List of countries by death rate

Death rate by country

This is a list of countries by crude death rate, based on the United Nations Population Division's quinquennial estimates and projections.^[1][2] Figures are for the period 2005-2010 using the medium assumption. Crude death rate refers to the number of deaths over a given period divided by the person-years lived by the population over that period. It is expressed as number of deaths per 1,000 population. The average crude death rate for the entire world is 8.6 deaths per 1,000 population.

Rank	Country/territory	Death rate (deaths/1000 persons)
1	Sierra Leone	22.1
2	Swaziland	21.2
3	Angola	20.5
4	Afghanistan	19.9
5	Mozambique	19.8
6	Lesotho	19.2
7	Zambia	18.8
8	Guinea-Bissau	18.4
9	Liberia	18.3
10	Central African Republic	18.1
11	Congo, Democratic Republic of the	18.1
12	Zimbabwe	17.9
13	Rwanda	17.2
14	South Africa	17.0
15	Nigeria	16.8
16	Somalia	16.6
17	Ukraine	16.4
18	Russia	16.2
19	Burundi	15.6
20	Chad	15.4
21	Côte d'Ivoire	15.4
22	Bulgaria	14.8
23	Equatorial Guinea	14.8
24	Malawi	14.8
25	Belarus	14.7
26	Mali	14.7
27	Burkina Faso	14.4
28	Cameroon	14.4
29	Estonia	14.3
30	Botswana	14.1
31	Niger	13.8
32	Latvia	13.6
33	Uganda	13.4
34	Hungary	13.2
35	Ethiopia	13.0
36	Tanzania	12.9
37	Moldova	12.5
38	Namibia	12.4
39	Romania	12.4
40	Lithuania	12.3
41	Croatia	12.1
42	Guinea	11.9
43	Georgia	11.8
44	Kenya	11.8
45	Gabon	11.7
46	Serbia	11.6
47	Congo, Republic of the	11.4
48	Djibouti	11.3
49	Benin	11.2
50	Czech Republic	10.9
51	Germany	10.7
52	Portugal	10.6
53	Italy	10.5
54	Gambia	10.4
55	Denmark	10.3
56	Kazakhstan	10.1
57	Sudan	10.1
58	Sweden	10.1
59	Togo	10.1
60	Belgium	10.0
61	Poland	10.0
62	Slovakia	10.0
63	Greece	9.9
64	Korea, North	9.9
65	Slovenia	9.9
66	United Kingdom	9.9
67	Finland	9.7
68	Madagascar	9.7
69	Myanmar	9.7
70	Armenia	9.6
71	Montenegro	9.6
72	Papua New Guinea	9.6
73	Channel Islands (UK)	9.5
74	Bosnia and Herzegovina	9.5
75	Austria	9.4
76	Ghana	9.3
77	Eritrea	9.2
78	Haiti	9.2
79	Macedonia	9.2
80	Uruguay	9.2
81	Iraq	9.1
82	Norway	9.1
83	Cambodia	9.0
84	Japan	9.0
85	Senegal	9.0
86	France	8.9
87	East Timor	8.9
88	Spain	8.8
89	Luxembourg	8.7
90	Netherlands	8.6
91	Thailand	8.5
92	Guyana	8.4
93	Grenada	8.3
94	India	8.2
95	Turkmenistan	8.2
96	United States	8.2
97	Kyrgyzstan	8.1
98	Switzerland	8.1
99	Trinidad and Tobago	8.1
100	Malta	8.0
101	Mauritania	7.9
102	Netherlands Antilles (Netherlands)	7.9
103	Argentina	7.7
104	Nepal	7.7
105	Azerbaijan	7.6
106	Bolivia	7.6
107	Cuba	7.6
108	Martinique	7.6
109	Puerto Rico (US)	7.6
110	Bangladesh	7.5
111	Sao Tome and Principe	7.5
112	Cyprus	7.5
113	Canada	7.4
114	Yemen	7.4
115	Bhutan	7.2
116	Solomon Islands	7.2
117	Sri Lanka	7.2
118	Aruba (Netherlands)	7.1
119	Australia	7.1
120	People's Republic of China	7.1
121	Jamaica	7.1
122	Laos	7.1
123	New Zealand	7.1
124	Pakistan	7.1
125	Barbados	7.0
126	Ireland	7.0
127	Lebanon	7.0
128	Mauritius	7.0
129	Suriname	6.9
130	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	6.8
131	Uzbekistan	6.7
	Taiwan	6.65[3]
132	Fiji	6.6
133	Mongolia	6.6
134	Saint Lucia	6.6
135	Virgin Islands (US)	6.6
136	Comoros	6.5
137	Guadeloupe	6.4
138	Tajikistan	6.4
139	Brazil	6.3
140	Indonesia	6.3
141	Iceland	6.2
142	Bahamas, The	6.1
143	Micronesia, Federated States of	6.1
144	Peru	6.1
145	Albania	5.9
146	Hong Kong (People's Republic of China)	5.9
147	Dominican Republic	5.9
148	El Salvador	5.9
149	Korea, South	5.9
150	Turkey	5.9
151	Morocco	5.8
152	Western Sahara	5.8
153	Guatemala	5.7
154	Maldives	5.7
155	Tonga	5.7
156	Egypt	5.6
157	Honduras	5.6
158	Tunisia	5.6
159	Colombia	5.5
160	New Caledonia (France)	5.5
161	Paraguay	5.5
162	Guam (US)	5.5
163	Israel	5.5
164	Chile	5.4
165	Iran	5.4
166	Samoa	5.4
167	Réunion	5.3
168	Singapore	5.3
169	French Polynesia (France)	5.2
170	Ecuador	5.1
171	Venezuela	5.1
172	Vietnam	5.1
173	Panama	5.0
174	Vanuatu	5.0
175	Algeria	4.9
176	Mexico	4.8
177	Philippines	4.8
178	Cape Verde	4.7
179	Macau (People's Republic of China)	4.7
180	Nicaragua	4.7
181	Malaysia	4.5
182	Costa Rica	4.1
183	Libya	4.1
184	Jordan	3.9
185	Belize	3.8
186	French Guiana	3.7
187	Palestinian territories	3.7
188	Saudi Arabia	3.7
189	Syria	3.4
190	Bahrain	3.2
191	Brunei	2.8
192	Oman	2.7
193	Qatar	2.4
194	Kuwait	1.9
195	United Arab Emirates	1.4

[edit] References

1. ^ World Population Prospects, 2006 revision: Online data
2. ^ UN Common Database, code 13600
3. ^ CIA World Factbook

[edit] See also

• Biodemography