China - Death Rate 2025
8.1
+0.2 from 2024
China's death rate was 8.1 in 2025. This was the 89th highest globally.
Global Ranking - 2025▾
| Rank | Country | Value | YoY |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Central African Republic | 25.9 | 174.7% |
| 2nd | Monaco | 22.2 | 6.1% |
| 3rd | Bulgaria | 17.7 | 13.0% |
| 4th | Latvia | 16.7 | 11.9% |
| 5th | Serbia | 16.3 | 11.2% |
| 6th | Croatia | 15.0 | 12.6% |
| 7th | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 14.7 | 9.0% |
| 8th | Ukraine | 14.3 | 9.2% |
| 9th | Hungary | 14.2 | 6.0% |
| 10th | Japan | 14.1 | 8.8% |
| 11th | Lithuania | 14.1 | 9.3% |
| 12th | Romania | 13.6 | 7.4% |
| 13th | Belarus | 13.6 | 2.1% |
| 14th | Greece | 13.5 | 10.7% |
| 15th | Moldova | 13.5 | -0.9% |
| 16th | Dominica | 13.3 | 3.9% |
| 17th | Germany | 13.2 | 7.5% |
| 18th | North Macedonia | 13.1 | 19.3% |
| 19th | Russian Federation | 12.9 | 6.4% |
| 20th | Estonia | 12.8 | 9.7% |
| 21st | Georgia | 12.4 | 4.7% |
| 22nd | Poland | 12.2 | 9.9% |
| 23rd | Palau | 12.1 | 5.3% |
| 24th | Finland | 12.0 | 9.5% |
| 25th | Italy | 12.0 | 7.0% |
| 26th | Portugal | 11.9 | 6.1% |
| 27th | Puerto Rico (US) | 11.8 | 10.3% |
| 28th | Barbados | 11.6 | 9.4% |
| 29th | St. Vincent and the Grenadines | 11.6 | 0.5% |
| 30th | European Union | 11.5 | 6.7% |
| 31st | St. Kitts and Nevis | 11.4 | 14.5% |
| 32nd | Cuba | 11.3 | 11.0% |
| 33rd | Slovak Republic | 11.3 | 12.6% |
| 34th | Nigeria | 11.2 | -4.2% |
| 35th | Montenegro | 11.2 | 10.7% |
| 36th | Czechia | 11.1 | 6.9% |
| 37th | Somalia, Fed. Rep. | 11.1 | 12.6% |
| 38th | Curaçao | 11.0 | 13.6% |
| 39th | Uruguay | 10.9 | 11.7% |
| 40th | Channel Islands | 10.9 | 4.8% |
| 41st | Isle of Man | 10.6 | 1.6% |
| 42nd | Mauritius | 10.6 | 12.8% |
| 43rd | Slovenia | 10.5 | 3.3% |
| 44th | Chad | 10.4 | -5.9% |
| 45th | Denmark | 10.4 | 5.7% |
| 46th | Austria | 10.3 | 5.5% |
| 47th | Lesotho | 10.2 | -3.8% |
| 48th | South Africa | 10.1 | 9.1% |
| 49th | South Sudan | 10.1 | 4.7% |
| 50th | Netherlands | 10.0 | 5.3% |
| 51st | Thailand | 10.0 | 12.5% |
| 52nd | United States | 9.9 | 7.5% |
| 53rd | St. Martin (French part) | 9.8 | 5.8% |
| 54th | Fiji | 9.8 | 5.4% |
| 55th | Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of | 9.7 | 0.5% |
| 56th | United Kingdom | 9.7 | 2.1% |
| 57th | France | 9.7 | 5.0% |
| 58th | Myanmar | 9.5 | 4.0% |
| 59th | Belgium | 9.4 | 0.4% |
| 60th | Virgin Islands (US) | 9.4 | 4.4% |
| 61st | Spain | 9.4 | 4.0% |
| 62nd | Sri Lanka | 9.3 | 13.7% |
| 63rd | Albania | 9.3 | 11.7% |
| 64th | St. Lucia | 9.3 | 7.4% |
| 65th | Aruba | 9.2 | 21.8% |
| 66th | Greenland | 9.2 | -2.3% |
| 67th | Grenada | 9.1 | 3.3% |
| 68th | Tuvalu | 9.1 | 0.1% |
| 69th | Sweden | 9.1 | 1.1% |
| 70th | Sint Maarten (Dutch part) | 9.0 | 10.4% |
| 71st | Bermuda | 8.9 | 0.5% |
| 72nd | Trinidad and Tobago | 8.8 | 5.5% |
| 73rd | Canada | 8.7 | 7.7% |
| 74th | Guinea | 8.7 | -4.5% |
| 75th | Jamaica | 8.7 | 7.7% |
| 76th | Hong Kong SAR, China | 8.6 | 18.4% |
| 77th | Niger | 8.6 | -2.7% |
| 78th | Bahamas, The | 8.6 | -1.3% |
| 79th | Benin | 8.6 | -2.2% |
| 80th | Argentina | 8.6 | 12.1% |
| 81st | San Marino | 8.5 | 2.4% |
| 82nd | Faroe Islands | 8.5 | 11.6% |
| 83rd | Norway | 8.4 | 6.8% |
| 84th | Switzerland | 8.3 | 3.0% |
| 85th | Congo, Democratic Republic of | 8.2 | -3.6% |
| 86th | Mali | 8.2 | -4.8% |
| 87th | Armenia | 8.2 | 0.0% |
| 88th | Haiti | 8.2 | 4.7% |
| 89th | China | 8.1 | 2.4% |
| 90th | Brazil | 7.9 | 11.7% |
| 91st | Liberia | 7.9 | -2.6% |
| 92nd | Cyprus | 7.8 | 10.8% |
| 93rd | Malta | 7.7 | 6.0% |
| 94th | Indonesia | 7.7 | 2.7% |
| 95th | Burkina Faso | 7.7 | -3.0% |
| 96th | New Zealand | 7.7 | 6.6% |
| 97th | Guyana | 7.7 | 5.3% |
| 98th | Sierra Leone | 7.7 | -7.1% |
| 99th | Madagascar | 7.7 | 1.9% |
| 100th | Turks and Caicos Islands | 7.7 | 3.6% |
| 101st | Micronesia, Federated States of | 7.6 | 0.0% |
| 102nd | Seychelles | 7.6 | 4.4% |
| 103rd | El Salvador | 7.6 | 0.6% |
| 104th | Equatorial Guinea | 7.6 | -4.2% |
| 105th | Nauru | 7.5 | -0.5% |
| 106th | American Samoa | 7.4 | 6.0% |
| 107th | Zimbabwe | 7.4 | -2.3% |
| 108th | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 7.4 | 3.7% |
| 109th | Togo | 7.4 | -4.3% |
| 110th | Djibouti | 7.4 | -1.2% |
| 111th | Australia | 7.3 | 6.4% |
| 112th | Timor-Leste | 7.3 | 0.3% |
| 113th | Côte d'Ivoire | 7.2 | -5.6% |
| 114th | Chile | 7.2 | 11.1% |
| 115th | Kenya | 7.2 | -0.2% |
| 116th | West Bank and Gaza | 7.2 | -0.1% |
| 117th | Eswatini | 7.1 | -7.2% |
| 118th | Antigua and Barbuda | 7.1 | 3.4% |
| 119th | Kiribati | 7.1 | 0.9% |
| 120th | Singapore | 7.1 | 14.5% |
| 121st | Comoros | 7.0 | -2.1% |
| 122nd | Marshall Islands | 7.0 | 0.9% |
| 123rd | Guam | 7.0 | 2.3% |
| 124th | Iceland | 7.0 | 6.4% |
| 125th | Korea | 7.0 | 17.0% |
| 126th | Kazakhstan | 7.0 | 3.9% |
| 127th | India | 7.0 | 5.3% |
| 128th | Ireland | 7.0 | 5.5% |
| 129th | Nepal | 6.9 | 0.2% |
| 130th | Ghana | 6.9 | -2.0% |
| 131st | Philippines | 6.9 | 10.5% |
| 132nd | Cameroon | 6.9 | -3.7% |
| 133rd | Suriname | 6.9 | 3.4% |
| 134th | Viet Nam | 6.9 | 4.3% |
| 135th | Paraguay | 6.7 | 18.1% |
| 136th | Papua New Guinea | 6.7 | 3.3% |
| 137th | Liechtenstein | 6.7 | -1.2% |
| 138th | Türkiye | 6.7 | 7.7% |
| 139th | Gibraltar | 6.7 | 2.3% |
| 140th | Guinea-Bissau | 6.6 | -5.9% |
| 141st | Mozambique | 6.6 | -5.9% |
| 142nd | Cambodia | 6.6 | 2.8% |
| 143rd | Angola | 6.6 | -5.3% |
| 144th | Lebanon | 6.6 | 9.9% |
| 145th | Mexico | 6.5 | 6.2% |
| 146th | Tonga | 6.5 | 1.2% |
| 147th | Burundi | 6.5 | -3.2% |
| 148th | Libya | 6.5 | -2.3% |
| 149th | Luxembourg | 6.5 | -1.8% |
| 150th | Tunisia | 6.4 | 6.2% |
| 151st | New Caledonia | 6.4 | 2.6% |
| 152nd | Sudan | 6.4 | 0.4% |
| 153rd | Brunei Darussalam | 6.4 | 21.6% |
| 154th | Namibia | 6.3 | 2.9% |
| 155th | British Virgin Islands | 6.3 | 6.0% |
| 156th | Pakistan | 6.3 | -2.6% |
| 157th | Costa Rica | 6.2 | 14.4% |
| 158th | Gambia, The | 6.2 | -1.0% |
| 159th | Uzbekistan | 6.2 | 0.3% |
| 160th | Dominican Republic | 6.2 | -0.6% |
| 161st | Azerbaijan | 6.2 | 4.4% |
| 162nd | Gabon | 6.2 | -1.8% |
| 163rd | Lao PDR | 6.1 | -2.6% |
| 164th | Andorra | 6.0 | -0.5% |
| 165th | Peru | 6.0 | 9.4% |
| 166th | Eritrea | 6.0 | -0.8% |
| 167th | Bhutan | 6.0 | -2.2% |
| 168th | Colombia | 5.9 | 10.2% |
| 169th | Samoa | 5.9 | -3.7% |
| 170th | Rwanda | 5.9 | -1.1% |
| 171st | Congo, Republic of | 5.8 | -7.1% |
| 172nd | Botswana | 5.8 | 1.4% |
| 173rd | Malaysia | 5.7 | 11.1% |
| 174th | Kosovo | 5.7 | -2.5% |
| 175th | Mongolia | 5.7 | 4.0% |
| 176th | Egypt, Arab Republic of | 5.7 | 4.5% |
| 177th | Tanzania | 5.6 | -2.9% |
| 178th | Turkmenistan | 5.6 | -2.9% |
| 179th | Senegal | 5.6 | 0.3% |
| 180th | Morocco | 5.6 | -0.8% |
| 181st | Ecuador | 5.4 | 5.7% |
| 182nd | Israel | 5.4 | 3.8% |
| 183rd | São Tomé and Principe | 5.3 | -4.3% |
| 184th | Afghanistan | 5.2 | -9.6% |
| 185th | Belize | 5.2 | 6.0% |
| 186th | Mauritania | 5.2 | -5.7% |
| 187th | Guatemala | 5.1 | 6.5% |
| 188th | Malawi | 5.1 | -5.3% |
| 189th | Macao SAR, China | 5.0 | 14.1% |
| 190th | Cabo Verde | 5.0 | -0.9% |
| 191st | Northern Mariana Islands | 5.0 | 5.6% |
| 192nd | Solomon Islands | 4.9 | -3.8% |
| 193rd | Vanuatu | 4.9 | -3.6% |
| 194th | Bangladesh | 4.8 | -3.2% |
| 195th | Cayman Islands | 4.8 | 0.6% |
| 196th | Iran, Islamic Republic of | 4.8 | 2.8% |
| 197th | Panama | 4.7 | -0.5% |
| 198th | Zambia | 4.7 | -9.0% |
| 199th | Syrian Arab Republic | 4.7 | -6.5% |
| 200th | Uganda | 4.6 | -4.9% |
| 201st | Honduras | 4.6 | 2.4% |
| 202nd | Yemen, Republic of | 4.4 | -7.3% |
| 203rd | Nicaragua | 4.4 | -3.6% |
| 204th | Algeria | 4.4 | -5.5% |
| 205th | Tajikistan | 4.4 | -5.0% |
| 206th | French Polynesia | 4.0 | 10.5% |
| 207th | Iraq | 3.9 | -4.9% |
| 208th | Kyrgyz Republic | 3.9 | -10.9% |
| 209th | Jordan | 3.2 | 6.3% |
| 210th | Saudi Arabia | 2.5 | 8.4% |
| 211th | Maldives | 2.2 | -5.1% |
| 212th | Bahrain | 2.1 | 1.8% |
| 213th | Oman | 2.0 | 7.7% |
| 214th | Kuwait | 1.6 | 7.3% |
| 215th | United Arab Emirates | 1.1 | 17.3% |
| 216th | Qatar | 1.0 | 5.9% |
FAQ
What was China's death rate in 2025?▾
China's death rate in 2025 was 8.1. This ranked 89th globally.
How did China's death rate change in 2025?▾
China's death rate increased by 2.4% in 2025 compared to 2024.
Which country had the highest death rate in 2025?▾
Central African Republic had the highest death rate in 2025 at 25.9.
What is the death rate of China in 2025?▾
The death rate of China in 2025 was 8.1. This ranked 89th globally.
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