Korea - Death Rate 2006
5.0
−0.1 from 2005
Korea's death rate was 5.0 in 2006, decreased +0.1 from 5.1 in 2005. This was the 31st highest globally.
Global Ranking - 2006▾
| Rank | Country | Value | YoY |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | United Arab Emirates | 1.4 | -1.8% |
| 2nd | Qatar | 1.5 | -10.6% |
| 3rd | Kuwait | 2.1 | -0.4% |
| 4th | Bahrain | 2.2 | -2.4% |
| 5th | Northern Mariana Islands | 2.5 | 0.4% |
| 6th | Oman | 2.7 | -1.4% |
| 7th | Saudi Arabia | 2.7 | -1.3% |
| 8th | French Polynesia | 2.8 | 2.3% |
| 9th | Macao SAR, China | 3.1 | -8.8% |
| 10th | St. Martin (French part) | 3.5 | 0.5% |
| 11th | Jordan | 3.5 | -4.1% |
| 12th | Maldives | 3.6 | -0.7% |
| 13th | Brunei Darussalam | 3.7 | 1.8% |
| 14th | Syrian Arab Republic | 3.8 | -2.7% |
| 15th | Costa Rica | 3.9 | 1.2% |
| 16th | West Bank and Gaza | 3.9 | -2.5% |
| 17th | Malaysia | 4.2 | -0.5% |
| 18th | Sint Maarten (Dutch part) | 4.2 | 2.7% |
| 19th | Turks and Caicos Islands | 4.3 | 3.0% |
| 20th | Lebanon | 4.4 | 5.7% |
| 21st | Singapore | 4.4 | 0.0% |
| 22nd | British Virgin Islands | 4.5 | 1.0% |
| 23rd | Panama | 4.6 | -0.2% |
| 24th | Libya | 4.6 | -1.1% |
| 25th | American Samoa | 4.6 | 1.6% |
| 26th | Guam | 4.7 | 2.5% |
| 27th | Iran, Islamic Republic of | 4.7 | -1.2% |
| 28th | Algeria | 4.7 | -0.1% |
| 29th | Honduras | 4.8 | -1.1% |
| 30th | Ecuador | 4.9 | 0.9% |
| 31st | Korea | 5.0 | -2.0% |
| 32nd | Colombia | 5.0 | -0.8% |
| 33rd | Belize | 5.1 | -0.9% |
| 34th | Nicaragua | 5.1 | -1.8% |
| 35th | Paraguay | 5.2 | -0.1% |
| 36th | New Caledonia | 5.2 | 0.0% |
| 37th | Tunisia | 5.3 | 1.2% |
| 38th | Cabo Verde | 5.4 | -1.4% |
| 39th | Chile | 5.4 | 2.7% |
| 40th | Cayman Islands | 5.4 | -0.3% |
| 41st | Vanuatu | 5.4 | 1.0% |
| 42nd | Aruba | 5.4 | 9.8% |
| 43rd | Samoa | 5.5 | 1.1% |
| 44th | Hong Kong SAR, China | 5.5 | -3.5% |
| 45th | Israel | 5.5 | -1.8% |
| 46th | Philippines | 5.5 | 3.0% |
| 47th | Mexico | 5.6 | 0.7% |
| 48th | Kosovo | 5.6 | 0.7% |
| 49th | Guatemala | 5.7 | -3.7% |
| 50th | Dominican Republic | 5.7 | 1.1% |
| 51st | Albania | 5.7 | -0.8% |
| 52nd | Viet Nam | 5.8 | 0.4% |
| 53rd | Virgin Islands (US) | 5.8 | -4.9% |
| 54th | Andorra | 5.8 | -3.9% |
| 55th | Brazil | 5.8 | -1.0% |
| 56th | Türkiye | 5.9 | 0.7% |
| 57th | Solomon Islands | 5.9 | -0.3% |
| 58th | Tajikistan | 6.0 | -2.5% |
| 59th | Peru | 6.1 | 2.6% |
| 60th | Egypt, Arab Republic of | 6.1 | -0.1% |
| 61st | Morocco | 6.2 | -0.6% |
| 62nd | Cyprus | 6.2 | -1.2% |
| 63rd | Azerbaijan | 6.2 | 0.0% |
| 64th | St. Lucia | 6.2 | -0.2% |
| 65th | Antigua and Barbuda | 6.3 | -1.3% |
| 66th | Yemen, Republic of | 6.3 | -3.2% |
| 67th | Iceland | 6.3 | 1.6% |
| 68th | Liechtenstein | 6.3 | 1.6% |
| 69th | Tonga | 6.4 | -0.5% |
| 70th | Australia | 6.4 | 0.0% |
| 71st | Uzbekistan | 6.6 | -0.8% |
| 72nd | Thailand | 6.6 | 0.1% |
| 73rd | Turkmenistan | 6.6 | -0.7% |
| 74th | Marshall Islands | 6.6 | -0.2% |
| 75th | Sri Lanka | 6.6 | 3.4% |
| 76th | Bangladesh | 6.6 | -2.8% |
| 77th | Jamaica | 6.7 | 0.5% |
| 78th | Ireland | 6.7 | -1.5% |
| 79th | New Zealand | 6.8 | 3.2% |
| 80th | Trinidad and Tobago | 6.8 | 0.4% |
| 81st | Cambodia | 6.8 | -2.9% |
| 82nd | China | 6.8 | 4.6% |
| 83rd | Bahamas, The | 6.8 | 1.6% |
| 84th | Mongolia | 6.9 | -2.1% |
| 85th | Kiribati | 6.9 | 0.5% |
| 86th | Canada | 7.0 | -1.4% |
| 87th | Micronesia, Federated States of | 7.0 | 1.3% |
| 88th | Nepal | 7.0 | -2.8% |
| 89th | Iraq | 7.1 | 7.5% |
| 90th | Grenada | 7.2 | -0.2% |
| 91st | Mauritania | 7.2 | -3.4% |
| 92nd | Bhutan | 7.3 | -1.4% |
| 93rd | Puerto Rico (US) | 7.3 | -4.1% |
| 94th | Bermuda | 7.4 | 3.2% |
| 95th | Kyrgyz Republic | 7.4 | 2.8% |
| 96th | Mauritius | 7.4 | 5.7% |
| 97th | Indonesia | 7.4 | 0.6% |
| 98th | Gibraltar | 7.4 | 0.1% |
| 99th | Argentina | 7.4 | 0.8% |
| 100th | El Salvador | 7.5 | 3.6% |
| 101st | San Marino | 7.5 | 2.7% |
| 102nd | Fiji | 7.6 | 0.6% |
| 103rd | India | 7.7 | -1.9% |
| 104th | Papua New Guinea | 7.7 | -0.7% |
| 105th | Greenland | 7.7 | -6.1% |
| 106th | Cuba | 7.7 | 4.6% |
| 107th | Seychelles | 7.8 | -3.7% |
| 108th | Suriname | 7.8 | -4.2% |
| 109th | Guyana | 7.9 | -0.9% |
| 110th | Malta | 7.9 | 1.3% |
| 111th | Pakistan | 7.9 | -6.0% |
| 112th | Curaçao | 8.0 | -4.3% |
| 113th | Luxembourg | 8.0 | 2.6% |
| 114th | Switzerland | 8.1 | -1.2% |
| 115th | United States | 8.1 | -2.4% |
| 116th | Nauru | 8.2 | 1.0% |
| 117th | Timor-Leste | 8.2 | -2.1% |
| 118th | Channel Islands | 8.3 | -2.4% |
| 119th | Spain | 8.3 | -5.7% |
| 120th | France | 8.3 | -2.4% |
| 121st | Netherlands | 8.3 | -1.2% |
| 122nd | São Tomé and Principe | 8.3 | -4.1% |
| 123rd | Kenya | 8.3 | -3.2% |
| 124th | Lao PDR | 8.5 | -2.1% |
| 125th | St. Kitts and Nevis | 8.5 | -0.4% |
| 126th | Madagascar | 8.5 | -2.9% |
| 127th | Japan | 8.6 | 0.0% |
| 128th | St. Vincent and the Grenadines | 8.6 | 2.1% |
| 129th | Eritrea | 8.6 | -3.7% |
| 130th | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 8.6 | -1.6% |
| 131st | Armenia | 8.7 | 3.6% |
| 132nd | Faroe Islands | 8.7 | 0.0% |
| 133rd | Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of | 8.8 | 3.5% |
| 134th | Gabon | 8.8 | -1.9% |
| 135th | Senegal | 8.8 | -4.2% |
| 136th | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 8.9 | 8.2% |
| 137th | Norway | 8.9 | 0.0% |
| 138th | Austria | 9.0 | -1.1% |
| 139th | Haiti | 9.0 | -2.0% |
| 140th | Sudan | 9.1 | -14.5% |
| 141st | Finland | 9.1 | 0.0% |
| 142nd | North Macedonia | 9.1 | 1.1% |
| 143rd | Slovenia | 9.1 | -3.2% |
| 144th | Barbados | 9.1 | 0.0% |
| 145th | Ghana | 9.2 | -1.6% |
| 146th | Congo, Republic of | 9.2 | -3.8% |
| 147th | Comoros | 9.3 | -1.7% |
| 148th | Gambia, The | 9.4 | -3.2% |
| 149th | United Kingdom | 9.4 | -2.1% |
| 150th | Uruguay | 9.4 | 0.9% |
| 151st | Rwanda | 9.5 | -7.1% |
| 152nd | Myanmar | 9.6 | -0.7% |
| 153rd | Tuvalu | 9.6 | -0.4% |
| 154th | Belgium | 9.6 | -3.0% |
| 155th | Greece | 9.6 | 0.0% |
| 156th | Italy | 9.6 | -2.0% |
| 157th | Djibouti | 9.6 | -2.4% |
| 158th | Afghanistan | 9.7 | -2.6% |
| 159th | European Union | 9.7 | -1.8% |
| 160th | Montenegro | 9.7 | 2.1% |
| 161st | Poland | 9.7 | 1.0% |
| 162nd | Portugal | 9.7 | -4.9% |
| 163rd | Tanzania | 9.8 | -4.6% |
| 164th | Palau | 9.8 | -1.2% |
| 165th | Slovak Republic | 9.9 | -1.0% |
| 166th | Germany | 10.0 | -1.0% |
| 167th | Sweden | 10.0 | -2.0% |
| 168th | Kazakhstan | 10.1 | -1.2% |
| 169th | Czechia | 10.2 | -3.8% |
| 170th | Denmark | 10.2 | 1.0% |
| 171st | Dominica | 10.3 | 1.6% |
| 172nd | Monaco | 10.3 | 3.5% |
| 173rd | Uganda | 10.5 | -6.5% |
| 174th | Isle of Man | 10.6 | -2.3% |
| 175th | Benin | 10.9 | -1.0% |
| 176th | Togo | 10.9 | -1.2% |
| 177th | Liberia | 11.0 | -3.3% |
| 178th | Croatia | 11.3 | -2.7% |
| 179th | Botswana | 11.4 | -2.7% |
| 180th | Zambia | 11.7 | -5.4% |
| 181st | Cameroon | 12.0 | -2.1% |
| 182nd | Côte d'Ivoire | 12.0 | -2.8% |
| 183rd | Equatorial Guinea | 12.0 | -2.7% |
| 184th | Romania | 12.2 | -0.8% |
| 185th | South Sudan | 12.3 | -4.1% |
| 186th | Burundi | 12.3 | -3.9% |
| 187th | Namibia | 12.3 | -2.1% |
| 188th | Georgia | 12.4 | 1.7% |
| 189th | Moldova | 12.5 | 0.3% |
| 190th | Guinea-Bissau | 12.8 | -5.6% |
| 191st | Congo, Democratic Republic of | 12.8 | -2.3% |
| 192nd | Estonia | 12.9 | 0.8% |
| 193rd | Guinea | 12.9 | -2.4% |
| 194th | Mozambique | 12.9 | -2.6% |
| 195th | Burkina Faso | 13.0 | -2.6% |
| 196th | Hungary | 13.1 | -3.0% |
| 197th | South Africa | 13.4 | 0.4% |
| 198th | Mali | 13.5 | -2.8% |
| 199th | Niger | 13.6 | -4.7% |
| 200th | Malawi | 13.7 | -4.6% |
| 201st | Lithuania | 13.7 | 3.8% |
| 202nd | Angola | 13.8 | -3.9% |
| 203rd | Serbia | 13.9 | -2.9% |
| 204th | Belarus | 14.2 | -2.1% |
| 205th | Bulgaria | 14.9 | 0.7% |
| 206th | Latvia | 14.9 | 2.1% |
| 207th | Central African Republic | 15.0 | -1.7% |
| 208th | Russian Federation | 15.1 | -6.2% |
| 209th | Nigeria | 15.4 | -1.7% |
| 210th | Somalia, Fed. Rep. | 15.4 | -0.4% |
| 211th | Zimbabwe | 15.5 | -2.5% |
| 212th | Ukraine | 16.1 | -0.4% |
| 213th | Sierra Leone | 16.2 | -5.0% |
| 214th | Chad | 16.5 | -0.4% |
| 215th | Eswatini | 17.4 | -2.3% |
| 216th | Lesotho | 20.8 | 1.7% |
FAQ
What was Korea's death rate in 2006?▾
Korea's death rate in 2006 was 5.0. This ranked 31st globally.
How did Korea's death rate change in 2006?▾
Korea's death rate decreased by 2.0% in 2006 compared to 2005.
Which country had the highest death rate in 2006?▾
Lesotho had the highest death rate in 2006 at 20.8.
What is the death rate of Korea in 2006?▾
The death rate of Korea in 2006 was 5.0. This ranked 31st globally.
How does 2006 compare to 2005 for Korea's death rate?▾
Korea's death rate went from 5.1 in 2005 to 5.0 in 2006, a 2.0% decrease.
HistorySaid - pattern alert
Korea matched the Export Boom Cycle pattern in 2006. Historically: 768 occurrences, 546 successful (71%). Outcome 24 months later: 3.0%. View full analysis →
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