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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
19.18 deaths/1,000 population (July 2009 est.)
Albania
5.55 deaths/1,000 population (July 2009 est.)
Algeria
4.64 deaths/1,000 population (July 2009 est.)
Andorra
5.89 deaths/1,000 population (July 2009 est.)
Angola
24.08 deaths/1,000 population (July 2009 est.)
Anguilla
4.36 deaths/1,000 population (July 2009 est.)
Argentina
7.41 deaths/1,000 population (July 2009 est.)
Armenia
8.39 deaths/1,000 population (July 2009 est.)
Aruba
7.71 deaths/1,000 population (July 2009 est.)
Australia
6.74 deaths/1,000 population (July 2009 est.)
Austria
9.98 deaths/1,000 population (July 2009 est.)
Azerbaijan
8.3 deaths/1,000 population (July 2009 est.)
Bahrain
4.37 deaths/1,000 population (July 2009 est.)
Bangladesh
9.23 deaths/1,000 population (July 2009 est.)
Barbados
8.41 deaths/1,000 population (July 2009 est.)
Belarus
13.86 deaths/1,000 population (July 2009 est.)
Belgium
10.44 deaths/1,000 population (July 2009 est.)
Belize
5.8 deaths/1,000 population (July 2009 est.)
Benin
9.45 deaths/1,000 population (July 2009 est.)
Bermuda
7.3 deaths/1,000 population (July 2009 est.)
Bhutan
7.39 deaths/1,000 population (July 2009 est.)
Bolivia
7.05 deaths/1,000 population (July 2009 est.)
Botswana
8.52 deaths/1,000 population (July 2009 est.)
Brazil
6.35 deaths/1,000 population (July 2009 est.)
Brunei
3.29 deaths/1,000 population (July 2009 est.)
Bulgaria
14.31 deaths/1,000 population (July 2009 est.)
Burma
9.14 deaths/1,000 population (July 2009 est.)
Burundi
12.67 deaths/1,000 population (July 2009 est.)
Cambodia
8.08 deaths/1,000 population (July 2009 est.)
Cameroon
12.2 deaths/1,000 population (July 2009 est.)
Canada
7.74 deaths/1,000 population (July 2009 est.)
Cape Verde
6.22 deaths/1,000 population (July 2009 est.)
Chad
16.09 deaths/1,000 population (July 2009 est.)
Chile
5.84 deaths/1,000 population (July 2009 est.)
China
7.06 deaths/1,000 population (July 2009 est.)
Colombia
5.54 deaths/1,000 population (July 2009 est.)
Comoros
7.57 deaths/1,000 population (July 2009 est.)
Costa Rica
4.34 deaths/1,000 population (July 2009 est.)
Croatia
11.75 deaths/1,000 population (July 2009 est.)
Cuba
7.24 deaths/1,000 population (July 2009 est.)
Cyprus
7.8 deaths/1,000 population (July 2009 est.)
Denmark
10.22 deaths/1,000 population (July 2009 est.)
Djibouti
19.1 deaths/1,000 population (July 2009 est.)
Dominica
8.2 deaths/1,000 population (July 2009 est.)
Ecuador
4.99 deaths/1,000 population (July 2009 est.)
Egypt
5.08 deaths/1,000 population (July 2009 est.)
El Salvador
5.47 deaths/1,000 population (July 2009 est.)
Eritrea
8.43 deaths/1,000 population (July 2009 est.)
Estonia
13.42 deaths/1,000 population (July 2009 est.)
Ethiopia
11.55 deaths/1,000 population (July 2009 est.)
Fiji
5.66 deaths/1,000 population (July 2009 est.)
Finland
10.07 deaths/1,000 population (July 2009 est.)
France
8.56 deaths/1,000 population (July 2009 est.)
Gabon
12.76 deaths/1,000 population (July 2009 est.)
Gambia, The
11.49 deaths/1,000 population (July 2009 est.)
Gaza Strip
3.44 deaths/1,000 population (July 2009 est.)
Georgia
9.65 deaths/1,000 population (July 2009 est.)
Germany
10.9 deaths/1,000 population (July 2009 est.)
Ghana
9.24 deaths/1,000 population (July 2009 est.)
Gibraltar
9.56 deaths/1,000 population (July 2009 est.)
Greece
10.51 deaths/1,000 population (July 2009 est.)
Greenland
8.14 deaths/1,000 population (July 2009 est.)
Grenada
6.09 deaths/1,000 population (July 2009 est.)
Guam
4.57 deaths/1,000 population (July 2009 est.)
Guatemala
5.11 deaths/1,000 population (July 2009 est.)
Guernsey
10.16 deaths/1,000 population (July 2009 est.)
Guinea
11 deaths/1,000 population (July 2009 est.)
Guyana
8.31 deaths/1,000 population (July 2009 est.)
Haiti
8.65 deaths/1,000 population (July 2009 est.)
Honduras
5.41 deaths/1,000 population (July 2009 est.)
Hong Kong
6.76 deaths/1,000 population (July 2009 est.)
Hungary
12.94 deaths/1,000 population (July 2009 est.)
Iceland
6.85 deaths/1,000 population (July 2009 est.)
India
6.23 deaths/1,000 population (July 2009 est.)
Indonesia
6.25 deaths/1,000 population (July 2009 est.)
Iran
5.72 deaths/1,000 population (July 2009 est.)
Iraq
5.03 deaths/1,000 population (July 2009 est.)
Ireland
7.75 deaths/1,000 population (July 2009 est.)
Isle of Man
10.76 deaths/1,000 population (July 2009 est.)
Israel
5.43 deaths/1,000 population (July 2009 est.)
Italy
10.72 deaths/1,000 population (July 2009 est.)
Jamaica
6.43 deaths/1,000 population (July 2009 est.)
Japan
9.54 deaths/1,000 population (July 2009 est.)
Jersey
9.26 deaths/1,000 population (July 2009 est.)
Jordan
2.75 deaths/1,000 population (July 2009 est.)
Kazakhstan
9.39 deaths/1,000 population (July 2009 est.)
Kenya
9.72 deaths/1,000 population (July 2009 est.)
Kiribati
7.85 deaths/1,000 population (July 2009 est.)
Kuwait
2.35 deaths/1,000 population (July 2009 est.)
Kyrgyzstan
6.91 deaths/1,000 population (July 2009 est.)
Laos
10.78 deaths/1,000 population (July 2009 est.)
Latvia
13.62 deaths/1,000 population (July 2009 est.)
Lebanon
6.03 deaths/1,000 population (July 2009 est.)
Lesotho
22.2 deaths/1,000 population (July 2009 est.)
Liberia
20.73 deaths/1,000 population (July 2009 est.)
Libya
3.45 deaths/1,000 population (July 2009 est.)
Lithuania
11.18 deaths/1,000 population (July 2009 est.)
Luxembourg
8.44 deaths/1,000 population (July 2009 est.)
Macau
3.5 deaths/1,000 population (July 2009 est.)
Macedonia
8.83 deaths/1,000 population (July 2009 est.)
Madagascar
8.14 deaths/1,000 population (July 2009 est.)
Malawi
17.6 deaths/1,000 population (July 2009 est.)
Malaysia
5.02 deaths/1,000 population (July 2009 est.)
Maldives
3.65 deaths/1,000 population (July 2009 est.)
Mali
15.82 deaths/1,000 population (July 2009 est.)
Malta
8.38 deaths/1,000 population (July 2009 est.)
Mauritania
9.16 deaths/1,000 population (July 2009 est.)
Mauritius
6.59 deaths/1,000 population (July 2009 est.)
Mayotte
7.2 deaths/1,000 population (July 2009 est.)
Mexico
4.8 deaths/1,000 population (July 2009 est.)
Moldova
10.78 deaths/1,000 population (July 2009 est.)
Monaco
12.74 deaths/1,000 population (July 2009 est.)
Mongolia
6.12 deaths/1,000 population (July 2009 est.)
Montenegro
8.63 deaths/1,000 population (July 2009 est.)
Montserrat
8.44 deaths/1,000 population (July 2009 est.)
Morocco
5.45 deaths/1,000 population (July 2009 est.)
Mozambique
20.07 deaths/1,000 population (July 2009 est.)
Namibia
13.3 deaths/1,000 population (July 2009 est.)
Nauru
6.42 deaths/1,000 population (July 2009 est.)
Nepal
6.97 deaths/1,000 population (July 2009 est.)
Netherlands
8.74 deaths/1,000 population (July 2009 est.)
New Zealand
7.05 deaths/1,000 population (July 2009 est.)
Nicaragua
4.3 deaths/1,000 population (July 2009 est.)
Niger
14.83 deaths/1,000 population (July 2009 est.)
Nigeria
16.56 deaths/1,000 population (July 2009 est.)
Norway
9.29 deaths/1,000 population (July 2009 est.)
Oman
3.65 deaths/1,000 population (July 2009 est.)
Pakistan
7.68 deaths/1,000 population (July 2009 est.)
Palau
7.89 deaths/1,000 population (July 2009 est.)
Panama
4.66 deaths/1,000 population (July 2009 est.)
Paraguay
4.46 deaths/1,000 population (July 2009 est.)
Peru
6.14 deaths/1,000 population (July 2009 est.)
Philippines
5.1 deaths/1,000 population (July 2009 est.)
Poland
10.05 deaths/1,000 population (July 2009 est.)
Portugal
10.68 deaths/1,000 population (July 2009 est.)
Puerto Rico
7.75 deaths/1,000 population (July 2009 est.)
Qatar
2.46 deaths/1,000 population (July 2009 est.)
Romania
11.88 deaths/1,000 population (July 2009 est.)
Russia
16.06 deaths/1,000 population (July 2009 est.)
Rwanda
14.02 deaths/1,000 population (July 2009 est.)
Saint Lucia
6.8 deaths/1,000 population (July 2009 est.)
Samoa
5.79 deaths/1,000 population (July 2009 est.)
San Marino
8.48 deaths/1,000 population (July 2009 est.)
Senegal
9.75 deaths/1,000 population (July 2009 est.)
Serbia
13.86 deaths/1,000 population (2009 est.)
Seychelles
6.93 deaths/1,000 population (July 2009 est.)
Singapore
4.66 deaths/1,000 population (July 2009 est.)
Slovakia
9.53 deaths/1,000 population (July 2009 est.)
Slovenia
10.62 deaths/1,000 population (July 2009 est.)
Somalia
15.55 deaths/1,000 population (July 2009 est.)
Spain
9.99 deaths/1,000 population (July 2009 est.)
Sri Lanka
6.13 deaths/1,000 population (July 2009 est.)
Sudan
12.94 deaths/1,000 population (July 2009 est.)
Suriname
5.51 deaths/1,000 population (July 2009 est.)
Swaziland
30.83 deaths/1,000 population (July 2009 est.)
Sweden
10.21 deaths/1,000 population (July 2009 est.)
Switzerland
8.59 deaths/1,000 population (July 2009 est.)
Syria
4.61 deaths/1,000 population (July 2009 est.)
Taiwan
6.76 deaths/1,000 population (July 2009 est.)
Tajikistan
6.83 deaths/1,000 population (July 2009 est.)
Tanzania
12.59 deaths/1,000 population (July 2009 est.)
Thailand
7.25 deaths/1,000 population (July 2009 est.)
Timor-Leste
5.98 deaths/1,000 population (July 2009 est.)
Togo
9.33 deaths/1,000 population (July 2009 est.)
Tonga
5.02 deaths/1,000 population (July 2009 est.)
Tunisia
5.2 deaths/1,000 population (July 2009 est.)
Turkey
6.1 deaths/1,000 population (July 2009 est.)
Tuvalu
6.95 deaths/1,000 population (July 2009 est.)
Uganda
12.09 deaths/1,000 population (July 2009 est.)
Ukraine
15.81 deaths/1,000 population (July 2009 est.)
Uruguay
9.09 deaths/1,000 population (July 2009 est.)
Uzbekistan
5.29 deaths/1,000 population (July 2009 est.)
Vanuatu
7.55 deaths/1,000 population (July 2009 est.)
Venezuela
5.12 deaths/1,000 population (July 2009 est.)
Vietnam
6.17 deaths/1,000 population (July 2009 est.)
West Bank
3.66 deaths/1,000 population (July 2009 est.)
World
8.2 deaths/1,000 population (2009 est.)
Yemen
7.61 deaths/1,000 population (July 2009 est.)
Zambia
21.34 deaths/1,000 population (July 2009 est.)
Zimbabwe
16.19 deaths/1,000 population (July 2009 est.)