Iceland - Death Rate 2023
6.6
−0.4 from 2022
Iceland's death rate was 6.6 in 2023, decreased +0.4 from 7.0 in 2022. This was the 82nd highest globally.
Global Ranking - 2023▾
| Rank | Country | Value | YoY |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Qatar | 0.9 | -0.2% |
| 2nd | United Arab Emirates | 0.9 | -21.0% |
| 3rd | Kuwait | 1.5 | -12.5% |
| 4th | Oman | 1.9 | -10.8% |
| 5th | Bahrain | 2.1 | -0.2% |
| 6th | Maldives | 2.3 | 0.4% |
| 7th | Saudi Arabia | 2.3 | -8.9% |
| 8th | Jordan | 3.0 | -3.6% |
| 9th | French Polynesia | 3.6 | 3.4% |
| 10th | Iraq | 4.1 | -0.8% |
| 11th | Kyrgyz Republic | 4.4 | -2.2% |
| 12th | Macao SAR, China | 4.4 | 0.0% |
| 13th | Honduras | 4.5 | 0.8% |
| 14th | Tajikistan | 4.6 | -0.8% |
| 15th | Nicaragua | 4.6 | -2.2% |
| 16th | Algeria | 4.6 | 0.8% |
| 17th | Iran, Islamic Republic of | 4.7 | -4.6% |
| 18th | Northern Mariana Islands | 4.7 | 4.4% |
| 19th | Panama | 4.8 | 0.4% |
| 20th | Yemen, Republic of | 4.8 | -8.4% |
| 21st | Cayman Islands | 4.8 | -0.4% |
| 22nd | Guatemala | 4.8 | -8.6% |
| 23rd | Uganda | 4.8 | -3.8% |
| 24th | Belize | 4.9 | -8.9% |
| 25th | Bangladesh | 5.0 | -0.5% |
| 26th | Syrian Arab Republic | 5.0 | 5.6% |
| 27th | Cabo Verde | 5.1 | 1.1% |
| 28th | Vanuatu | 5.1 | -1.6% |
| 29th | Ecuador | 5.1 | -4.4% |
| 30th | Solomon Islands | 5.1 | -1.0% |
| 31st | Malaysia | 5.2 | -7.0% |
| 32nd | Israel | 5.2 | -3.7% |
| 33rd | Zambia | 5.2 | -6.7% |
| 34th | Brunei Darussalam | 5.2 | -20.3% |
| 35th | Malawi | 5.4 | -7.6% |
| 36th | Colombia | 5.4 | -8.2% |
| 37th | Costa Rica | 5.5 | -10.6% |
| 38th | Egypt, Arab Republic of | 5.5 | -3.8% |
| 39th | Peru | 5.5 | -14.1% |
| 40th | Mongolia | 5.5 | -1.8% |
| 41st | Mauritania | 5.5 | -1.9% |
| 42nd | São Tomé and Principe | 5.6 | -2.8% |
| 43rd | Senegal | 5.6 | -5.7% |
| 44th | Morocco | 5.6 | 1.2% |
| 45th | Paraguay | 5.7 | -10.3% |
| 46th | Botswana | 5.7 | -1.8% |
| 47th | Turkmenistan | 5.8 | -0.1% |
| 48th | Tanzania | 5.8 | -0.9% |
| 49th | Afghanistan | 5.8 | -3.3% |
| 50th | Kosovo | 5.9 | -0.2% |
| 51st | Azerbaijan | 5.9 | -1.7% |
| 52nd | Rwanda | 5.9 | -1.0% |
| 53rd | Lebanon | 6.0 | 3.3% |
| 54th | British Virgin Islands | 6.0 | 1.1% |
| 55th | Korea | 6.0 | -17.8% |
| 56th | Eritrea | 6.0 | -4.3% |
| 57th | Tunisia | 6.1 | -1.4% |
| 58th | Andorra | 6.1 | 2.2% |
| 59th | Bhutan | 6.1 | -0.5% |
| 60th | Samoa | 6.2 | -0.4% |
| 61st | Mexico | 6.2 | -5.5% |
| 62nd | Namibia | 6.2 | -17.4% |
| 63rd | Singapore | 6.2 | -1.6% |
| 64th | Türkiye | 6.2 | 5.1% |
| 65th | Uzbekistan | 6.2 | 2.6% |
| 66th | Lao PDR | 6.2 | -0.7% |
| 67th | Philippines | 6.2 | -0.5% |
| 68th | Dominican Republic | 6.3 | 6.0% |
| 69th | Gabon | 6.3 | -3.8% |
| 70th | New Caledonia | 6.3 | -7.8% |
| 71st | Congo, Republic of | 6.3 | -4.3% |
| 72nd | Gambia, The | 6.3 | -5.2% |
| 73rd | Cambodia | 6.4 | 1.1% |
| 74th | Sudan | 6.4 | -1.8% |
| 75th | Tonga | 6.4 | -0.5% |
| 76th | Pakistan | 6.5 | -0.7% |
| 77th | Chile | 6.5 | -14.2% |
| 78th | Gibraltar | 6.5 | 1.6% |
| 79th | Papua New Guinea | 6.5 | -4.8% |
| 80th | Viet Nam | 6.6 | 1.4% |
| 81st | Ireland | 6.6 | -1.5% |
| 82nd | Iceland | 6.6 | -5.7% |
| 83rd | Luxembourg | 6.6 | -2.9% |
| 84th | India | 6.6 | 0.5% |
| 85th | Suriname | 6.6 | -0.6% |
| 86th | Libya | 6.7 | 38.4% |
| 87th | Kazakhstan | 6.7 | -4.0% |
| 88th | Burundi | 6.7 | -4.0% |
| 89th | Liechtenstein | 6.8 | -4.2% |
| 90th | Guam | 6.9 | 2.0% |
| 91st | Antigua and Barbuda | 6.9 | 1.8% |
| 92nd | Australia | 6.9 | -5.5% |
| 93rd | Angola | 6.9 | -2.4% |
| 94th | Nepal | 6.9 | 0.6% |
| 95th | Marshall Islands | 7.0 | 1.5% |
| 96th | Mozambique | 7.0 | -3.5% |
| 97th | American Samoa | 7.0 | 3.0% |
| 98th | Ghana | 7.0 | -0.8% |
| 99th | Kiribati | 7.0 | -0.4% |
| 100th | Guinea-Bissau | 7.1 | -2.4% |
| 101st | Cyprus | 7.1 | -8.2% |
| 102nd | Brazil | 7.1 | -6.1% |
| 103rd | Cameroon | 7.2 | -6.8% |
| 104th | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 7.2 | -6.6% |
| 105th | Comoros | 7.2 | -1.4% |
| 106th | West Bank and Gaza | 7.2 | 140.6% |
| 107th | Kenya | 7.2 | 0.0% |
| 108th | New Zealand | 7.2 | -4.0% |
| 109th | Timor-Leste | 7.3 | -1.2% |
| 110th | Hong Kong SAR, China | 7.3 | -16.1% |
| 111th | Malta | 7.3 | -8.8% |
| 112th | Seychelles | 7.3 | -6.4% |
| 113th | Guyana | 7.3 | 0.2% |
| 114th | Turks and Caicos Islands | 7.4 | 0.4% |
| 115th | Djibouti | 7.5 | -1.2% |
| 116th | Nauru | 7.5 | 0.6% |
| 117th | El Salvador | 7.5 | 0.8% |
| 118th | Madagascar | 7.5 | -2.6% |
| 119th | Indonesia | 7.5 | 0.5% |
| 120th | Aruba | 7.6 | -7.4% |
| 121st | Faroe Islands | 7.6 | -16.5% |
| 122nd | Zimbabwe | 7.6 | -2.1% |
| 123rd | Micronesia, Federated States of | 7.6 | 0.4% |
| 124th | Côte d'Ivoire | 7.7 | -2.0% |
| 125th | Argentina | 7.7 | -12.8% |
| 126th | Eswatini | 7.7 | -4.9% |
| 127th | Togo | 7.7 | -2.2% |
| 128th | Haiti | 7.8 | -5.5% |
| 129th | China | 7.9 | 6.8% |
| 130th | Equatorial Guinea | 7.9 | -1.7% |
| 131st | Norway | 7.9 | -6.0% |
| 132nd | Burkina Faso | 8.0 | -2.1% |
| 133rd | Liberia | 8.1 | -1.1% |
| 134th | Jamaica | 8.1 | 2.2% |
| 135th | Canada | 8.1 | -5.8% |
| 136th | Switzerland | 8.1 | -4.7% |
| 137th | Sint Maarten (Dutch part) | 8.1 | 1.8% |
| 138th | Armenia | 8.2 | -8.9% |
| 139th | Sri Lanka | 8.2 | 1.2% |
| 140th | Sierra Leone | 8.3 | -2.8% |
| 141st | San Marino | 8.3 | 6.4% |
| 142nd | Albania | 8.3 | -4.3% |
| 143rd | Trinidad and Tobago | 8.4 | 1.7% |
| 144th | Congo, Democratic Republic of | 8.5 | -4.5% |
| 145th | St. Lucia | 8.6 | 1.9% |
| 146th | Mali | 8.6 | -2.6% |
| 147th | Bahamas, The | 8.7 | 1.8% |
| 148th | Benin | 8.8 | -1.7% |
| 149th | Bermuda | 8.9 | 1.0% |
| 150th | Grenada | 8.9 | 1.1% |
| 151st | Niger | 8.9 | -3.4% |
| 152nd | Thailand | 8.9 | -3.7% |
| 153rd | Spain | 9.0 | -7.2% |
| 154th | Sweden | 9.0 | 0.0% |
| 155th | Virgin Islands (US) | 9.0 | 2.3% |
| 156th | Guinea | 9.1 | -1.9% |
| 157th | Tuvalu | 9.1 | 0.8% |
| 158th | Myanmar | 9.2 | -0.3% |
| 159th | France | 9.2 | -7.1% |
| 160th | United States | 9.2 | -6.1% |
| 161st | South Africa | 9.2 | -1.7% |
| 162nd | Fiji | 9.3 | -0.5% |
| 163rd | St. Martin (French part) | 9.3 | 2.9% |
| 164th | Belgium | 9.4 | -6.0% |
| 165th | Greenland | 9.4 | 1.1% |
| 166th | Mauritius | 9.4 | -7.8% |
| 167th | Central African Republic | 9.4 | -82.9% |
| 168th | Netherlands | 9.5 | -1.0% |
| 169th | United Kingdom | 9.5 | 0.1% |
| 170th | South Sudan | 9.6 | -3.0% |
| 171st | Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of | 9.7 | 2.1% |
| 172nd | Curaçao | 9.7 | -6.7% |
| 173rd | Uruguay | 9.8 | -9.7% |
| 174th | Austria | 9.8 | -4.9% |
| 175th | Denmark | 9.8 | -3.0% |
| 176th | Somalia, Fed. Rep. | 9.8 | -23.2% |
| 177th | St. Kitts and Nevis | 10.0 | -14.5% |
| 178th | Slovak Republic | 10.0 | -9.1% |
| 179th | Montenegro | 10.1 | -10.6% |
| 180th | Cuba | 10.1 | -1.4% |
| 181st | Slovenia | 10.2 | -3.8% |
| 182nd | Channel Islands | 10.4 | 1.0% |
| 183rd | Czechia | 10.4 | -8.0% |
| 184th | Isle of Man | 10.5 | 2.0% |
| 185th | Barbados | 10.6 | -4.4% |
| 186th | Lesotho | 10.6 | -2.5% |
| 187th | Puerto Rico (US) | 10.7 | -2.7% |
| 188th | European Union | 10.8 | -6.5% |
| 189th | Finland | 11.0 | -3.5% |
| 190th | North Macedonia | 11.0 | -10.6% |
| 191st | Chad | 11.0 | -4.0% |
| 192nd | Poland | 11.1 | -9.0% |
| 193rd | Italy | 11.2 | -7.4% |
| 194th | Portugal | 11.2 | -5.9% |
| 195th | Palau | 11.5 | -0.1% |
| 196th | St. Vincent and the Grenadines | 11.5 | 0.4% |
| 197th | Estonia | 11.7 | -8.6% |
| 198th | Nigeria | 11.7 | -1.8% |
| 199th | Georgia | 11.8 | -3.0% |
| 200th | Russian Federation | 12.1 | -6.2% |
| 201st | Greece | 12.2 | -9.0% |
| 202nd | Germany | 12.3 | -3.1% |
| 203rd | Romania | 12.7 | -11.2% |
| 204th | Dominica | 12.8 | -1.1% |
| 205th | Lithuania | 12.9 | -14.6% |
| 206th | Japan | 13.0 | 0.8% |
| 207th | Ukraine | 13.1 | -7.5% |
| 208th | Croatia | 13.3 | -10.1% |
| 209th | Belarus | 13.3 | 0.7% |
| 210th | Hungary | 13.4 | -5.6% |
| 211th | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 13.5 | -4.2% |
| 212th | Moldova | 13.6 | 4.1% |
| 213th | Serbia | 14.7 | -9.8% |
| 214th | Latvia | 14.9 | -9.1% |
| 215th | Bulgaria | 15.7 | -14.7% |
| 216th | Monaco | 21.0 | -10.7% |
FAQ
What was Iceland's death rate in 2023?▾
Iceland's death rate in 2023 was 6.6. This ranked 82nd globally.
How did Iceland's death rate change in 2023?▾
Iceland's death rate decreased by 5.7% in 2023 compared to 2022.
Which country had the highest death rate in 2023?▾
Monaco had the highest death rate in 2023 at 21.0.
What is the death rate of Iceland in 2023?▾
The death rate of Iceland in 2023 was 6.6. This ranked 82nd globally.
How does 2023 compare to 2022 for Iceland's death rate?▾
Iceland's death rate went from 7.0 in 2022 to 6.6 in 2023, a 5.7% decrease.
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