The CIA World Factbook Edition 2022 People and Society

Death rate In 36 editions of 36.

Death rate was published in 36 editions of the CIA World Factbook, from 1990 to 2025. The 2022 edition carries it in 253 entries, in its People and Society section. Every entry is shown as that edition published it.

entries in the 2022 edition
253
the first edition with it
1990
the latest edition with it
2025

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

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2022

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World

1 entry

World

7.7 deaths/1,000 population (2020 est.)

note: this rate results in about 108 worldwide deaths per minute or 1.8 deaths every second

Africa

55 entries

Algeria

4.32 deaths/1,000 population (2022 est.)

Angola

8.01 deaths/1,000 population (2022 est.)

Benin

8.01 deaths/1,000 population (2022 est.)

Botswana

9.05 deaths/1,000 population (2022 est.)

Burkina Faso

7.71 deaths/1,000 population (2022 est.)

Burundi

5.96 deaths/1,000 population (2022 est.)

Cabo Verde

5.8 deaths/1,000 population (2022 est.)

Cameroon

7.73 deaths/1,000 population (2022 est.)

Central African Republic

11.76 deaths/1,000 population (2022 est.)

Chad

9.45 deaths/1,000 population (2022 est.)

Comoros

6.55 deaths/1,000 population (2022 est.)

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

7.94 deaths/1,000 population (2022 est.)

Congo, Republic of the now Republic of the Congo

8.38 deaths/1,000 population (2022 est.)

Cote d'Ivoire

7.6 deaths/1,000 population (2022 est.)

Djibouti

7.12 deaths/1,000 population (2022 est.)

Egypt

4.32 deaths/1,000 population (2022 est.)

Equatorial Guinea

8.95 deaths/1,000 population (2022 est.)

Eritrea

6.69 deaths/1,000 population (2022 est.)

Eswatini

9.71 deaths/1,000 population (2022 est.)

Ethiopia

5.7 deaths/1,000 population (2022 est.)

Gabon

5.67 deaths/1,000 population (2022 est.)

Gambia, The now The Gambia

5.81 deaths/1,000 population (2022 est.)

Ghana

6.14 deaths/1,000 population (2022 est.)

Guinea

8.12 deaths/1,000 population (2022 est.)

Guinea-Bissau

7.5 deaths/1,000 population (2022 est.)

Kenya

5.01 deaths/1,000 population (2022 est.)

Lesotho

11.05 deaths/1,000 population (2022 est.)

Liberia

6.62 deaths/1,000 population (2022 est.)

Libya

3.45 deaths/1,000 population (2022 est.)

Madagascar

6 deaths/1,000 population (2022 est.)

Malawi

4.58 deaths/1,000 population (2022 est.)

Mali

8.53 deaths/1,000 population (2022 est.)

Mauritania

7.43 deaths/1,000 population (2022 est.)

Mauritius

8.86 deaths/1,000 population (2022 est.)

Morocco

6.6 deaths/1,000 population (2022 est.)

note: does not include data from the former Western Sahara

Mozambique

10.25 deaths/1,000 population (2022 est.)

Namibia

6.85 deaths/1,000 population (2022 est.)

Niger

9.87 deaths/1,000 population (2022 est.)

Nigeria

8.7 deaths/1,000 population (2022 est.)

Rwanda

5.86 deaths/1,000 population (2022 est.)

Saint Helena, Ascension, and Tristan da Cunha

8.08 deaths/1,000 population (2022 est.)

Sao Tome and Principe

6.2 deaths/1,000 population (2022 est.)

Senegal

5.08 deaths/1,000 population (2022 est.)

Seychelles

6.88 deaths/1,000 population (2022 est.)

Sierra Leone

9.32 deaths/1,000 population (2022 est.)

Somalia

11.62 deaths/1,000 population (2022 est.)

South Africa

9.26 deaths/1,000 population (2022 est.)

South Sudan

9.52 deaths/1,000 population (2022 est.)

Sudan

6.3 deaths/1,000 population (2022 est.)

Tanzania

5.09 deaths/1,000 population (2022 est.)

Togo

5.27 deaths/1,000 population (2022 est.)

Tunisia

6.36 deaths/1,000 population (2022 est.)

Uganda

5.02 deaths/1,000 population (2022 est.)

Zambia

6.12 deaths/1,000 population (2022 est.)

Zimbabwe

8.76 deaths/1,000 population (2022 est.)

Antarctic Region

4 entries

Bouvet Island

NA

French Southern and Antarctic Lands

NA

Heard Island and McDonald Islands

NA

South Georgia and South Sandwich Islands now South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands

NA

Arctic Region

4 entries

Greenland

8.96 deaths/1,000 population (2022 est.)

Iceland

6.56 deaths/1,000 population (2022 est.)

Jan Mayen

NA

Svalbard

NA

Asia

23 entries

Afghanistan

12.33 deaths/1,000 population (2022 est.)

Armenia

9.51 deaths/1,000 population (2022 est.)

Azerbaijan

6.92 deaths/1,000 population (2022 est.)

Bangladesh

5.47 deaths/1,000 population (2022 est.)

Bhutan

6.22 deaths/1,000 population (2022 est.)

British Indian Ocean Territory

NA

China

7.9 deaths/1,000 population (2022 est.)

Georgia

10.8 deaths/1,000 population (2022 est.)

India

10.3 deaths/1,000 population (2022 est.)

Japan

11.59 deaths/1,000 population (2022 est.)

Kazakhstan

8.11 deaths/1,000 population (2022 est.)

Korea, North now North Korea

9.53 deaths/1,000 population (2022 est.)

Korea, South now South Korea

7.12 deaths/1,000 population (2022 est.)

Kyrgyzstan

6.12 deaths/1,000 population (2022 est.)

Maldives

4.15 deaths/1,000 population (2022 est.)

Mongolia

6.3 deaths/1,000 population (2022 est.)

Nepal

5.58 deaths/1,000 population (2022 est.)

Pakistan

6.02 deaths/1,000 population (2022 est.)

Russia

13.36 deaths/1,000 population (2022 est.)

Sri Lanka

6.49 deaths/1,000 population (2022 est.)

Tajikistan

5.72 deaths/1,000 population (2022 est.)

Turkmenistan

5.95 deaths/1,000 population (2022 est.)

Uzbekistan

5.41 deaths/1,000 population (2022 est.)

Central America and the Caribbean

33 entries

Anguilla

4.64 deaths/1,000 population (2022 est.)

Antigua and Barbuda

5.65 deaths/1,000 population (2022 est.)

Aruba

8.62 deaths/1,000 population (2022 est.)

Bahamas, The now The Bahamas

6.41 deaths/1,000 population (2022 est.)

Barbados

7.96 deaths/1,000 population (2022 est.)

Belize

3.94 deaths/1,000 population (2022 est.)

British Virgin Islands

5.38 deaths/1,000 population (2022 est.)

Cayman Islands

5.97 deaths/1,000 population (2022 est.)

Costa Rica

4.91 deaths/1,000 population (2022 est.)

Cuba

9.29 deaths/1,000 population (2022 est.)

Curacao

8.71 deaths/1,000 population (2022 est.)

Dominica

8.11 deaths/1,000 population (2022 est.)

Dominican Republic

6.29 deaths/1,000 population (2022 est.)

El Salvador

5.91 deaths/1,000 population (2022 est.)

Grenada

8.31 deaths/1,000 population (2022 est.)

Guatemala

4.91 deaths/1,000 population (2022 est.)

Haiti

7.23 deaths/1,000 population (2022 est.)

Honduras

4.68 deaths/1,000 population (2022 est.)

Jamaica

7.43 deaths/1,000 population (2022 est.)

Montserrat

5.91 deaths/1,000 population (2022 est.)

Navassa Island

NA

Nicaragua

5.17 deaths/1,000 population (2022 est.)

Panama

6.11 deaths/1,000 population (2022 est.)

Puerto Rico

9.76 deaths/1,000 population (2022 est.)

Saint Barthelemy

9.01 deaths/1,000 population (2022 est.)

Saint Kitts and Nevis

7.27 deaths/1,000 population (2022 est.)

Saint Lucia

8.07 deaths/1,000 population (2022 est.)

Saint Martin

4.64 deaths/1,000 population (2022 est.)

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

7.49 deaths/1,000 population (2022 est.)

Sint Maarten

6.07 deaths/1,000 population (2022 est.)

Trinidad and Tobago

8.38 deaths/1,000 population (2022 est.)

Turks and Caicos Islands

3.5 deaths/1,000 population (2022 est.)

Virgin Islands

8.78 deaths/1,000 population (2022 est.)

Europe

49 entries

Albania

7.31 deaths/1,000 population (2022 est.)

Andorra

7.92 deaths/1,000 population (2022 est.)

Austria

9.85 deaths/1,000 population (2022 est.)

Belarus

12.88 deaths/1,000 population (2022 est.)

Belgium

9.64 deaths/1,000 population (2022 est.)

Bosnia and Herzegovina

10.26 deaths/1,000 population (2022 est.)

Bulgaria

14.41 deaths/1,000 population (2022 est.)

Croatia

12.88 deaths/1,000 population (2022 est.)

Czechia

10.74 deaths/1,000 population (2022 est.)

Denmark

9.52 deaths/1,000 population (2022 est.)

Estonia

13.1 deaths/1,000 population (2022 est.)

European Union

(2021 est.) 10.7 deaths/1,000 population

Faroe Islands

8.63 deaths/1,000 population (2022 est.)

Finland

10.35 deaths/1,000 population (2022 est.)

France

9.54 deaths/1,000 population (2022 est.)

Germany

11.98 deaths/1,000 population (2022 est.)

Gibraltar

8.76 deaths/1,000 population (2022 est.)

Greece

12.04 deaths/1,000 population (2022 est.)

Guernsey

9.17 deaths/1,000 population (2022 est.)

Holy See (Vatican City)

NA

Hungary

12.88 deaths/1,000 population (2022 est.)

Ireland

6.73 deaths/1,000 population (2022 est.)

Isle of Man

10.18 deaths/1,000 population (2022 est.)

Italy

11.31 deaths/1,000 population (2022 est.)

Jersey

7.75 deaths/1,000 population (2022 est.)

Kosovo

8.12 deaths/1,000 population (2022 est.)

Latvia

14.65 deaths/1,000 population (2022 est.)

Liechtenstein

7.98 deaths/1,000 population (2022 est.)

Lithuania

15.12 deaths/1,000 population (2022 est.)

Luxembourg

7.21 deaths/1,000 population (2022 est.)

Malta

8.48 deaths/1,000 population (2022 est.)

Moldova

12.47 deaths/1,000 population (2022 est.)

Monaco

10.7 deaths/1,000 population (2022 est.)

Montenegro

10.33 deaths/1,000 population (2022 est.)

Netherlands

9.24 deaths/1,000 population (2022 est.)

North Macedonia

9.61 deaths/1,000 population (2022 est.)

Norway

7.96 deaths/1,000 population (2022 est.)

Poland

10.71 deaths/1,000 population (2022 est.)

Portugal

10.9 deaths/1,000 population (2022 est.)

Romania

15.26 deaths/1,000 population (2022 est.)

San Marino

8.82 deaths/1,000 population (2022 est.)

Serbia

16.39 deaths/1,000 population (2022 est.)

Slovakia

10.13 deaths/1,000 population (2022 est.)

Slovenia

10.4 deaths/1,000 population (2022 est.)

Spain

10.22 deaths/1,000 population (2022 est.)

Sweden

9.46 deaths/1,000 population (2022 est.)

Switzerland

8.4 deaths/1,000 population (2022 est.)

Ukraine

13.77 deaths/1,000 population (2022 est.)

United Kingdom

9.07 deaths/1,000 population (2022 est.)

Middle East

19 entries

Akrotiri

NA

Bahrain

2.82 deaths/1,000 population (2022 est.)

Cyprus

6.94 deaths/1,000 population (2022 est.)

Dhekelia

NA

Gaza Strip

2.91 deaths/1,000 population (2022 est.)

Iran

5.17 deaths/1,000 population (2022 est.)

Iraq

3.9 deaths/1,000 population (2022 est.)

Israel

5.05 deaths/1,000 population (2022 est.)

Jordan

3.45 deaths/1,000 population (2022 est.)

Kuwait

2.25 deaths/1,000 population (2022 est.)

Lebanon

5.57 deaths/1,000 population (2022 est.)

Oman

3.23 deaths/1,000 population (2022 est.)

Qatar

1.42 deaths/1,000 population (2022 est.)

Saudi Arabia

3.42 deaths/1,000 population (2022 est.)

Syria

4.22 deaths/1,000 population (2022 est.)

Turkey (Turkiye) now Turkiye

6.05 deaths/1,000 population (2022 est.)

United Arab Emirates

1.56 deaths/1,000 population (2022 est.)

West Bank

3.4 deaths/1,000 population (2022 est.)

Yemen

5.62 deaths/1,000 population (2022 est.)

North America

6 entries

Bermuda

9.11 deaths/1,000 population (2022 est.)

Canada

8.12 deaths/1,000 population (2022 est.)

Clipperton Island

NA

Mexico

7.71 deaths/1,000 population (2022 est.)

Saint Pierre and Miquelon

11.22 deaths/1,000 population (2022 est.)

United States

8.38 deaths/1,000 population (2022 est.)

Oceania

27 entries

American Samoa

6.1 deaths/1,000 population (2022 est.)

Australia

6.77 deaths/1,000 population (2022 est.)

Cook Islands

9.1 deaths/1,000 population (2022 est.)

Coral Sea Islands

NA

Fiji

6.37 deaths/1,000 population (2022 est.)

French Polynesia

5.59 deaths/1,000 population (2022 est.)

Guam

6.03 deaths/1,000 population (2022 est.)

Kiribati

6.92 deaths/1,000 population (2022 est.)

Marshall Islands

4.28 deaths/1,000 population (2022 est.)

Micronesia, Federated States of now Federated States of Micronesia

4.19 deaths/1,000 population (2022 est.)

Nauru

6.32 deaths/1,000 population (2022 est.)

New Caledonia

5.88 deaths/1,000 population (2022 est.)

New Zealand

6.89 deaths/1,000 population (2022 est.)

Niue

(2021 est.) NA

Norfolk Island

NA

Northern Mariana Islands

5.44 deaths/1,000 population (2022 est.)

Palau

8.25 deaths/1,000 population (2022 est.)

Papua New Guinea

5.54 deaths/1,000 population (2022 est.)

Pitcairn Islands

NA

Samoa

5.37 deaths/1,000 population (2022 est.)

Solomon Islands

3.96 deaths/1,000 population (2022 est.)

Tonga

4.95 deaths/1,000 population (2022 est.)

Tuvalu

7.97 deaths/1,000 population (2022 est.)

United States Pacific Island Wildlife Refuges

NA

Vanuatu

3.98 deaths/1,000 population (2022 est.)

Wake Island

NA

Wallis and Futuna

5.79 deaths/1,000 population (2022 est.)

South America

13 entries

Argentina

7.32 deaths/1,000 population (2022 est.)

Bolivia

6.48 deaths/1,000 population (2022 est.)

Brazil

6.81 deaths/1,000 population (2022 est.)

Chile

6.52 deaths/1,000 population (2022 est.)

Colombia

7.73 deaths/1,000 population (2022 est.)

Ecuador

5.17 deaths/1,000 population (2022 est.)

Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas)

4.9 deaths/1,000 population (2012 est.)

Guyana

6.91 deaths/1,000 population (2022 est.)

Paraguay

4.87 deaths/1,000 population (2022 est.)

Peru

11.32 deaths/1,000 population (2022 est.)

Suriname

6.59 deaths/1,000 population (2022 est.)

Uruguay

9.18 deaths/1,000 population (2022 est.)

Venezuela

6.81 deaths/1,000 population (2022 est.)

Southeast Asia

19 entries

Ashmore and Cartier Islands

NA

Brunei

3.79 deaths/1,000 population (2022 est.)

Burma now Burma (Myanmar)

7.13 deaths/1,000 population (2022 est.)

Cambodia

5.76 deaths/1,000 population (2022 est.)

Christmas Island

NA

Cocos (Keeling) Islands

8.89 deaths/1,000 population (2021 est.)

Hong Kong

7.98 deaths/1,000 population (2022 est.)

Indonesia

6.75 deaths/1,000 population (2022 est.)

Laos

6.37 deaths/1,000 population (2022 est.)

Macau

4.72 deaths/1,000 population (2022 est.)

Malaysia

5.69 deaths/1,000 population (2022 est.)

Paracel Islands

NA

Philippines

6.41 deaths/1,000 population (2022 est.)

Singapore

4.04 deaths/1,000 population (2022 est.)

Spratly Islands

(2021 est.) NA

Taiwan

7.89 deaths/1,000 population (2022 est.)

Thailand

7.76 deaths/1,000 population (2022 est.)

Timor-Leste

5.61 deaths/1,000 population (2022 est.)

Vietnam

5.77 deaths/1,000 population (2022 est.)

Central Intelligence Agency. The World Factbook 2022, “Death rate”, all entries. Archived by The Factbook, thefactbook.org/fields/death-rate/2022.

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