Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of - Death Rate 1988
5.6
−0.0 from 1987
Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of's death rate was 5.6 in 1988, decreased +0.0 from 5.7 in 1987. This was the 28th highest globally.
Global Ranking - 1988▾
| Rank | Country | Value | YoY |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Kuwait | 2.3 | -2.3% |
| 2nd | Qatar | 2.3 | -2.8% |
| 3rd | St. Martin (French part) | 2.8 | -3.1% |
| 4th | United Arab Emirates | 2.9 | -3.1% |
| 5th | Bahrain | 3.3 | -1.3% |
| 6th | Sint Maarten (Dutch part) | 3.5 | -0.7% |
| 7th | French Polynesia | 3.7 | -3.6% |
| 8th | Costa Rica | 3.8 | -1.5% |
| 9th | Brunei Darussalam | 4.0 | -1.3% |
| 10th | Guam | 4.1 | 2.9% |
| 11th | Northern Mariana Islands | 4.1 | 0.0% |
| 12th | American Samoa | 4.4 | 0.8% |
| 13th | Macao SAR, China | 4.5 | 4.7% |
| 14th | Jordan | 4.5 | -3.1% |
| 15th | Malaysia | 4.8 | -1.0% |
| 16th | Libya | 4.8 | -3.1% |
| 17th | Virgin Islands (US) | 4.9 | -2.5% |
| 18th | Hong Kong SAR, China | 4.9 | 2.1% |
| 19th | Singapore | 4.9 | 4.3% |
| 20th | Andorra | 5.0 | 4.2% |
| 21st | Syrian Arab Republic | 5.1 | -3.4% |
| 22nd | Panama | 5.1 | -0.2% |
| 23rd | Saudi Arabia | 5.1 | -5.7% |
| 24th | Chile | 5.4 | -0.9% |
| 25th | Oman | 5.4 | -7.7% |
| 26th | Korea | 5.6 | -5.1% |
| 27th | British Virgin Islands | 5.6 | -1.6% |
| 28th | Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of | 5.6 | -0.5% |
| 29th | Aruba | 5.6 | -9.7% |
| 30th | Albania | 5.7 | -1.2% |
| 31st | Thailand | 5.8 | -0.9% |
| 32nd | Colombia | 5.9 | 0.1% |
| 33rd | St. Lucia | 5.9 | -0.7% |
| 34th | Turks and Caicos Islands | 6.0 | -3.0% |
| 35th | Tunisia | 6.0 | -3.3% |
| 36th | Belize | 6.0 | -2.4% |
| 37th | Samoa | 6.1 | -1.3% |
| 38th | Bahamas, The | 6.1 | 1.0% |
| 39th | Mexico | 6.1 | -0.3% |
| 40th | Algeria | 6.2 | -5.7% |
| 41st | New Caledonia | 6.2 | 0.0% |
| 42nd | Ecuador | 6.3 | -3.0% |
| 43rd | Dominican Republic | 6.3 | -1.8% |
| 44th | Cayman Islands | 6.4 | -0.1% |
| 45th | Japan | 6.5 | 4.8% |
| 46th | Fiji | 6.5 | -4.1% |
| 47th | Israel | 6.6 | -1.5% |
| 48th | Mauritius | 6.6 | 1.5% |
| 49th | St. Vincent and the Grenadines | 6.6 | 0.0% |
| 50th | Solomon Islands | 6.6 | -2.0% |
| 51st | China | 6.6 | -1.2% |
| 52nd | Sri Lanka | 6.7 | 1.5% |
| 53rd | Curaçao | 6.8 | 1.2% |
| 54th | Trinidad and Tobago | 6.8 | -1.9% |
| 55th | Tonga | 6.8 | -0.2% |
| 56th | Cuba | 6.8 | 0.8% |
| 57th | Azerbaijan | 6.8 | 1.5% |
| 58th | Paraguay | 6.9 | -2.6% |
| 59th | Micronesia, Federated States of | 6.9 | -1.9% |
| 60th | Viet Nam | 6.9 | -3.4% |
| 61st | Philippines | 7.0 | -2.5% |
| 62nd | Liechtenstein | 7.0 | 7.7% |
| 63rd | Australia | 7.2 | -4.0% |
| 64th | Brazil | 7.2 | -2.0% |
| 65th | Türkiye | 7.2 | -3.3% |
| 66th | Canada | 7.3 | 1.4% |
| 67th | Iceland | 7.3 | 4.3% |
| 68th | Seychelles | 7.3 | -1.4% |
| 69th | Antigua and Barbuda | 7.3 | 2.0% |
| 70th | Montenegro | 7.3 | -0.4% |
| 71st | Puerto Rico (US) | 7.4 | 0.7% |
| 72nd | Cyprus | 7.4 | 0.4% |
| 73rd | North Macedonia | 7.4 | 1.2% |
| 74th | Vanuatu | 7.4 | -8.7% |
| 75th | Uzbekistan | 7.4 | -3.1% |
| 76th | Gibraltar | 7.6 | 0.6% |
| 77th | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 7.6 | 1.3% |
| 78th | Jamaica | 7.6 | -0.9% |
| 79th | Honduras | 7.6 | -2.3% |
| 80th | Grenada | 7.6 | -0.9% |
| 81st | Iran, Islamic Republic of | 7.7 | -4.5% |
| 82nd | Marshall Islands | 7.8 | -1.5% |
| 83rd | Malta | 7.8 | -7.1% |
| 84th | Botswana | 7.8 | 5.3% |
| 85th | Barbados | 7.9 | 3.9% |
| 86th | Argentina | 7.9 | -2.0% |
| 87th | Bermuda | 7.9 | 0.0% |
| 88th | Greenland | 7.9 | -3.7% |
| 89th | Eswatini | 7.9 | -3.3% |
| 90th | Spain | 8.2 | 2.5% |
| 91st | San Marino | 8.3 | 0.2% |
| 92nd | New Zealand | 8.3 | -0.5% |
| 93rd | Kosovo | 8.3 | -3.4% |
| 94th | Peru | 8.3 | -3.3% |
| 95th | Morocco | 8.3 | -3.7% |
| 96th | South Africa | 8.3 | -1.6% |
| 97th | Turkmenistan | 8.4 | -1.8% |
| 98th | Netherlands | 8.4 | 1.2% |
| 99th | Kyrgyz Republic | 8.4 | 1.6% |
| 100th | Indonesia | 8.4 | -1.3% |
| 101st | Lebanon | 8.5 | -2.0% |
| 102nd | Papua New Guinea | 8.6 | -0.5% |
| 103rd | Suriname | 8.7 | -2.6% |
| 104th | El Salvador | 8.7 | -3.4% |
| 105th | Zimbabwe | 8.7 | 1.0% |
| 106th | Guyana | 8.8 | -0.7% |
| 107th | Dominica | 8.8 | 5.2% |
| 108th | Kenya | 8.8 | 1.3% |
| 109th | Nicaragua | 8.9 | -11.3% |
| 110th | United States | 8.9 | 3.5% |
| 111th | Guatemala | 8.9 | -2.7% |
| 112th | Switzerland | 9.0 | -3.2% |
| 113th | Faroe Islands | 9.0 | 12.5% |
| 114th | Ireland | 9.0 | 1.1% |
| 115th | Maldives | 9.1 | -4.9% |
| 116th | Greece | 9.2 | -4.2% |
| 117th | Kazakhstan | 9.3 | -1.5% |
| 118th | Cabo Verde | 9.4 | -2.5% |
| 119th | Egypt, Arab Republic of | 9.5 | -4.0% |
| 120th | France | 9.5 | -1.0% |
| 121st | Italy | 9.5 | 1.1% |
| 122nd | Moldova | 9.5 | -1.2% |
| 123rd | Palau | 9.5 | 2.6% |
| 124th | Slovenia | 9.6 | -4.0% |
| 125th | Portugal | 9.8 | 3.2% |
| 126th | Kiribati | 9.9 | -2.8% |
| 127th | Finland | 9.9 | 2.1% |
| 128th | Poland | 9.9 | -2.0% |
| 129th | Uruguay | 9.9 | 0.0% |
| 130th | Namibia | 10.0 | -0.5% |
| 131st | Tajikistan | 10.0 | -0.2% |
| 132nd | Slovak Republic | 10.0 | 0.0% |
| 133rd | Belarus | 10.1 | 2.0% |
| 134th | Georgia | 10.2 | 3.5% |
| 135th | European Union | 10.2 | -0.3% |
| 136th | Lesotho | 10.3 | -0.6% |
| 137th | Lithuania | 10.3 | 1.0% |
| 138th | Luxembourg | 10.3 | -4.6% |
| 139th | Serbia | 10.4 | 0.1% |
| 140th | Congo, Republic of | 10.5 | 0.2% |
| 141st | Channel Islands | 10.5 | -1.9% |
| 142nd | Belgium | 10.6 | -0.9% |
| 143rd | São Tomé and Principe | 10.6 | -1.4% |
| 144th | Russian Federation | 10.7 | 1.9% |
| 145th | Tuvalu | 10.7 | -0.4% |
| 146th | Nauru | 10.7 | -4.0% |
| 147th | Norway | 10.8 | 0.9% |
| 148th | Austria | 11.0 | -1.8% |
| 149th | Romania | 11.0 | -0.9% |
| 150th | Mauritania | 11.1 | -2.9% |
| 151st | Pakistan | 11.1 | -1.0% |
| 152nd | Croatia | 11.1 | -0.9% |
| 153rd | Iraq | 11.2 | 18.8% |
| 154th | India | 11.3 | -2.5% |
| 155th | United Kingdom | 11.4 | 0.9% |
| 156th | Germany | 11.5 | -0.9% |
| 157th | Denmark | 11.5 | 1.8% |
| 158th | Sweden | 11.5 | 3.6% |
| 159th | Ukraine | 11.5 | 2.0% |
| 160th | Mongolia | 11.5 | -2.9% |
| 161st | Myanmar | 11.6 | -1.5% |
| 162nd | Djibouti | 11.7 | -1.4% |
| 163rd | Gabon | 11.7 | -1.8% |
| 164th | Estonia | 11.9 | 0.8% |
| 165th | St. Kitts and Nevis | 12.0 | 0.9% |
| 166th | Bulgaria | 12.0 | 0.0% |
| 167th | Czechia | 12.1 | -1.6% |
| 168th | Yemen, Republic of | 12.2 | -3.8% |
| 169th | Latvia | 12.2 | 0.0% |
| 170th | Senegal | 12.3 | -4.8% |
| 171st | Sudan | 12.3 | -0.9% |
| 172nd | Monaco | 12.3 | -0.2% |
| 173rd | Bhutan | 12.4 | -3.8% |
| 174th | Ghana | 12.5 | -3.3% |
| 175th | Bangladesh | 12.6 | -2.5% |
| 176th | Togo | 12.6 | -0.9% |
| 177th | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 12.8 | -2.7% |
| 178th | Hungary | 13.2 | -1.5% |
| 179th | Cambodia | 13.2 | -3.2% |
| 180th | Côte d'Ivoire | 13.5 | -0.5% |
| 181st | Cameroon | 13.5 | -1.3% |
| 182nd | Nepal | 13.8 | -3.2% |
| 183rd | Comoros | 13.8 | -2.9% |
| 184th | Lao PDR | 14.1 | -2.3% |
| 185th | Tanzania | 14.3 | -0.6% |
| 186th | Haiti | 14.3 | -1.6% |
| 187th | Rwanda | 14.4 | 0.5% |
| 188th | Madagascar | 14.7 | -1.8% |
| 189th | Armenia | 15.2 | 96.5% |
| 190th | Isle of Man | 15.4 | -2.1% |
| 191st | Benin | 15.7 | -3.4% |
| 192nd | Zambia | 16.0 | 2.4% |
| 193rd | Eritrea | 16.4 | -2.6% |
| 194th | Equatorial Guinea | 16.5 | -0.8% |
| 195th | Central African Republic | 16.6 | -0.4% |
| 196th | Gambia, The | 17.3 | -3.5% |
| 197th | Congo, Democratic Republic of | 17.4 | -1.5% |
| 198th | Burkina Faso | 17.5 | -1.1% |
| 199th | Uganda | 17.8 | -0.6% |
| 200th | Nigeria | 18.9 | -0.2% |
| 201st | Chad | 19.8 | -8.5% |
| 202nd | Guinea | 19.8 | -1.4% |
| 203rd | Mali | 20.4 | -2.1% |
| 204th | Liberia | 20.6 | 0.3% |
| 205th | Afghanistan | 20.6 | -16.3% |
| 206th | Burundi | 20.8 | 15.8% |
| 207th | Somalia, Fed. Rep. | 21.0 | 21.3% |
| 208th | Mozambique | 21.3 | -8.8% |
| 209th | Guinea-Bissau | 21.4 | -1.9% |
| 210th | Sierra Leone | 21.9 | -0.4% |
| 211th | Angola | 22.4 | -2.5% |
| 212th | Malawi | 22.8 | 3.7% |
| 213th | Niger | 25.0 | -1.2% |
| 214th | Timor-Leste | 26.5 | -0.7% |
| 215th | South Sudan | 77.7 | 57.4% |
FAQ
What was Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of's death rate in 1988?▾
Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of's death rate in 1988 was 5.6. This ranked 28th globally.
How did Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of's death rate change in 1988?▾
Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of's death rate decreased by 0.5% in 1988 compared to 1987.
Which country had the highest death rate in 1988?▾
South Sudan had the highest death rate in 1988 at 77.7.
What is the death rate of Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of in 1988?▾
The death rate of Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of in 1988 was 5.6. This ranked 28th globally.
How does 1988 compare to 1987 for Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of's death rate?▾
Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of's death rate went from 5.7 in 1987 to 5.6 in 1988, a 0.5% decrease.
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