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DEFINITION:
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.
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# | COUNTRY | AMOUNT | DATE | GRAPH | HISTORY |
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1 | Lesotho | 15.02 deaths/1,000 population | 2013 | ||
2 | Somalia | 14.22 deaths/1,000 population | 2013 | ||
3 | Swaziland | 13.95 deaths/1,000 population | 2013 | ||
4 | Namibia | 13.33 deaths/1,000 population | 2013 | ||
5 | Nigeria | 13.2 deaths/1,000 population | 2013 | ||
6 | Zambia | 13.17 deaths/1,000 population | 2013 | ||
7 | Botswana | 12.91 deaths/1,000 population | 2013 | ||
8 | Malawi | 12.54 deaths/1,000 population | 2013 | ||
9 | Zimbabwe | 11.4 deaths/1,000 population | 2013 | ||
=10 | Uganda | 11.26 deaths/1,000 population | 2013 | ||
=10 | Sierra Leone | 11.26 deaths/1,000 population | 2013 | ||
12 | Tuvalu | 8.97 deaths/1,000 population | 2013 | ||
13 | Trinidad and Tobago | 8.42 deaths/1,000 population | 2013 | ||
14 | Tanzania | 8.41 deaths/1,000 population | 2013 | ||
15 | Barbados | 8.4 deaths/1,000 population | 2013 | ||
16 | United States | 8.39 deaths/1,000 population | 2013 | ||
17 | Canada | 8.2 deaths/1,000 population | 2013 | ||
18 | Sudan | 8.09 deaths/1,000 population | 2013 | ||
19 | Burma | 8.05 deaths/1,000 population | 2013 | ||
20 | Grenada | 8.01 deaths/1,000 population | 2013 | ||
21 | Dominica | 7.97 deaths/1,000 population | 2013 | ||
22 | Ghana | 7.53 deaths/1,000 population | 2013 | ||
23 | India | 7.39 deaths/1,000 population | 2013 | ||
24 | The Gambia | 7.38 deaths/1,000 population | 2013 | ||
25 | New Zealand | 7.25 deaths/1,000 population | 2013 | ||
26 | Saint Lucia | 7.21 deaths/1,000 population | 2013 | ||
27 | Guyana | 7.18 deaths/1,000 population | 2013 | ||
28 | Kenya | 7.12 deaths/1,000 population | 2013 | ||
29 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 7.06 deaths/1,000 population | 2013 | ||
30 | Australia | 7.01 deaths/1,000 population | 2013 | ||
31 | The Bahamas | 6.96 deaths/1,000 population | 2013 | ||
32 | Bhutan | 6.88 deaths/1,000 population | 2013 | ||
33 | Pakistan | 6.69 deaths/1,000 population | 2013 | ||
34 | Yemen | 6.64 deaths/1,000 population | 2013 | ||
35 | Jamaica | 6.63 deaths/1,000 population | 2013 | ||
36 | Sri Lanka | 6.01 deaths/1,000 population | 2013 | ||
37 | Fiji | 5.96 deaths/1,000 population | 2013 | ||
38 | Belize | 5.93 deaths/1,000 population | 2013 | ||
39 | Antigua and Barbuda | 5.7 deaths/1,000 population | 2013 | ||
40 | Bangladesh | 5.67 deaths/1,000 population | 2013 | ||
41 | Israel | 5.52 deaths/1,000 population | 2013 | ||
42 | Malaysia | 4.97 deaths/1,000 population | 2013 | ||
43 | Egypt | 4.79 deaths/1,000 population | 2013 | ||
44 | Maldives | 3.8 deaths/1,000 population | 2013 | ||
45 | Brunei | 3.43 deaths/1,000 population | 2013 | ||
46 | Singapore | 3.41 deaths/1,000 population | 2013 | ||
47 | Jordan | 2.8 deaths/1,000 population | 2013 | ||
48 | Bahrain | 2.65 deaths/1,000 population | 2013 | ||
49 | Kuwait | 2.14 deaths/1,000 population | 2013 | ||
50 | United Arab Emirates | 2.01 deaths/1,000 population | 2013 | ||
51 | Qatar | 1.54 deaths/1,000 population | 2013 |