The CIA World Factbook Edition 1997 People

Death rate In 36 editions of 36.

Death rate was published in 36 editions of the CIA World Factbook, from 1990 to 2025. The 1997 edition carries it in 233 entries, in its People section. Every entry is shown as that edition published it.

entries in the 1997 edition
233
the first edition with it
1990
the latest edition with it
2025

Published as “Death rate” (1990 to 2025).

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19902000201020202025

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World

1 entry

World

9 deaths/1,000 population (1997 est.)

Africa

57 entries

Algeria

5.76 deaths/1,000 population (1997 est.)

Angola

17.24 deaths/1,000 population (1997 est.)

Benin

13.14 deaths/1,000 population (1997 est.)

Botswana

17.9 deaths/1,000 population (1997 est.)

Burkina Faso

20.33 deaths/1,000 population (1997 est.)

Burundi

15.12 deaths/1,000 population (1997 est.)

Cape Verde now Cabo Verde

7.3 deaths/1,000 population (1997 est.)

Cameroon

13.64 deaths/1,000 population (1997 est.)

Central African Republic

17.94 deaths/1,000 population (1997 est.)

Chad

17.15 deaths/1,000 population (1997 est.)

Comoros

9.82 deaths/1,000 population (1997 est.)

Congo, Democratic Republic of the now Democratic Republic of the Congo

16.61 deaths/1,000 population (1997 est.)

Congo, Republic of the now Republic of the Congo

17.3 deaths/1,000 population (1997 est.)

Cote d'Ivoire

17.11 deaths/1,000 population (1997 est.)

Djibouti

14.98 deaths/1,000 population (1997 est.)

Egypt

8.56 deaths/1,000 population (1997 est.)

Equatorial Guinea

13.67 deaths/1,000 population (1997 est.)

Eritrea

15.26 deaths/1,000 population (1997 est.)

Swaziland now Eswatini

10.31 deaths/1,000 population (1997 est.)

Ethiopia

17.56 deaths/1,000 population (1997 est.)

Gabon

13.39 deaths/1,000 population (1997 est.)

The Gambia

13.29 deaths/1,000 population (1997 est.)

Ghana

10.89 deaths/1,000 population (1997 est.)

Guinea

18.23 deaths/1,000 population (1997 est.)

Guinea-Bissau

15.85 deaths/1,000 population (1997 est.)

Kenya

10.83 deaths/1,000 population (1997 est.)

Lesotho

13.92 deaths/1,000 population (1997 est.)

Liberia

11.53 deaths/1,000 population (1997 est.)

Libya

7.49 deaths/1,000 population (1997 est.)

Madagascar

14.1 deaths/1,000 population (1997 est.)

Malawi

25.08 deaths/1,000 population (1997 est.)

Mali

19.52 deaths/1,000 population (1997 est.)

Mauritania

14.82 deaths/1,000 population (1997 est.)

Mauritius

6.68 deaths/1,000 population (1997 est.)

Mayotte

9.78 deaths/1,000 population (1997 est.)

Morocco

5.58 deaths/1,000 population (1997 est.)

Mozambique

18.31 deaths/1,000 population (1997 est.)

Namibia

7.72 deaths/1,000 population (1997 est.)

Niger

23.98 deaths/1,000 population (1997 est.)

Nigeria

12.45 deaths/1,000 population (1997 est.)

Reunion

4.71 deaths/1,000 population (1997 est.)

Rwanda

21.06 deaths/1,000 population (1997 est.)

Saint Helena now Saint Helena, Ascension, and Tristan da Cunha

6.4 deaths/1,000 population (1997 est.)

Sao Tome and Principe

8.4 deaths/1,000 population (1997 est.)

Senegal

11.4 deaths/1,000 population (1997 est.)

Seychelles

7.14 deaths/1,000 population (1997 est.)

Sierra Leone

17.75 deaths/1,000 population (1997 est.)

Somalia

  • 18.34 deaths/1,000 population (1997 est.) (1997 est.)

South Africa

11.89 deaths/1,000 population (1997 est.)

Sudan

11.16 deaths/1,000 population (1997 est.)

Tanzania

19.84 deaths/1,000 population (1997 est.)

Togo

10.32 deaths/1,000 population (1997 est.)

Tunisia

5.08 deaths/1,000 population (1997 est.)

Uganda

20.98 deaths/1,000 population (1997 est.)

Western Sahara

17.53 deaths/1,000 population (1997 est.)

Zambia

24.18 deaths/1,000 population (1997 est.)

Zimbabwe

19.02 deaths/1,000 population (1997 est.)

Arctic Region

3 entries

Greenland

6.99 deaths/1,000 population (1997 est.)

Iceland

6.93 deaths/1,000 population (1997 est.)

Svalbard

NA deaths/1,000 population

Asia

22 entries

Afghanistan

17.78 deaths/1,000 population (1997 est.)

Armenia

8.6 deaths/1,000 population (1997 est.)

Azerbaijan

9.32 deaths/1,000 population (1997 est.)

Bangladesh

10.9 deaths/1,000 population (1997 est.)

Bhutan

14.94 deaths/1,000 population (1997 est.)

China

6.87 deaths/1,000 population (1997 est.)

Georgia

13.88 deaths/1,000 population (1997 est.)

India

8.87 deaths/1,000 population (1997 est.)

Japan

7.39 deaths/1,000 population (1997 est.)

Kazakstan now Kazakhstan

9.97 deaths/1,000 population (1997 est.)

Korea, North now North Korea

5.43 deaths/1,000 population (1997 est.)

Korea, South now South Korea

5.66 deaths/1,000 population (1997 est.)

Kyrgyzstan

8.59 deaths/1,000 population (1997 est.)

Maldives

6.3 deaths/1,000 population (1997 est.)

Mongolia

8.41 deaths/1,000 population (1997 est.)

Nepal

10.71 deaths/1,000 population (1997 est.)

Pakistan

10.95 deaths/1,000 population (1997 est.)

Russia

14.84 deaths/1,000 population (1997 est.)

Sri Lanka

5.9 deaths/1,000 population (1997 est.)

Tajikistan

7.74 deaths/1,000 population (1997 est.)

Turkmenistan

8.65 deaths/1,000 population (1997 est.)

Uzbekistan

7.63 deaths/1,000 population (1997 est.)

Central America and the Caribbean

31 entries

Anguilla

5.47 deaths/1,000 population (1997 est.)

Antigua and Barbuda

5.98 deaths/1,000 population (1997 est.)

Aruba

6.32 deaths/1,000 population (1997 est.)

The Bahamas

5.45 deaths/1,000 population (1997 est.)

Barbados

8.25 deaths/1,000 population (1997 est.)

Belize

5.61 deaths/1,000 population (1997 est.)

British Virgin Islands

6.03 deaths/1,000 population (1997 est.)

Cayman Islands

4.98 deaths/1,000 population (1997 est.)

Costa Rica

4.15 deaths/1,000 population (1997 est.)

Cuba

7.42 deaths/1,000 population (1997 est.)

Dominica

6.24 deaths/1,000 population (1997 est.)

Dominican Republic

5.81 deaths/1,000 population (1997 est.)

El Salvador

6.44 deaths/1,000 population (1997 est.)

Grenada

5.53 deaths/1,000 population (1997 est.)

Guadeloupe

5.6 deaths/1,000 population (1997 est.)

Guatemala

7.13 deaths/1,000 population (1997 est.)

Haiti

15.25 deaths/1,000 population (1997 est.)

Honduras

5.66 deaths/1,000 population (1997 est.)

Jamaica

5.5 deaths/1,000 population (1997 est.)

Martinique

5.88 deaths/1,000 population (1997 est.)

Montserrat

9.85 deaths/1,000 population (1997 est.)

Netherlands Antilles

5.33 deaths/1,000 population (1997 est.)

Nicaragua

5.83 deaths/1,000 population (1997 est.)

Panama

5.15 deaths/1,000 population (1997 est.)

Puerto Rico

7.87 deaths/1,000 population (1997 est.)

Saint Kitts and Nevis

8.85 deaths/1,000 population (1997 est.)

Saint Lucia

5.71 deaths/1,000 population (1997 est.)

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

5.35 deaths/1,000 population (1997 est.)

Trinidad and Tobago

7.87 deaths/1,000 population (1997 est.)

Turks and Caicos Islands

5.14 deaths/1,000 population (1997 est.)

Virgin Islands

5.2 deaths/1,000 population (1997 est.)

Europe

45 entries

Albania

7.54 deaths/1,000 population (1997 est.)

Andorra

5.2 deaths/1,000 population (1997 est.)

Austria

10.05 deaths/1,000 population (1997 est.)

Belarus

13.23 deaths/1,000 population (1997 est.)

Belgium

10.41 deaths/1,000 population (1997 est.)

Bosnia and Herzegovina

13.88 deaths/1,000 population (1997 est.)

Bulgaria

13.38 deaths/1,000 population (1997 est.)

Croatia

11.2 deaths/1,000 population (1997 est.)

Czech Republic now Czechia

11.02 deaths/1,000 population (1997 est.)

Denmark

11.22 deaths/1,000 population (1997 est.)

Estonia

14.08 deaths/1,000 population (1997 est.)

Faroe Islands

9.05 deaths/1,000 population (1997 est.)

Finland

9.62 deaths/1,000 population (1997 est.)

France

9.08 deaths/1,000 population (1997 est.)

Germany

10.82 deaths/1,000 population (1997 est.)

Gibraltar

8.78 deaths/1,000 population (1997 est.)

Greece

9.32 deaths/1,000 population (1997 est.)

Guernsey

9.65 deaths/1,000 population (1997 est.)

Hungary

13.67 deaths/1,000 population (1997 est.)

Ireland

8.6 deaths/1,000 population (1997 est.)

Man, Isle of now Isle of Man

11.89 deaths/1,000 population (1997 est.)

Italy

10.07 deaths/1,000 population (1997 est.)

Jersey

9.17 deaths/1,000 population (1997 est.)

Latvia

15.72 deaths/1,000 population (1997 est.)

Liechtenstein

7.33 deaths/1,000 population (1997 est.)

Lithuania

12.96 deaths/1,000 population (1997 est.)

Luxembourg

9.29 deaths/1,000 population (1997 est.)

Malta

7.34 deaths/1,000 population (1997 est.)

Moldova

12.33 deaths/1,000 population (1997 est.)

Monaco

12.01 deaths/1,000 population (1997 est.)

Netherlands

8.69 deaths/1,000 population (1997 est.)

Macedonia, now North Macedonia

8.13 deaths/1,000 population (1997 est.)

Norway

10.22 deaths/1,000 population (1997 est.)

Poland

9.82 deaths/1,000 population (1997 est.)

Portugal

10.3 deaths/1,000 population (1997 est.)

Romania

11.75 deaths/1,000 population (1997 est.)

San Marino

7.97 deaths/1,000 population (1997 est.)

Serbia and Montenegro

Montenegro - 7.33 deaths/1,000 population; Serbia - 9.64 deaths/1,000 population (1997 est.)

Slovakia

9.58 deaths/1,000 population (1997 est.)

Slovenia

9.54 deaths/1,000 population (1997 est.)

Spain

9.54 deaths/1,000 population (1997 est.)

Sweden

10.78 deaths/1,000 population (1997 est.)

Switzerland

9 deaths/1,000 population (1997 est.)

Ukraine

16.26 deaths/1,000 population (1997 est.)

United Kingdom

10.77 deaths/1,000 population (1997 est.)

Middle East

17 entries

Bahrain

3.27 deaths/1,000 population (1997 est.)

Cyprus

7.58 deaths/1,000 population (1997 est.)

Gaza Strip

4.2 deaths/1,000 population (1997 est.)

Iran

6.39 deaths/1,000 population (1997 est.)

Iraq

6.33 deaths/1,000 population (1997 est.)

Israel

6.22 deaths/1,000 population (1997 est.)

Jordan

3.88 deaths/1,000 population (1997 est.)

Kuwait

2.28 deaths/1,000 population (1997 est.)

Lebanon

6.56 deaths/1,000 population (1997 est.)

Oman

4.39 deaths/1,000 population (1997 est.)

Qatar

3.5 deaths/1,000 population (1997 est.)

Saudi Arabia

5.18 deaths/1,000 population (1997 est.)

Syria

5.7 deaths/1,000 population (1997 est.)

Turkey now Turkiye

5.43 deaths/1,000 population (1997 est.)

United Arab Emirates

3.01 deaths/1,000 population (1997 est.)

West Bank

4.5 deaths/1,000 population (1997 est.)

Yemen

9.17 deaths/1,000 population (1997 est.)

North America

5 entries

Bermuda

7.3 deaths/1,000 population (1997 est.)

Canada

7.23 deaths/1,000 population (1997 est.)

Mexico

4.52 deaths/1,000 population (1997 est.)

Saint Pierre and Miquelon

5.59 deaths/1,000 population (1997 est.)

United States

8.8 deaths/1,000 population (1997 est.)

Oceania

23 entries

American Samoa

4.01 deaths/1,000 population (1997 est.)

Australia

6.89 deaths/1,000 population (1997 est.)

Cook Islands

5.2 deaths/1,000 population (1997 est.)

Fiji

6.3 deaths/1,000 population (1997 est.)

French Polynesia

4.95 deaths/1,000 population (1997 est.)

Guam

3.86 deaths/1,000 population (1997 est.)

Kiribati

7.71 deaths/1,000 population (1997 est.)

Marshall Islands

7.07 deaths/1,000 population (1997 est.)

Micronesia, Federated States of now Federated States of Micronesia

6.14 deaths/1,000 population (1997 est.)

New Caledonia

4.86 deaths/1,000 population (1997 est.)

New Zealand

7.67 deaths/1,000 population (1997 est.)

Niue

NA deaths/1,000 population

Norfolk Island

NA deaths/1,000 population

Palau

6.61 deaths/1,000 population (1997 est.)

Papua New Guinea

9.83 deaths/1,000 population (1997 est.)

Pitcairn Islands

NA deaths/1,000 population

Western Samoa now Samoa

5.63 deaths/1,000 population (1997 est.)

Solomon Islands

4.31 deaths/1,000 population (1997 est.)

Tokelau

NA deaths/1,000 population

Tonga

6.14 deaths/1,000 population (1997 est.)

Tuvalu

8.84 deaths/1,000 population (1997 est.)

Vanuatu

8.63 deaths/1,000 population (1997 est.)

Wallis and Futuna

4.9 deaths/1,000 population (1997 est.)

South America

14 entries

Argentina

7.68 deaths/1,000 population (1997 est.)

Bolivia

10.18 deaths/1,000 population (1997 est.)

Brazil

9.42 deaths/1,000 population (1997 est.)

Chile

5.68 deaths/1,000 population (1997 est.)

Colombia

4.62 deaths/1,000 population (1997 est.)

Ecuador

5.28 deaths/1,000 population (1997 est.)

Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas)

NA deaths/1,000 population

French Guiana

4.56 deaths/1,000 population (1997 est.)

Guyana

10.02 deaths/1,000 population (1997 est.)

Paraguay

4.24 deaths/1,000 population (1997 est.)

Peru

6.14 deaths/1,000 population (1997 est.)

Suriname

5.83 deaths/1,000 population (1997 est.)

Uruguay

8.97 deaths/1,000 population (1997 est.)

Venezuela

5.03 deaths/1,000 population (1997 est.)

Southeast Asia

15 entries

Brunei

5.13 deaths/1,000 population (1997 est.)

Burma now Burma (Myanmar)

11.41 deaths/1,000 population (1997 est.)

Cambodia

15.39 deaths/1,000 population (1997 est.)

Christmas Island

NA deaths/1,000 population

Cocos (Keeling) Islands

NA deaths/1,000 population

Hong Kong

5.79 deaths/1,000 population (1997 est.)

Indonesia

8.3 deaths/1,000 population (1997 est.)

Laos

13.4 deaths/1,000 population (1997 est.)

Macau

4.41 deaths/1,000 population (1997 est.)

Malaysia

5.43 deaths/1,000 population (1997 est.)

Philippines

6.59 deaths/1,000 population (1997 est.)

Singapore

4.68 deaths/1,000 population (1997 est.)

Taiwan

5.45 deaths/1,000 population (1997 est.)

Thailand

7.05 deaths/1,000 population (1997 est.)

Vietnam

6.8 deaths/1,000 population (1997 est.)

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Central Intelligence Agency. The World Factbook 1997, “Death rate”, all entries. Archived by The Factbook, thefactbook.org/fields/death-rate/1997.

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