World ranking · 2026
Death rate by country, 2026
The crude death rate counts deaths per 1,000 people a year. The world’s is 7.7 in 2026: about 174,233 deaths a day. Old populations have high death rates even where health care is good.
Highest
Lowest
- 1. Qatar1.0
- 2. United Arab Emirates1.0
- 3. Kuwait1.8
- 4. Oman1.9
- 5. Bahrain2.2
- 38 countries of a million people or more have more deaths than births.
- 16 have 12 or more deaths per 1,000 people, mostly in Eastern Europe and East Asia.
Highest and lowest among countries of a million people or more.
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Darker = more deaths for the size of the population, usually because the population is old.
Deaths per 1,000 people a year
56781012
All 237 countries and areas
| # | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vatican | 24.7 | 506 |
| 2 | Monaco | 18.8 | 38,087 |
| 3 | Saint Helena | 17.3 | 5,148 |
| 4 | U.S. Virgin Islands | 15.5 | 83,400 |
| 5 | Bulgaria | 15.3 | 6,667,660 |
| 6 | Niue | 14.9 | 1,822 |
| 7 | Latvia | 14.8 | 1,835,935 |
| 8 | Saint Pierre and Miquelon | 14.4 | 5,513 |
| 9 | Serbia | 14.3 | 6,641,964 |
| 10 | Moldova | 14.2 | 2,961,253 |
| 11 | Lithuania | 14.2 | 2,797,338 |
| 12 | Croatia | 14.0 | 3,822,345 |
| 13 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 13.7 | 3,114,242 |
| 14 | Romania | 13.6 | 18,800,605 |
| 15 | Montserrat | 13.6 | 4,328 |
| 16 | Hungary | 13.4 | 9,585,818 |
| 17 | Ukraine | 13.3 | 39,535,848 |
| 18 | Belarus | 13.3 | 8,937,018 |
| 19 | Russia | 13.0 | 143,394,458 |
| 20 | Japan | 12.8 | 122,427,731 |
| 21 | Greece | 12.6 | 9,897,116 |
| 22 | Germany | 12.5 | 83,644,258 |
| 23 | Estonia | 12.4 | 1,331,062 |
| 24 | Dominica | 12.4 | 65,511 |
| 25 | Palau | 12.2 | 17,614 |
| 26 | Georgia | 11.8 | 3,804,642 |
| 27 | Montenegro | 11.6 | 626,233 |
| 28 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 11.6 | 99,244 |
| 29 | Nigeria | 11.5 | 242,431,832 |
| 30 | Italy | 11.4 | 58,926,166 |
| 31 | Portugal | 11.4 | 10,395,362 |
| 32 | North Macedonia | 11.3 | 1,804,062 |
| 33 | Czechia | 11.2 | 10,527,780 |
| 34 | Poland | 11.1 | 37,843,188 |
| 35 | Chad | 10.9 | 21,560,380 |
| 36 | Finland | 10.9 | 5,621,739 |
| 37 | Puerto Rico | 10.9 | 3,222,688 |
| 38 | Martinique | 10.9 | 337,711 |
| 39 | Jersey | 10.9 | 104,106 |
| 40 | Isle of Man | 10.9 | 84,054 |
| 41 | Cuba | 10.6 | 10,892,659 |
| 42 | Greenland | 10.6 | 55,629 |
| 43 | Slovakia | 10.5 | 5,451,342 |
| 44 | Slovenia | 10.5 | 2,114,574 |
| 45 | Barbados | 10.4 | 282,724 |
| 46 | Curacao | 10.4 | 185,440 |
| 47 | Saint Martin | 10.4 | 23,898 |
| 48 | Cook Islands | 10.4 | 12,826 |
| 49 | Austria | 10.3 | 9,107,266 |
| 50 | Lesotho | 10.2 | 2,389,336 |
| 51 | Aruba | 10.2 | 108,164 |
| 52 | North Korea | 10.1 | 26,633,691 |
| 53 | Guadeloupe | 10.1 | 372,453 |
| 54 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 10.1 | 46,992 |
| 55 | Uruguay | 10.0 | 3,382,537 |
| 56 | South Sudan | 9.9 | 12,436,037 |
| 57 | Belgium | 9.8 | 11,774,642 |
| 58 | Denmark | 9.8 | 6,023,520 |
| 59 | United Kingdom | 9.7 | 69,931,528 |
| 60 | Spain | 9.6 | 47,850,793 |
| 61 | Somalia | 9.6 | 20,305,907 |
| 62 | Fiji | 9.6 | 937,282 |
| 63 | Guernsey | 9.6 | 64,610 |
| 64 | Faroe Islands | 9.6 | 56,526 |
| 65 | France | 9.5 | 66,746,401 |
| 66 | Armenia | 9.5 | 2,930,915 |
| 67 | Mauritius | 9.4 | 1,265,059 |
| 68 | Tuvalu | 9.4 | 9,362 |
| 69 | South Africa | 9.3 | 65,453,084 |
| 70 | Myanmar | 9.3 | 55,184,819 |
| 71 | Netherlands | 9.3 | 18,448,775 |
| 72 | Bermuda | 9.3 | 64,459 |
| 73 | Thailand | 9.2 | 71,559,614 |
| 74 | Trinidad and Tobago | 9.2 | 1,513,268 |
| 75 | Taiwan | 9.1 | 23,011,292 |
| 76 | Sweden | 9.1 | 10,701,046 |
| 77 | Central African Republic | 9.1 | 5,698,984 |
| 78 | United States | 9.0 | 349,035,494 |
| 79 | Bahamas | 9.0 | 404,628 |
| 80 | Grenada | 9.0 | 117,362 |
| 81 | Saint Lucia | 8.9 | 180,488 |
| 82 | Guinea | 8.8 | 15,441,992 |
| 83 | Albania | 8.8 | 2,751,025 |
| 84 | Sint Maarten | 8.7 | 44,447 |
| 85 | San Marino | 8.7 | 33,605 |
| 86 | Benin | 8.6 | 15,170,420 |
| 87 | Bonaire, Saint Eustatius and Saba | 8.6 | 31,913 |
| 88 | Switzerland | 8.5 | 9,007,798 |
| 89 | Jamaica | 8.5 | 2,833,404 |
| 90 | Wallis and Futuna | 8.5 | 11,113 |
| 91 | Niger | 8.4 | 28,814,878 |
| 92 | DR Congo | 8.2 | 116,452,162 |
| 93 | Canada | 8.2 | 40,467,728 |
| 94 | Mali | 8.2 | 25,932,275 |
| 95 | China | 8.1 | 1,412,914,089 |
| 96 | Sierra Leone | 8.1 | 8,996,744 |
| 97 | Seychelles | 8.1 | 134,959 |
| 98 | Liechtenstein | 8.1 | 40,368 |
| 99 | Hong Kong | 8.0 | 7,378,602 |
| 100 | Falkland Islands | 8.0 | 3,465 |
| 101 | Argentina | 7.9 | 46,003,734 |
| 102 | Venezuela | 7.9 | 28,633,711 |
| 103 | Liberia | 7.9 | 5,853,949 |
| 104 | Malta | 7.9 | 549,011 |
| 105 | Micronesia | 7.9 | 114,182 |
| 106 | Indonesia | 7.8 | 287,886,782 |
| 107 | Burkina Faso | 7.8 | 24,601,700 |
| 108 | Haiti | 7.8 | 12,037,506 |
| 109 | Norway | 7.8 | 5,652,989 |
| 110 | Equatorial Guinea | 7.8 | 1,984,468 |
| 111 | Eswatini | 7.8 | 1,269,859 |
| 112 | American Samoa | 7.7 | 45,318 |
| 113 | Nauru | 7.7 | 12,101 |
| 114 | Togo | 7.6 | 9,930,918 |
| 115 | New Zealand | 7.6 | 5,287,479 |
| 116 | Guyana | 7.6 | 840,890 |
| 117 | South Korea | 7.5 | 51,600,388 |
| 118 | Côte d'Ivoire | 7.5 | 33,494,346 |
| 119 | El Salvador | 7.5 | 6,391,254 |
| 120 | Djibouti | 7.5 | 1,199,459 |
| 121 | Marshall Islands | 7.5 | 35,075 |
| 122 | Madagascar | 7.4 | 33,522,052 |
| 123 | Luxembourg | 7.4 | 687,448 |
| 124 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 7.4 | 47,148 |
| 125 | Brazil | 7.3 | 213,562,666 |
| 126 | Sri Lanka | 7.3 | 23,348,315 |
| 127 | Zimbabwe | 7.3 | 17,273,580 |
| 128 | Bolivia | 7.2 | 12,749,291 |
| 129 | Antigua and Barbuda | 7.2 | 94,626 |
| 130 | Kenya | 7.1 | 58,636,412 |
| 131 | Timor Leste | 7.1 | 1,436,923 |
| 132 | Cyprus | 7.1 | 1,382,334 |
| 133 | Guam | 7.1 | 170,185 |
| 134 | Kiribati | 7.1 | 138,445 |
| 135 | Ghana | 7.0 | 35,697,557 |
| 136 | Nepal | 7.0 | 29,629,410 |
| 137 | Ireland | 7.0 | 5,356,950 |
| 138 | Suriname | 7.0 | 645,256 |
| 139 | Anguilla | 7.0 | 14,817 |
| 140 | Australia | 6.9 | 27,227,096 |
| 141 | Azerbaijan | 6.9 | 10,454,855 |
| 142 | Guinea-Bissau | 6.9 | 2,297,808 |
| 143 | Comoros | 6.9 | 899,010 |
| 144 | Vietnam | 6.8 | 102,177,431 |
| 145 | Cameroon | 6.8 | 30,640,817 |
| 146 | Kazakhstan | 6.8 | 21,083,626 |
| 147 | Chile | 6.8 | 19,945,850 |
| 148 | India | 6.7 | 1,476,625,576 |
| 149 | Angola | 6.7 | 40,215,180 |
| 150 | Mozambique | 6.7 | 36,639,850 |
| 151 | Iceland | 6.7 | 402,329 |
| 152 | Gibraltar | 6.7 | 40,867 |
| 153 | Philippines | 6.6 | 117,724,472 |
| 154 | Cambodia | 6.6 | 18,051,219 |
| 155 | Burundi | 6.6 | 14,729,157 |
| 156 | Papua New Guinea | 6.6 | 10,947,848 |
| 157 | Western Sahara | 6.6 | 610,813 |
| 158 | Saint Barthelemy | 6.6 | 11,550 |
| 159 | Tonga | 6.5 | 103,291 |
| 160 | Pakistan | 6.4 | 259,299,792 |
| 161 | Turkey | 6.4 | 87,926,082 |
| 162 | Dominican Republic | 6.4 | 11,609,500 |
| 163 | New Caledonia | 6.4 | 297,892 |
| 164 | Mexico | 6.3 | 132,997,658 |
| 165 | Tunisia | 6.3 | 12,415,138 |
| 166 | Kosovo | 6.3 | 1,666,992 |
| 167 | Andorra | 6.3 | 83,753 |
| 168 | British Virgin Islands | 6.3 | 39,936 |
| 169 | Sudan | 6.2 | 53,282,719 |
| 170 | Laos | 6.2 | 7,974,018 |
| 171 | Congo | 6.2 | 6,637,786 |
| 172 | Lebanon | 6.2 | 5,897,467 |
| 173 | Namibia | 6.2 | 3,153,246 |
| 174 | Gambia | 6.2 | 2,884,079 |
| 175 | Samoa | 6.2 | 220,528 |
| 176 | Uzbekistan | 6.1 | 37,724,223 |
| 177 | Kyrgyzstan | 6.1 | 7,400,464 |
| 178 | Gabon | 6.1 | 2,647,400 |
| 179 | Mongolia | 6.0 | 3,556,798 |
| 180 | Bhutan | 6.0 | 802,214 |
| 181 | Morocco | 5.9 | 38,762,441 |
| 182 | Turkmenistan | 5.9 | 7,736,632 |
| 183 | Eritrea | 5.9 | 3,682,669 |
| 184 | Reunion | 5.9 | 886,298 |
| 185 | Rwanda | 5.8 | 14,889,693 |
| 186 | Paraguay | 5.8 | 7,095,279 |
| 187 | Costa Rica | 5.8 | 5,174,789 |
| 188 | Botswana | 5.8 | 2,603,388 |
| 189 | Ethiopia | 5.7 | 138,902,185 |
| 190 | Peru | 5.7 | 34,922,148 |
| 191 | Egypt | 5.6 | 120,101,175 |
| 192 | Tanzania | 5.6 | 72,563,780 |
| 193 | Colombia | 5.6 | 53,936,226 |
| 194 | Israel | 5.6 | 9,647,689 |
| 195 | Brunei | 5.6 | 469,775 |
| 196 | Tokelau | 5.6 | 2,691 |
| 197 | Afghanistan | 5.5 | 45,047,068 |
| 198 | Malaysia | 5.5 | 36,385,115 |
| 199 | Northern Mariana Islands | 5.5 | 42,914 |
| 200 | Senegal | 5.4 | 19,366,548 |
| 201 | Sao Tome and Principe | 5.4 | 244,994 |
| 202 | Ecuador | 5.3 | 18,444,506 |
| 203 | Malawi | 5.2 | 22,785,535 |
| 204 | Singapore | 5.2 | 5,905,748 |
| 205 | Mauritania | 5.2 | 5,461,319 |
| 206 | Cabo Verde | 5.2 | 529,630 |
| 207 | Bangladesh | 5.1 | 177,818,044 |
| 208 | Zambia | 5.1 | 22,521,915 |
| 209 | Belize | 5.1 | 428,644 |
| 210 | Panama | 5.0 | 4,625,718 |
| 211 | Solomon Islands | 5.0 | 858,288 |
| 212 | Macao | 5.0 | 723,188 |
| 213 | Cayman Islands | 5.0 | 77,196 |
| 214 | Iran | 4.9 | 93,168,497 |
| 215 | Guatemala | 4.9 | 18,967,978 |
| 216 | Libya | 4.9 | 7,539,852 |
| 217 | Vanuatu | 4.9 | 342,564 |
| 218 | Syria | 4.8 | 26,472,497 |
| 219 | French Guiana | 4.8 | 318,872 |
| 220 | Uganda | 4.7 | 52,761,470 |
| 221 | Algeria | 4.7 | 48,028,334 |
| 222 | Nicaragua | 4.7 | 7,097,329 |
| 223 | Yemen | 4.6 | 42,961,653 |
| 224 | Honduras | 4.6 | 11,184,760 |
| 225 | Tajikistan | 4.6 | 10,978,598 |
| 226 | Iraq | 4.2 | 48,007,437 |
| 227 | French Polynesia | 4.1 | 283,076 |
| 228 | Jordan | 3.2 | 11,589,532 |
| 229 | Palestine | 2.9 | 5,692,790 |
| 230 | Mayotte | 2.6 | 347,536 |
| 231 | Maldives | 2.5 | 531,517 |
| 232 | Saudi Arabia | 2.3 | 35,165,787 |
| 233 | Bahrain | 2.2 | 1,675,572 |
| 234 | Oman | 1.9 | 5,671,458 |
| 235 | Kuwait | 1.8 | 5,102,773 |
| 236 | United Arab Emirates | 1.0 | 11,574,682 |
| 237 | Qatar | 1.0 | 3,173,559 |
Questions
Which country has the highest death rate?
Bulgaria, with 15.3 deaths per 1,000 people in 2026, then Latvia (14.8), Serbia (14.3), Moldova (14.2).
Which country has the lowest death rate?
Qatar, with 1.0 deaths per 1,000 people, then United Arab Emirates (1.0), Kuwait (1.8), Oman (1.9). Young populations, often in the Gulf, have the lowest rates.
Why do rich countries have high death rates?
Because their populations are old. The crude death rate counts deaths against everyone alive; a country where a quarter of people are over 65 has many more deaths per 1,000 than a young one, however long people live. Life expectancy compares health better.
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United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division (2024). World Population Prospects 2024, medium variant. 2026 figures are the medium-variant projection. Method