Death Rate by Country in 2026

2026 medium projection

The crude death rate counts deaths relative to the whole population. Because older people are more likely to die, the highest rates are usually found in the oldest populations, not the least healthy ones.

Countries and areas: 237
Highest-ranked: Vatican City24.7
Rank 10: Lithuania14.2
End of table: United Arab Emirates1.0

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The UN series provides historical estimates through 2023. Figures from 2024 onward—including 2026—are medium-scenario projections, not counts or predictions guaranteed to occur.

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Death Rate by Country in 2026
Rank	Country or area	Region	Deaths per 1,000	Median age
1	Vatican City	Europe	24.7	56.2 years
2	Monaco	Europe	18.8	53.1 years
3	Saint Helena	Africa	17.3	51.0 years
4	United States Virgin Islands	Latin America and the Caribbean	15.5	44.9 years
5	Bulgaria	Europe	15.3	45.0 years
6	Niue	Oceania	14.9	35.1 years
7	Latvia	Europe	14.8	43.8 years
8	Saint Pierre and Miquelon	Northern America	14.4	47.6 years
9	Serbia	Europe	14.3	44.7 years
10	Lithuania	Europe	14.2	42.6 years
10	Moldova	Europe	14.2	39.1 years
12	Croatia	Europe	14.0	45.5 years
13	Bosnia and Herzegovina	Europe	13.7	46.1 years
14	Montserrat	Latin America and the Caribbean	13.6	41.8 years
14	Romania	Europe	13.6	43.5 years
16	Hungary	Europe	13.4	44.2 years
17	Belarus	Europe	13.3	41.8 years
17	Ukraine	Europe	13.3	41.8 years
19	Russia	Europe	13.0	40.7 years
20	Japan	Asia	12.8	50.2 years
21	Greece	Europe	12.6	47.1 years
22	Germany	Europe	12.5	45.7 years
23	Dominica	Latin America and the Caribbean	12.4	36.6 years
23	Estonia	Europe	12.4	43.2 years
25	Palau	Oceania	12.2	38.9 years
26	Georgia	Asia	11.8	37.6 years
27	Montenegro	Europe	11.6	40.4 years
27	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	Latin America and the Caribbean	11.6	34.7 years
29	Nigeria	Africa	11.5	18.3 years
30	Italy	Europe	11.4	48.6 years
30	Portugal	Europe	11.4	47.2 years
32	North Macedonia	Europe	11.3	41.4 years
33	Czechia	Europe	11.2	44.3 years
34	Poland	Europe	11.1	43.0 years
35	Chad	Africa	10.9	15.7 years
35	Finland	Europe	10.9	43.4 years
35	Isle of Man	Europe	10.9	46.3 years
35	Jersey	Europe	10.9	43.9 years
35	Martinique	Latin America and the Caribbean	10.9	50.2 years
35	Puerto Rico	Latin America and the Caribbean	10.9	46.2 years
41	Cuba	Latin America and the Caribbean	10.6	42.5 years
41	Greenland	Northern America	10.6	35.5 years
43	Slovakia	Europe	10.5	42.8 years
43	Slovenia	Europe	10.5	45.0 years
45	Barbados	Latin America and the Caribbean	10.4	39.7 years
45	Cook Islands	Oceania	10.4	38.1 years
45	Curaçao	Latin America and the Caribbean	10.4	39.0 years
45	Saint Martin (French part)	Latin America and the Caribbean	10.4	43.9 years
49	Austria	Europe	10.3	43.9 years
50	Aruba	Latin America and the Caribbean	10.2	41.7 years
50	Lesotho	Africa	10.2	22.1 years
52	Guadeloupe	Latin America and the Caribbean	10.1	47.4 years
52	North Korea	Asia	10.1	36.8 years
52	Saint Kitts and Nevis	Latin America and the Caribbean	10.1	36.5 years
55	Uruguay	Latin America and the Caribbean	10.0	36.7 years
56	South Sudan	Africa	9.9	19.0 years
57	Belgium	Europe	9.8	42.1 years
57	Denmark	Europe	9.8	41.3 years
59	United Kingdom	Europe	9.7	40.2 years
60	Faroe Islands	Europe	9.6	37.1 years
60	Fiji	Oceania	9.6	28.3 years
60	Guernsey	Europe	9.6	44.5 years
60	Somalia	Africa	9.6	15.6 years
60	Spain	Europe	9.6	46.3 years
65	Armenia	Asia	9.5	37.2 years
65	France	Europe	9.5	42.5 years
67	Mauritius	Africa	9.4	38.3 years
67	Tuvalu	Oceania	9.4	24.1 years
69	Bermuda	Northern America	9.3	46.4 years
69	Myanmar	Asia	9.3	30.4 years
69	Netherlands	Europe	9.3	41.5 years
69	South Africa	Africa	9.3	28.9 years
69	Thailand	Asia	9.3	41.0 years
74	Trinidad and Tobago	Latin America and the Caribbean	9.2	38.2 years
75	Central African Republic	Africa	9.1	14.6 years
75	Sweden	Europe	9.1	40.4 years
75	Taiwan	Asia	9.1	45.4 years
78	Bahamas	Latin America and the Caribbean	9.0	35.7 years
78	Grenada	Latin America and the Caribbean	9.0	34.9 years
78	United States	Northern America	9.0	38.7 years
81	Saint Lucia	Latin America and the Caribbean	8.9	35.1 years
82	Albania	Europe	8.8	37.8 years
82	Guinea	Africa	8.8	18.5 years
84	San Marino	Europe	8.7	49.1 years
84	Sint Maarten (Dutch part)	Latin America and the Caribbean	8.7	42.0 years
86	Benin	Africa	8.6	18.2 years
86	Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba	Latin America and the Caribbean	8.6	39.7 years
88	Jamaica	Latin America and the Caribbean	8.5	33.3 years
88	Switzerland	Europe	8.5	43.2 years
88	Wallis and Futuna Islands	Oceania	8.5	38.6 years
91	Niger	Africa	8.4	15.7 years
92	Canada	Northern America	8.2	40.8 years
92	Democratic Republic of the Congo	Africa	8.2	15.9 years
92	Mali	Africa	8.2	15.9 years
95	China	Asia	8.1	40.6 years
95	Liechtenstein	Europe	8.1	44.7 years
95	Seychelles	Africa	8.1	34.6 years
95	Sierra Leone	Africa	8.1	19.9 years
99	Falkland Islands (Malvinas)	Latin America and the Caribbean	8.0	43.4 years
99	Hong Kong	Asia	8.0	47.9 years
101	Argentina	Latin America and the Caribbean	7.9	33.3 years
101	Liberia	Africa	7.9	19.0 years
101	Malta	Europe	7.9	41.5 years
101	Micronesia	Oceania	7.9	23.5 years
101	Venezuela	Latin America and the Caribbean	7.9	29.5 years
106	Burkina Faso	Africa	7.8	18.0 years
106	Equatorial Guinea	Africa	7.8	20.9 years
106	Eswatini	Africa	7.8	22.7 years
106	Haiti	Latin America and the Caribbean	7.8	24.3 years
106	Indonesia	Asia	7.8	30.7 years
106	Norway	Europe	7.8	40.1 years
112	American Samoa	Oceania	7.7	29.1 years
112	Nauru	Oceania	7.7	20.2 years
114	Guyana	Latin America and the Caribbean	7.6	26.5 years
114	New Zealand	Oceania	7.6	38.0 years
114	Togo	Africa	7.6	19.2 years
117	Djibouti	Africa	7.5	25.2 years
117	El Salvador	Latin America and the Caribbean	7.5	28.4 years
117	Ivory Coast	Africa	7.5	18.5 years
117	Marshall Islands	Oceania	7.5	20.5 years
117	South Korea	Asia	7.5	46.2 years
122	Luxembourg	Europe	7.4	39.7 years
122	Madagascar	Africa	7.4	19.4 years
122	Turks and Caicos Islands	Latin America and the Caribbean	7.4	39.6 years
125	Brazil	Latin America and the Caribbean	7.3	35.2 years
125	Sri Lanka	Asia	7.3	33.6 years
125	Zimbabwe	Africa	7.3	18.3 years
128	Antigua and Barbuda	Latin America and the Caribbean	7.2	36.7 years
128	Bolivia	Latin America and the Caribbean	7.2	25.5 years
130	Cyprus	Asia	7.1	39.1 years
130	Guam	Oceania	7.1	31.6 years
130	Kenya	Africa	7.1	20.3 years
130	Kiribati	Oceania	7.1	23.0 years
130	Timor-Leste	Asia	7.1	22.1 years
135	Anguilla	Latin America and the Caribbean	7.0	39.1 years
135	Ghana	Africa	7.0	21.6 years
135	Ireland	Europe	7.0	39.2 years
135	Nepal	Asia	7.0	25.7 years
135	Suriname	Latin America and the Caribbean	7.0	28.9 years
140	Australia	Oceania	6.9	38.5 years
140	Azerbaijan	Asia	6.9	34.1 years
140	Comoros	Africa	6.9	20.7 years
140	Guinea-Bissau	Africa	6.9	19.6 years
144	Cameroon	Africa	6.8	18.2 years
144	Chile	Latin America and the Caribbean	6.8	37.4 years
144	Kazakhstan	Asia	6.8	29.7 years
144	Vietnam	Asia	6.8	33.9 years
148	Angola	Africa	6.7	16.7 years
148	Gibraltar	Europe	6.7	38.8 years
148	Iceland	Europe	6.7	36.6 years
148	India	Asia	6.7	29.2 years
148	Mozambique	Africa	6.7	16.6 years
153	Burundi	Africa	6.6	16.6 years
153	Cambodia	Asia	6.6	26.4 years
153	Papua New Guinea	Oceania	6.6	23.0 years
153	Philippines	Asia	6.6	26.6 years
153	Saint Barthélemy	Latin America and the Caribbean	6.6	39.1 years
153	Western Sahara	Africa	6.6	32.8 years
159	Tonga	Oceania	6.5	21.0 years
160	Dominican Republic	Latin America and the Caribbean	6.4	28.7 years
160	New Caledonia	Oceania	6.4	34.8 years
160	Pakistan	Asia	6.4	20.8 years
160	Turkey	Asia	6.4	33.9 years
164	Andorra	Europe	6.3	44.2 years
164	British Virgin Islands	Latin America and the Caribbean	6.3	39.1 years
164	Kosovo	Europe	6.3	33.2 years
164	Mexico	Latin America and the Caribbean	6.3	30.0 years
164	Tunisia	Africa	6.3	33.4 years
169	Gambia	Africa	6.2	18.8 years
169	Laos	Asia	6.2	25.3 years
169	Lebanon	Asia	6.2	29.0 years
169	Namibia	Africa	6.2	21.5 years
169	Republic of the Congo	Africa	6.2	18.7 years
169	Samoa	Oceania	6.2	19.8 years
169	Sudan	Africa	6.2	18.8 years
176	Gabon	Africa	6.1	21.6 years
176	Kyrgyzstan	Asia	6.1	25.5 years
176	Uzbekistan	Asia	6.1	27.0 years
179	Bhutan	Asia	6.0	31.0 years
179	Mongolia	Asia	6.0	27.0 years
181	Eritrea	Africa	5.9	19.5 years
181	Morocco	Africa	5.9	30.1 years
181	Réunion	Africa	5.9	38.4 years
181	Turkmenistan	Asia	5.9	27.3 years
185	Botswana	Africa	5.8	23.7 years
185	Costa Rica	Latin America and the Caribbean	5.8	35.7 years
185	Paraguay	Latin America and the Caribbean	5.8	27.3 years
185	Rwanda	Africa	5.8	20.2 years
189	Ethiopia	Africa	5.7	19.3 years
189	Peru	Latin America and the Caribbean	5.7	30.5 years
191	Brunei	Asia	5.6	33.2 years
191	Colombia	Latin America and the Caribbean	5.6	33.0 years
191	Egypt	Africa	5.6	24.7 years
191	Israel	Asia	5.6	29.3 years
191	Tanzania	Africa	5.6	17.6 years
191	Tokelau	Oceania	5.6	27.6 years
197	Afghanistan	Asia	5.5	17.4 years
197	Malaysia	Asia	5.5	31.4 years
197	Northern Mariana Islands	Oceania	5.5	38.8 years
200	Sao Tome and Principe	Africa	5.4	19.7 years
200	Senegal	Africa	5.4	19.8 years
202	Ecuador	Latin America and the Caribbean	5.3	29.7 years
203	Cabo Verde	Africa	5.2	29.5 years
203	Malawi	Africa	5.2	18.4 years
203	Mauritania	Africa	5.2	17.5 years
203	Singapore	Asia	5.2	36.8 years
207	Bangladesh	Asia	5.1	26.3 years
207	Belize	Latin America and the Caribbean	5.1	27.3 years
207	Zambia	Africa	5.1	18.2 years
210	Cayman Islands	Latin America and the Caribbean	5.0	39.1 years
210	Macao	Asia	5.0	40.3 years
210	Panama	Latin America and the Caribbean	5.0	30.6 years
210	Solomon Islands	Oceania	5.0	20.9 years
214	Guatemala	Latin America and the Caribbean	4.9	23.8 years
214	Iran	Asia	4.9	34.5 years
214	Libya	Africa	4.9	28.0 years
214	Vanuatu	Oceania	4.9	20.3 years
218	French Guiana	Latin America and the Caribbean	4.8	24.9 years
218	Syria	Asia	4.8	23.8 years
220	Algeria	Africa	4.7	28.8 years
220	Nicaragua	Latin America and the Caribbean	4.7	26.3 years
220	Uganda	Africa	4.7	17.1 years
223	Honduras	Latin America and the Caribbean	4.6	24.6 years
223	Tajikistan	Asia	4.6	22.4 years
223	Yemen	Asia	4.6	18.5 years
226	Iraq	Asia	4.2	21.1 years
227	French Polynesia	Oceania	4.1	36.7 years
228	Jordan	Asia	3.3	24.9 years
229	State of Palestine	Asia	2.9	20.3 years
230	Mayotte	Africa	2.6	17.3 years
231	Maldives	Asia	2.5	33.4 years
232	Saudi Arabia	Asia	2.3	29.7 years
233	Bahrain	Asia	2.2	33.4 years
234	Oman	Asia	1.9	29.8 years
235	Kuwait	Asia	1.8	34.8 years
236	Qatar	Asia	1.0	33.4 years
236	United Arab Emirates	Asia	1.0	31.6 years

What this ranking measures—and what it does not

Definition

Deaths during the year per 1,000 people in the mid-year population. It is not age-standardised, so it reflects both mortality risk and how many people are at older ages.

Why it matters

Together with the birth rate it gives natural change, the part of growth or decline that comes from births and deaths rather than migration.

Read with care

Do not use the crude death rate to compare health. Countries with young populations can have low crude death rates despite much lower life expectancy; compare life expectancy for that.

What stands out in this comparison

Vatican City leads with 24.7, while Lithuania is at rank 10 with 14.2. At the other end of the complete table, United Arab Emirates has 1.0.

Those positions describe this particular indicator, definition, and reference period. They do not imply that every country near the top has the same population pyramid or demographic path. Open the profiles to compare the underlying cohorts.

First five

Vatican City — rank 1, 24.7; median age 56.2 years.
Monaco — rank 2, 18.8; median age 53.1 years.
Saint Helena — rank 3, 17.3; median age 51.0 years.
United States Virgin Islands — rank 4, 15.5; median age 44.9 years.
Bulgaria — rank 5, 15.3; median age 45.0 years.

Other end of the table

United Arab Emirates — rank 236, 1.0; median age 31.6 years.
Qatar — rank 236, 1.0; median age 33.4 years.
Kuwait — rank 235, 1.8; median age 34.8 years.
Oman — rank 234, 1.9; median age 29.8 years.
Bahrain — rank 233, 2.2; median age 33.4 years.

Questions about this ranking

Which country or area ranks first for deaths per 1,000?

Vatican City ranks first in this comparison with 24.7. The table uses 2026 medium projection from UN World Population Prospects 2024.

Which values are estimates and which are projections?

In World Population Prospects 2024, historical estimates run through 2023 and values from 2024 onward are projections. The peak-year table labels historical and projected results separately.

Why might another source show a different rank?

Sources can use different reference dates, revisions, country definitions, estimation methods, or projection scenarios. Close ranks can also change after revisions.