Country Comparison :: 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.
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Rank
 country (deaths/1,000 population) Date of Information
1 South Africa
17.23
July 2012 est.
2 Ukraine
15.76
July 2012 est.
3 Lesotho
15.18
July 2012 est.
4 Chad
15.16
July 2012 est.
5 Guinea-Bissau
15.01
July 2012 est.
6 Central African Republic
14.71
July 2012 est.
7 Afghanistan
14.59
July 2012 est.
8 Somalia
14.55
July 2012 est.
9 Bulgaria
14.32
July 2012 est.
10 Swaziland
14.21
July 2012 est.
11 Russia
14.10
July 2012 est.
12 Belarus
13.90
July 2012 est.
13 Mali
13.90
July 2012 est.
14 Serbia
13.81
July 2012 est.
15 Latvia
13.60
July 2012 est.
16 Estonia
13.60
July 2012 est.
17 Nigeria
13.48
July 2012 est.
18 Zambia
13.40
July 2012 est.
19 Niger
13.40
July 2012 est.
20 Namibia
13.09
July 2012 est.
21 Gabon
13.07
July 2012 est.
22 Malawi
12.84
July 2012 est.
23 Mozambique
12.79
July 2012 est.
24 Hungary
12.70
July 2012 est.
25 Moldova
12.62
July 2012 est.
26 Burkina Faso
12.47
July 2012 est.
27 Zimbabwe
12.38
July 2012 est.
28 Angola
12.06
July 2012 est.
29 Botswana
12.00
July 2012 est.
30 Croatia
11.99
July 2012 est.
31 Romania
11.84
July 2012 est.
32 Cameroon
11.66
July 2012 est.
33 Uganda
11.60
July 2012 est.
34 Sierra Leone
11.49
July 2012 est.
35 Lithuania
11.40
July 2012 est.
36 Congo, Republic of the
11.25
July 2012 est.
37 Germany
11.04
July 2012 est.
38 Slovenia
11.00
July 2012 est.
39 Czech Republic
10.94
July 2012 est.
40 Portugal
10.86
July 2012 est.
41 Congo, Democratic Republic of the
10.80
July 2012 est.
42 Greece
10.80
July 2012 est.
43 Belgium
10.63
July 2012 est.
44 Liberia
10.36
July 2012 est.
45 Finland
10.33
July 2012 est.
46 Poland
10.24
July 2012 est.
47 Austria
10.23
July 2012 est.
48 Sweden
10.21
July 2012 est.
49 Denmark
10.19
July 2012 est.
50 Guinea
10.19
July 2012 est.
51 Georgia
10.05
July 2012 est.
52 Cote d'Ivoire
9.96
July 2012 est.
53 Isle of Man
9.95
July 2012 est.
54 Italy
9.93
July 2012 est.
55 Rwanda
9.64
July 2012 est.
56 Slovakia
9.64
July 2012 est.
57 Uruguay
9.55
July 2012 est.
58 Bosnia and Herzegovina
9.40
July 2012 est.
59 Burundi
9.36
July 2012 est.
60 United Kingdom
9.33
July 2012 est.
61 Ethiopia
9.30
July 2012 est.
62 Norway
9.22
July 2012 est.
63 Japan
9.15
July 2012 est.
64 Tuvalu
9.13
July 2012 est.
65 Korea, North
9.12
July 2012 est.
66 Senegal
9.05
July 2012 est.
67 Montenegro
9.03
July 2012 est.
68 Macedonia
8.95
July 2012 est.
69 Saint Pierre and Miquelon
8.92
July 2012 est.
70 France
8.90
July 2012 est.
71 Spain
8.88
July 2012 est.
72 Equatorial Guinea
8.81
July 2012 est.
73 Western Sahara
8.80
July 2012 est.
74 Benin
8.79
July 2012 est.
75 Malta
8.72
July 2012 est.
76 Faroe Islands
8.67
July 2012 est.
77 Mauritania
8.66
July 2012 est.
78 Tanzania
8.60
July 2012 est.
79 Guernsey
8.52
July 2012 est.
80 Monaco
8.52
July 2012 est.
81 Kazakhstan
8.52
July 2012 est.
82 Luxembourg
8.50
July 2012 est.
83 Armenia
8.49
July 2012 est.
84 United States
8.40
July 2012 est.
85 Barbados
8.39
July 2012 est.
86 Netherlands
8.39
July 2012 est.
87 Trinidad and Tobago
8.35
July 2012 est.
88 Sudan
8.30
July 2012 est.
89 Gibraltar
8.27
July 2012 est.
90 Greenland
8.22
July 2012 est.
91 Comoros
8.19
July 2012 est.
92 Burma
8.10
July 2012 est.
93 Switzerland
8.10
July 2012 est.
94 Haiti
8.10
July 2012 est.
95 Canada
8.09
July 2012 est.
96 Djibouti
8.08
July 2012 est.
97 San Marino
8.06
July 2012 est.
98 Dominica
8.03
July 2012 est.
99 Curacao
8.00
2009
100 Puerto Rico
8.00
July 2012 est.
101 Laos
7.99
July 2012 est.
102 Grenada
7.98
July 2012 est.
103 Cambodia
7.97
July 2012 est.
104 Sao Tome and Principe
7.93
July 2012 est.
105 Eritrea
7.92
July 2012 est.
106 Aruba
7.92
July 2012 est.
107 Palau
7.89
July 2012 est.
108 Togo
7.78
July 2012 est.
109 Bermuda
7.74
July 2012 est.
110 Ghana
7.70
July 2012 est.
111 Virgin Islands
7.70
July 2012 est.
112 Cook Islands
7.61
July 2012 est.
113 Jersey
7.56
July 2012 est.
114 Cuba
7.52
July 2012 est.
115 Gambia, The
7.50
July 2012 est.
116 India
7.43
July 2012 est.
117 Thailand
7.38
July 2012 est.
118 Argentina
7.36
July 2012 est.
119 Kiribati
7.31
July 2012 est.
120 Madagascar
7.30
July 2012 est.
121 Kenya
7.26
July 2012 est.
122 Hong Kong
7.23
July 2012 est.
123 New Zealand
7.20
July 2012 est.
124 Guyana
7.18
July 2012 est.
125 China
7.17
July 2012 est.
126 Azerbaijan
7.13
July 2012 est.
127 Saint Lucia
7.10
July 2012 est.
128 Saint Kitts and Nevis
7.08
July 2012 est.
129 Iceland
7.02
July 2012 est.
130 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
7.02
July 2012 est.
131 Saint Helena, Ascension, and Tristan da Cunha
6.99
July 2012 est.
132 Bhutan
6.99
July 2012 est.
133 Australia
6.94
July 2012 est.
134 Bahamas, The
6.91
July 2012 est.
135 Seychelles
6.90
July 2012 est.
136 Kyrgyzstan
6.90
July 2012 est.
137 Yemen
6.82
July 2012 est.
138 Pakistan
6.80
July 2012 est.
139 Liechtenstein
6.78
July 2012 est.
140 Montserrat
6.78
July 2012 est.
141 Bolivia
6.76
July 2012 est.
142 Nepal
6.75
July 2012 est.
143 Mauritius
6.73
July 2012 est.
144 Taiwan
6.70
July 2012 est.
145 Lebanon
6.63
July 2012 est.
146 Jamaica
6.59
July 2012 est.
147 Papua New Guinea
6.56
July 2012 est.
148 Andorra
6.52
July 2012 est.
149 Brazil
6.50
July 2012 est.
150 Tajikistan
6.49
July 2012 est.
151 Cyprus
6.48
July 2012 est.
152 Timor-Leste
6.40
July 2012 est.
153 Korea, South
6.38
July 2012 est.
154 Ireland
6.38
July 2012 est.
155 Indonesia
6.30
July 2012 est.
156 Cape Verde
6.28
July 2012 est.
157 Albania
6.25
July 2012 est.
158 Turkmenistan
6.21
July 2012 est.
159 Suriname
6.17
July 2012 est.
160 Turkey
6.10
July 2012 est.
161 Mongolia
6.01
July 2012 est.
162 Nauru
5.97
July 2012 est.
163 Sri Lanka
5.96
July 2012 est.
164 Vietnam
5.95
July 2012 est.
165 Peru
5.95
July 2012 est.
166 Iran
5.94
July 2012 est.
167 Fiji
5.93
July 2012 est.
168 Belize
5.91
July 2012 est.
169 Tunisia
5.87
July 2012 est.
170 Chile
5.80
July 2012 est.
171 Antigua and Barbuda
5.72
July 2012 est.
172 Bangladesh
5.71
July 2012 est.
173 El Salvador
5.63
July 2012 est.
174 Israel
5.50
July 2012 est.
175 Samoa
5.34
July 2012 est.
176 New Caledonia
5.34
July 2012 est.
177 Colombia
5.29
July 2012 est.
178 Uzbekistan
5.29
July 2012 est.
179 Venezuela
5.20
July 2012 est.
180 Cayman Islands
5.19
July 2012 est.
181 Honduras
5.05
July 2012 est.
182 Nicaragua
5.04
July 2012 est.
183 Ecuador
5.01
July 2012 est.
184 Philippines
4.98
July 2012 est.
185 Malaysia
4.95
July 2012 est.
186 Guatemala
4.92
July 2012 est.
187 Mexico
4.90
July 2012 est.
188 Libya
4.90
July 2012 est.
189 Guam
4.90
July 2012 est.
190 Tonga
4.88
July 2012 est.
191 British Virgin Islands
4.82
July 2012 est.
192 Egypt
4.80
July 2012 est.
193 Wallis and Futuna
4.79
July 2012 est.
194 Morocco
4.76
July 2012 est.
195 French Polynesia
4.76
July 2012 est.
196 Iraq
4.73
July 2012 est.
197 Panama
4.69
July 2012 est.
198 American Samoa
4.60
July 2012 est.
199 Paraguay
4.59
July 2012 est.
200 Anguilla
4.41
July 2012 est.
201 Dominican Republic
4.41
July 2012 est.
202 Costa Rica
4.38
July 2012 est.
203 Micronesia, Federated States of
4.31
July 2012 est.
204 Marshall Islands
4.31
July 2012 est.
205 Vanuatu
4.30
July 2012 est.
206 Algeria
4.30
July 2012 est.
207 Solomon Islands
3.91
July 2012 est.
208 Macau
3.85
July 2012 est.
209 Maldives
3.76
July 2012 est.
210 Syria
3.67
July 2012 est.
211 West Bank
3.56
July 2012 est.
212 Oman
3.42
July 2012 est.
213 Singapore
3.41
July 2012 est.
214 Northern Mariana Islands
3.40
July 2012 est.
215 Brunei
3.39
July 2012 est.
216 Saudi Arabia
3.32
July 2012 est.
217 Gaza Strip
3.22
July 2012 est.
218 Turks and Caicos Islands
3.00
July 2012 est.
219 Sint Maarten
3.00
2009
220 Jordan
2.74
July 2012 est.
221 Bahrain
2.63
July 2012 est.
222 Kuwait
2.13
July 2012 est.
223 United Arab Emirates
2.04
July 2012 est.
224 Qatar
1.55
July 2012 est.
225 Cocos (Keeling) Islands
-9.00
NA
226 Christmas Island
-9.00
NA
227 Niue
-9.00
NA
228 Tokelau
-9.00
NA
229 Pitcairn Islands
-9.00
NA
230 Svalbard
-9.00
NA
231 Norfolk Island
-9.00
NA