000 population (2023 est.)

• Finland

  10.37 deaths/1,000 population (2023 est.)

• France

  9.51 deaths/1,000 population (2023 est.)

• French Polynesia

  5.67 deaths/1,000 population (2023 est.)

• French Southern and Antarctic Lands

  NA

• Gabon

  5.59 deaths/1,000 population (2023 est.)

• Gambia, The

  5.71 deaths/1,000 population (2023 est.)

• Gaza Strip

  2.88 deaths/1,000 population (2023 est.)

• Georgia

  10.76 deaths/1,000 population (2023 est.)

• Germany

  11.97 deaths/1,000 population (2023 est.)

• Ghana

  5.99 deaths/1,000 population (2023 est.)

• Gibraltar

  8.74 deaths/1,000 population (2023 est.)

• Greece

  12.02 deaths/1,000 population (2023 est.)

• Greenland

  9.07 deaths/1,000 population (2023 est.)

• Grenada

  8.34 deaths/1,000 population (2023 est.)

• Guam

  6.08 deaths/1,000 population (2023 est.)

• Guatemala

  4.89 deaths/1,000 population (2023 est.)

• Guernsey

  9.17 deaths/1,000 population (2023 est.)

• Guinea

  7.97 deaths/1,000 population (2023 est.)

• Guinea-Bissau

  7.32 deaths/1,000 population (2023 est.)

• Guyana

  6.95 deaths/1,000 population (2023 est.)

• Haiti

  7.17 deaths/1,000 population (2023 est.)

• Heard Island and McDonald Islands

  NA

• Holy See (Vatican City)

  NA

• Honduras

  4.69 deaths/1,000 population (2023 est.)

• Hong Kong

  8.03 deaths/1,000 population (2023 est.)

• Hungary

  12.89 deaths/1,000 population (2023 est.)

• Iceland

  6.57 deaths/1,000 population (2023 est.)

• India

  9.65 deaths/1,000 population (2023 est.)

• Indonesia

  6.77 deaths/1,000 population (2023 est.)

• Iran

  5.2 deaths/1,000 population (2023 est.)

• Iraq

  3.88 deaths/1,000 population (2023 est.)

• Ireland

  6.74 deaths/1,000 population (2023 est.)

• Isle of Man

  10.17 deaths/1,000 population (2023 est.)

• Israel

  5.05 deaths/1,000 population (2023 est.)

• Italy

  11.27 deaths/1,000 population (2023 est.)

• Jamaica

  7.44 deaths/1,000 population (2023 est.)

• Jan Mayen

  NA

• Japan

  11.74 deaths/1,000 population (2023 est.)

• Jersey

  7.75 deaths/1,000 population (2023 est.)

• Jordan

  3.47 deaths/1,000 population (2023 est.)

• Kazakhstan

  8.05 deaths/1,000 population (2023 est.)

• Kenya

  4.95 deaths/1,000 population (2023 est.)

• Kiribati

  6.91 deaths/1,000 population (2023 est.)

• Korea, North

  9.66 deaths/1,000 population (2023 est.)

• Korea, South

  7.28 deaths/1,000 population (2023 est.)

• Kosovo

  7.65 deaths/1,000 population (2023 est.)

• Kuwait

  2.27 deaths/1,000 population (2023 est.)

• Kyrgyzstan

  6.07 deaths/1,000 population (2023 est.)

• Laos

  6.26 deaths/1,000 population (2023 est.)

• Latvia

  14.69 deaths/1,000 population (2023 est.)

• Lebanon

  5.57 deaths/1,000 population (2023 est.)

• Lesotho

  10.9 deaths/1,000 population (2023 est.)

• Liberia

  6.46 deaths/1,000 population (2023 est.)

• Libya

  3.45 deaths/1,000 population (2023 est.)

• Liechtenstein

  8.05 deaths/1,000 population (2023 est.)

• Lithuania

  15.17 deaths/1,000 population (2023 est.)

• Luxembourg

  7.17 deaths/1,000 population (2023 est.)

• Macau

  4.81 deaths/1,000 population (2023 est.)

• Madagascar

  5.92 deaths/1,000 population (2023 est.)

• Malawi

  4.51 deaths/1,000 population (2023 est.)

• Malaysia

  5.72 deaths/1,000 population (2023 est.)

• Maldives

  4.2 deaths/1,000 population (2023 est.)

• Mali

  8.3 deaths/1,000 population (2023 est.)

• Malta

  8.61 deaths/1,000 population (2023 est.)

• Marshall Islands

  4.3 deaths/1,000 population (2023 est.)

• Mauritania

  7.33 deaths/1,000 population (2023 est.)

• Mauritius

  8.95 deaths/1,000 population (2023 est.)

• Mexico

  7.07 deaths/1,000 population (2023 est.)

• Micronesia, Federated States of

  4.2 deaths/1,000 population (2023 est.)

• Moldova

  12.51 deaths/1,000 population (2023 est.)

• Monaco

  10.92 deaths/1,000 population (2023 est.)

• Mongolia

  6.33 deaths/1,000 population (2023 est.)

• Montenegro

  10.3 deaths/1,000 population (2023 est.)

• Montserrat

  6.07 deaths/1,000 population (2023 est.)

• Morocco

  6.61 deaths/1,000 population (2023 est.)
  
  note: does not include data from the former Western Sahara

• Mozambique

  9.93 deaths/1,000 population (2023 est.)

• Namibia

  6.64 deaths/1,000 population (2023 est.)

• Nauru

  6.39 deaths/1,000 population (2023 est.)

• Navassa Island

  NA

• Nepal

  5.59 deaths/1,000 population (2023 est.)

• Netherlands

  9.27 deaths/1,000 population (2023 est.)

• New Caledonia

  5.92 deaths/1,000 population (2023 est.)

• New Zealand

  6.89 deaths/1,000 population (2023 est.)

• Nicaragua

  5.19 deaths/1,000 population (2023 est.)

• Niger

  9.66 deaths/1,000 population (2023 est.)

• Nigeria

  8.52 deaths/1,000 population (2023 est.)

• Niue

  (2021 est.) NA

• Norfolk Island

  NA

• North Macedonia

  9.61 deaths/1,000 population (2023 est.)

• Northern Mariana Islands

  5.58 deaths/1,000 population (2023 est.)

• Norway

  7.93 deaths/1,000 population (2023 est.)

• Oman

  3.21 deaths/1,000 population (2023 est.)

• Pakistan

  5.94 deaths/1,000 population (2023 est.)

• Palau

  8.31 deaths/1,000 population (2023 est.)

• Panama

  5.88 deaths/1,000 population (2023 est.)

• Papua New Guinea

  5.48 deaths/1,000 population (2023 est.)

• Paracel Islands

  NA

• Paraguay

  4.9 deaths/1,000 population (2023 est.)

• Peru

  11.04 deaths/1,000 population (2023 est.)

• Philippines

  6.32 deaths/1,000 population (2023 est.)

• Pitcairn Islands

  NA

• Poland

  10.75 deaths/1,000 population (2023 est.)

• Portugal

  10.9 deaths/1,000 population (2023 est.)

• Puerto Rico

  10 deaths/1,000 population (2023 est.)

• Qatar

  1.42 deaths/1,000 population (2023 est.)

• Romania

  14.92 deaths/1,000 population (2023 est.)

• Russia

  13.27 deaths/1,000 population (2023 est.)

• Rwanda

  5.77 deaths/1,000 population (2023 est.)

• Saint Barthelemy

  9.16 deaths/1,000 population (2023 est.)

• Saint Helena, Ascension, and Tristan da Cunha

  8.19 deaths/1,000 population (2023 est.)

• Saint Kitts and Nevis

  7.32 deaths/1,000 population (2023 est.)

• Saint Lucia

  8.17 deaths/1,000 population (2023 est.)

• Saint Martin

  4.71 deaths/1,000 population (2023 est.)

• Saint Pierre and Miquelon

  11.36 deaths/1,000 population (2023 est.)

• Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

  7.58 deaths/1,000 population (2023 est.)

• Samoa

  5.38 deaths/1,000 population (2023 est.)

• San Marino

  8.83 deaths/1,000 population (2023 est.)

• Sao Tome and Principe

  6.07 deaths/1,000 population (2023 est.)

• Saudi Arabia

  3.45 deaths/1,000 population (2023 est.)

• Senegal

  5 deaths/1,000 population (2023 est.)

• Serbia

  15.12 deaths/1,000 population (2023 est.)

• Seychelles

  6.9 deaths/1,000 population (2023 est.)

• Sierra Leone

  9.14 deaths/1,000 population (2023 est.)

• Singapore

  4.15 deaths/1,000 population (2023 est.)

• Sint Maarten

  6.24 deaths/1,000 population (2023 est.)

• Slovakia

  10.18 deaths/1,000 population (2023 est.)

• Slovenia

  10.46 deaths/1,000 population (2023 est.)

• Solomon Islands

  3.95 deaths/1,000 population (2023 est.)

• Somalia

  11.43 deaths/1,000 population (2023 est.)

• South Africa

  9.25 deaths/1,000 population (2023 est.)

• South Georgia and South Sandwich Islands

  NA

• South Sudan

  9.22 deaths/1,000 population (2023 est.)

• Spain

  10.11 deaths/1,000 population (2023 est.)

• Spratly Islands

  (2021 est.) NA

• Sri Lanka

  6.54 deaths/1,000 population (2023 est.)

• Sudan

  6.19 deaths/1,000 population (2023 est.)

• Suriname

  6.63 deaths/1,000 population (2023 est.)

• Svalbard

  NA

• Sweden

  9.5 deaths/1,000 population (2023 est.)

• Switzerland

  8.37 deaths/1,000 population (2023 est.)

• Syria

  4.07 deaths/1,000 population (2023 est.)

• Taiwan

  7.98 deaths/1,000 population (2023 est.)

• Tajikistan

  5.67 deaths/1,000 population (2023 est.)

• Tanzania

  5.02 deaths/1,000 population (2023 est.)

• Thailand

  7.86 deaths/1,000 population (2023 est.)

• Timor-Leste

  5.55 deaths/1,000 population (2023 est.)

• Togo

  5.16 deaths/1,000 population (2023 est.)

• Tonga

  4.95 deaths/1,000 population (2023 est.)

• Trinidad and Tobago

  8.48 deaths/1,000 population (2023 est.)

• Tunisia

  6.38 deaths/1,000 population (2023 est.)

• Turkey (Turkiye)

  6.09 deaths/1,000 population (2023 est.)

• Turkmenistan

  5.96 deaths/1,000 population (2023 est.)

• Turks and Caicos Islands

  3.52 deaths/1,000 population (2023 est.)

• Tuvalu

  7.9 deaths/1,000 population (2023 est.)

• Uganda

  4.87 deaths/1,000 population (2023 est.)

• Ukraine

  13.7 deaths/1,000 population (2023 est.)

• United Arab Emirates

  1.62 deaths/1,000 population (2023 est.)

• United Kingdom

  9.12 deaths/1,000 population (2023 est.)

• United States

  8.42 deaths/1,000 population (2023 est.)

• United States Pacific Island Wildlife Refuges

  NA

• Uruguay

  9.12 deaths/1,000 population (2023 est.)

• Uzbekistan

  5.43 deaths/1,000 population (2023 est.)

• Vanuatu

  3.99 deaths/1,000 population (2023 est.)

• Venezuela

  6.55 deaths/1,000 population (2023 est.)

• Vietnam

  5.77 deaths/1,000 population (2023 est.)

• Virgin Islands

  8.99 deaths/1,000 population (2023 est.)

• Wake Island

  NA

• Wallis and Futuna

  5.9 deaths/1,000 population (2023 est.)

• West Bank

  3.38 deaths/1,000 population (2023 est.)

• World

  7.7 deaths/1,000 population (2020 est.)
  
  note: this rate results in about 108 worldwide deaths per minute or 1.8 deaths every second

• Yemen

  5.54 deaths/1,000 population (2023 est.)

• Zambia

  6.02 deaths/1,000 population (2023 est.)

• Zimbabwe

  8.51 deaths/1,000 population (2023 est.)