List of countries by death rate

The following list of countries according to death rate sorts countries according to the number of deaths per 1000 inhabitants within a year. Further terms for death rate are mortality or death rate. The size of the death rate depends heavily on the average age of a population and on average life expectancy . Even with a young average age , the death rate can be very high if a country is in a state of war, is affected by an epidemic or pandemic, or if living conditions are generally poor. So have z. B. Afghanistan or Lesotho despite a young population have a high death rate.

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Countries by death rate 2010–2015

The following list sorts countries according to the number of annual deaths. The data for the death rate per 1000 people in 2016 is from the CIA World Factbook and the data for the average death rate between 2010 and 2015 is from the United Nations . CIA and United Nations data may vary slightly due to different time periods and sources. Countries are ranked by death rate in 2016.

country	Deaths per 1000 population (CIA Factbook 2016)	Deaths per 1000 inhabitants (UN 2010-2015)
Lesotho	14.9	13.6
Bulgaria	14.5	15.0
Lithuania	14.5	13.5
Ukraine	14.4	14.9
Latvia	14.4	14.3
Guinea-Bissau	14.1	11.4
Chad	14.0	14.0
Afghanistan	13.7	07.5
Serbia	13.6	12.4
Russia	12.4	13.4
Central African Republic	13.5	15.3
Swaziland	13.4	10.8
Botswana	13.3	08.1
Belarus	13.3	13.4
Somalia	13.3	12.3
Gabon	13.1	08.4
Hungary	12.8	12.6
Nigeria	12.7	12.6
Moldova	12.6	11.4
Mali	12.6	11.6
Estonia	12.5	11.7
Zambia	12.4	08.8
Niger	12.1	10.7
Croatia	12.1	12.4
Mozambique	11.9	11.2
Romania	11.9	12.4
Germany	11.6	10.9
Burkina Faso	11.5	09.6
Slovenia	11.5	09.2
Angola	11.3	09.3
Greece	11.2	10.2
Portugal	11.1	10.3
Georgia	10.9	13.1
Sierra Leone	10.6	13.9
Czech Republic	10.4	10.3
Uganda	10.4	09.4
Denmark	10.3	09.5
Italy	10.3	10.2
Poland	10.3	09.9
Democratic Republic of Congo	09.9	10.9
Finland	09.9	09.5
Zimbabwe	09.9	09.6
Bosnia and Herzegovina	09.9	10.4
Cameroon	09.8	11.1
Belgium	09.7	09.8
Monaco	09.6	09.7
South Africa	09.6	11.2
Japan	09.6	09.9
Montenegro	09.6	09.7
Liberia	09.5	08.8
Ivory Coast	09.5	13.4
Austria	09.5	09.4
Armenia	09.4	09.7
Uruguay	09.4	09.3
United Kingdom	09.4	09.0
Sweden	09.4	09.5
France	09.3	08.8
North Korea	09.3	08.6
Guinea	09.2	10.4
Malta	09.2	08.7
Spain	09.1	08.6
North Macedonia	09.1	09.6
Burundi	09.0	11.6
Rwanda	08.8	06.8
Netherlands	08.8	08.3
Puerto Rico	08.8	07.9
Trinidad and Tobago	08.7	09.2
Cuba	08.6	07.6
San Marino	08.6	08.8
Tuvalu	08.6	09.5
Barbados	08.5	10.5
Canada	08.5	07.3
Senegal	08.3	06.6
Switzerland	08.2	08.1
Western Sahara	08.2	05.1
Kazakhstan	08.2	08.9
United States	08.2	08.2
Norway	08.1	08.2
Mauritania	08.1	08.2
Grenada	08.1	07.2
Malawi	08.1	08.3
Namibia	08.1	08.3
Equatorial Guinea	08.0	10.7
Benin	08.0	09.7
South Sudan	08.0	11.9
Palau	08.0	08.6
World average	07.9	07.7
Myanmar	07.9	08.1
Dominica	07.9	07.6
Ethiopia	07.9	07.6
Thailand	07.9	07.5
Tanzania	07.8	07.9
People's Republic of China	07.7	07.0
Haiti	07.7	08.9
Cambodia	07.6	06.3
St. Lucia	07.6	07.4
Djibouti	07.6	08.5
Sudan	07.5	07.8
Laos	07.5	07.0
Argentina	07.5	07.6
New Zealand	07.4	06.9
Guyana	07.4	08.1
Comoros	07.4	07.8
St. Vincent and the Grenadines	07.3	07.0
Eritrea	07.3	07.7
India	07.3	07.3
Taiwan	07.3	06.8
Luxembourg	07.3	07.4
Liechtenstein	07.3	07.4
Australia	07.2	06.6
Hong Kong	07.2	06.4
Gambia	07.1	08.6
St. Kitts and Nevis	07.1	06.8
Bahamas	07.1	06.0
Kiribati	07.1	07.9
Azerbaijan	07.1	06.7
Togo	07.1	09.3
Andorra	07.1	07.5
Ghana	07.1	08.8
Mauritius	07.0	07.4
Sao Tome and Principe	07.0	07.1
Seychelles	06.9	07.9
Kenya	06.8	06.3
Cyprus	06.7	06.8
Madagascar	06.7	06.9
Jamaica	06.7	06.8
Albania	06.7	06.8
Bhutan	06.6	06.1
Brazil	06.6	05.9
Kyrgyzstan	06.6	06.5
Papua New Guinea	06.5	07.2
Ireland	06.5	06.2
Bolivia	06.5	07.6
Pakistan	06.4	07.5
Indonesia	06.4	07.1
Mongolia	06.3	06.3
Iceland	06.3	06.4
Sri Lanka	06.2	06.6
Suriname	06.1	07.1
Fiji	06.1	06.8
Cape Verde	06.1	05.7
Chile	06.1	05.9
Turkmenistan	06.1	07.2
Yemen	06.1	06.8
Tajikistan	06.1	05.3
Philippines	06.1	06.4
East Timor	06.0	05.9
Belize	06.0	05.6
Tunisia	06.0	06.4
Peru	06.0	05.6
Turkey	05.9	05.8
Nauru	05.9	06.5
Iran	05.9	04.7
Vietnam	05.9	05.8
South Korea	05.8	05.5
Antigua and Barbuda	05.7	05.8
El Salvador	05.7	06.6
Nepal	05.7	06.5
Colombia	05.4	05.8
Mexico	05.3	04.8
Samoa	05.3	05.1
Bangladesh	05.3	05.4
Uzbekistan	05.3	05.9
Honduras	05.2	04.8
Guam	05.2	04.9
Israel	05.2	05.4
Venezuela	05.2	05.5
Malaysia	05.1	04.7
Ecuador	05.1	05.2
Nicaragua	05.1	04.8
Lebanon	04.9	04.6
Tonga	04.9	06.1
Panama	04.9	05.0
Morocco	04.8	05.2
Egypt	04.7	06.1
Guatemala	04.7	05.0
Paraguay	04.7	05.6
Costa Rica	04.6	04.7
Dominican Republic	04.6	06.0
Macau	04.4	03.7
Algeria	04.3	04.8
Micronesia	04.2	06.2
Marshall Islands	04.2	05.6
Vanuatu	04.1	04.8
Maldives	03.9	03.5
Jordan	03.8	03.8
Solomon Islands	03.8	05.1
Iraq	03.8	05.4
Brunei	03.6	03.4
Libya	03.6	05.2
Singapore	03.5	04.7
Palestine	03.4	03.6
Oman	03.3	02.7
Saudi Arabia	03.3	03.5
Bahrain	02.7	02.3
Kuwait	02.2	02.6
United Arab Emirates	02.0	01.5
Qatar	01.5	01.5

See also

• mortality
• List of the average life expectancy in the states of the world
• List of countries by birth rate

Individual evidence

1. ^ The World Factbook - Central Intelligence Agency. Retrieved August 10, 2017 . 
2. ↑ World Population Prospects - Population Division - United Nations. Retrieved February 23, 2019 .