Crude death rate in World

The crude death rate in the world was 7.6 per 1,000 people in 2024.

Measure: Crude death rate (UN estimates) Unit: Deaths per 1,000 people Data: 1960 to 2024 Source: World Bank
World is a group: All economies covered by the World Bank. The value is the aggregate published by World Bank, not an average calculated on this site.
World, 2024 7.6 Deaths per 1,000 people
Change from 2023 0per 1,000 people 2023: 7.6 per 1,000 people
European Union, 2024 10.7 per 1,000 people Official aggregate

Crude death rate in World over time

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Deaths per 1,000 people. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.

Crude death rate (UN estimates) (deaths per 1,000 people), 2000 to 2024
Period WorldEuropean Union
2024 7.6 per 1,000 people 10.7 per 1,000 people
2023 7.6 per 1,000 people 10.8 per 1,000 people
2022 7.7 per 1,000 people 11.5 per 1,000 people
2021 8.7 per 1,000 people 11.9 per 1,000 people
2020 8.0 per 1,000 people 11.6 per 1,000 people
2019 7.5 per 1,000 people 10.4 per 1,000 people
2018 7.5 per 1,000 people 10.5 per 1,000 people
2017 7.5 per 1,000 people 10.5 per 1,000 people
2016 7.5 per 1,000 people 10.2 per 1,000 people
2015 7.6 per 1,000 people 10.4 per 1,000 people
2014 7.6 per 1,000 people 9.9 per 1,000 people
2013 7.6 per 1,000 people 10.0 per 1,000 people
2012 7.7 per 1,000 people 10.1 per 1,000 people
2011 7.8 per 1,000 people 9.8 per 1,000 people
2010 7.8 per 1,000 people 9.8 per 1,000 people
2009 7.9 per 1,000 people 9.8 per 1,000 people
2008 8.0 per 1,000 people 9.8 per 1,000 people
2007 8.0 per 1,000 people 9.7 per 1,000 people
2006 8.1 per 1,000 people 9.7 per 1,000 people
2005 8.1 per 1,000 people 9.8 per 1,000 people
2004 8.2 per 1,000 people 9.7 per 1,000 people
2003 8.3 per 1,000 people 10.1 per 1,000 people
2002 8.4 per 1,000 people 9.9 per 1,000 people
2001 8.4 per 1,000 people 9.8 per 1,000 people
2000 8.5 per 1,000 people 9.9 per 1,000 people

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of 0 from 7.6 per 1,000 people in 2023.
  • Since 2014, when it was 7.6 per 1,000 people, the figure has changed by 0.
  • The figure for the European Union in 2024 was 10.7 per 1,000 people.

Source and dates

Original producer
United Nations Population Division, World Population Prospects
Distributed by
World Bank, World Development Indicators
Dataset or series code
SP.DYN.CDRT.IN · dataset details · view at source
Observation period
1960 to 2024 for World
Provider update
8 October 2026
Retrieved
9 November 2026
Published here
9 November 2026
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (per series metadata)
Attribution
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators, original data: United Nations Population Division, World Population Prospects