Country Comparison > Death rate

Rank	Country	Death rate (deaths/1,000 population)
1	Swaziland	30.83
2	Angola	24.08
3	Lesotho	22.2
4	Sierra Leone	21.91
5	Zambia	21.34
6	Liberia	20.73
7	Mozambique	20.07
8	Afghanistan	19.18
9	Djibouti	19.1
10	Central African Republic	17.84
11	Malawi	17.6
12	South Africa	16.99
13	Nigeria	16.56
14	Zimbabwe	16.19
15	Chad	16.09
16	Russia	16.06
17	Mali	15.82
18	Ukraine	15.81
19	Guinea-Bissau	15.79
20	Somalia	15.55
21	Niger	14.83
22	Bulgaria	14.31
23	Rwanda	14.02
24	Belarus	13.86
25	Latvia	13.62
26	Estonia	13.42
27	Burkina Faso	13.3
28	Namibia	13.3
29	Sudan	12.94
30	Hungary	12.94
31	Gabon	12.76
32	Monaco	12.74
33	Burundi	12.67
34	Tanzania	12.59
35	Cameroon	12.2
36	Uganda	12.09
37	Congo, Republic of the	12.01
38	Romania	11.88
39	Croatia	11.75
40	Congo, Democratic Republic of the	11.63
41	Ethiopia	11.55
42	Gambia, The	11.49
43	Western Sahara	11.49
44	Lithuania	11.18
45	Guinea	11
46	Germany	10.9
47	Cote d'Ivoire	10.78
48	Laos	10.78
49	Moldova	10.78
50	Man, Isle of	10.76
51	Czech Republic	10.74
52	Italy	10.72
53	Portugal	10.68
54	Slovenia	10.62
55	Korea, North	10.52
56	Greece	10.51
57	Belgium	10.44
58	Denmark	10.22
59	Sweden	10.21
60	Guernsey	10.16
61	Finland	10.07
62	Poland	10.05
63	United Kingdom	10.02
64	Spain	9.99
65	Austria	9.98
66	Senegal	9.75
67	Kenya	9.72
68	Georgia	9.65
69	Gibraltar	9.56
70	Japan	9.54
71	Slovakia	9.53
72	Equatorial Guinea	9.49
73	Benin	9.45
74	Kazakhstan	9.39
75	Togo	9.33
76	Bahamas, The	9.32
77	Norway	9.29
78	Jersey	9.26
79	Ghana	9.24
80	Bangladesh	9.23
81	Mauritania	9.16
82	Burma	9.14
83	Uruguay	9.09
84	Macedonia, The Former Yugoslav Republic of	8.83
85	Netherlands	8.74
86	Faroe Islands	8.66
87	Haiti	8.65
88	Bosnia and Herzegovina	8.63
89	Montenegro	8.63
90	Switzerland	8.59
91	France	8.56
92	Botswana	8.52
93	San Marino	8.48
94	Montserrat	8.44
95	Luxembourg	8.44
96	Eritrea	8.43
97	Barbados	8.41
98	Armenia	8.39
99	Malta	8.38
100	United States	8.38
101	Guyana	8.31
102	Azerbaijan	8.3
103	Dominica	8.2
104	Greenland	8.14
105	Madagascar	8.14
106	Trinidad and Tobago	8.11
107	Cambodia	8.08
108	Saint Kitts and Nevis	8.05
109	Palau	7.89
110	Kiribati	7.85
111	Puerto Rico	7.75
112	Ireland	7.75
113	Canada	7.74
114	Aruba	7.71
115	Pakistan	7.68
116	Yemen	7.61
117	Comoros	7.57
118	Vanuatu	7.55
119	Argentina	7.41
120	Bhutan	7.39
121	Liechtenstein	7.39
122	Bermuda	7.3
123	Thailand	7.25
124	Cuba	7.24
125	Mayotte	7.2
126	China	7.06
127	Bolivia	7.05
128	New Zealand	7.05
129	Nepal	6.97
130	Saint Pierre and Miquelon	6.95
131	Tuvalu	6.95
132	Seychelles	6.93
133	Kyrgyzstan	6.91
134	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	6.91
135	Papua New Guinea	6.86
136	Iceland	6.85
137	Tajikistan	6.83
138	Saint Lucia	6.8
139	Taiwan	6.76
140	Hong Kong	6.76
141	Virgin Islands	6.75
142	Australia	6.74
143	Saint Helena	6.68
144	Mauritius	6.59
145	Netherlands Antilles	6.48
146	Jamaica	6.43
147	Nauru	6.42
148	Brazil	6.35
149	Turkmenistan	6.31
150	Indonesia	6.25
151	India	6.23
152	Cape Verde	6.22
153	Vietnam	6.17
154	Peru	6.14
155	Sri Lanka	6.13
156	Mongolia	6.12
157	Turkey	6.1
158	Grenada	6.09
159	Lebanon	6.03
160	East Timor	5.98
161	Korea, South	5.94
162	Antigua and Barbuda	5.94
163	Andorra	5.89
164	Chile	5.84
165	Belize	5.8
166	Sao Tome and Principe	5.8
167	Samoa	5.79
168	Iran	5.72
169	New Caledonia	5.68
170	Fiji	5.66
171	Albania	5.55
172	Colombia	5.54
173	Suriname	5.51
174	El Salvador	5.47
175	Morocco	5.45
176	Israel	5.43
177	Honduras	5.41
178	Uzbekistan	5.29
179	Dominican Republic	5.28
180	Tunisia	5.2
181	Venezuela	5.12
182	Guatemala	5.11
183	Philippines	5.1
184	Egypt	5.08
185	Iraq	5.03
186	Malaysia	5.02
187	Tonga	5.02
188	Ecuador	4.99
189	Cayman Islands	4.89
190	Mexico	4.8
191	French Polynesia	4.73
192	Panama	4.66
193	Singapore	4.66
194	Algeria	4.64
195	Syria	4.61
196	Guam	4.57
197	Marshall Islands	4.49
198	Paraguay	4.46
199	Micronesia, Federated States of	4.46
200	British Virgin Islands	4.37
201	Bahrain	4.37
202	Anguilla	4.36
203	Costa Rica	4.34
204	Nicaragua	4.3
205	Turks and Caicos Islands	4.18
206	American Samoa	4.1
207	Solomon Islands	3.77
208	West Bank	3.66
209	Oman	3.65
210	Maldives	3.65
211	Macau	3.5
212	Libya	3.45
213	Gaza Strip	3.44
214	Brunei	3.29
215	Jordan	2.75
216	Saudi Arabia	2.47
217	Qatar	2.46
218	Kuwait	2.35
219	Northern Mariana Islands	2.32
220	United Arab Emirates	2.11

Definition: 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.

Source: CIA World Factbook - Unless otherwise noted, information in this page is accurate as of January 1, 2009