Death rate

This entry gives the average annual number of deaths during a year per 1,000 population 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 results in an aging population.

Country Comparison Ranking

• Afghanistan

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

• Akrotiri

  NA

• Albania

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

• Algeria

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

• American Samoa

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

• Andorra

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

• Angola

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

• Anguilla

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

• Antigua and Barbuda

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

• Argentina

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

• Armenia

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

• Aruba

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

• Ashmore and Cartier Islands

  NA (2021 est.)

• Australia

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

• Austria

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

• Azerbaijan

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

• Bahamas, The

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

• Bahrain

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

• Bangladesh

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

• Barbados

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

• Belarus

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

• Belgium

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

• Belize

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

• Benin

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

• Bermuda

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

• Bhutan

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

• Bolivia

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

• Bosnia and Herzegovina

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

• Botswana

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

• Bouvet Island

  NA

• Brazil

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

• British Indian Ocean Territory

  NA

• British Virgin Islands

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

• Brunei

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

• Bulgaria

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

• Burkina Faso

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

• Burma

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

• Burundi

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

• Cabo Verde

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

• Cambodia

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

• Cameroon

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

• Canada

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

• Cayman Islands

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

• Central African Republic

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

• Chad

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

• Chile

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

• China

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

• Christmas Island

  NA

• Clipperton Island

  NA

• Cocos (Keeling) Islands

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

• Colombia

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

• Comoros

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

• Congo, Democratic Republic of the

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

• Congo, Republic of the

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

• Cook Islands

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

• Coral Sea Islands

  NA (2021 est.)

• Costa Rica

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

• Cote d'Ivoire

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

• Croatia

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

• Cuba

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

• Curacao

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

• Cyprus

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

• Czechia

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

• Denmark

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

• Dhekelia

  NA

• Djibouti

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

• Dominica

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

• Dominican Republic

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

• Ecuador

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

• Egypt

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

• El Salvador

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

• Equatorial Guinea

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

• Eritrea

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

• Estonia

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

• Eswatini

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

• Ethiopia

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

• European Union

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

• Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas)

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

• Faroe Islands

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

• Fiji

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

• Finland

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

• France

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

• French Polynesia

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

• French Southern and Antarctic Lands

  NA

• Gabon

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

• Gambia, The

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

• Gaza Strip

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

• Georgia

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

• Germany

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

• Ghana

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

• Gibraltar

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

• Greece

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

• Greenland

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

• Grenada

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

• Guam

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

• Guatemala

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

• Guernsey

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

• Guinea

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

• Guinea-Bissau

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

• Guyana

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

• Haiti

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

• Heard Island and McDonald Islands

  NA

• Holy See (Vatican City)

  NA

• Honduras

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

• Hong Kong

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

• Hungary

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

• Iceland

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

• India

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

• Indonesia

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

• Iran

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

• Iraq

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

• Ireland

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

• Isle of Man

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

• Israel

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

• Italy

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

• Jamaica

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

• Jan Mayen

  NA

• Japan

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

• Jersey

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

• Jordan

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

• Kazakhstan

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

• Kenya

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

• Kiribati

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

• Korea, North

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

• Korea, South

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

• Kosovo

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

• Kuwait

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

• Kyrgyzstan

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

• Laos

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

• Latvia

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

• Lebanon

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

• Lesotho

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

• Liberia

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

• Libya

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

• Liechtenstein

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

• Lithuania

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

• Luxembourg

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

• Macau

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

• Madagascar

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

• Malawi

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

• Malaysia

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

• Maldives

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

• Mali

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

• Malta

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

• Marshall Islands

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

• Mauritania

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

• Mauritius

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

• Mexico

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

• Micronesia, Federated States of

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

• Moldova

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

• Monaco

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

• Mongolia

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

• Montenegro

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

• Montserrat

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

• Morocco

  6.53 deaths/1,000 population (2021 est.)
  
  note: does not include data from the former Western Sahara

• Mozambique

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

• Namibia

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

• Nauru

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

• Navassa Island

  NA

• Nepal

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

• Netherlands

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

• New Caledonia

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

• New Zealand

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

• Nicaragua

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

• Niger

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

• Nigeria

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

• Niue

  NA (2021 est.)

• Norfolk Island

  NA

• North Macedonia

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

• Northern Mariana Islands

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

• Norway

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

• Oman

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

• Pakistan

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

• Palau

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

• Panama

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

• Papua New Guinea

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

• Paracel Islands

  NA (2021 est.)

• Paraguay

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

• Peru

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

• Philippines

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

• Pitcairn Islands

  NA

• Poland

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

• Portugal

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

• Puerto Rico

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

• Qatar

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

• Romania

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

• Russia

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

• Rwanda

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

• Saint Barthelemy

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

• Saint Helena, Ascension, and Tristan da Cunha

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

• Saint Kitts and Nevis

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

• Saint Lucia

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

• Saint Martin

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

• Saint Pierre and Miquelon

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

• Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

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

• Samoa

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

• San Marino

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

• Sao Tome and Principe

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

• Saudi Arabia

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

• Senegal

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

• Serbia

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

• Seychelles

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

• Sierra Leone

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

• Singapore

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

• Sint Maarten

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

• Slovakia

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

• Slovenia

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

• Solomon Islands

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

• Somalia

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

• South Africa

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

• South Georgia and South Sandwich Islands

  NA (2021 est.)

• South Sudan

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

• Spain

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

• Spratly Islands

  NA (2021 est.)

• Sri Lanka

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

• Sudan

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

• Suriname

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

• Svalbard

  NA (2021 est.)

• Sweden

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

• Switzerland

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

• Syria

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

• Taiwan

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

• Tajikistan

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

• Tanzania

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

• Thailand

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

• Timor-Leste

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

• Togo

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

• Tonga

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

• Trinidad and Tobago

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

• Tunisia

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

• Turkey

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

• Turkmenistan

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

• Turks and Caicos Islands

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

• Tuvalu

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

• Uganda

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

• Ukraine

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

• United Arab Emirates

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

• United Kingdom

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

• United States

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

• Uruguay

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

• Uzbekistan

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

• Vanuatu

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

• Venezuela

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

• Vietnam

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

• Virgin Islands

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

• Wake Island

  NA

• Wallis and Futuna

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

• West Bank

  3.43 deaths/1,000 population (2021 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

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

• Zambia

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

• Zimbabwe

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