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World Death rate Ranking

Compare death rate by country, including the top and bottom results, Japan's position and country details.

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01Population growthCompare population growth by country on a ten-level world heat map. Explore the top and bottom five, the full ranking and country details.02Total fertility rateCompare total fertility rate by country on a ten-level world heat map. Explore the top and bottom five, the full ranking and country details.03Birth rateCompare birth rate by country on a ten-level world heat map. Explore the top and bottom five, the full ranking and country details.04Death rateCompare death rate by country on a ten-level world heat map. Explore the top and bottom five, the full ranking and country details.05Median ageCompare median age by country on a ten-level world heat map. Explore the top and bottom five, the full ranking and country details.06Population aged 65+Compare population aged 65+ by country on a ten-level world heat map. Explore the top and bottom five, the full ranking and country details.07Population aged 0–14Compare population aged 0–14 by country on a ten-level world heat map. Explore the top and bottom five, the full ranking and country details.08Urban populationCompare urban population by country on a ten-level world heat map. Explore the top and bottom five, the full ranking and country details.09Net migrationCompare net migration by country on a ten-level world heat map. Explore the top and bottom five, the full ranking and country details.10Net migration rateCompare net migration rate by country on a ten-level world heat map. Explore the top and bottom five, the full ranking and country details.11International migrant shareCompare international migrant share by country on a ten-level world heat map. Explore the top and bottom five, the full ranking and country details.

01 / RANKING MAP

Compare death rate across the world.

Compare death rate by country on a ten-level world heat map. Explore the top and bottom five, the full ranking and country details.

Japan13.3 per 1,000 people
Fiji: 9.5 per 1,000 peopleTanzania: 5.7 per 1,000 peopleWestern Sahara: No dataCanada: 7.9 per 1,000 peopleUnited States: 9 per 1,000 peopleKazakhstan: 6.7 per 1,000 peopleUzbekistan: 6 per 1,000 peoplePapua New Guinea: 6.6 per 1,000 peopleIndonesia: 7.6 per 1,000 peopleArgentina: 7.7 per 1,000 peopleChile: 6.6 per 1,000 peopleCongo, Dem. Rep.: 8.4 per 1,000 peopleSomalia, Fed. Rep.: 9.7 per 1,000 peopleKenya: 7.2 per 1,000 peopleSudan: 6.3 per 1,000 peopleChad: 11.1 per 1,000 peopleHaiti: 7.8 per 1,000 peopleDominican Republic: 6.2 per 1,000 peopleRussian Federation: 12.4 per 1,000 peopleBahamas, The: 8.8 per 1,000 peopleFalkland Islands: No dataNorway: 7.9 per 1,000 peopleGreenland: 9.3 per 1,000 peopleFr. S. Antarctic Lands: No dataTimor-Leste: 7.2 per 1,000 peopleSouth Africa: 9.2 per 1,000 peopleLesotho: 10.5 per 1,000 peopleMexico: 6.2 per 1,000 peopleUruguay: 9.9 per 1,000 peopleBrazil: 7.1 per 1,000 peopleBolivia: 7.2 per 1,000 peoplePeru: 5.6 per 1,000 peopleColombia: 5.5 per 1,000 peoplePanama: 4.9 per 1,000 peopleCosta Rica: 5.6 per 1,000 peopleNicaragua: 4.6 per 1,000 peopleHonduras: 4.5 per 1,000 peopleEl Salvador: 7.5 per 1,000 peopleGuatemala: 4.9 per 1,000 peopleBelize: 5 per 1,000 peopleVenezuela, RB: 7.7 per 1,000 peopleGuyana: 7.5 per 1,000 peopleSuriname: 6.8 per 1,000 peopleFrance: 9.4 per 1,000 peopleEcuador: 5.2 per 1,000 peoplePuerto Rico (US): 10.3 per 1,000 peopleJamaica: 8.2 per 1,000 peopleCuba: 10.4 per 1,000 peopleZimbabwe: 7.5 per 1,000 peopleBotswana: 5.7 per 1,000 peopleNamibia: 6.2 per 1,000 peopleSenegal: 5.5 per 1,000 peopleMali: 8.5 per 1,000 peopleMauritania: 5.4 per 1,000 peopleBenin: 8.7 per 1,000 peopleNiger: 8.7 per 1,000 peopleNigeria: 11.6 per 1,000 peopleCameroon: 7 per 1,000 peopleTogo: 8.5 per 1,000 peopleGhana: 7 per 1,000 peopleCote d'Ivoire: 7.6 per 1,000 peopleGuinea: 9 per 1,000 peopleGuinea-Bissau: 7 per 1,000 peopleLiberia: 8 per 1,000 peopleSierra Leone: 8.2 per 1,000 peopleBurkina Faso: 7.9 per 1,000 peopleCentral African Republic: 9.4 per 1,000 peopleCongo, Rep.: 6.2 per 1,000 peopleGabon: 6.2 per 1,000 peopleEquatorial Guinea: 7.9 per 1,000 peopleZambia: 5.2 per 1,000 peopleMalawi: 5.3 per 1,000 peopleMozambique: 6.9 per 1,000 peopleEswatini: 7.7 per 1,000 peopleAngola: 6.8 per 1,000 peopleBurundi: 6.7 per 1,000 peopleIsrael: 5.3 per 1,000 peopleLebanon: 6 per 1,000 peopleMadagascar: 7.5 per 1,000 peopleWest Bank and Gaza: 5.9 per 1,000 peopleGambia, The: 6.2 per 1,000 peopleTunisia: 6.1 per 1,000 peopleAlgeria: 4.6 per 1,000 peopleJordan: 3.1 per 1,000 peopleUnited Arab Emirates: 1 per 1,000 peopleQatar: 1.1 per 1,000 peopleKuwait: 1.5 per 1,000 peopleIraq: 4.2 per 1,000 peopleOman: 1.9 per 1,000 peopleVanuatu: 5 per 1,000 peopleCambodia: 6.5 per 1,000 peopleThailand: 9 per 1,000 peopleLao PDR: 6.2 per 1,000 peopleMyanmar: 9.2 per 1,000 peopleViet Nam: 6.6 per 1,000 peopleKorea, Dem. People's Rep.: 9.9 per 1,000 peopleKorea, Rep.: 7 per 1,000 peopleMongolia: 5.5 per 1,000 peopleIndia: 6.6 per 1,000 peopleBangladesh: 5.1 per 1,000 peopleBhutan: 6.1 per 1,000 peopleNepal: 7 per 1,000 peoplePakistan: 6.4 per 1,000 peopleAfghanistan: 5.7 per 1,000 peopleTajikistan: 4.6 per 1,000 peopleKyrgyz Republic: 4.4 per 1,000 peopleTurkmenistan: 5.8 per 1,000 peopleIran, Islamic Rep.: 4.8 per 1,000 peopleSyrian Arab Republic: 4.9 per 1,000 peopleArmenia: 8.4 per 1,000 peopleSweden: 8.6 per 1,000 peopleBelarus: 13.1 per 1,000 peopleUkraine: 13.6 per 1,000 peoplePoland: 11.2 per 1,000 peopleAustria: 9.6 per 1,000 peopleHungary: 13.4 per 1,000 peopleMoldova: 13.8 per 1,000 peopleRomania: 12.8 per 1,000 peopleLithuania: 13 per 1,000 peopleLatvia: 14.3 per 1,000 peopleEstonia: 11.5 per 1,000 peopleGermany: 12.1 per 1,000 peopleBulgaria: 15.6 per 1,000 peopleGreece: 12.1 per 1,000 peopleTurkiye: 5.7 per 1,000 peopleAlbania: 8.5 per 1,000 peopleCroatia: 13.2 per 1,000 peopleSwitzerland: 8 per 1,000 peopleLuxembourg: 6.6 per 1,000 peopleBelgium: 9.5 per 1,000 peopleNetherlands: 9.6 per 1,000 peoplePortugal: 11.1 per 1,000 peopleSpain: 8.9 per 1,000 peopleIreland: 6.5 per 1,000 peopleNew Caledonia: 6.3 per 1,000 peopleSolomon Islands: 5.1 per 1,000 peopleNew Zealand: 7.1 per 1,000 peopleAustralia: 6.9 per 1,000 peopleSri Lanka: 7.8 per 1,000 peopleChina: 7.8 per 1,000 peopleTaiwan: No dataItaly: 11 per 1,000 peopleDenmark: 9.5 per 1,000 peopleUnited Kingdom: 9.7 per 1,000 peopleIceland: 6.8 per 1,000 peopleAzerbaijan: 5.8 per 1,000 peopleGeorgia: 11.8 per 1,000 peoplePhilippines: 6.4 per 1,000 peopleMalaysia: 5.3 per 1,000 peopleBrunei Darussalam: 5.3 per 1,000 peopleSlovenia: 10.1 per 1,000 peopleFinland: 10.4 per 1,000 peopleSlovak Republic: 9.9 per 1,000 peopleCzechia: 10.3 per 1,000 peopleEritrea: 6 per 1,000 peopleJapan: 13.3 per 1,000 peopleParaguay: 5.7 per 1,000 peopleYemen, Rep.: 4.7 per 1,000 peopleSaudi Arabia: 2.3 per 1,000 peopleAntarctica: No dataN. Cyprus: No dataCyprus: 7 per 1,000 peopleMorocco: 5.7 per 1,000 peopleEgypt, Arab Rep.: 5.5 per 1,000 peopleLibya: 6.5 per 1,000 peopleEthiopia: 5.9 per 1,000 peopleDjibouti: 7.5 per 1,000 peopleSomaliland: No dataUganda: 4.8 per 1,000 peopleRwanda: 5.9 per 1,000 peopleBosnia and Herzegovina: 13.5 per 1,000 peopleNorth Macedonia: 11.1 per 1,000 peopleSerbia: 14.9 per 1,000 peopleMontenegro: 10.2 per 1,000 peopleKosovo: No dataTrinidad and Tobago: 8.7 per 1,000 peopleSouth Sudan: 9.8 per 1,000 people
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02 / ABOUT THIS DATA

How to read the World Death rate Ranking

Compare death rate by country on a ten-level world heat map. Explore the top and bottom five, the full ranking and country details. This page orders 215 countries and territories by value and divides the ranking into ten map colors.

Top 3
#1 Monaco (20.1 per 1,000 people), #2 Bulgaria (15.6 per 1,000 people), #3 Serbia (14.9 per 1,000 people)
Japan’s position
World #9 (13.3 per 1,000 people)
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