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Countries by Death Rate 2026

🇻🇦 Vatican City has the highest death rate in the world at 24.7 deaths per 1,000 people, while 🇦🇪 United Arab Emirates has the lowest at 1.0 deaths per 1,000 people. 237 countries ranked, UN World Population Prospects 2024 data.

The crude death rate counts deaths per 1,000 residents per year. Counter-intuitively, many rich countries rank high: an old population has more deaths per capita even with excellent healthcare, which is why Japan's rate exceeds Kenya's. Read it together with median age and life expectancy.

Highest

24.7

🇻🇦 Vatican City

Median country

7.5

🇨🇮 Ivory Coast

Lowest

1.0

🇦🇪 United Arab Emirates

Countries ranked

237

2026 values

#	Country	Death rate (deaths per 1,000 people)	Population
1	🇻🇦 Vatican City	24.7	506
2	🇲🇨 Monaco	18.8	38,087
3	🇸🇭 Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha	17.3	5,148
4	🇻🇮 United States 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	🇲🇸 Montserrat	13.6	4,328
15	🇷🇴 Romania	13.6	18,800,605
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	🇩🇲 Dominica	12.4	65,511
24	🇪🇪 Estonia	12.4	1,331,062
25	🇵🇼 Palau	12.2	17,614
26	🇬🇪 Georgia	11.8	3,804,642
27	🇻🇨 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	11.6	99,244
28	🇲🇪 Montenegro	11.6	626,233
29	🇳🇬 Nigeria	11.5	242,431,832
30	🇵🇹 Portugal	11.4	10,395,362
31	🇮🇹 Italy	11.4	58,926,166
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	🇮🇲 Isle of Man	10.9	84,054
37	🇵🇷 Puerto Rico	10.9	3,222,688
38	🇲🇶 Martinique	10.9	337,711
39	🇯🇪 Jersey	10.9	104,106
40	🇫🇮 Finland	10.9	5,621,739
41	🇨🇺 Cuba	10.6	10,892,659
42	🇬🇱 Greenland	10.6	55,629
43	🇸🇮 Slovenia	10.5	2,114,574
44	🇸🇰 Slovakia	10.5	5,451,342
45	🇨🇰 Cook Islands	10.4	12,826
46	🇲🇫 Saint Martin	10.4	23,898
47	🇧🇧 Barbados	10.4	282,724
48	🇨🇼 Curaçao	10.4	185,440
49	🇦🇹 Austria	10.3	9,107,266
50	🇦🇼 Aruba	10.2	108,164
51	🇱🇸 Lesotho	10.2	2,389,336
52	🇬🇵 Guadeloupe	10.1	372,453
53	🇰🇳 Saint Kitts and Nevis	10.1	46,992
54	🇰🇵 North Korea	10.1	26,633,691
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	🇬🇬 Guernsey	9.6	64,610
62	🇫🇴 Faroe Islands	9.6	56,526
63	🇫🇯 Fiji	9.6	937,282
64	🇸🇴 Somalia	9.6	20,305,907
65	🇦🇲 Armenia	9.5	2,930,915
66	🇫🇷 France	9.5	66,746,401
67	🇹🇻 Tuvalu	9.4	9,362
68	🇲🇺 Mauritius	9.4	1,265,059
69	🇧🇲 Bermuda	9.3	64,459
70	🇿🇦 South Africa	9.3	65,453,084
71	🇲🇲 Myanmar	9.3	55,184,819
72	🇳🇱 Netherlands	9.3	18,448,775
73	🇹🇭 Thailand	9.3	71,559,614
74	🇹🇹 Trinidad and Tobago	9.2	1,513,268
75	🇨🇫 Central African Republic	9.1	5,698,984
76	🇸🇪 Sweden	9.1	10,701,046
77	🇹🇼 Taiwan	9.1	23,011,292
78	🇬🇩 Grenada	9.0	117,362
79	🇧🇸 Bahamas	9.0	404,628
80	🇺🇸 United States	9.0	349,035,494
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	🇧🇶 Caribbean Netherlands	8.6	31,913
87	🇧🇯 Benin	8.6	15,170,420
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	🇲🇱 Mali	8.2	25,932,275
93	🇨🇩 DR Congo	8.2	116,452,162
94	🇨🇦 Canada	8.2	40,467,728
95	🇱🇮 Liechtenstein	8.1	40,368
96	🇨🇳 China	8.1	1,412,914,089
97	🇸🇨 Seychelles	8.1	134,959
98	🇸🇱 Sierra Leone	8.1	8,996,744
99	🇫🇰 Falkland Islands	8.0	3,465
100	🇭🇰 Hong Kong	8.0	7,378,602
101	🇱🇷 Liberia	7.9	5,853,949
102	🇻🇪 Venezuela	7.9	28,633,711
103	🇲🇹 Malta	7.9	549,011
104	🇫🇲 Micronesia	7.9	114,182
105	🇦🇷 Argentina	7.9	46,003,734
106	🇳🇴 Norway	7.8	5,652,989
107	🇭🇹 Haiti	7.8	12,037,506
108	🇮🇩 Indonesia	7.8	287,886,782
109	🇸🇿 Eswatini	7.8	1,269,859
110	🇧🇫 Burkina Faso	7.8	24,601,700
111	🇬🇶 Equatorial Guinea	7.8	1,984,468
112	🇦🇸 American Samoa	7.7	45,318
113	🇳🇷 Nauru	7.7	12,101
114	🇬🇾 Guyana	7.6	840,890
115	🇹🇬 Togo	7.6	9,930,918
116	🇳🇿 New Zealand	7.6	5,287,479
117	🇩🇯 Djibouti	7.5	1,199,459
118	🇸🇻 El Salvador	7.5	6,391,254
119	🇨🇮 Ivory Coast	7.5	33,494,346
120	🇲🇭 Marshall Islands	7.5	35,075
121	🇰🇷 South Korea	7.5	51,600,388
122	🇹🇨 Turks and Caicos Islands	7.4	47,148
123	🇱🇺 Luxembourg	7.4	687,448
124	🇲🇬 Madagascar	7.4	33,522,052
125	🇧🇷 Brazil	7.3	213,562,666
126	🇿🇼 Zimbabwe	7.3	17,273,580
127	🇱🇰 Sri Lanka	7.3	23,348,315
128	🇦🇬 Antigua and Barbuda	7.2	94,626
129	🇧🇴 Bolivia	7.2	12,749,291
130	🇰🇪 Kenya	7.1	58,636,412
131	🇬🇺 Guam	7.1	170,185
132	🇹🇱 Timor-Leste	7.1	1,436,923
133	🇰🇮 Kiribati	7.1	138,445
134	🇨🇾 Cyprus	7.1	1,382,334
135	🇮🇪 Ireland	7.0	5,356,950
136	🇳🇵 Nepal	7.0	29,629,410
137	🇸🇷 Suriname	7.0	645,256
138	🇬🇭 Ghana	7.0	35,697,557
139	🇦🇮 Anguilla	7.0	14,817
140	🇬🇼 Guinea-Bissau	6.9	2,297,808
141	🇰🇲 Comoros	6.9	899,010
142	🇦🇺 Australia	6.9	27,227,096
143	🇦🇿 Azerbaijan	6.9	10,454,855
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	🇲🇿 Mozambique	6.7	36,639,850
149	🇬🇮 Gibraltar	6.7	40,867
150	🇮🇳 India	6.7	1,476,625,576
151	🇦🇴 Angola	6.7	40,215,180
152	🇮🇸 Iceland	6.7	402,329
153	🇧🇱 Saint Barthélemy	6.6	11,550
154	🇵🇬 Papua New Guinea	6.6	10,947,848
155	🇪🇭 Western Sahara	6.6	610,813
156	🇵🇭 Philippines	6.6	117,724,472
157	🇧🇮 Burundi	6.6	14,729,157
158	🇰🇭 Cambodia	6.6	18,051,219
159	🇹🇴 Tonga	6.5	103,291
160	🇹🇷 Türkiye	6.4	87,926,082
161	🇩🇴 Dominican Republic	6.4	11,609,500
162	🇵🇰 Pakistan	6.4	259,299,792
163	🇳🇨 New Caledonia	6.4	297,892
164	🇲🇽 Mexico	6.3	132,997,658
165	🇦🇩 Andorra	6.3	83,753
166	🇹🇳 Tunisia	6.3	12,415,138
167	🇻🇬 British Virgin Islands	6.3	39,936
168	🇽🇰 Kosovo	6.3	1,666,992
169	🇼🇸 Samoa	6.2	220,528
170	🇸🇩 Sudan	6.2	53,282,719
171	🇳🇦 Namibia	6.2	3,153,246
172	🇱🇧 Lebanon	6.2	5,897,467
173	🇬🇲 Gambia	6.2	2,884,079
174	🇨🇬 Congo	6.2	6,637,786
175	🇱🇦 Laos	6.2	7,974,018
176	🇬🇦 Gabon	6.1	2,647,400
177	🇰🇬 Kyrgyzstan	6.1	7,400,464
178	🇺🇿 Uzbekistan	6.1	37,724,223
179	🇧🇹 Bhutan	6.0	802,214
180	🇲🇳 Mongolia	6.0	3,556,798
181	🇷🇪 Réunion	5.9	886,298
182	🇹🇲 Turkmenistan	5.9	7,736,632
183	🇲🇦 Morocco	5.9	38,762,441
184	🇪🇷 Eritrea	5.9	3,682,669
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	🇵🇪 Peru	5.7	34,922,148
190	🇪🇹 Ethiopia	5.7	138,902,185
191	🇨🇴 Colombia	5.6	53,936,226
192	🇪🇬 Egypt	5.6	120,101,175
193	🇹🇿 Tanzania	5.6	72,563,780
194	🇮🇱 Israel	5.6	9,647,689
195	🇧🇳 Brunei	5.6	469,775
196	🇹🇰 Tokelau	5.6	2,691
197	🇲🇵 Northern Mariana Islands	5.5	42,914
198	🇦🇫 Afghanistan	5.5	45,047,068
199	🇲🇾 Malaysia	5.5	36,385,115
200	🇸🇹 São Tomé and Príncipe	5.4	244,994
201	🇸🇳 Senegal	5.4	19,366,548
202	🇪🇨 Ecuador	5.3	18,444,506
203	🇲🇷 Mauritania	5.2	5,461,319
204	🇸🇬 Singapore	5.2	5,905,748
205	🇨🇻 Cape Verde	5.2	529,630
206	🇲🇼 Malawi	5.2	22,785,535
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	🇰🇾 Cayman Islands	5.0	77,196
212	🇸🇧 Solomon Islands	5.0	858,288
213	🇲🇴 Macau	5.0	723,188
214	🇮🇷 Iran	4.9	93,168,497
215	🇬🇹 Guatemala	4.9	18,967,978
216	🇻🇺 Vanuatu	4.9	342,564
217	🇱🇾 Libya	4.9	7,539,852
218	🇬🇫 French Guiana	4.8	318,872
219	🇸🇾 Syria	4.8	26,472,497
220	🇳🇮 Nicaragua	4.7	7,097,329
221	🇩🇿 Algeria	4.7	48,028,334
222	🇺🇬 Uganda	4.7	52,761,470
223	🇹🇯 Tajikistan	4.6	10,978,598
224	🇾🇪 Yemen	4.6	42,961,653
225	🇭🇳 Honduras	4.6	11,184,760
226	🇮🇶 Iraq	4.2	48,007,437
227	🇵🇫 French Polynesia	4.1	283,076
228	🇯🇴 Jordan	3.3	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	🇶🇦 Qatar	1.0	3,173,559
237	🇦🇪 United Arab Emirates	1.0	11,574,682

FAQ

Which country has the highest death rate in the world?

Vatican City has the highest death rate in the world at 24.7 deaths per 1,000 people (2026, UN World Population Prospects 2024).

Which country has the lowest death rate?

United Arab Emirates has the lowest death rate at 1.0 deaths per 1,000 people (2026).

Source: UN World Population Prospects 2024, medium variant, 2026 values. Retrieved 2026-07-07.

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