DEFINITION
Crude death rate indicates the number of deaths occurring during the year, per 1,000 population estimated at midyear. Subtracting the crude death rate from the crude birth rate provides the rate of natural increase, which is equal to the population growth rate in the absence of migration.
Mortality Statistics > Death rate, crude > per 1,000 people (most recent) by country
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Rank
Countries
Amount
(top to bottom)
Date
#1
Botswana :
27.06 per 1,000 people
2005 ...
#2
Lesotho :
25.39 per 1,000 people
2005 ...
#3
Sierra Leone :
22.95 per 1,000 people
2005 ...
#4
Zimbabwe :
22.9 per 1,000 people
2005 ...
#5
Central African Republic :
21.92 per 1,000 people
2005 ...
#6
Zambia :
21.88 per 1,000 people
2005 ...
#7
Angola :
21.54 per 1,000 people
2005 ...
#8
South Africa :
21.38 per 1,000 people
2005 ...
#9
Afghanistan :
21.1 per 1,000 people
1987 ...
#10
Malawi :
20.63 per 1,000 people
2005 ...
#11
Equatorial Guinea :
20.55 per 1,000 people
2005 ...
#12
Liberia :
20.43 per 1,000 people
2005 ...
#13
Swaziland :
20.26 per 1,000 people
2005 ...
#14
Niger :
20.19 per 1,000 people
2005 ...
#15
Mozambique :
19.99 per 1,000 people
2005 ...
#16
Chad :
19.72 per 1,000 people
2005 ...
#17
Congo, Democratic Republic of the :
19.65 per 1,000 people
2005 ...
#18
Guinea-Bissau :
19.37 per 1,000 people
2005 ...
#19
Ethiopia :
19.16 per 1,000 people
2005 ...
#20
Nigeria :
18.82 per 1,000 people
2005 ...
#21
Burundi :
18.2 per 1,000 people
2005 ...
#22
Rwanda :
18.05 per 1,000 people
2005 ...
#23
Somalia :
17.01 per 1,000 people
2005 ...
#24
Cameroon :
16.99 per 1,000 people
2005 ...
#25
Mali :
16.95 per 1,000 people
2005 ...
#26
Côte d'Ivoire :
16.81 per 1,000 people
2005 ...
#27
Ukraine :
16.6 per 1,000 people
2005 ...
#28
Tanzania :
16.43 per 1,000 people
2005 ...
#29
Burkina Faso :
16.34 per 1,000 people
2005 ...
#30
Russia :
16.1 per 1,000 people
2005 ...
#31
East Timor :
14.76 per 1,000 people
2005 ...
#32
Belarus :
14.69 per 1,000 people
2005 ...
#33
Bulgaria :
14.6 per 1,000 people
2005 ...
#34
Uganda :
14.52 per 1,000 people
2005 ...
#35
Kenya :
14.46 per 1,000 people
2005 ...
#36
Serbia and Montenegro :
14.2 per 1,000 people
2005 ...
#37
Latvia :
14.2 per 1,000 people
2005 ...
#38
Hungary :
13.5 per 1,000 people
2005 ...
#39
Mauritania :
13.37 per 1,000 people
2005 ...
#40
Guinea :
13.2 per 1,000 people
2005 ...
#41
Haiti :
13.03 per 1,000 people
2005 ...
#42
Lithuania :
12.9 per 1,000 people
2005 ...
#43
Estonia :
12.86 per 1,000 people
2005 ...
#44
Gabon :
12.79 per 1,000 people
2005 ...
#45
Congo, Republic of the :
12.61 per 1,000 people
2005 ...
#46
Moldova :
12.4 per 1,000 people
2005 ...
#47
Romania :
12.3 per 1,000 people
2005 ...
#48
Djibouti :
12.24 per 1,000 people
2005 ...
#49
Benin :
12.08 per 1,000 people
2005 ...
#50
Laos :
11.81 per 1,000 people
2005 ...
#51
Togo :
11.7 per 1,000 people
2005 ...
#52
Madagascar :
11.54 per 1,000 people
2005 ...
#53
Gambia, The :
11.27 per 1,000 people
2005 ...
#54
Senegal :
11.11 per 1,000 people
2005 ...
#55
Croatia :
11.1 per 1,000 people
2005 ...
#56
Sudan :
11.04 per 1,000 people
2005 ...
#57
Saint Kitts and Nevis :
10.8 per 1,000 people
2002 ...
#58
Korea, North :
10.7 per 1,000 people
2005 ...
#59
Eritrea :
10.69 per 1,000 people
2005 ...
#60
Czech Republic :
10.55 per 1,000 people
2005 ...
#61
Ghana :
10.47 per 1,000 people
2005 ...
#62
Cambodia :
10.42 per 1,000 people
2005 ...
#63
Kazakhstan :
10.1 per 1,000 people
2005 ...
#64
Denmark :
10.1 per 1,000 people
2005 ...
#65
Germany :
10.1 per 1,000 people
2005 ...
#66
Iraq :
10.03 per 1,000 people
1997 ...
#67
Papua New Guinea :
10.03 per 1,000 people
2005 ...
#68
Belgium :
10 per 1,000 people
2005 ...
#69
Sweden :
9.9 per 1,000 people
2005 ...
#70
Georgia :
9.9 per 1,000 people
2005 ...
#71
Man, Isle of :
9.9 per 1,000 people
2005 ...
#72
United Kingdom :
9.9 per 1,000 people
2005 ...
#73
Slovakia :
9.8 per 1,000 people
2005 ...
#74
Italy :
9.7 per 1,000 people
2005 ...
#75
Poland :
9.7 per 1,000 people
2005 ...
#76
Portugal :
9.7 per 1,000 people
2005 ...
#77
Burma :
9.47 per 1,000 people
2005 ...
#78
Uruguay :
9.4 per 1,000 people
2005 ...
#79
Slovenia :
9.2 per 1,000 people
2005 ...
#80
Greece :
9.2 per 1,000 people
2005 ...
#81
Finland :
9.2 per 1,000 people
2005 ...
#82
Austria :
9.1 per 1,000 people
2005 ...
#83
Macedonia, Republic of :
9 per 1,000 people
2005 ...
#84
Spain :
8.92 per 1,000 people
2005 ...
#85
Bosnia and Herzegovina :
8.9 per 1,000 people
2005 ...
#86
France :
8.8 per 1,000 people
2005 ...
#87
Norway :
8.8 per 1,000 people
2005 ...
#88
Guyana :
8.65 per 1,000 people
2005 ...
#89
Japan :
8.53 per 1,000 people
2005 ...
#90
Netherlands :
8.4 per 1,000 people
2005 ...
#91
São Tomé and Príncipe :
8.32 per 1,000 people
2005 ...
#92
Switzerland :
8.3 per 1,000 people
2005 ...
#93
Trinidad and Tobago :
8.26 per 1,000 people
2005 ...
#94
United States :
8.25 per 1,000 people
2005 ...
#95
Turkmenistan :
8.25 per 1,000 people
2005 ...
#96
Armenia :
8.2 per 1,000 people
2005 ...
#97
Barbados :
8.15 per 1,000 people
2004 ...
#98
Nepal :
8.13 per 1,000 people
2005 ...
#99
Seychelles :
8.1 per 1,000 people
2003 ...
#100
Puerto Rico :
8 per 1,000 people
2005 ...
#101
Yemen :
7.96 per 1,000 people
2005 ...
#102
Bolivia :
7.81 per 1,000 people
2005 ...
#103
Argentina :
7.67 per 1,000 people
2005 ...
#104
Luxembourg :
7.6 per 1,000 people
2005 ...
#105
India :
7.6 per 1,000 people
2005 ...
#106
Bangladesh :
7.52 per 1,000 people
2005 ...
#107
Tajikistan :
7.42 per 1,000 people
2005 ...
#108
Canada :
7.3 per 1,000 people
2005 ...
#109
Indonesia :
7.27 per 1,000 people
2005 ...
#110
Greenland :
7.26 per 1,000 people
2003 ...
#111
Thailand :
7.23 per 1,000 people
2005 ...
#112
Malta :
7.2 per 1,000 people
2005 ...
#113
Cuba :
7.2 per 1,000 people
2005 ...
#114
Dominica :
7.2 per 1,000 people
2002 ...
#115
Comoros :
7.18 per 1,000 people
2005 ...
#116
Suriname :
7.12 per 1,000 people
2005 ...
#117
Bhutan :
7.1 per 1,000 people
2005 ...
#118
Netherlands Antilles :
7.06 per 1,000 people
2005 ...
#119
Bahamas, The :
7.03 per 1,000 people
2005 ...
#120
Mauritius :
7 per 1,000 people
2005 ...
#121
Solomon Islands :
6.92 per 1,000 people
2005 ...
#122
Kiribati :
6.9 per 1,000 people
2002 ...
#123
Kyrgyzstan :
6.89 per 1,000 people
2005 ...
#124
Saint Lucia :
6.88 per 1,000 people
2005 ...
#125
Pakistan :
6.84 per 1,000 people
2005 ...
#126
Grenada :
6.8 per 1,000 people
2002 ...
#127
Cyprus :