Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of - Death Rate 2012
8.6
−0.1 from 2011
Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of's death rate was 8.6 in 2012, decreased +0.1 from 8.7 in 2011. This was the 143rd highest globally.
Global Ranking - 2012▾
| Rank | Country | Value | YoY |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | United Arab Emirates | 1.0 | 0.6% |
| 2nd | Qatar | 1.1 | -1.4% |
| 3rd | Kuwait | 1.8 | -2.5% |
| 4th | Bahrain | 2.0 | -1.9% |
| 5th | Oman | 2.2 | 0.8% |
| 6th | Saudi Arabia | 2.6 | -1.9% |
| 7th | French Polynesia | 3.0 | 0.5% |
| 8th | Maldives | 3.1 | -2.6% |
| 9th | Macao SAR, China | 3.2 | -5.9% |
| 10th | Northern Mariana Islands | 3.3 | 5.8% |
| 11th | West Bank and Gaza | 3.4 | -0.2% |
| 12th | Jordan | 3.8 | 1.2% |
| 13th | St. Martin (French part) | 3.8 | 1.7% |
| 14th | Brunei Darussalam | 3.9 | 1.7% |
| 15th | Lebanon | 4.2 | -0.1% |
| 16th | Costa Rica | 4.3 | 0.4% |
| 17th | Malaysia | 4.5 | 1.7% |
| 18th | Singapore | 4.5 | 0.0% |
| 19th | Honduras | 4.6 | -1.6% |
| 20th | Iran, Islamic Republic of | 4.6 | 0.0% |
| 21st | Panama | 4.6 | 0.5% |
| 22nd | Algeria | 4.7 | -0.1% |
| 23rd | Cayman Islands | 4.9 | -3.3% |
| 24th | Ecuador | 4.9 | -0.7% |
| 25th | Nicaragua | 5.0 | -1.7% |
| 26th | Libya | 5.0 | -14.7% |
| 27th | Colombia | 5.0 | -0.8% |
| 28th | Türkiye | 5.0 | -2.0% |
| 29th | American Samoa | 5.1 | 2.7% |
| 30th | Iraq | 5.1 | -3.4% |
| 31st | British Virgin Islands | 5.1 | 4.3% |
| 32nd | Cabo Verde | 5.1 | -1.0% |
| 33rd | Belize | 5.2 | -0.2% |
| 34th | Paraguay | 5.2 | -0.6% |
| 35th | Guatemala | 5.2 | -1.9% |
| 36th | Kosovo | 5.2 | -1.4% |
| 37th | Sint Maarten (Dutch part) | 5.2 | 0.3% |
| 38th | Israel | 5.3 | 0.0% |
| 39th | Korea | 5.3 | 3.9% |
| 40th | Tajikistan | 5.4 | -2.6% |
| 41st | Yemen, Republic of | 5.4 | -0.9% |
| 42nd | Philippines | 5.5 | -0.1% |
| 43rd | Guam | 5.5 | 3.1% |
| 44th | New Caledonia | 5.5 | -0.5% |
| 45th | Vanuatu | 5.5 | 0.5% |
| 46th | Dominican Republic | 5.5 | -0.5% |
| 47th | Solomon Islands | 5.6 | -1.7% |
| 48th | Mexico | 5.7 | -0.4% |
| 49th | Antigua and Barbuda | 5.7 | 0.5% |
| 50th | Tunisia | 5.8 | 1.3% |
| 51st | Cyprus | 5.8 | -0.6% |
| 52nd | Bangladesh | 5.8 | -1.4% |
| 53rd | Morocco | 5.8 | -1.1% |
| 54th | Aruba | 5.9 | -6.5% |
| 55th | Brazil | 5.9 | 0.7% |
| 56th | Azerbaijan | 5.9 | 0.0% |
| 57th | Samoa | 5.9 | 1.9% |
| 58th | Andorra | 6.0 | 0.7% |
| 59th | Egypt, Arab Republic of | 6.0 | -0.8% |
| 60th | Viet Nam | 6.0 | 1.0% |
| 61st | Turks and Caicos Islands | 6.1 | 6.7% |
| 62nd | Turkmenistan | 6.1 | 0.4% |
| 63rd | Cambodia | 6.1 | -1.3% |
| 64th | Chile | 6.1 | 3.5% |
| 65th | Hong Kong SAR, China | 6.1 | 1.7% |
| 66th | Iceland | 6.1 | -1.6% |
| 67th | Liechtenstein | 6.1 | -10.3% |
| 68th | Uzbekistan | 6.1 | -0.4% |
| 69th | Tonga | 6.3 | 0.0% |
| 70th | Ireland | 6.3 | 1.6% |
| 71st | Mongolia | 6.3 | -8.7% |
| 72nd | Sri Lanka | 6.3 | -1.3% |
| 73rd | Jamaica | 6.4 | -0.2% |
| 74th | Marshall Islands | 6.4 | -0.1% |
| 75th | Peru | 6.5 | -3.0% |
| 76th | Bhutan | 6.5 | -1.0% |
| 77th | Kyrgyz Republic | 6.5 | 0.0% |
| 78th | Australia | 6.6 | 0.0% |
| 79th | Thailand | 6.7 | 0.8% |
| 80th | Virgin Islands (US) | 6.7 | 1.5% |
| 81st | Trinidad and Tobago | 6.7 | 0.4% |
| 82nd | Albania | 6.7 | 5.8% |
| 83rd | Gibraltar | 6.7 | -1.5% |
| 84th | Rwanda | 6.8 | -4.0% |
| 85th | New Zealand | 6.8 | -0.6% |
| 86th | Syrian Arab Republic | 6.8 | 57.6% |
| 87th | India | 6.9 | -1.5% |
| 88th | Kiribati | 6.9 | 0.1% |
| 89th | Nepal | 7.0 | 0.4% |
| 90th | El Salvador | 7.0 | -0.9% |
| 91st | Papua New Guinea | 7.1 | -1.3% |
| 92nd | Canada | 7.1 | 0.0% |
| 93rd | San Marino | 7.1 | 4.4% |
| 94th | China | 7.1 | -0.1% |
| 95th | St. Lucia | 7.1 | 2.6% |
| 96th | Suriname | 7.2 | 0.7% |
| 97th | Kenya | 7.2 | -0.9% |
| 98th | Eritrea | 7.2 | -2.3% |
| 99th | Micronesia, Federated States of | 7.2 | 0.6% |
| 100th | Luxembourg | 7.3 | -1.4% |
| 101st | Senegal | 7.3 | -2.5% |
| 102nd | São Tomé and Principe | 7.3 | -2.6% |
| 103rd | Mauritania | 7.4 | 2.4% |
| 104th | Mauritius | 7.4 | 1.4% |
| 105th | Seychelles | 7.4 | -6.3% |
| 106th | Uganda | 7.4 | -5.2% |
| 107th | Bahamas, The | 7.5 | 0.9% |
| 108th | Pakistan | 7.5 | -1.2% |
| 109th | Indonesia | 7.5 | -0.1% |
| 110th | Sudan | 7.5 | -2.1% |
| 111th | Lao PDR | 7.6 | -1.3% |
| 112th | Grenada | 7.6 | 1.0% |
| 113th | Madagascar | 7.6 | -1.1% |
| 114th | Gabon | 7.6 | -2.4% |
| 115th | Argentina | 7.7 | 4.0% |
| 116th | Tanzania | 7.7 | -3.8% |
| 117th | Congo, Republic of | 7.8 | -2.3% |
| 118th | Nauru | 7.8 | -3.0% |
| 119th | Bermuda | 7.8 | 1.8% |
| 120th | Afghanistan | 7.8 | -2.6% |
| 121st | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 7.8 | -1.3% |
| 122nd | Timor-Leste | 7.9 | -1.1% |
| 123rd | Switzerland | 8.0 | 2.6% |
| 124th | Greenland | 8.0 | -4.8% |
| 125th | Guyana | 8.1 | 2.2% |
| 126th | Malta | 8.1 | 3.8% |
| 127th | Puerto Rico (US) | 8.1 | 1.3% |
| 128th | United States | 8.1 | 0.4% |
| 129th | Gambia, The | 8.1 | -2.1% |
| 130th | Kazakhstan | 8.2 | -4.1% |
| 131st | Curaçao | 8.2 | -3.5% |
| 132nd | Cuba | 8.2 | 1.0% |
| 133rd | Ghana | 8.3 | -1.8% |
| 134th | Zambia | 8.4 | -4.9% |
| 135th | Channel Islands | 8.4 | 2.4% |
| 136th | Netherlands | 8.4 | 3.7% |
| 137th | Norway | 8.4 | 0.0% |
| 138th | Haiti | 8.4 | -3.3% |
| 139th | Comoros | 8.5 | -1.5% |
| 140th | Djibouti | 8.5 | -1.5% |
| 141st | Faroe Islands | 8.5 | 6.3% |
| 142nd | Spain | 8.6 | 3.6% |
| 143rd | Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of | 8.6 | -1.1% |
| 144th | France | 8.7 | 3.6% |
| 145th | Fiji | 8.8 | 11.1% |
| 146th | United Kingdom | 8.9 | 2.3% |
| 147th | Myanmar | 9.0 | -0.9% |
| 148th | Armenia | 9.1 | -1.1% |
| 149th | Palau | 9.1 | -0.6% |
| 150th | Botswana | 9.2 | -2.8% |
| 151st | Barbados | 9.2 | 0.0% |
| 152nd | St. Kitts and Nevis | 9.2 | -1.6% |
| 153rd | Malawi | 9.2 | -7.0% |
| 154th | Tuvalu | 9.3 | -0.3% |
| 155th | Austria | 9.4 | 3.3% |
| 156th | Denmark | 9.4 | 0.0% |
| 157th | Slovenia | 9.4 | 3.3% |
| 158th | Isle of Man | 9.5 | 0.5% |
| 159th | Montenegro | 9.5 | 1.1% |
| 160th | Liberia | 9.5 | -0.4% |
| 161st | Uruguay | 9.6 | -0.1% |
| 162nd | Finland | 9.6 | 2.1% |
| 163rd | Burundi | 9.6 | -4.7% |
| 164th | Slovak Republic | 9.7 | 1.0% |
| 165th | Sweden | 9.7 | 2.1% |
| 166th | Belgium | 9.8 | 4.3% |
| 167th | North Macedonia | 9.8 | 3.2% |
| 168th | Togo | 9.9 | -2.1% |
| 169th | Japan | 10.0 | 1.0% |
| 170th | Guinea-Bissau | 10.0 | -3.5% |
| 171st | Angola | 10.0 | -4.8% |
| 172nd | South Sudan | 10.0 | -2.7% |
| 173rd | European Union | 10.1 | 2.6% |
| 174th | Poland | 10.1 | 2.0% |
| 175th | Cameroon | 10.1 | -3.9% |
| 176th | South Africa | 10.1 | -5.3% |
| 177th | Italy | 10.2 | 3.0% |
| 178th | Portugal | 10.2 | 5.2% |
| 179th | Equatorial Guinea | 10.2 | -2.8% |
| 180th | Benin | 10.3 | -0.7% |
| 181st | Namibia | 10.3 | -5.1% |
| 182nd | Czechia | 10.3 | 1.0% |
| 183rd | St. Vincent and the Grenadines | 10.3 | 4.4% |
| 184th | Côte d'Ivoire | 10.5 | -1.5% |
| 185th | Burkina Faso | 10.6 | -2.9% |
| 186th | Greece | 10.6 | 6.0% |
| 187th | Mozambique | 10.7 | -4.0% |
| 188th | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 10.7 | 4.0% |
| 189th | Germany | 10.8 | 1.9% |
| 190th | Zimbabwe | 10.9 | -6.4% |
| 191st | Niger | 11.0 | -2.4% |
| 192nd | Congo, Democratic Republic of | 11.1 | -2.2% |
| 193rd | Guinea | 11.4 | -2.0% |
| 194th | Dominica | 11.4 | -4.3% |
| 195th | Mali | 11.6 | -2.1% |
| 196th | Estonia | 11.7 | 1.7% |
| 197th | Croatia | 12.1 | 1.7% |
| 198th | Moldova | 12.3 | 0.9% |
| 199th | Georgia | 12.6 | -0.3% |
| 200th | Romania | 12.7 | 1.6% |
| 201st | Hungary | 13.0 | 0.8% |
| 202nd | Sierra Leone | 13.2 | -3.2% |
| 203rd | Russian Federation | 13.3 | -1.5% |
| 204th | Central African Republic | 13.3 | -5.0% |
| 205th | Belarus | 13.4 | -6.3% |
| 206th | Eswatini | 13.7 | -6.5% |
| 207th | Lithuania | 13.7 | 0.7% |
| 208th | Nigeria | 14.0 | -1.3% |
| 209th | Serbia | 14.2 | 0.0% |
| 210th | Ukraine | 14.2 | -1.6% |
| 211th | Latvia | 14.3 | 2.9% |
| 212th | Monaco | 14.4 | 12.0% |
| 213th | Chad | 14.6 | -2.1% |
| 214th | Bulgaria | 15.0 | 2.0% |
| 215th | Somalia, Fed. Rep. | 16.1 | -49.9% |
| 216th | Lesotho | 16.5 | -5.8% |
FAQ
What was Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of's death rate in 2012?▾
Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of's death rate in 2012 was 8.6. This ranked 143rd globally.
How did Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of's death rate change in 2012?▾
Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of's death rate decreased by 1.1% in 2012 compared to 2011.
Which country had the highest death rate in 2012?▾
Lesotho had the highest death rate in 2012 at 16.5.
What is the death rate of Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of in 2012?▾
The death rate of Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of in 2012 was 8.6. This ranked 143rd globally.
How does 2012 compare to 2011 for Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of's death rate?▾
Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of's death rate went from 8.7 in 2011 to 8.6 in 2012, a 1.1% decrease.
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