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The World Factbook 2002
  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
Death rate ( deaths/1,000 population)
Afghanistan 17.43 deaths/1,000 population (2002 est.)
Albania 6.49 deaths/1,000 population (2002 est.)
Algeria 5.15 deaths/1,000 population (2002 est.)
American Samoa 4.34 deaths/1,000 population (2002 est.)
Andorra 5.57 deaths/1,000 population (2002 est.)
Angola 24.35 deaths/1,000 population (2002 est.)
Anguilla 5.54 deaths/1,000 population (2002 est.)
Antigua and Barbuda 5.75 deaths/1,000 population (2002 est.)
Argentina 7.57 deaths/1,000 population (2002 est.)
Armenia 9.94 deaths/1,000 population (2002 est.)
Aruba 6.29 deaths/1,000 population (2002 est.)
Australia 7.25 deaths/1,000 population (2002 est.)
Austria 9.73 deaths/1,000 population (2002 est.)
Azerbaijan 9.61 deaths/1,000 population (2002 est.)
Bahamas, The 7.49 deaths/1,000 population (2002 est.)
Bahrain 3.95 deaths/1,000 population (2002 est.)
Bangladesh 8.47 deaths/1,000 population (2002 est.)
Barbados 8.38 deaths/1,000 population (2002 est.)
Belarus 13.99 deaths/1,000 population (2002 est.)
Belgium 10.08 deaths/1,000 population (2002 est.)
Belize 4.6 deaths/1,000 population (2002 est.)
Benin 14.52 deaths/1,000 population (2002 est.)
Bermuda 7.49 deaths/1,000 population (2002 est.)
Bhutan 13.74 deaths/1,000 population (2002 est.)
Bolivia 8.05 deaths/1,000 population (2002 est.)
Bosnia and Herzegovina 8.1 deaths/1,000 population (2002 est.)
Botswana 26.26 deaths/1,000 population (2002 est.)
Brazil 9.32 deaths/1,000 population (2002 est.)
British Virgin Islands 4.42 deaths/1,000 population (2002 est.)
Brunei 3.38 deaths/1,000 population (2002 est.)
Bulgaria 14.42 deaths/1,000 population (2002 est.)
Burkina Faso 17.07 deaths/1,000 population (2002 est.)
Burma 12.25 deaths/1,000 population (2002 est.)
Burundi 16.3 deaths/1,000 population (2002 est.)
Cambodia 10.51 deaths/1,000 population (2002 est.)
Cameroon 12.08 deaths/1,000 population (2002 est.)
Canada 7.54 deaths/1,000 population (2002 est.)
Cape Verde 7.01 deaths/1,000 population (2002 est.)
Cayman Islands 5.24 deaths/1,000 population (2002 est.)
Central African Republic 18.62 deaths/1,000 population (2002 est.)
Chad 15.06 deaths/1,000 population (2002 est.)
Chile 5.59 deaths/1,000 population (2002 est.)
China 6.77 deaths/1,000 population (2002 est.)
Christmas Island NA deaths/1,000 population
Cocos (Keeling) Islands NA deaths/1,000 population
Colombia 5.66 deaths/1,000 population (2002 est.)
Comoros 9.1 deaths/1,000 population (2002 est.)
Congo, Democratic Republic of the 14.93 deaths/1,000 population (2002 est.)
Congo, Republic of the 16.1 deaths/1,000 population (2002 est.)
Cook Islands NA deaths/1,000 population
Costa Rica 4.31 deaths/1,000 population (2002 est.)
Cote d'Ivoire 16.74 deaths/1,000 population (2002 est.)
Croatia 11.31 deaths/1,000 population (2002 est.)
Cuba 7.35 deaths/1,000 population (2002 est.)
Cyprus 7.63 deaths/1,000 population (2002 est.)
Czech Republic 10.76 deaths/1,000 population (2002 est.)
Denmark 10.81 deaths/1,000 population (2002 est.)
Djibouti 14.43 deaths/1,000 population (2002 est.)
Dominica 7.11 deaths/1,000 population (2002 est.)
Dominican Republic 4.68 deaths/1,000 population (2002 est.)
East Timor 6.52 deaths/1,000 population (2002 est.)
Ecuador 5.36 deaths/1,000 population (2002 est.)
Egypt 7.58 deaths/1,000 population (2002 est.)
El Salvador 6.1 deaths/1,000 population (2002 est.)
Equatorial Guinea 12.83 deaths/1,000 population (2002 est.)
Eritrea 11.82 deaths/1,000 population (2002 est.)
Estonia 13.44 deaths/1,000 population (2002 est.)
Ethiopia 18.04 deaths/1,000 population (2002 est.)
Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) NA deaths/1,000 population
Faroe Islands 8.69 deaths/1,000 population (2002 est.)
Fiji 5.72 deaths/1,000 population (2002 est.)
Finland 9.78 deaths/1,000 population (2002 est.)
France 9.04 deaths/1,000 population (2002 est.)
French Guiana 4.78 deaths/1,000 population (2002 est.)
French Polynesia 4.49 deaths/1,000 population (2002 est.)
Gabon 17.59 deaths/1,000 population (2002 est.)
Gambia, The 12.63 deaths/1,000 population (2002 est.)
Gaza Strip 4.12 deaths/1,000 population (2002 est.)
Georgia 14.61 deaths/1,000 population (2002 est.)
Germany 10.36 deaths/1,000 population (2002 est.)
Ghana 10.31 deaths/1,000 population (2002 est.)
Gibraltar 8.88 deaths/1,000 population (2002 est.)
Greece 9.79 deaths/1,000 population (2002 est.)
Greenland 7.61 deaths/1,000 population (2002 est.)
Grenada 7.63 deaths/1,000 population (2002 est.)
Guadeloupe 6.03 deaths/1,000 population (2002 est.)
Guam 4.24 deaths/1,000 population (2002 est.)
Guatemala 6.67 deaths/1,000 population (2002 est.)
Guernsey 9.86 deaths/1,000 population (2002 est.)
Guinea 17.24 deaths/1,000 population (2002 est.)
Guinea-Bissau 15.05 deaths/1,000 population (2002 est.)
Guyana 9.33 deaths/1,000 population (2002 est.)
Haiti 14.88 deaths/1,000 population (2002 est.)
Honduras 5.74 deaths/1,000 population (2002 est.)
Hong Kong 6.11 deaths/1,000 population (2002 est.)
Hungary 13.09 deaths/1,000 population (2002 est.)
Iceland 6.93 deaths/1,000 population (2002 est.)
India 8.62 deaths/1,000 population (2002 est.)
Indonesia 6.28 deaths/1,000 population (2002 est.)
Iran 5.39 deaths/1,000 population (2002 est.)
Iraq 6.02 deaths/1,000 population (2002 est.)
Ireland 8.01 deaths/1,000 population (2002 est.)
Israel 6.21 deaths/1,000 population (2002 est.)
Italy 10.13 deaths/1,000 population (2002 est.)
Jamaica 5.45 deaths/1,000 population (2002 est.)
Japan 8.53 deaths/1,000 population (2002 est.)
Jersey 9.22 deaths/1,000 population (2002 est.)
Jordan 2.62 deaths/1,000 population (2002 est.)
Kazakhstan 10.69 deaths/1,000 population (2002 est.)
Kenya 14.68 deaths/1,000 population (2002 est.)
Kiribati 8.76 deaths/1,000 population (2002 est.)
Korea, North 6.96 deaths/1,000 population (2002 est.)
Korea, South 6.02 deaths/1,000 population (2002 est.)
Kuwait 2.46 deaths/1,000 population (2002 est.)
Kyrgyzstan 9.1 deaths/1,000 population (2002 est.)
Laos 12.71 deaths/1,000 population (2002 est.)
Latvia 14.74 deaths/1,000 population (2002 est.)
Lebanon 6.35 deaths/1,000 population (2002 est.)
Lesotho 16.81 deaths/1,000 population (2002 est.)
Liberia 16.05 deaths/1,000 population (2002 est.)
Libya 3.5 deaths/1,000 population (2002 est.)
Liechtenstein 6.76 deaths/1,000 population (2002 est.)
Lithuania 12.87 deaths/1,000 population (2002 est.)
Luxembourg 8.83 deaths/1,000 population (2002 est.)
Macau 3.78 deaths/1,000 population (2002 est.)
Macedonia, The Former Yugoslav Republic of 7.74 deaths/1,000 population (2002 est.)
Madagascar 12.15 deaths/1,000 population (2002 est.)
Malawi 23.2 deaths/1,000 population (2002 est.)
Malaysia 5.16 deaths/1,000 population (2002 est.)
Maldives 7.86 deaths/1,000 population (2002 est.)
Mali 18.32 deaths/1,000 population (2002 est.)
Malta 7.77 deaths/1,000 population (2002 est.)
Man, Isle of 11.68 deaths/1,000 population (2002 est.)
Marshall Islands 6.07 deaths/1,000 population (2002 est.)
Martinique 6.4 deaths/1,000 population (2002 est.)
Mauritania 13.34 deaths/1,000 population (2002 est.)
Mauritius 6.81 deaths/1,000 population (2002 est.)
Mayotte 8.58 deaths/1,000 population (2002 est.)
Mexico 4.99 deaths/1,000 population (2002 est.)
Micronesia, Federated States of NA deaths/1,000 population
Moldova 12.64 deaths/1,000 population (2002 est.)
Monaco 12.91 deaths/1,000 population (2002 est.)
Mongolia 7.01 deaths/1,000 population (2002 est.)
Montserrat 7.47 deaths/1,000 population (2002 est.)
Morocco 5.86 deaths/1,000 population (2002 est.)
Mozambique 25.13 deaths/1,000 population (2002 est.)
Namibia 22.28 deaths/1,000 population (2002 est.)
Nauru 7.06 deaths/1,000 population (2002 est.)
Nepal 10.03 deaths/1,000 population (2002 est.)
Netherlands 8.67 deaths/1,000 population (2002 est.)
Netherlands Antilles 6.4 deaths/1,000 population (2002 est.)
New Caledonia 5.62 deaths/1,000 population (2002 est.)
New Zealand 7.55 deaths/1,000 population (2002 est.)
Nicaragua 4.76 deaths/1,000 population (2002 est.)
Niger 22.25 deaths/1,000 population (2002 est.)
Nigeria 14.1 deaths/1,000 population (2002 est.)
Niue NA deaths/1,000 population
Norfolk Island NA deaths/1,000 population
Northern Mariana Islands 2.42 deaths/1,000 population (2002 est.)
Norway 9.78 deaths/1,000 population (2002 est.)
Oman 4.03 deaths/1,000 population (2002 est.)
Pakistan 9.02 deaths/1,000 population (2002 est.)
Palau 7.11 deaths/1,000 population (2002 est.)
Panama 4.96 deaths/1,000 population (2002 est.)
Papua New Guinea 7.75 deaths/1,000 population (2002 est.)
Paraguay 4.69 deaths/1,000 population (2002 est.)
Peru 5.74 deaths/1,000 population (2002 est.)
Philippines 5.95 deaths/1,000 population (2002 est.)
Pitcairn Islands NA deaths/1,000 population
Poland 9.97 deaths/1,000 population (2002 est.)
Portugal 10.21 deaths/1,000 population (2002 est.)
Puerto Rico 7.82 deaths/1,000 population (2002 est.)
Qatar 4.34 deaths/1,000 population (2002 est.)
Reunion 5.51 deaths/1,000 population (2002 est.)
Romania 12.27 deaths/1,000 population (2002 est.)
Russia 13.91 deaths/1,000 population (2002 est.)
Rwanda 21.39 deaths/1,000 population (2002 est.)
Saint Helena 6.29 deaths/1,000 population (2002 est.)
Saint Kitts and Nevis 9.04 deaths/1,000 population (2002 est.)
Saint Lucia 5.3 deaths/1,000 population (2002 est.)
Saint Pierre and Miquelon 6.61 deaths/1,000 population (2002 est.)
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 6.12 deaths/1,000 population (2002 est.)
Samoa 6.35 deaths/1,000 population (2002 est.)
San Marino 7.79 deaths/1,000 population (2002 est.)
Sao Tome and Principe 7.32 deaths/1,000 population (2002 est.)
Saudi Arabia 5.86 deaths/1,000 population (2002 est.)
Senegal 8.14 deaths/1,000 population (2002 est.)
Seychelles 6.57 deaths/1,000 population (2002 est.)
Sierra Leone 18.83 deaths/1,000 population (2002 est.)
Singapore 4.28 deaths/1,000 population (2002 est.)
Slovakia 9.22 deaths/1,000 population (2002 est.)
Slovenia 10.07 deaths/1,000 population (2002 est.)
Solomon Islands 4.19 deaths/1,000 population (2002 est.)
Somalia 17.99 deaths/1,000 population (2002 est.)
South Africa 18.86 deaths/1,000 population (2002 est.)
Spain 9.22 deaths/1,000 population (2002 est.)
Sri Lanka 6.45 deaths/1,000 population (2002 est.)
Sudan 9.81 deaths/1,000 population (2002 est.)
Suriname 5.67 deaths/1,000 population (2002 est.)
Svalbard NA deaths/1,000 population
Swaziland 23.26 deaths/1,000 population (2002 est.)
Sweden 10.6 deaths/1,000 population (2002 est.)
Switzerland 8.79 deaths/1,000 population (2002 est.)
Syria 5.12 deaths/1,000 population (2002 est.)
Taiwan 6.08 deaths/1,000 population (2002 est.)
Tajikistan 8.51 deaths/1,000 population (2002 est.)
Tanzania 13.02 deaths/1,000 population (2002 est.)
Thailand 7.55 deaths/1,000 population (2002 est.)
Togo 11.3 deaths/1,000 population (2002 est.)
Tokelau NA deaths/1,000 population
Tonga 5.63 deaths/1,000 population (2002 est.)
Trinidad and Tobago 8.81 deaths/1,000 population (2002 est.)
Tunisia 5 deaths/1,000 population (2002 est.)
Turkey 5.95 deaths/1,000 population (2002 est.)
Turkmenistan 8.92 deaths/1,000 population (2002 est.)
Turks and Caicos Islands 4.38 deaths/1,000 population (2002 est.)
Tuvalu 7.45 deaths/1,000 population (2002 est.)
Uganda 17.53 deaths/1,000 population (2002 est.)
Ukraine 16.4 deaths/1,000 population (2002 est.)
United Arab Emirates 3.9 deaths/1,000 population (2002 est.)
United Kingdom 10.3 deaths/1,000 population (2002 est.)
United States 8.7 deaths/1,000 population (2002 est.)
Uruguay 9 deaths/1,000 population (2002 est.)
Uzbekistan 7.98 deaths/1,000 population (2002 est.)
Vanuatu 8.25 deaths/1,000 population (2002 est.)
Venezuela 4.91 deaths/1,000 population (2002 est.)
Vietnam 6.14 deaths/1,000 population (2002 est.)
Virgin Islands 5.58 deaths/1,000 population (2002 est.)
Wallis and Futuna NA deaths/1,000 population
West Bank 4.26 deaths/1,000 population (2002 est.)
Western Sahara NA deaths/1,000 population
World 8.93 deaths/1,000 population (2002 est.)
Yemen 9.31 deaths/1,000 population (2002 est.)
Yugoslavia 10.59 deaths/1,000 population (2002 est.)
Zambia 21.89 deaths/1,000 population (2002 est.)
Zimbabwe 24.06 deaths/1,000 population (2002 est.)

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