Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of - Death Rate 2017
8.8
+0.2 from 2016
Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of's death rate was 8.8 in 2017, increased +0.2 from 8.6 in 2016. This was the 148th highest globally.
Global Ranking - 2017▾
| Rank | Country | Value | YoY |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Qatar | 0.9 | -2.1% |
| 2nd | United Arab Emirates | 1.0 | -3.7% |
| 3rd | Kuwait | 1.9 | 1.9% |
| 4th | Bahrain | 2.0 | 0.2% |
| 5th | Oman | 2.0 | -1.2% |
| 6th | Saudi Arabia | 2.2 | -0.2% |
| 7th | Maldives | 2.7 | -2.8% |
| 8th | Jordan | 3.1 | -2.3% |
| 9th | West Bank and Gaza | 3.2 | -1.3% |
| 10th | French Polynesia | 3.2 | 1.6% |
| 11th | Macao SAR, China | 3.3 | -2.9% |
| 12th | Northern Mariana Islands | 4.0 | 3.0% |
| 13th | Honduras | 4.4 | 0.1% |
| 14th | Brunei Darussalam | 4.5 | 2.9% |
| 15th | Iran, Islamic Republic of | 4.6 | 0.1% |
| 16th | Algeria | 4.7 | 0.3% |
| 17th | St. Martin (French part) | 4.7 | 12.4% |
| 18th | Cayman Islands | 4.7 | 0.3% |
| 19th | Panama | 4.8 | 0.9% |
| 20th | Iraq | 4.8 | -7.7% |
| 21st | Malaysia | 4.9 | 0.3% |
| 22nd | Nicaragua | 4.9 | -0.2% |
| 23rd | Tajikistan | 5.0 | -4.0% |
| 24th | Costa Rica | 5.0 | 2.9% |
| 25th | Lebanon | 5.0 | 5.6% |
| 26th | Singapore | 5.0 | 4.2% |
| 27th | Ecuador | 5.1 | 1.2% |
| 28th | Guatemala | 5.1 | -1.8% |
| 29th | Belize | 5.1 | -0.4% |
| 30th | Libya | 5.1 | -5.3% |
| 31st | Cabo Verde | 5.1 | -0.7% |
| 32nd | Israel | 5.2 | 0.0% |
| 33rd | Türkiye | 5.3 | 0.0% |
| 34th | Colombia | 5.3 | 0.1% |
| 35th | Kosovo | 5.4 | -0.2% |
| 36th | Kyrgyz Republic | 5.4 | -1.8% |
| 37th | Andorra | 5.4 | 0.4% |
| 38th | Solomon Islands | 5.4 | 0.2% |
| 39th | Mongolia | 5.5 | -5.2% |
| 40th | Paraguay | 5.5 | 1.9% |
| 41st | Bangladesh | 5.5 | -1.1% |
| 42nd | Philippines | 5.6 | -1.7% |
| 43rd | Korea | 5.6 | 1.8% |
| 44th | Vanuatu | 5.6 | 0.0% |
| 45th | Egypt, Arab Republic of | 5.6 | -1.4% |
| 46th | Morocco | 5.6 | -0.7% |
| 47th | British Virgin Islands | 5.6 | -2.6% |
| 48th | Yemen, Republic of | 5.6 | -0.1% |
| 49th | Azerbaijan | 5.8 | 0.0% |
| 50th | Dominican Republic | 5.8 | -1.3% |
| 51st | Uganda | 5.8 | -4.2% |
| 52nd | American Samoa | 5.8 | 1.7% |
| 53rd | New Caledonia | 5.9 | 2.1% |
| 54th | Uzbekistan | 6.0 | 0.0% |
| 55th | Mexico | 6.0 | 2.2% |
| 56th | Chile | 6.0 | -0.8% |
| 57th | Cambodia | 6.1 | 0.6% |
| 58th | Tunisia | 6.1 | 0.4% |
| 59th | Turkmenistan | 6.1 | -0.3% |
| 60th | Samoa | 6.1 | 0.2% |
| 61st | Peru | 6.1 | 1.1% |
| 62nd | Sint Maarten (Dutch part) | 6.2 | 8.7% |
| 63rd | Antigua and Barbuda | 6.2 | 1.4% |
| 64th | Rwanda | 6.2 | -1.6% |
| 65th | Viet Nam | 6.2 | 0.7% |
| 66th | Brazil | 6.3 | 0.5% |
| 67th | Senegal | 6.3 | -2.7% |
| 68th | Guam | 6.3 | 2.6% |
| 69th | Hong Kong SAR, China | 6.3 | -1.6% |
| 70th | Ireland | 6.3 | -1.6% |
| 71st | Cyprus | 6.3 | 2.8% |
| 72nd | Tonga | 6.4 | -0.4% |
| 73rd | São Tomé and Principe | 6.4 | -2.4% |
| 74th | Australia | 6.5 | -1.5% |
| 75th | Iceland | 6.5 | -5.8% |
| 76th | Mauritania | 6.5 | -3.2% |
| 77th | Tanzania | 6.6 | -3.2% |
| 78th | Aruba | 6.6 | -9.1% |
| 79th | Liechtenstein | 6.6 | -8.3% |
| 80th | Eritrea | 6.6 | -1.9% |
| 81st | Sri Lanka | 6.6 | 1.8% |
| 82nd | Marshall Islands | 6.6 | 1.2% |
| 83rd | Bhutan | 6.6 | 1.1% |
| 84th | India | 6.7 | -0.4% |
| 85th | Papua New Guinea | 6.7 | -0.8% |
| 86th | Sudan | 6.7 | -3.0% |
| 87th | Turks and Caicos Islands | 6.8 | 2.0% |
| 88th | Malawi | 6.8 | -5.1% |
| 89th | Congo, Republic of | 6.9 | -2.1% |
| 90th | Gabon | 6.9 | -1.5% |
| 91st | New Zealand | 6.9 | 4.7% |
| 92nd | Pakistan | 6.9 | -1.4% |
| 93rd | Lao PDR | 6.9 | -3.6% |
| 94th | Zambia | 7.0 | -2.7% |
| 95th | Gibraltar | 7.0 | -0.9% |
| 96th | Thailand | 7.0 | 1.6% |
| 97th | Botswana | 7.0 | -5.7% |
| 98th | Suriname | 7.0 | -0.4% |
| 99th | China | 7.1 | 0.3% |
| 100th | Kazakhstan | 7.1 | -2.0% |
| 101st | Nepal | 7.1 | 0.1% |
| 102nd | Kiribati | 7.1 | 0.9% |
| 103rd | Luxembourg | 7.1 | 4.4% |
| 104th | Jamaica | 7.1 | 3.0% |
| 105th | Gambia, The | 7.1 | -2.3% |
| 106th | Kenya | 7.1 | -0.6% |
| 107th | Syrian Arab Republic | 7.2 | -1.1% |
| 108th | Afghanistan | 7.3 | -0.1% |
| 109th | Albania | 7.4 | 1.2% |
| 110th | Madagascar | 7.5 | 0.4% |
| 111th | El Salvador | 7.5 | 0.6% |
| 112th | Trinidad and Tobago | 7.5 | 2.5% |
| 113th | Indonesia | 7.5 | 0.1% |
| 114th | Micronesia, Federated States of | 7.5 | 0.6% |
| 115th | Ghana | 7.6 | -1.8% |
| 116th | Timor-Leste | 7.6 | -0.6% |
| 117th | Guyana | 7.6 | -1.5% |
| 118th | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 7.6 | -0.3% |
| 119th | Canada | 7.6 | 2.7% |
| 120th | Malta | 7.6 | 2.7% |
| 121st | Nauru | 7.6 | -0.3% |
| 122nd | Argentina | 7.7 | -2.3% |
| 123rd | Norway | 7.7 | -1.3% |
| 124th | Virgin Islands (US) | 7.7 | 2.7% |
| 125th | Seychelles | 7.8 | -1.3% |
| 126th | Comoros | 7.8 | -1.4% |
| 127th | Burundi | 7.9 | -4.2% |
| 128th | Switzerland | 7.9 | 1.3% |
| 129th | Djibouti | 7.9 | -1.1% |
| 130th | Haiti | 8.0 | -2.1% |
| 131st | St. Lucia | 8.0 | 1.9% |
| 132nd | Mauritius | 8.0 | -1.2% |
| 133rd | Bahamas, The | 8.1 | 2.3% |
| 134th | Grenada | 8.2 | 1.8% |
| 135th | Angola | 8.2 | -3.4% |
| 136th | San Marino | 8.2 | 7.9% |
| 137th | Guinea-Bissau | 8.4 | -3.5% |
| 138th | Namibia | 8.5 | -4.2% |
| 139th | Zimbabwe | 8.6 | -2.6% |
| 140th | Mozambique | 8.6 | -3.9% |
| 141st | United States | 8.6 | 1.7% |
| 142nd | Cameroon | 8.7 | -2.9% |
| 143rd | Bermuda | 8.7 | 0.8% |
| 144th | Fiji | 8.7 | -1.1% |
| 145th | Liberia | 8.8 | -1.9% |
| 146th | Netherlands | 8.8 | 1.1% |
| 147th | Togo | 8.8 | -2.5% |
| 148th | Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of | 8.8 | 2.6% |
| 149th | South Africa | 8.8 | -2.6% |
| 150th | Myanmar | 8.9 | -0.1% |
| 151st | Curaçao | 8.9 | -4.3% |
| 152nd | Faroe Islands | 8.9 | 15.6% |
| 153rd | Greenland | 8.9 | 2.3% |
| 154th | Equatorial Guinea | 8.9 | -2.5% |
| 155th | Burkina Faso | 9.1 | -3.1% |
| 156th | Armenia | 9.1 | -3.2% |
| 157th | Spain | 9.1 | 3.4% |
| 158th | France | 9.1 | 2.2% |
| 159th | Sweden | 9.1 | -1.1% |
| 160th | Côte d'Ivoire | 9.1 | -3.5% |
| 161st | Denmark | 9.2 | 0.0% |
| 162nd | United Kingdom | 9.2 | 1.1% |
| 163rd | Puerto Rico (US) | 9.2 | 4.1% |
| 164th | Tuvalu | 9.3 | -0.9% |
| 165th | Barbados | 9.4 | 0.7% |
| 166th | Uruguay | 9.5 | -1.0% |
| 167th | Austria | 9.5 | 3.3% |
| 168th | Channel Islands | 9.5 | 3.3% |
| 169th | Belgium | 9.6 | 1.1% |
| 170th | Benin | 9.6 | -1.7% |
| 171st | St. Kitts and Nevis | 9.8 | 1.2% |
| 172nd | Finland | 9.8 | 0.0% |
| 173rd | North Macedonia | 9.8 | -0.5% |
| 174th | Congo, Democratic Republic of | 9.9 | -2.1% |
| 175th | Slovak Republic | 9.9 | 3.1% |
| 176th | Slovenia | 9.9 | 4.2% |
| 177th | Cuba | 9.9 | 5.0% |
| 178th | Niger | 10.0 | -2.0% |
| 179th | Isle of Man | 10.0 | 0.5% |
| 180th | Mali | 10.0 | -2.3% |
| 181st | Palau | 10.0 | 2.8% |
| 182nd | Eswatini | 10.3 | -5.6% |
| 183rd | Sierra Leone | 10.3 | -4.1% |
| 184th | Guinea | 10.4 | -1.5% |
| 185th | Montenegro | 10.4 | 1.0% |
| 186th | European Union | 10.5 | 2.8% |
| 187th | Czechia | 10.5 | 2.9% |
| 188th | Poland | 10.6 | 3.9% |
| 189th | Portugal | 10.6 | -0.9% |
| 190th | Italy | 10.8 | 5.9% |
| 191st | Japan | 10.8 | 2.9% |
| 192nd | St. Vincent and the Grenadines | 10.9 | -0.6% |
| 193rd | Germany | 11.3 | 1.8% |
| 194th | Greece | 11.6 | 5.5% |
| 195th | Estonia | 11.8 | 0.9% |
| 196th | Ukraine | 12.3 | -2.6% |
| 197th | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 12.3 | 0.6% |
| 198th | Russian Federation | 12.4 | -3.9% |
| 199th | Belarus | 12.6 | 0.0% |
| 200th | Georgia | 12.7 | -0.9% |
| 201st | Lesotho | 12.7 | -4.5% |
| 202nd | Croatia | 13.0 | 5.7% |
| 203rd | Nigeria | 13.2 | -1.6% |
| 204th | Moldova | 13.3 | 0.1% |
| 205th | Chad | 13.3 | -2.0% |
| 206th | Romania | 13.4 | 2.3% |
| 207th | Hungary | 13.6 | 4.6% |
| 208th | Dominica | 13.6 | 31.3% |
| 209th | Somalia, Fed. Rep. | 14.1 | 16.7% |
| 210th | Lithuania | 14.1 | -1.4% |
| 211th | Latvia | 14.8 | 1.4% |
| 212th | Serbia | 14.8 | 3.5% |
| 213th | Bulgaria | 16.1 | 3.2% |
| 214th | Central African Republic | 16.9 | 28.6% |
| 215th | Monaco | 21.1 | 1.1% |
| 216th | South Sudan | 25.8 | 3.7% |
FAQ
What was Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of's death rate in 2017?▾
Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of's death rate in 2017 was 8.8. This ranked 148th globally.
How did Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of's death rate change in 2017?▾
Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of's death rate increased by 2.6% in 2017 compared to 2016.
Which country had the highest death rate in 2017?▾
South Sudan had the highest death rate in 2017 at 25.8.
What is the death rate of Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of in 2017?▾
The death rate of Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of in 2017 was 8.8. This ranked 148th globally.
How does 2017 compare to 2016 for Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of's death rate?▾
Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of's death rate went from 8.6 in 2016 to 8.8 in 2017, a 2.6% increase.
Related
2016
2018
All years
Full ranking 2017
Population
Population Growth
Population Density
Urban Population
Life Expectancy
Peak: 1960
Lowest: 1992
Death Rate 1990s
Death Rate 2000s
Death Rate 2010s
Death Rate 2020s
Highest ever
Lowest ever
Average
vs American Samoa
vs Australia
vs Brunei Darussalam
vs Cambodia
Global Ranking