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The map shows the indicator: Death rate (per 1,000 people). The data are for the different sovereign countries of the world.

Data source: The World Bank. The data correspond to the last date of registration provided by the source.

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Color of the countries with the lowest data: light red.

Color of the countries with the highest data: dark red.

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Definition (source World Bank):

Crude death rate indicates the number of deaths occurring during the year, per 1,000 population estimated at midyear. Subtracting the crude death rate from the crude birth rate provides the rate of natural increase, which is equal to the rate of population change in the absence of migration.

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Ranking of statistics – Death rate (per 1,000 people)

The 5 highest records for sovereign countries (1 per country) since 1960 :

1 - Cambodia - Death rate (per 1,000 people) was 54.44 in 1977
2 - Rwanda - Death rate (per 1,000 people) was 39.60 in 1992
3 - Mali - Death rate (per 1,000 people) was 36.84 in 1960
4 - Sierra Leone - Death rate (per 1,000 people) was 33.29 in 1960
5 - South Sudan - Death rate (per 1,000 people) was 32.46 in 1960

The 5 lowest records for sovereign countries (1 per country) since 1960 :

1 - United Arab Emirates - Death rate (per 1,000 people) was 1.48 in 2010
2 - Qatar - Death rate (per 1,000 people) was 1.48 in 2013
3 - Bahrain - Death rate (per 1,000 people) was 2.30 in 2012
4 - Kuwait - Death rate (per 1,000 people) was 2.68 in 1991
5 - Oman - Death rate (per 1,000 people) was 2.71 in 2013

Data table - Death rate (per 1,000 people)

Ranking	Country	Data	Date of information
1	Central African Republic	15.00	2013
2	Lesotho	14.99	2013
3	Ukraine	14.60	2013
4	Bulgaria	14.40	2013
5	Chad	14.37	2013
6	Latvia	14.30	2013
7	Swaziland	14.29	2013
8	Moldova	14.11	2013
9	Angola	14.02	2013
10	Serbia	14.00	2013
11	Lithuania	14.00	2013
12	Sierra Leone	13.95	2013
13	Côte d'Ivoire	13.77	2013
14	Belarus	13.20	2013
15	Nigeria	13.15	2013
16	South Africa	13.03	2013
17	Russia	13.00	2013
18	Hungary	12.80	2013
19	Romania	12.40	2013
20	Guinea-Bissau	12.32	2013
21	Somalia	12.27	2013
22	South Sudan	11.84	2013
23	Croatia	11.80	2013
24	Cameroon	11.74	2013
25	Mozambique	11.69	2013
26	Estonia	11.60	2013
27	Burundi	11.57	2013
28	Georgia	11.54	2013
29	Germany	11.10	2013
30	Palau	11.00	2013
31	Equatorial Guinea	10.96	2013
32	Mali	10.81	2013
33	Saint Kitts and Nevis	10.80	2002
34	Zimbabwe	10.68	2013
35	Democratic Republic of the Congo	10.55	2013
36	Barbados	10.51	2013
37	Montenegro	10.45	2013
38	Czech Republic	10.40	2013
39	Bosnia and Herzegovina	10.36	2013
40	Guinea	10.25	2013
41	Greece	10.20	2013
42	Portugal	10.20	2013
43	Poland	10.10	2013
44	Japan	10.10	2013
45	Italy	10.00	2013
46	Uganda	9.99	2013
47	Belgium	9.80	2013
48	Burkina Faso	9.79	2013
49	Slovakia	9.60	2013
50	Finland	9.50	2013
51	Niger	9.49	2013
52	Benin	9.48	2013
53	Austria	9.40	2013
54	Sweden	9.40	2013
55	Zambia	9.40	2013
56	Slovenia	9.40	2013
57	Uruguay	9.31	2013
58	Denmark	9.30	2013
59	Macedonia	9.30	2013
60	Trinidad and Tobago	9.29	2013
61	Togo	9.22	2013
62	North Korea	9.20	2013
63	Ghana	9.06	2013
64	Armenia	9.06	2013
65	United Kingdom	9.00	2013
66	Gabon	8.88	2013
67	Republic of the Congo	8.87	2013
68	Gambia	8.87	2013
69	Liberia	8.85	2013
70	Haiti	8.82	2013
71	France	8.70	2013
72	Djibouti	8.69	2013
73	Kenya	8.54	2013
74	Afghanistan	8.45	2013
75	Netherlands	8.40	2013
76	Malawi	8.38	2013
77	Spain	8.30	2013
78	Dominica	8.26	2010
79	Myanmar	8.25	2013
80	United States	8.20	2013
81	Norway	8.10	2013
82	Mauritania	8.05	2013
83	Guyana	8.04	2013
84	Switzerland	8.00	2013
85	Kazakhstan	7.98	2013
86	Sudan	7.88	2013
87	Turkmenistan	7.77	2013
88	Thailand	7.77	2013
89	Papua New Guinea	7.70	2013
90	Cuba	7.68	2013
91	Comoros	7.66	2013
92	Ethiopia	7.64	2013
93	Malta	7.60	2013
94	Argentina	7.58	2013
95	Bolivia	7.52	2013
96	Mauritius	7.50	2013
97	Pakistan	7.49	2013
98	Seychelles	7.40	2013
99	India	7.39	2013
100	Botswana	7.38	2013
101	Suriname	7.36	2013
102	Rwanda	7.28	2013
103	Namibia	7.21	2013
104	Grenada	7.21	2013
105	Canada	7.20	2013
106	San Marino	7.20	2012
107	China	7.20	2013
108	Tanzania	7.18	2013
109	Indonesia	7.16	2013
110	Saint Lucia	7.12	2013
111	Sri Lanka	7.06	2013
112	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	7.05	2013
113	Kiribati	7.03	2013
114	São Tomé and Príncipe	7.03	2013
115	Yemen	7.02	2013
116	Luxembourg	7.00	2013
117	Albania	6.91	2013
118	Laos	6.91	2013
119	Madagascar	6.84	2013
120	Cyprus	6.84	2013
121	Fiji	6.82	2013
122	Eritrea	6.81	2013
123	El Salvador	6.75	2013
124	Liechtenstein	6.70	2013
125	Iceland	6.70	2013
126	Philippines	6.68	2013
127	New Zealand	6.61	2013
128	Ireland	6.50	2013
129	Nepal	6.45	2013
130	Senegal	6.45	2013
131	Tunisia	6.30	2013
132	Australia	6.30	2013
133	Bhutan	6.25	2013
134	Cambodia	6.22	2013
135	Egypt	6.19	2013
136	Micronesia	6.18	2013
137	Mongolia	6.17	2013
138	Antigua and Barbuda	6.14	2013
139	Kyrgyzstan	6.10	2013
140	Bahamas	6.08	2013
141	Brazil	6.07	2013
142	Tonga	6.05	2013
143	Dominican Republic	6.05	2013
144	Solomon Islands	5.85	2013
145	Colombia	5.82	2013
146	Azerbaijan	5.80	2013
147	Morocco	5.74	2013
148	East Timor	5.72	2013
149	Vietnam	5.71	2013
150	Turkey	5.70	2013
151	Jamaica	5.70	2013
152	Tajikistan	5.65	2013
153	Paraguay	5.62	2013
154	Peru	5.62	2013
155	Belize	5.51	2013
156	Venezuela	5.49	2013
157	Bangladesh	5.46	2013
158	Cape Verde	5.46	2013
159	Samoa	5.41	2013
160	Guatemala	5.40	2013
161	South Korea	5.30	2013
162	Libya	5.28	2013
163	Iraq	5.17	2013
164	Ecuador	5.15	2013
165	Algeria	5.13	2013
166	Chile	5.11	2013
167	Israel	5.10	2013
168	Honduras	5.01	2013
169	Panama	4.99	2013
170	Malaysia	4.87	2013
171	Uzbekistan	4.80	2013
172	Costa Rica	4.77	2013
173	Vanuatu	4.76	2013
174	Nicaragua	4.76	2013
175	Mexico	4.76	2013
176	Iran	4.69	2013
177	Singapore	4.60	2013
178	Lebanon	4.43	2013
179	Syria	3.90	2013
180	Andorra	3.90	2012
181	Maldives	3.74	2013
182	Marshall Islands	3.70	2011
183	Jordan	3.69	2013
184	Saudi Arabia	3.39	2013
185	Brunei	2.98	2013
186	Kuwait	2.89	2013
187	Oman	2.71	2013
188	Bahrain	2.32	2013
189	United Arab Emirates	1.55	2013
190	Qatar	1.48	2013