Gambia, The - Death Rate 1979
20.9
−0.5 from 1978
Gambia, The's death rate was 20.9 in 1979, decreased +0.5 from 21.5 in 1978. This was the 201st highest globally.
Global Ranking - 1979▾
| Rank | Country | Value | YoY |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Kuwait | 3.5 | -5.5% |
| 2nd | Qatar | 3.6 | -5.1% |
| 3rd | Andorra | 3.9 | -0.1% |
| 4th | Bahrain | 4.0 | -4.9% |
| 5th | United Arab Emirates | 4.1 | -6.3% |
| 6th | Sint Maarten (Dutch part) | 4.3 | 0.7% |
| 7th | Costa Rica | 4.3 | -2.9% |
| 8th | Guam | 4.3 | -1.9% |
| 9th | St. Martin (French part) | 4.4 | -2.3% |
| 10th | Brunei Darussalam | 4.7 | -2.8% |
| 11th | American Samoa | 4.8 | -0.8% |
| 12th | Northern Mariana Islands | 5.1 | -0.8% |
| 13th | Hong Kong SAR, China | 5.2 | 2.0% |
| 14th | Singapore | 5.2 | 2.0% |
| 15th | Virgin Islands (US) | 5.3 | 0.0% |
| 16th | Aruba | 5.4 | 11.2% |
| 17th | Panama | 5.4 | -2.2% |
| 18th | French Polynesia | 5.6 | -4.4% |
| 19th | Malaysia | 5.7 | -2.2% |
| 20th | Bahamas, The | 5.8 | 0.6% |
| 21st | Japan | 6.0 | -1.6% |
| 22nd | Chile | 6.2 | -4.1% |
| 23rd | China | 6.2 | -0.6% |
| 24th | Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of | 6.2 | -1.8% |
| 25th | Cuba | 6.3 | 1.0% |
| 26th | Faroe Islands | 6.3 | -11.3% |
| 27th | Colombia | 6.3 | -1.6% |
| 28th | Barbados | 6.3 | -0.8% |
| 29th | Jordan | 6.3 | -4.2% |
| 30th | Curaçao | 6.4 | -0.1% |
| 31st | Antigua and Barbuda | 6.4 | 0.7% |
| 32nd | Korea | 6.4 | -5.9% |
| 33rd | Puerto Rico (US) | 6.4 | 1.6% |
| 34th | Tonga | 6.5 | 0.0% |
| 35th | Iceland | 6.6 | 3.1% |
| 36th | Sri Lanka | 6.7 | -3.0% |
| 37th | Israel | 6.7 | -1.5% |
| 38th | Liechtenstein | 6.8 | 4.6% |
| 39th | Samoa | 6.8 | -2.4% |
| 40th | St. Lucia | 6.8 | 0.6% |
| 41st | Syrian Arab Republic | 6.8 | -3.3% |
| 42nd | Albania | 6.9 | -0.7% |
| 43rd | North Macedonia | 6.9 | 0.9% |
| 44th | British Virgin Islands | 6.9 | 1.4% |
| 45th | Canada | 7.0 | -1.4% |
| 46th | Seychelles | 7.0 | -6.7% |
| 47th | Mexico | 7.1 | -3.2% |
| 48th | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 7.1 | 1.4% |
| 49th | Trinidad and Tobago | 7.2 | -0.8% |
| 50th | Mauritius | 7.2 | 1.4% |
| 51st | New Caledonia | 7.2 | -2.5% |
| 52nd | St. Vincent and the Grenadines | 7.2 | -8.8% |
| 53rd | Grenada | 7.3 | 3.2% |
| 54th | Bermuda | 7.3 | -0.4% |
| 55th | Libya | 7.3 | -4.7% |
| 56th | Australia | 7.3 | -2.7% |
| 57th | San Marino | 7.4 | 0.2% |
| 58th | Montenegro | 7.4 | 3.0% |
| 59th | Fiji | 7.6 | 5.2% |
| 60th | Gibraltar | 7.6 | 0.5% |
| 61st | Turks and Caicos Islands | 7.6 | -1.8% |
| 62nd | Belize | 7.7 | -2.1% |
| 63rd | Dominica | 7.7 | 7.3% |
| 64th | Macao SAR, China | 7.8 | -7.3% |
| 65th | Micronesia, Federated States of | 7.8 | -1.5% |
| 66th | Philippines | 7.8 | -0.8% |
| 67th | Spain | 7.8 | -3.7% |
| 68th | Cayman Islands | 7.9 | -0.9% |
| 69th | Greenland | 7.9 | 25.4% |
| 70th | Thailand | 7.9 | -2.0% |
| 71st | Solomon Islands | 8.0 | -4.3% |
| 72nd | Netherlands | 8.0 | -2.4% |
| 73rd | Armenia | 8.0 | -0.2% |
| 74th | Dominican Republic | 8.1 | 0.8% |
| 75th | New Zealand | 8.1 | 2.9% |
| 76th | Iraq | 8.4 | -2.0% |
| 77th | Cyprus | 8.4 | -1.3% |
| 78th | Viet Nam | 8.5 | -1.9% |
| 79th | Tunisia | 8.5 | -5.1% |
| 80th | United States | 8.5 | -2.3% |
| 81st | Vanuatu | 8.5 | -5.6% |
| 82nd | Ecuador | 8.5 | -3.4% |
| 83rd | Jamaica | 8.5 | 0.9% |
| 84th | Paraguay | 8.6 | -0.6% |
| 85th | Greece | 8.6 | -1.1% |
| 86th | Botswana | 8.7 | -3.9% |
| 87th | Brazil | 8.8 | -1.9% |
| 88th | Argentina | 8.8 | -0.6% |
| 89th | Saudi Arabia | 8.9 | -5.5% |
| 90th | Guyana | 9.1 | -0.4% |
| 91st | Switzerland | 9.1 | -1.1% |
| 92nd | Finland | 9.2 | 0.0% |
| 93rd | Poland | 9.2 | -2.1% |
| 94th | Uzbekistan | 9.3 | -2.0% |
| 95th | Belarus | 9.5 | 4.4% |
| 96th | Malta | 9.5 | -9.5% |
| 97th | Papua New Guinea | 9.5 | -2.4% |
| 98th | Palau | 9.5 | -1.1% |
| 99th | Marshall Islands | 9.6 | -2.5% |
| 100th | Italy | 9.6 | 0.0% |
| 101st | Portugal | 9.6 | -5.0% |
| 102nd | Slovenia | 9.6 | -3.0% |
| 103rd | Georgia | 9.6 | -0.5% |
| 104th | Serbia | 9.7 | 4.6% |
| 105th | Slovak Republic | 9.7 | -1.0% |
| 106th | Azerbaijan | 9.8 | 2.4% |
| 107th | Romania | 9.8 | 1.0% |
| 108th | Kazakhstan | 9.9 | 0.5% |
| 109th | South Africa | 9.9 | -2.5% |
| 110th | Kyrgyz Republic | 9.9 | -2.3% |
| 111th | Uruguay | 10.0 | 1.4% |
| 112th | Ireland | 10.0 | -2.0% |
| 113th | Türkiye | 10.0 | -3.1% |
| 114th | Honduras | 10.0 | -2.9% |
| 115th | Kenya | 10.1 | -3.1% |
| 116th | France | 10.2 | 0.0% |
| 117th | Norway | 10.2 | 2.0% |
| 118th | Tuvalu | 10.2 | -0.2% |
| 119th | European Union | 10.3 | -0.9% |
| 120th | Nauru | 10.3 | 5.2% |
| 121st | Lithuania | 10.3 | 2.0% |
| 122nd | Lebanon | 10.3 | 1.9% |
| 123rd | Suriname | 10.4 | 1.2% |
| 124th | Croatia | 10.5 | -0.9% |
| 125th | Indonesia | 10.6 | -2.7% |
| 126th | Turkmenistan | 10.6 | -4.0% |
| 127th | Bulgaria | 10.7 | 1.9% |
| 128th | Denmark | 10.7 | 2.9% |
| 129th | Moldova | 10.8 | 0.1% |
| 130th | Namibia | 10.8 | -3.3% |
| 131st | Russian Federation | 10.8 | 3.9% |
| 132nd | Kosovo | 10.9 | -2.3% |
| 133rd | Ukraine | 10.9 | 2.2% |
| 134th | Luxembourg | 11.0 | -5.2% |
| 135th | Sweden | 11.0 | 1.9% |
| 136th | Iran, Islamic Republic of | 11.0 | -9.9% |
| 137th | Kiribati | 11.1 | -3.0% |
| 138th | Peru | 11.2 | -3.0% |
| 139th | Cabo Verde | 11.2 | -2.3% |
| 140th | Oman | 11.4 | -6.7% |
| 141st | Tajikistan | 11.4 | -0.9% |
| 142nd | Belgium | 11.4 | -2.6% |
| 143rd | Guatemala | 11.4 | -1.0% |
| 144th | Eswatini | 11.5 | -4.1% |
| 145th | São Tomé and Principe | 11.5 | -0.4% |
| 146th | Congo, Republic of | 11.6 | -2.0% |
| 147th | Channel Islands | 11.8 | 0.9% |
| 148th | United Kingdom | 12.0 | 0.8% |
| 149th | Germany | 12.1 | -0.8% |
| 150th | St. Kitts and Nevis | 12.2 | 1.4% |
| 151st | Austria | 12.2 | -2.4% |
| 152nd | Estonia | 12.3 | 0.8% |
| 153rd | Morocco | 12.3 | -4.1% |
| 154th | Pakistan | 12.4 | -2.1% |
| 155th | Czechia | 12.4 | 0.0% |
| 156th | El Salvador | 12.5 | 3.1% |
| 157th | Lesotho | 12.7 | -3.2% |
| 158th | Zimbabwe | 12.7 | -0.2% |
| 159th | Hungary | 12.8 | -2.3% |
| 160th | Latvia | 12.8 | 2.4% |
| 161st | Zambia | 13.1 | 0.5% |
| 162nd | Myanmar | 13.2 | -2.2% |
| 163rd | Sudan | 13.2 | -0.5% |
| 164th | Maldives | 13.7 | -13.3% |
| 165th | Mongolia | 13.7 | -2.2% |
| 166th | Egypt, Arab Republic of | 13.8 | -3.7% |
| 167th | Djibouti | 14.0 | -1.5% |
| 168th | India | 14.1 | -2.5% |
| 169th | Nicaragua | 14.1 | 9.4% |
| 170th | Gabon | 14.2 | -2.3% |
| 171st | Algeria | 14.2 | -8.1% |
| 172nd | Mauritania | 14.3 | -2.2% |
| 173rd | Ghana | 15.1 | -0.9% |
| 174th | Togo | 15.3 | -3.0% |
| 175th | Côte d'Ivoire | 15.6 | -3.4% |
| 176th | Bangladesh | 15.7 | -1.6% |
| 177th | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 15.7 | -2.4% |
| 178th | Tanzania | 15.8 | -1.9% |
| 179th | Isle of Man | 16.2 | -1.0% |
| 180th | Madagascar | 16.2 | -0.2% |
| 181st | Haiti | 16.4 | -1.2% |
| 182nd | Monaco | 16.5 | -0.6% |
| 183rd | Cameroon | 16.6 | -1.0% |
| 184th | Central African Republic | 17.2 | -0.7% |
| 185th | Somalia, Fed. Rep. | 17.2 | -2.2% |
| 186th | Comoros | 17.3 | -1.7% |
| 187th | Bhutan | 17.3 | -3.2% |
| 188th | Nepal | 17.4 | -2.3% |
| 189th | Lao PDR | 17.9 | -2.6% |
| 190th | Senegal | 18.2 | -3.7% |
| 191st | Yemen, Republic of | 18.4 | -4.2% |
| 192nd | Rwanda | 18.9 | -3.3% |
| 193rd | Congo, Democratic Republic of | 19.1 | -2.3% |
| 194th | Cambodia | 19.4 | -79.4% |
| 195th | Benin | 19.4 | -1.8% |
| 196th | Uganda | 19.5 | 1.0% |
| 197th | Eritrea | 19.6 | -1.7% |
| 198th | Nigeria | 19.8 | -1.7% |
| 199th | Burundi | 20.2 | -1.6% |
| 200th | Burkina Faso | 20.4 | -2.2% |
| 201st | Gambia, The | 20.9 | -2.5% |
| 202nd | Liberia | 21.1 | -1.0% |
| 203rd | Mozambique | 21.8 | 1.0% |
| 204th | Angola | 21.9 | -1.3% |
| 205th | Chad | 22.1 | -1.4% |
| 206th | Equatorial Guinea | 22.2 | -2.0% |
| 207th | Malawi | 22.2 | -1.9% |
| 208th | Guinea | 22.9 | -1.5% |
| 209th | Sierra Leone | 23.3 | -1.2% |
| 210th | Guinea-Bissau | 23.7 | 2.0% |
| 211th | Afghanistan | 25.5 | 5.7% |
| 212th | Mali | 25.9 | -2.4% |
| 213th | Niger | 25.9 | -1.6% |
| 214th | South Sudan | 26.4 | -1.1% |
| 215th | Timor-Leste | 40.4 | -4.1% |
FAQ
What was Gambia, The's death rate in 1979?▾
Gambia, The's death rate in 1979 was 20.9. This ranked 201st globally.
How did Gambia, The's death rate change in 1979?▾
Gambia, The's death rate decreased by 2.5% in 1979 compared to 1978.
Which country had the highest death rate in 1979?▾
Timor-Leste had the highest death rate in 1979 at 40.4.
What is the death rate of Gambia, The in 1979?▾
The death rate of Gambia, The in 1979 was 20.9. This ranked 201st globally.
How does 1979 compare to 1978 for Gambia, The's death rate?▾
Gambia, The's death rate went from 21.5 in 1978 to 20.9 in 1979, a 2.5% decrease.
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