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Field Listing :: 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 to the World

Country	Death rate(deaths/1,000 population)


Afghanistan	17.39 deaths/1,000 population (July 2011 est.)


Albania	6.15 deaths/1,000 population (July 2011 est.)


Algeria	4.69 deaths/1,000 population (July 2011 est.)


American Samoa	4.1 deaths/1,000 population (July 2011 est.)


Andorra	6.35 deaths/1,000 population (July 2011 est.)


Angola	23.4 deaths/1,000 population (July 2011 est.)


Anguilla	4.44 deaths/1,000 population (July 2011 est.)


Antigua and Barbuda	5.73 deaths/1,000 population (July 2011 est.)


Argentina	7.38 deaths/1,000 population (July 2011 est.)


Armenia	8.46 deaths/1,000 population (July 2011 est.)


Aruba	7.84 deaths/1,000 population (July 2011 est.)


Australia	6.88 deaths/1,000 population (July 2011 est.)


Austria	10.14 deaths/1,000 population (July 2011 est.)


Azerbaijan	8.25 deaths/1,000 population (July 2011 est.)


Bahamas, The	6.88 deaths/1,000 population (July 2011 est.)


Bahrain	2.61 deaths/1,000 population (July 2011 est.)


Bangladesh	5.75 deaths/1,000 population (July 2011 est.)


Barbados	8.39 deaths/1,000 population (July 2011 est.)


Belarus	13.77 deaths/1,000 population (July 2011 est.)


Belgium	10.57 deaths/1,000 population (July 2011 est.)


Belize	5.87 deaths/1,000 population (July 2011 est.)


Benin	9 deaths/1,000 population (July 2011 est.)


Bermuda	7.57 deaths/1,000 population (July 2011 est.)


Bhutan	7.12 deaths/1,000 population (July 2011 est.)


Bolivia	6.85 deaths/1,000 population (July 2011 est.)


Bosnia and Herzegovina	8.8 deaths/1,000 population (July 2011 est.)


Botswana	10.57 deaths/1,000 population (July 2011 est.)


Brazil	6.36 deaths/1,000 population (July 2011 est.)


British Virgin Islands	4.49 deaths/1,000 population (July 2011 est.)


Brunei	3.35 deaths/1,000 population (July 2011 est.)


Bulgaria	14.32 deaths/1,000 population (July 2011 est.)


Burkina Faso	12.74 deaths/1,000 population (July 2011 est.)


Burma	8.16 deaths/1,000 population (July 2011 est.)


Burundi	9.61 deaths/1,000 population (July 2011 est.)


Cambodia	8.07 deaths/1,000 population (July 2011 est.)


Cameroon	11.83 deaths/1,000 population (July 2011 est.)


Canada	7.98 deaths/1,000 population (July 2011 est.)


Cape Verde	6.34 deaths/1,000 population (July 2011 est.)


Cayman Islands	5.1 deaths/1,000 population (July 2011 est.)


Central African Republic	15.01 deaths/1,000 population (July 2011 est.)


Chad	15.47 deaths/1,000 population (July 2011 est.)


Chile	5.97 deaths/1,000 population (July 2011 est.)


China	7.03 deaths/1,000 population (July 2011 est.)


Christmas Island	NA


Cocos (Keeling) Islands	NA


Colombia	5.26 deaths/1,000 population (July 2011 est.)


Comoros	7.23 deaths/1,000 population (July 2011 est.)


Congo, Democratic Republic of the	11.06 deaths/1,000 population (July 2011 est.)


Congo, Republic of the	11.49 deaths/1,000 population (July 2011 est.)


Cook Islands	7.37 deaths/1,000 population NA (July 2011 est.)


Costa Rica	4.33 deaths/1,000 population (July 2011 est.)


Cote d'Ivoire	10.16 deaths/1,000 population (July 2011 est.)


Croatia	11.91 deaths/1,000 population (July 2011 est.)


Cuba	7.47 deaths/1,000 population (July 2011 est.)


Curacao	8 deaths/1,000 population (2009)


Cyprus	6.45 deaths/1,000 population (July 2011 est.)


Czech Republic	10.86 deaths/1,000 population (July 2011 est.)


Denmark	10.19 deaths/1,000 population (July 2011 est.)


Djibouti	8.23 deaths/1,000 population (July 2011 est.)


Dominica	8.06 deaths/1,000 population (July 2011 est.)


Dominican Republic	4.35 deaths/1,000 population (July 2011 est.)


Ecuador	5 deaths/1,000 population (July 2011 est.)


Egypt	4.82 deaths/1,000 population (July 2011 est.)


El Salvador	5.62 deaths/1,000 population (July 2011 est.)


Equatorial Guinea	9.03 deaths/1,000 population (July 2011 est.)


Eritrea	8.08 deaths/1,000 population (July 2011 est.)


Estonia	13.55 deaths/1,000 population (July 2011 est.)


Ethiopia	11.04 deaths/1,000 population (July 2011 est.)


European Union	10.33 deaths/1,000 population (July 2010 est.)


Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas)	NA


Faroe Islands	8.67 deaths/1,000 population (July 2011 est.)


Fiji	5.9 deaths/1,000 population (July 2011 est.)


Finland	10.24 deaths/1,000 population (July 2011 est.)


France	8.76 deaths/1,000 population (July 2011 est.)


French Polynesia	4.87 deaths/1,000 population (July 2011 est.)


Gabon	13 deaths/1,000 population (July 2011 est.)


Gambia, The	7.65 deaths/1,000 population (July 2011 est.)


Gaza Strip	3.29 deaths/1,000 population (July 2011 est.)


Georgia	9.92 deaths/1,000 population (July 2011 est.)


Germany	10.92 deaths/1,000 population (July 2011 est.)


Ghana	8.75 deaths/1,000 population (July 2011 est.)


Gibraltar	8.18 deaths/1,000 population (July 2011 est.)


Greece	10.7 deaths/1,000 population (July 2011 est.)


Greenland	8.12 deaths/1,000 population (July 2011 est.)


Grenada	7.94 deaths/1,000 population (July 2011 est.)


Guam	4.71 deaths/1,000 population (July 2011 est.)


Guatemala	4.98 deaths/1,000 population (July 2011 est.)


Guernsey	8.44 deaths/1,000 population (July 2011 est.)


Guinea	10.45 deaths/1,000 population (July 2011 est.)


Guinea-Bissau	15.27 deaths/1,000 population (July 2011 est.)


Guyana	7.2 deaths/1,000 population (July 2011 est.)


Haiti	8.21 deaths/1,000 population note: the preliminary 2011 numbers differ significantly from those of 2010, which were strongly influenced by the demographic effect of the January 2010 earthquake; the latest figures more closely correspond to those of 2009 (July 2011 est.)


Honduras	5.02 deaths/1,000 population (July 2011 est.)


Hong Kong	7.07 deaths/1,000 population (July 2011 est.)


Hungary	12.68 deaths/1,000 population (July 2011 est.)


Iceland	6.96 deaths/1,000 population (July 2011 est.)


India	7.48 deaths/1,000 population (July 2011 est.)


Indonesia	6.26 deaths/1,000 population (July 2011 est.)


Iran	5.94 deaths/1,000 population (July 2011 est.)


Iraq	4.82 deaths/1,000 population (July 2011 est.)


Ireland	6.34 deaths/1,000 population (July 2011 est.)


Isle of Man	9.92 deaths/1,000 population (July 2011 est.)


Israel	5.47 deaths/1,000 population (July 2011 est.)


Italy	9.84 deaths/1,000 population (July 2011 est.)


Jamaica	6.54 deaths/1,000 population (July 2011 est.)


Japan	10.09 deaths/1,000 population (July 2011 est.)


Jersey	7.52 deaths/1,000 population (July 2011 est.)


Jordan	2.69 deaths/1,000 population (July 2011 est.)


Kazakhstan	9.38 deaths/1,000 population (July 2011 est.)


Kenya	8.93 deaths/1,000 population (July 2011 est.)


Kiribati	7.4 deaths/1,000 population (July 2011 est.)


Korea, North	9.08 deaths/1,000 population (July 2011 est.)


Korea, South	6.26 deaths/1,000 population (July 2011 est.)


Kuwait	2.11 deaths/1,000 population (July 2011 est.)


Kyrgyzstan	6.79 deaths/1,000 population (July 2011 est.)


Laos	8.13 deaths/1,000 population (July 2011 est.)


Latvia	13.6 deaths/1,000 population (July 2011 est.)


Lebanon	6.54 deaths/1,000 population (July 2011 est.)


Lesotho	15.19 deaths/1,000 population (July 2011 est.)


Liberia	10.62 deaths/1,000 population (July 2011 est.)


Libya	3.4 deaths/1,000 population (July 2011 est.)


Liechtenstein	7.61 deaths/1,000 population (July 2011 est.)


Lithuania	11.33 deaths/1,000 population (July 2011 est.)


Luxembourg	8.48 deaths/1,000 population (July 2011 est.)


Macau	3.72 deaths/1,000 population (July 2011 est.)


Macedonia	8.91 deaths/1,000 population (July 2011 est.)


Madagascar	7.79 deaths/1,000 population (July 2011 est.)


Malawi	13.22 deaths/1,000 population (July 2011 est.)


Malaysia	4.93 deaths/1,000 population (July 2011 est.)


Maldives	3.71 deaths/1,000 population (July 2011 est.)


Mali	14.29 deaths/1,000 population (July 2011 est.)


Malta	8.6 deaths/1,000 population (July 2011 est.)


Marshall Islands	4.38 deaths/1,000 population (July 2011 est.)


Mauritania	8.83 deaths/1,000 population (July 2011 est.)


Mauritius	6.68 deaths/1,000 population (July 2011 est.)


Mexico	4.86 deaths/1,000 population (July 2011 est.)


Micronesia, Federated States of	4.35 deaths/1,000 population (July 2011 est.)


Moldova	10.74 deaths/1,000 population (July 2011 est.)


Monaco	8.28 deaths/1,000 population (July 2011 est.)


Mongolia	6.04 deaths/1,000 population (July 2011 est.)


Montenegro	8.89 deaths/1,000 population (July 2011 est.)


Montserrat	7.2 deaths/1,000 population (July 2011 est.)


Morocco	4.75 deaths/1,000 population (July 2011 est.)


Mozambique	13 deaths/1,000 population (July 2011 est.)


Namibia	12.95 deaths/1,000 population (July 2011 est.)


Nauru	6.11 deaths/1,000 population (July 2011 est.)


Nepal	6.81 deaths/1,000 population (July 2011 est.)


Netherlands	8.85 deaths/1,000 population (July 2011 est.)


New Caledonia	5.28 deaths/1,000 population (July 2011 est.)


New Zealand	7.15 deaths/1,000 population (July 2011 est.)


Nicaragua	5.03 deaths/1,000 population (July 2011 est.)


Niger	14.11 deaths/1,000 population (July 2011 est.)


Nigeria	16.06 deaths/1,000 population (July 2011 est.)


Niue	NA


Norfolk Island	NA


Northern Mariana Islands	3.28 deaths/1,000 population (July 2011 est.)


Norway	9.24 deaths/1,000 population (July 2011 est.)


Oman	3.45 deaths/1,000 population (July 2011 est.)


Pakistan	6.92 deaths/1,000 population (July 2011 est.)


Palau	7.87 deaths/1,000 population (July 2011 est.)


Panama	4.65 deaths/1,000 population (July 2011 est.)


Papua New Guinea	6.58 deaths/1,000 population (July 2011 est.)


Paraguay	4.57 deaths/1,000 population (July 2011 est.)


Peru	5.93 deaths/1,000 population (July 2011 est.)


Philippines	5.02 deaths/1,000 population (July 2011 est.)


Pitcairn Islands	NA


Poland	10.17 deaths/1,000 population (July 2011 est.)


Portugal	10.8 deaths/1,000 population (July 2011 est.)


Puerto Rico	7.95 deaths/1,000 population (July 2011 est.)


Qatar	2.43 deaths/1,000 population (July 2011 est.)


Romania	11.81 deaths/1,000 population (July 2011 est.)


Russia	16.04 deaths/1,000 population (July 2011 est.)


Rwanda	9.88 deaths/1,000 population (July 2011 est.)


Saint Helena, Ascension, and Tristan da Cunha	6.88 deaths/1,000 population (July 2011 est.)


Saint Kitts and Nevis	7.1 deaths/1,000 population (July 2011 est.)


Saint Lucia	7 deaths/1,000 population (July 2011 est.)


Saint Pierre and Miquelon	8.83 deaths/1,000 population (July 2011 est.)


Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	6.98 deaths/1,000 population (July 2011 est.)


Samoa	5.34 deaths/1,000 population (July 2011 est.)


San Marino	7.89 deaths/1,000 population (July 2011 est.)


Sao Tome and Principe	8.18 deaths/1,000 population (July 2011 est.)


Saudi Arabia	3.33 deaths/1,000 population (July 2011 est.)


Senegal	9.26 deaths/1,000 population (July 2011 est.)


Serbia	13.85 deaths/1,000 population (July 2011 est.)


Seychelles	6.91 deaths/1,000 population (July 2011 est.)


Sierra Leone	11.73 deaths/1,000 population (July 2011 est.)


Singapore	4.95 deaths/1,000 population (July 2011 est.)


Sint Maarten	3 deaths/1,000 population (2009)


Slovakia	9.6 deaths/1,000 population (July 2011 est.)


Slovenia	10.87 deaths/1,000 population (July 2011 est.)


Solomon Islands	3.93 deaths/1,000 population (July 2011 est.)


Somalia	14.87 deaths/1,000 population (July 2011 est.)


South Africa	17.09 deaths/1,000 population (July 2011 est.)


Spain	8.8 deaths/1,000 population (July 2011 est.)


Sri Lanka	5.92 deaths/1,000 population (July 2011 est.)


Sudan	11 deaths/1,000 population (July 2011 est.)


Suriname	5.54 deaths/1,000 population (July 2011 est.)


Svalbard	NA


Swaziland	14.6 deaths/1,000 population (July 2011 est.)


Sweden	10.2 deaths/1,000 population (July 2011 est.)


Switzerland	8.72 deaths/1,000 population (July 2011 est.)


Syria	3.68 deaths/1,000 population (July 2011 est.)


Taiwan	7 deaths/1,000 population (July 2011 est.)


Tajikistan	6.6 deaths/1,000 population (July 2011 est.)


Tanzania	12.09 deaths/1,000 population (July 2011 est.)


Thailand	7.29 deaths/1,000 population (July 2011 est.)


Timor-Leste	5.89 deaths/1,000 population (July 2011 est.)


Togo	7.96 deaths/1,000 population (July 2011 est.)


Tokelau	NA


Tonga	4.9 deaths/1,000 population (July 2011 est.)


Trinidad and Tobago	8.29 deaths/1,000 population (July 2011 est.)


Tunisia	5.83 deaths/1,000 population (July 2011 est.)


Turkey	6.1 deaths/1,000 population (July 2011 est.)


Turkmenistan	6.24 deaths/1,000 population (July 2011 est.)


Turks and Caicos Islands	2.99 deaths/1,000 population (July 2011 est.)


Tuvalu	9.2 deaths/1,000 population (July 2011 est.)


Uganda	11.71 deaths/1,000 population (July 2011 est.)


Ukraine	15.74 deaths/1,000 population (July 2011 est.)


United Arab Emirates	2.06 deaths/1,000 population (July 2011 est.)


United Kingdom	9.33 deaths/1,000 population (July 2011 est.)


United States	8.38 deaths/1,000 population (July 2011 est.)


Uruguay	9.58 deaths/1,000 population (July 2011 est.)


Uzbekistan	5.29 deaths/1,000 population (July 2011 est.)


Vanuatu	7.43 deaths/1,000 population (July 2011 est.)


Venezuela	5.17 deaths/1,000 population (July 2011 est.)


Vietnam	5.96 deaths/1,000 population (July 2011 est.)


Virgin Islands	7.17 deaths/1,000 population (July 2011 est.)


Wallis and Futuna	4.68 deaths/1,000 population NA (July 2011 est.)


West Bank	3.58 deaths/1,000 population (July 2011 est.)


Western Sahara	8.96 deaths/1,000 population (July 2011 est.)


World	8.12 deaths/1,000 population note: this rate results in about 107 worldwide deaths per minute or 1.8 deaths every second (July 2011 est.)


Yemen	7.02 deaths/1,000 population (July 2011 est.)


Zambia	12.61 deaths/1,000 population (July 2011 est.)


Zimbabwe	13.58 deaths/1,000 population (July 2011 est.)

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