Countries by Death Rate — Full List 2026

Name: Countries by Death Rate 2025
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Which countries have the highest death rates? This ranking shows deaths per 1,000 population for every country, reflecting aging populations, healthcare access, and disease prevalence.

230 countries ranked·Source: CIA World Factbook·Last updated: 2025

#	Country	Region	Death Rate (per 1,000)
1	Ukraine	Europe	17.6
2	Latvia	Europe	14.7
3	Serbia	Europe	14.7
4	Hungary	Europe	14.4
5	Romania	Europe	14.3
6	Bulgaria	Europe	14.2
7	Lithuania	Europe	14.1
8	Moldova	Europe	14.1
9	Russia	Central Asia	13.9
10	Belarus	Europe	13.2
11	Georgia	Middle East	12.9
12	Croatia	Europe	12.9
13	Estonia	Europe	12.6
14	Bosnia and Herzegovina	Europe	12.3
15	Japan	East and Southeast Asia	12.0
16	Greece	Europe	12.0
17	Germany	Europe	12.0
18	Barbados	Central America and Caribbean	12.0
19	Saint Pierre and Miquelon	North America	11.8
20	Czechia	Europe	11.8
21	Poland	Europe	11.6
22	Cuba	Central America and Caribbean	11.4
23	Monaco	Europe	11.4
24	Somalia	Africa	11.2
25	Italy	Europe	11.2
26	Slovenia	Europe	11.2
27	Slovakia	Europe	11.2
28	Central African Republic	Africa	11.0
29	Finland	Europe	11.0
30	Portugal	Europe	10.9
31	Denmark	Europe	10.6
32	Puerto Rico	Central America and Caribbean	10.5
33	Montenegro	Europe	10.3
34	Austria	Europe	10.2
35	Lesotho	Africa	10.2
36	Isle of Man	Europe	10.2
37	Spain	Europe	10.0
38	France	Europe	9.9
39	Uruguay	South America	9.9
40	Peru	South America	9.8
41	Saint Barthelemy	Central America and Caribbean	9.8
42	Netherlands	Europe	9.7
43	Sweden	Europe	9.6
44	North Macedonia	Europe	9.6
45	Armenia	Middle East	9.6
46	Belgium	Europe	9.6
47	Cook Islands	Australia-Oceania	9.5
48	Virgin Islands	Central America and Caribbean	9.4
49	Nigeria	Africa	9.4
50	Bermuda	North America	9.4

51	Mozambique	Africa	9.3
52	Greenland	North America	9.3
53	United Kingdom	Europe	9.3
54	Niger	Africa	9.2
55	Guernsey	Europe	9.2
56	Mauritius	Africa	9.1
57	North Korea	East and Southeast Asia	9.0
58	Curacao	Central America and Caribbean	8.9
59	San Marino	Europe	8.9
60	Cocos (Keeling) Islands	Australia-Oceania	8.9
61	Aruba	Central America and Caribbean	8.8
62	Equatorial Guinea	Africa	8.8
63	Sierra Leone	Africa	8.8
64	United States	North America	8.8
65	Chad	Africa	8.8
66	Gibraltar	Europe	8.7
67	India	South Asia	8.7
68	Trinidad and Tobago	Central America and Caribbean	8.7
69	Malta	Europe	8.7
70	South Sudan	Africa	8.7
71	Switzerland	Europe	8.6
72	Norway	Europe	8.6
73	Faroe Islands	Europe	8.6
74	Saint Helena, Ascension, and Tristan da Cunha	Africa	8.6
75	Palau	Australia-Oceania	8.5
76	Saint Lucia	Central America and Caribbean	8.4
77	Grenada	Central America and Caribbean	8.4
78	Eswatini	Africa	8.3
79	Liechtenstein	Europe	8.2
80	Taiwan	East and Southeast Asia	8.2
81	Liberia	Africa	8.2
82	Hong Kong	East and Southeast Asia	8.2
83	Dominica	Central America and Caribbean	8.2
84	Andorra	Europe	8.1
85	Kazakhstan	Central Asia	8.1
86	Thailand	East and Southeast Asia	8.1
87	China	East and Southeast Asia	8.0
88	Argentina	South America	7.9
89	Albania	Europe	7.9
90	Mali	Africa	7.9
91	Jersey	Europe	7.8
92	Tuvalu	Australia-Oceania	7.8
93	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	Central America and Caribbean	7.8
94	Canada	North America	7.8
95	Western Sahara	Africa	7.7
96	Guinea	Africa	7.7
97	Sri Lanka	South Asia	7.7
98	Benin	Africa	7.5
99	Ireland	Europe	7.4
100	Saint Kitts and Nevis	Central America and Caribbean	7.4
101	Jamaica	Central America and Caribbean	7.4
102	DRC	Africa	7.4
103	Burkina Faso	Africa	7.2
104	Burma	East and Southeast Asia	7.2
105	Ecuador	South America	7.1
106	Cyprus	Europe	7.1
107	Brazil	South America	7.1
108	Guyana	South America	7.0
109	Seychelles	Africa	7.0
110	Djibouti	Africa	7.0
111	Haiti	Central America and Caribbean	7.0
112	Guinea-Bissau	Africa	7.0
113	The Dominican	Central America and Caribbean	7.0
114	Colombia	South America	7.0
115	South Korea	East and Southeast Asia	6.9
116	Côte d'Ivoire	Africa	6.9
117	New Zealand	Australia-Oceania	6.9
118	Kiribati	Australia-Oceania	6.9
119	Kosovo	Europe	6.9
120	Timor-Leste	East and Southeast Asia	6.9
121	Indonesia	East and Southeast Asia	6.8
122	Australia	Australia-Oceania	6.8
123	Botswana	Africa	6.8
124	Chile	South America	6.8
125	Suriname	South America	6.7
126	Cameroon	Africa	6.7
127	Angola	Africa	6.7
128	Luxembourg	Europe	6.7
129	Morocco	Africa	6.7
130	Iceland	Europe	6.6
131	Sint Maarten	Central America and Caribbean	6.6
132	Fiji	Australia-Oceania	6.6
133	South Africa	Africa	6.6
134	Nauru	Australia-Oceania	6.5
135	Venezuela	South America	6.5
136	Azerbaijan	Middle East	6.4
137	Eritrea	Africa	6.4
138	Zimbabwe	Africa	6.4
139	Tunisia	Africa	6.4
140	American Samoa	Australia-Oceania	6.4
141	Comoros	Africa	6.4
142	Namibia	Africa	6.4
143	Cayman Islands	Central America and Caribbean	6.2
144	Lebanon	Middle East	6.2
145	Yemen	Middle East	6.2
146	Turkey	Middle East	6.2
147	Montserrat	Central America and Caribbean	6.2
148	Guam	Australia-Oceania	6.2
149	Wallis and Futuna	Australia-Oceania	6.1
150	Laos	East and Southeast Asia	6.1
151	Bangladesh	South Asia	6.0
152	Mexico	North America	6.0
153	New Caledonia	Australia-Oceania	6.0
154	Sudan	Africa	6.0
155	Bolivia	South America	6.0
156	Kyrgyzstan	Central Asia	6.0
157	Turkmenistan	Central Asia	6.0
158	Madagascar	Africa	6.0
159	El Salvador	Central America and Caribbean	5.9
160	Northern Mariana Islands	Australia-Oceania	5.9
161	Sao Tome and Principe	Africa	5.8
162	French Polynesia	Australia-Oceania	5.8
163	Vietnam	East and Southeast Asia	5.8
164	Malaysia	East and Southeast Asia	5.8
165	Philippines	East and Southeast Asia	5.8
166	Afghanistan	South Asia	5.8
167	Pakistan	South Asia	5.8
168	Antigua and Barbuda	Central America and Caribbean	5.8
169	Bhutan	South Asia	5.8
170	Ghana	Africa	5.7
171	Cabo Verde	Africa	5.7
172	Nepal	South Asia	5.6
173	Cambodia	East and Southeast Asia	5.6
174	Ethiopia	Africa	5.6
175	British Virgin Islands	Central America and Caribbean	5.6
176	The Gambia	Africa	5.5
177	Burundi	Africa	5.5
178	Panama	Central America and Caribbean	5.5
179	Gabon	Africa	5.4
180	The Bahamas	Central America and Caribbean	5.4
181	Samoa	Australia-Oceania	5.4
182	Papua New Guinea	East and Southeast Asia	5.4
183	Mongolia	East and Southeast Asia	5.3
184	Costa Rica	Central America and Caribbean	5.2
185	Mauritania	Africa	5.2
186	Nicaragua	Central America and Caribbean	5.1
187	Macau	East and Southeast Asia	5.0
188	Uzbekistan	Central Asia	5.0
189	Guatemala	Central America and Caribbean	5.0
190	Tonga	Australia-Oceania	5.0
191	Paraguay	South America	5.0
192	Tanzania	Africa	5.0
193	Zambia	Africa	4.9
194	Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas)	South America	4.9
195	Honduras	Central America and Caribbean	4.9
196	Israel	Middle East	4.9
197	Belize	Central America and Caribbean	4.9
198	Rwanda	Africa	4.9
199	Senegal	Africa	4.8
200	Saint Martin	Central America and Caribbean	4.8
201	Anguilla	Central America and Caribbean	4.8
202	Kenya	Africa	4.7
203	Congo (Brazzaville)	Africa	4.6
204	Togo	Africa	4.6
205	Uganda	Africa	4.6
206	Tajikistan	Central Asia	4.5
207	Iran	Middle East	4.4
208	Algeria	Africa	4.4
209	Singapore	East and Southeast Asia	4.4
210	Marshall Islands	Australia-Oceania	4.4
211	Egypt	Africa	4.3
212	Maldives	South Asia	4.3
213	Federated States of Micronesia	Australia-Oceania	4.2
214	Vanuatu	Australia-Oceania	4.0
215	Syria	Middle East	4.0
216	Brunei	East and Southeast Asia	4.0
217	Solomon Islands	Australia-Oceania	3.9
218	Iraq	Middle East	3.9
219	Turks and Caicos Islands	Central America and Caribbean	3.6
220	Malawi	Africa	3.6
221	Saudi Arabia	Middle East	3.5
222	Jordan	Middle East	3.5
223	Libya	Africa	3.5
224	West Bank	Middle East	3.2
225	Oman	Middle East	3.2
226	Bahrain	Middle East	2.9
227	Gaza, Gaza Strip	Middle East	2.8
228	Kuwait	Middle East	2.3
229	United Arab Emirates	Middle East	1.7
230	Qatar	Middle East	1.4

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  author = {Bamwor},
  title = {Countries by Death Rate 2025},
  year = {2025},
  url = {https://bamwor.com/en/countries-by-death-rate},
  note = {Bamwor World Encyclopedia. Accessed 2026-03-14}
}

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