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Crude death rate (UN estimates)

Deaths during the year per 1,000 people, estimated at midyear. Not age-standardised.

Unit: Deaths per 1,000 people Frequency: Annual Coverage: 217 countries and 11 groups 1960 to 2024 Source: World Bank (original data: United Nations Population Division, World Population Prospects)
Highest in 2024 20.1 per 1,000 people Monaco Lowest in 2024 1.0 per 1,000 people United Arab Emirates
Euro area, 2024 10.6 per 1,000 people Official aggregate published by the source
Countries ranked for 2024 217 Updated by the source on 8 October 2026

217 countries have a value for 2024, the latest period in the data.

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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 WorldUnited StatesChinaIndia
2024 7.6 per 1,000 people 9.0 per 1,000 people 7.8 per 1,000 people 6.6 per 1,000 people
2023 7.6 per 1,000 people 9.2 per 1,000 people 7.9 per 1,000 people 6.6 per 1,000 people
2022 7.7 per 1,000 people 9.8 per 1,000 people 7.4 per 1,000 people 6.6 per 1,000 people
2021 8.7 per 1,000 people 10.4 per 1,000 people 7.2 per 1,000 people 9.3 per 1,000 people
2020 8.0 per 1,000 people 10.3 per 1,000 people 7.1 per 1,000 people 7.2 per 1,000 people
2019 7.5 per 1,000 people 8.7 per 1,000 people 7.1 per 1,000 people 6.7 per 1,000 people
2018 7.5 per 1,000 people 8.7 per 1,000 people 7.1 per 1,000 people 6.7 per 1,000 people
2017 7.5 per 1,000 people 8.6 per 1,000 people 7.1 per 1,000 people 6.7 per 1,000 people
2016 7.5 per 1,000 people 8.5 per 1,000 people 7.0 per 1,000 people 6.7 per 1,000 people
2015 7.6 per 1,000 people 8.4 per 1,000 people 7.1 per 1,000 people 6.7 per 1,000 people
2014 7.6 per 1,000 people 8.2 per 1,000 people 7.1 per 1,000 people 6.8 per 1,000 people
2013 7.6 per 1,000 people 8.2 per 1,000 people 7.1 per 1,000 people 6.9 per 1,000 people
2012 7.7 per 1,000 people 8.1 per 1,000 people 7.1 per 1,000 people 6.9 per 1,000 people
2011 7.8 per 1,000 people 8.1 per 1,000 people 7.1 per 1,000 people 7.0 per 1,000 people
2010 7.8 per 1,000 people 8.0 per 1,000 people 7.1 per 1,000 people 7.2 per 1,000 people
2009 7.9 per 1,000 people 7.9 per 1,000 people 7.1 per 1,000 people 7.3 per 1,000 people
2008 8.0 per 1,000 people 8.1 per 1,000 people 7.1 per 1,000 people 7.4 per 1,000 people
2007 8.0 per 1,000 people 8.0 per 1,000 people 6.9 per 1,000 people 7.5 per 1,000 people
2006 8.1 per 1,000 people 8.1 per 1,000 people 6.8 per 1,000 people 7.7 per 1,000 people
2005 8.1 per 1,000 people 8.3 per 1,000 people 6.5 per 1,000 people 7.8 per 1,000 people
2004 8.2 per 1,000 people 8.2 per 1,000 people 6.4 per 1,000 people 8.0 per 1,000 people
2003 8.3 per 1,000 people 8.4 per 1,000 people 6.4 per 1,000 people 8.1 per 1,000 people
2002 8.4 per 1,000 people 8.5 per 1,000 people 6.4 per 1,000 people 8.3 per 1,000 people
2001 8.4 per 1,000 people 8.5 per 1,000 people 6.4 per 1,000 people 8.5 per 1,000 people
2000 8.5 per 1,000 people 8.5 per 1,000 people 6.5 per 1,000 people 8.6 per 1,000 people

A dash means no value was published for that period.

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In short

  • Among the 217 countries with a value for 2024, the highest is Monaco (20.1 per 1,000 people) and the lowest United Arab Emirates (1.0 per 1,000 people).
  • Half of the countries are above 7.2 per 1,000 people and half below.
  • From 2023 to 2024 the value rose in 104 countries and fell in 102.
  • The figure for the world was 7.6 per 1,000 people in 2024, against 7.5 per 1,000 people in 2019 (+0.1).

About this measure

Definition
Deaths during the year per 1,000 people, estimated at midyear. Not age-standardised.
Population covered
All residents, midyear
Unit
Deaths per 1,000 people
Frequency
Annual
Changes are shown as
Differences in the same unit (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
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

All countries in 2024 Every value is for 2024, so the countries are compared at the same point in time.

  1. 1 Monaco 20.1 per 1,000 people
  2. 2 Bulgaria 15.6 per 1,000 people
  3. 3 Serbia 14.9 per 1,000 people
  4. 4 Latvia 14.3 per 1,000 people
  5. 5 Moldova 13.8 per 1,000 people
  6. 6 Ukraine 13.6 per 1,000 people
  7. 7 Bosnia and Herzegovina 13.5 per 1,000 people
  8. 8 Hungary 13.4 per 1,000 people
  9. 9 Japan 13.3 per 1,000 people
  10. 10 Croatia 13.2 per 1,000 people
  11. 11 Belarus 13.1 per 1,000 people
  12. 12 Lithuania 13.0 per 1,000 people
  13. 13 Romania 12.8 per 1,000 people
  14. 14 Dominica 12.6 per 1,000 people
  15. 15 Russia 12.4 per 1,000 people
  16. 16 Germany 12.1 per 1,000 people
  17. 17 Greece 12.1 per 1,000 people
  18. 18 Georgia 11.8 per 1,000 people
  19. 19 Palau 11.7 per 1,000 people
  20. 20 Nigeria 11.6 per 1,000 people
  21. 21 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 11.5 per 1,000 people
  22. 22 Estonia 11.5 per 1,000 people
  23. 23 Poland 11.2 per 1,000 people
  24. 24 North Macedonia 11.1 per 1,000 people
  25. 25 Portugal 11.1 per 1,000 people
  26. 26 Chad 11.1 per 1,000 people
  27. 27 Italy 11.0 per 1,000 people
  28. 28 Isle of Man 10.6 per 1,000 people
  29. 29 Lesotho 10.5 per 1,000 people
  30. 30 Channel Islands 10.4 per 1,000 people
  31. 31 Finland 10.4 per 1,000 people
  32. 32 Cuba 10.4 per 1,000 people
  33. 33 Czechia 10.3 per 1,000 people
  34. 34 Puerto Rico (US) 10.3 per 1,000 people
  35. 35 Barbados 10.2 per 1,000 people
  36. 36 Montenegro 10.2 per 1,000 people
  37. 37 Curaçao 10.1 per 1,000 people
  38. 38 Slovenia 10.1 per 1,000 people
  39. 39 Mauritius 10.0 per 1,000 people
  40. 40 Saint Kitts and Nevis 10.0 per 1,000 people
  41. 41 Uruguay 9.9 per 1,000 people
  42. 42 Slovakia 9.9 per 1,000 people
  43. 43 North Korea 9.9 per 1,000 people
  44. 44 South Sudan 9.8 per 1,000 people
  45. 45 Somalia, Fed. Rep. 9.7 per 1,000 people
  46. 46 United Kingdom 9.7 per 1,000 people
  47. 47 Saint Martin (French part) 9.7 per 1,000 people
  48. 48 Austria 9.6 per 1,000 people
  49. 49 Netherlands 9.6 per 1,000 people
  50. 50 Fiji 9.5 per 1,000 people
  51. 51 Belgium 9.5 per 1,000 people
  52. 52 Denmark 9.5 per 1,000 people
  53. 53 France 9.4 per 1,000 people
  54. 54 Central African Republic 9.4 per 1,000 people
  55. 55 Greenland 9.3 per 1,000 people
  56. 56 Tuvalu 9.3 per 1,000 people
  57. 57 South Africa 9.2 per 1,000 people
  58. 58 US Virgin Islands 9.2 per 1,000 people
  59. 59 Myanmar 9.2 per 1,000 people
  60. 60 Thailand 9.0 per 1,000 people
  61. 61 Guinea 9.0 per 1,000 people
  62. 62 Bermuda 9.0 per 1,000 people
  63. 63 United States 9.0 per 1,000 people
  64. 64 Grenada 8.9 per 1,000 people
  65. 65 Spain 8.9 per 1,000 people
  66. 66 Bahamas 8.8 per 1,000 people
  67. 67 Trinidad and Tobago 8.7 per 1,000 people
  68. 68 Niger 8.7 per 1,000 people
  69. 69 Saint Lucia 8.7 per 1,000 people
  70. 70 Benin 8.7 per 1,000 people
  71. 71 Sweden 8.6 per 1,000 people
  72. 72 Mali 8.5 per 1,000 people
  73. 73 Togo 8.5 per 1,000 people
  74. 74 Albania 8.5 per 1,000 people
  75. 75 Democratic Republic of the Congo 8.4 per 1,000 people
  76. 76 Armenia 8.4 per 1,000 people
  77. 77 Sint Maarten (Dutch part) 8.3 per 1,000 people
  78. 78 Sierra Leone 8.2 per 1,000 people
  79. 79 Jamaica 8.2 per 1,000 people
  80. 80 Faroe Islands 8.2 per 1,000 people
  81. 81 Liberia 8.0 per 1,000 people
  82. 82 Switzerland 8.0 per 1,000 people
  83. 83 Burkina Faso 7.9 per 1,000 people
  84. 84 Canada 7.9 per 1,000 people
  85. 85 Norway 7.9 per 1,000 people
  86. 86 Equatorial Guinea 7.9 per 1,000 people
  87. 87 Haiti 7.8 per 1,000 people
  88. 88 Sri Lanka 7.8 per 1,000 people
  89. 89 Aruba 7.8 per 1,000 people
  90. 90 China 7.8 per 1,000 people
  91. 91 Argentina 7.7 per 1,000 people
  92. 92 Eswatini 7.7 per 1,000 people
  93. 93 Micronesia 7.7 per 1,000 people
  94. 94 Venezuela 7.7 per 1,000 people
  95. 95 Indonesia 7.6 per 1,000 people
  96. 96 Côte d'Ivoire 7.6 per 1,000 people
  97. 97 Naoero 7.6 per 1,000 people
  98. 98 Liechtenstein 7.5 per 1,000 people
  99. 99 San Marino 7.5 per 1,000 people
  100. 100 Zimbabwe 7.5 per 1,000 people
  101. 101 Djibouti 7.5 per 1,000 people
  102. 102 Guyana 7.5 per 1,000 people
  103. 103 Madagascar 7.5 per 1,000 people
  104. 104 El Salvador 7.5 per 1,000 people
  105. 105 Turks and Caicos Islands 7.4 per 1,000 people
  106. 106 Malta 7.3 per 1,000 people
  107. 107 American Samoa 7.3 per 1,000 people
  108. 108 Timor-Leste 7.2 per 1,000 people
  109. 109 Kenya 7.2 per 1,000 people
  110. 110 Bolivia 7.2 per 1,000 people
  111. 111 Marshall Islands 7.1 per 1,000 people
  112. 112 New Zealand 7.1 per 1,000 people
  113. 113 Comoros 7.1 per 1,000 people
  114. 114 Brazil 7.1 per 1,000 people
  115. 115 Kiribati 7.1 per 1,000 people
  116. 116 Cameroon 7.0 per 1,000 people
  117. 117 Antigua and Barbuda 7.0 per 1,000 people
  118. 118 Cyprus 7.0 per 1,000 people
  119. 119 Ghana 7.0 per 1,000 people
  120. 120 Guinea-Bissau 7.0 per 1,000 people
  121. 121 Hong Kong SAR, China 7.0 per 1,000 people
  122. 122 Seychelles 7.0 per 1,000 people
  123. 123 South Korea 7.0 per 1,000 people
  124. 124 Nepal 7.0 per 1,000 people
  125. 125 Guam 6.9 per 1,000 people
  126. 126 Mozambique 6.9 per 1,000 people
  127. 127 Australia 6.9 per 1,000 people
  128. 128 Suriname 6.8 per 1,000 people
  129. 129 Angola 6.8 per 1,000 people
  130. 130 Iceland 6.8 per 1,000 people
  131. 131 Kazakhstan 6.7 per 1,000 people
  132. 132 Burundi 6.7 per 1,000 people
  133. 133 Viet Nam 6.6 per 1,000 people
  134. 134 Luxembourg 6.6 per 1,000 people
  135. 135 Gibraltar 6.6 per 1,000 people
  136. 136 India 6.6 per 1,000 people
  137. 137 Chile 6.6 per 1,000 people
  138. 138 Papua New Guinea 6.6 per 1,000 people
  139. 139 Libya 6.5 per 1,000 people
  140. 140 Ireland 6.5 per 1,000 people
  141. 141 Cambodia 6.5 per 1,000 people
  142. 142 Pakistan 6.4 per 1,000 people
  143. 143 Tonga 6.4 per 1,000 people
  144. 144 Philippines 6.4 per 1,000 people
  145. 145 Sudan 6.3 per 1,000 people
  146. 146 New Caledonia 6.3 per 1,000 people
  147. 147 Dominican Republic 6.2 per 1,000 people
  148. 148 Gambia 6.2 per 1,000 people
  149. 149 Republic of the Congo 6.2 per 1,000 people
  150. 150 Gabon 6.2 per 1,000 people
  151. 151 Mexico 6.2 per 1,000 people
  152. 152 Laos 6.2 per 1,000 people
  153. 153 Namibia 6.2 per 1,000 people
  154. 154 Samoa 6.2 per 1,000 people
  155. 155 Andorra 6.1 per 1,000 people
  156. 156 Tunisia 6.1 per 1,000 people
  157. 157 Bhutan 6.1 per 1,000 people
  158. 158 British Virgin Islands 6.0 per 1,000 people
  159. 159 Lebanon 6.0 per 1,000 people
  160. 160 Uzbekistan 6.0 per 1,000 people
  161. 161 Singapore 6.0 per 1,000 people
  162. 162 Eritrea 6.0 per 1,000 people
  163. 163 Kosovo 6.0 per 1,000 people
  164. 164 Rwanda 5.9 per 1,000 people
  165. 165 Ethiopia 5.9 per 1,000 people
  166. 166 West Bank and Gaza 5.9 per 1,000 people
  167. 167 Turkmenistan 5.8 per 1,000 people
  168. 168 Azerbaijan 5.8 per 1,000 people
  169. 169 Botswana 5.7 per 1,000 people
  170. 170 Morocco 5.7 per 1,000 people
  171. 171 Tanzania 5.7 per 1,000 people
  172. 172 Afghanistan 5.7 per 1,000 people
  173. 173 Türkiye 5.7 per 1,000 people
  174. 174 Paraguay 5.7 per 1,000 people
  175. 175 Peru 5.6 per 1,000 people
  176. 176 Costa Rica 5.6 per 1,000 people
  177. 177 São Tomé and Príncipe 5.5 per 1,000 people
  178. 178 Egypt 5.5 per 1,000 people
  179. 179 Senegal 5.5 per 1,000 people
  180. 180 Mongolia 5.5 per 1,000 people
  181. 181 Colombia 5.5 per 1,000 people
  182. 182 Mauritania 5.4 per 1,000 people
  183. 183 Brunei 5.3 per 1,000 people
  184. 184 Israel 5.3 per 1,000 people
  185. 185 Malawi 5.3 per 1,000 people
  186. 186 Malaysia 5.3 per 1,000 people
  187. 187 Ecuador 5.2 per 1,000 people
  188. 188 Zambia 5.2 per 1,000 people
  189. 189 Bangladesh 5.1 per 1,000 people
  190. 190 Cabo Verde 5.1 per 1,000 people
  191. 191 Solomon Islands 5.1 per 1,000 people
  192. 192 Vanuatu 5.0 per 1,000 people
  193. 193 Northern Mariana Islands 5.0 per 1,000 people
  194. 194 Belize 5.0 per 1,000 people
  195. 195 Syria 4.9 per 1,000 people
  196. 196 Panama 4.9 per 1,000 people
  197. 197 Cayman Islands 4.9 per 1,000 people
  198. 198 Guatemala 4.9 per 1,000 people
  199. 199 Uganda 4.8 per 1,000 people
  200. 200 Iran 4.8 per 1,000 people
  201. 201 Yemen 4.7 per 1,000 people
  202. 202 Nicaragua 4.6 per 1,000 people
  203. 203 Algeria 4.6 per 1,000 people
  204. 204 Tajikistan 4.6 per 1,000 people
  205. 205 Honduras 4.5 per 1,000 people
  206. 206 Kyrgyzstan 4.4 per 1,000 people
  207. 207 Iraq 4.2 per 1,000 people
  208. 208 French Polynesia 3.8 per 1,000 people
  209. 209 Macao SAR, China 3.6 per 1,000 people
  210. 210 Jordan 3.1 per 1,000 people
  211. 211 Maldives 2.4 per 1,000 people
  212. 212 Saudi Arabia 2.3 per 1,000 people
  213. 213 Bahrain 2.2 per 1,000 people
  214. 214 Oman 1.9 per 1,000 people
  215. 215 Kuwait 1.5 per 1,000 people
  216. 216 Qatar 1.1 per 1,000 people
  217. 217 United Arab Emirates 1.0 per 1,000 people
  218. East Asia and Pacific 7.9 per 1,000 people
  219. Euro area 10.6 per 1,000 people
  220. Europe and Central Asia 10.1 per 1,000 people
  221. European Union 10.7 per 1,000 people
  222. Latin America and Caribbean 6.6 per 1,000 people
  223. Middle East and North Africa 5.3 per 1,000 people
  224. North America 8.9 per 1,000 people
  225. OECD members 9.0 per 1,000 people
  226. South Asia 6.5 per 1,000 people
  227. Sub-Saharan Africa 8.0 per 1,000 people
  228. World 7.6 per 1,000 people
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