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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 (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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