Korea – Death Rate 2019
5.7
−0.1 from 2018
Korea's death rate was 5.7 in 2019, decreased +0.1 from 5.8 in 2018. This was the 46th highest globally.
Global Ranking – 2019▾
| Rank | Country | Value | YoY |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Qatar | 0.8 | -4.1% |
| 2nd | United Arab Emirates | 1.0 | 0.1% |
| 3rd | Kuwait | 1.6 | -13.6% |
| 4th | Oman | 2.0 | 0.5% |
| 5th | Bahrain | 2.1 | 3.4% |
| 6th | Saudi Arabia | 2.3 | 3.0% |
| 7th | Maldives | 2.6 | -2.4% |
| 8th | Jordan | 3.0 | -0.6% |
| 9th | West Bank and Gaza | 3.1 | -2.6% |
| 10th | French Polynesia | 3.4 | 2.3% |
| 11th | Macao SAR, China | 3.4 | 9.7% |
| 12th | Northern Mariana Islands | 4.1 | 0.2% |
| 13th | Iraq | 4.4 | 0.0% |
| 14th | Honduras | 4.5 | 0.8% |
| 15th | Iran, Islamic Republic of | 4.7 | 0.3% |
| 16th | Algeria | 4.7 | 0.3% |
| 17th | Panama | 4.7 | -0.1% |
| 18th | Ecuador | 4.8 | 2.3% |
| 19th | Brunei Darussalam | 4.8 | 3.0% |
| 20th | Cayman Islands | 4.8 | 0.9% |
| 21st | Tajikistan | 4.8 | -1.1% |
| 22nd | Nicaragua | 5.0 | 2.4% |
| 23rd | Malaysia | 5.0 | 0.7% |
| 24th | Singapore | 5.0 | 0.0% |
| 25th | Cabo Verde | 5.0 | -3.1% |
| 26th | Belize | 5.0 | -0.6% |
| 27th | Israel | 5.1 | 2.0% |
| 28th | Guatemala | 5.1 | -0.4% |
| 29th | Costa Rica | 5.1 | 1.3% |
| 30th | Libya | 5.2 | 3.2% |
| 31st | Kyrgyz Republic | 5.2 | 0.0% |
| 32nd | Syrian Arab Republic | 5.3 | -19.3% |
| 33rd | Türkiye | 5.3 | 1.9% |
| 34th | Bangladesh | 5.4 | -1.3% |
| 35th | Colombia | 5.4 | 0.6% |
| 36th | Uganda | 5.4 | -3.4% |
| 37th | Lebanon | 5.5 | 5.1% |
| 38th | Egypt, Arab Republic of | 5.5 | -1.0% |
| 39th | Vanuatu | 5.5 | -1.2% |
| 40th | Solomon Islands | 5.5 | 1.4% |
| 41st | Andorra | 5.6 | 1.5% |
| 42nd | Paraguay | 5.6 | 1.3% |
| 43rd | Azerbaijan | 5.6 | -3.4% |
| 44th | Mongolia | 5.6 | 0.0% |
| 45th | Morocco | 5.6 | 0.2% |
| 46th | Korea | 5.7 | -1.7% |
| 47th | Kosovo | 5.7 | 2.4% |
| 48th | British Virgin Islands | 5.7 | 7.5% |
| 49th | Yemen, Republic of | 5.9 | -4.2% |
| 50th | Philippines | 5.9 | 2.5% |
| 51st | Uzbekistan | 6.0 | 0.6% |
| 52nd | Senegal | 6.0 | -2.3% |
| 53rd | Turkmenistan | 6.0 | -0.9% |
| 54th | Mexico | 6.1 | 0.2% |
| 55th | Tunisia | 6.1 | 0.2% |
| 56th | Mauritania | 6.1 | -2.7% |
| 57th | São Tomé and Principe | 6.1 | -1.6% |
| 58th | Dominican Republic | 6.1 | 4.7% |
| 59th | Rwanda | 6.1 | -1.2% |
| 60th | Aruba | 6.1 | -8.3% |
| 61st | Peru | 6.2 | -0.2% |
| 62nd | Tanzania | 6.2 | -3.1% |
| 63rd | Cambodia | 6.2 | 1.0% |
| 64th | American Samoa | 6.2 | 3.0% |
| 65th | Ireland | 6.2 | -3.1% |
| 66th | New Caledonia | 6.3 | 3.4% |
| 67th | Iceland | 6.3 | -1.6% |
| 68th | Viet Nam | 6.3 | 0.6% |
| 69th | Malawi | 6.3 | -3.7% |
| 70th | Bhutan | 6.4 | -2.0% |
| 71st | Botswana | 6.4 | -4.1% |
| 72nd | Eritrea | 6.4 | -1.1% |
| 73rd | Tonga | 6.4 | 0.4% |
| 74th | Antigua and Barbuda | 6.4 | 2.2% |
| 75th | Brazil | 6.5 | 1.8% |
| 76th | Chile | 6.5 | 4.3% |
| 77th | Zambia | 6.5 | -4.3% |
| 78th | Hong Kong SAR, China | 6.5 | 1.6% |
| 79th | Samoa | 6.5 | 6.2% |
| 80th | Guam | 6.5 | 1.9% |
| 81st | Sudan | 6.5 | -1.5% |
| 82nd | Lao PDR | 6.6 | -2.5% |
| 83rd | Cyprus | 6.6 | 3.4% |
| 84th | Papua New Guinea | 6.6 | -0.6% |
| 85th | India | 6.7 | 0.0% |
| 86th | Gabon | 6.7 | -1.8% |
| 87th | Australia | 6.7 | 6.3% |
| 88th | Sri Lanka | 6.7 | 0.3% |
| 89th | Pakistan | 6.8 | -1.2% |
| 90th | Marshall Islands | 6.8 | 1.1% |
| 91st | Liechtenstein | 6.8 | -5.6% |
| 92nd | Gambia, The | 6.8 | -2.3% |
| 93rd | Gibraltar | 6.8 | -1.4% |
| 94th | New Zealand | 6.9 | 1.3% |
| 95th | Sint Maarten (Dutch part) | 6.9 | 6.2% |
| 96th | St. Martin (French part) | 6.9 | 53.8% |
| 97th | Luxembourg | 6.9 | -2.8% |
| 98th | Kazakhstan | 6.9 | -0.8% |
| 99th | Nepal | 7.0 | -0.7% |
| 100th | Suriname | 7.0 | -0.4% |
| 101st | Turks and Caicos Islands | 7.0 | 1.7% |
| 102nd | Afghanistan | 7.1 | -2.8% |
| 103rd | China | 7.1 | 0.1% |
| 104th | Kiribati | 7.2 | 0.5% |
| 105th | San Marino | 7.2 | 1.4% |
| 106th | Kenya | 7.3 | 1.5% |
| 107th | Malta | 7.3 | -3.9% |
| 108th | Ghana | 7.3 | -1.5% |
| 109th | Congo, Republic of | 7.3 | 8.7% |
| 110th | Burundi | 7.4 | -2.2% |
| 111th | Thailand | 7.4 | 3.6% |
| 112th | El Salvador | 7.4 | 0.0% |
| 113th | Albania | 7.5 | 1.3% |
| 114th | Timor-Leste | 7.5 | -0.5% |
| 115th | Guyana | 7.5 | 1.3% |
| 116th | Madagascar | 7.5 | 0.4% |
| 117th | Jamaica | 7.5 | 2.2% |
| 118th | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 7.6 | -0.1% |
| 119th | Indonesia | 7.6 | -0.1% |
| 120th | Nauru | 7.6 | -0.1% |
| 121st | Canada | 7.6 | -1.3% |
| 122nd | Micronesia, Federated States of | 7.6 | 0.2% |
| 123rd | Norway | 7.6 | -1.3% |
| 124th | Comoros | 7.6 | -1.2% |
| 125th | Argentina | 7.7 | 1.2% |
| 126th | Angola | 7.7 | -2.9% |
| 127th | Namibia | 7.7 | -5.0% |
| 128th | Djibouti | 7.8 | -0.4% |
| 129th | Guinea-Bissau | 7.9 | -2.9% |
| 130th | Haiti | 7.9 | -0.6% |
| 131st | Switzerland | 7.9 | 0.0% |
| 132nd | Trinidad and Tobago | 7.9 | 2.7% |
| 133rd | Faroe Islands | 8.0 | 3.9% |
| 134th | Mozambique | 8.1 | -3.0% |
| 135th | Seychelles | 8.1 | -3.6% |
| 136th | Cameroon | 8.2 | -3.2% |
| 137th | Virgin Islands (US) | 8.2 | 3.8% |
| 138th | Zimbabwe | 8.3 | -0.5% |
| 139th | Togo | 8.4 | -2.4% |
| 140th | St. Lucia | 8.4 | 4.6% |
| 141st | Grenada | 8.5 | 1.8% |
| 142nd | Côte d'Ivoire | 8.5 | -3.2% |
| 143rd | Equatorial Guinea | 8.5 | -2.2% |
| 144th | Liberia | 8.5 | -1.5% |
| 145th | Burkina Faso | 8.6 | -2.4% |
| 146th | Sweden | 8.6 | -5.5% |
| 147th | United States | 8.7 | 0.2% |
| 148th | Bermuda | 8.7 | 0.2% |
| 149th | South Africa | 8.8 | -0.4% |
| 150th | Armenia | 8.8 | 1.1% |
| 151st | Curaçao | 8.8 | 0.0% |
| 152nd | Spain | 8.8 | -3.3% |
| 153rd | Mauritius | 8.8 | 3.5% |
| 154th | Netherlands | 8.8 | -1.1% |
| 155th | Myanmar | 8.8 | 0.2% |
| 156th | United Kingdom | 9.0 | -2.0% |
| 157th | Fiji | 9.1 | 1.7% |
| 158th | France | 9.1 | 0.0% |
| 159th | Tuvalu | 9.2 | 0.1% |
| 160th | Puerto Rico (US) | 9.2 | 1.4% |
| 161st | Denmark | 9.3 | -2.1% |
| 162nd | South Sudan | 9.3 | -25.1% |
| 163rd | Bahamas, The | 9.3 | 12.6% |
| 164th | Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of | 9.3 | 2.9% |
| 165th | Benin | 9.3 | -1.5% |
| 166th | Eswatini | 9.4 | -4.6% |
| 167th | Sierra Leone | 9.4 | -3.0% |
| 168th | Austria | 9.4 | -1.1% |
| 169th | Congo, Democratic Republic of | 9.5 | -1.9% |
| 170th | Mali | 9.5 | -3.1% |
| 171st | Belgium | 9.5 | -2.1% |
| 172nd | Barbados | 9.5 | 0.6% |
| 173rd | Niger | 9.6 | -2.0% |
| 174th | Channel Islands | 9.7 | 1.0% |
| 175th | Greenland | 9.7 | 11.5% |
| 176th | Uruguay | 9.8 | 2.4% |
| 177th | Finland | 9.8 | -1.0% |
| 178th | North Macedonia | 9.8 | 3.2% |
| 179th | Slovak Republic | 9.8 | -2.0% |
| 180th | Slovenia | 9.9 | 0.0% |
| 181st | Guinea | 9.9 | -2.0% |
| 182nd | St. Kitts and Nevis | 10.0 | 0.7% |
| 183rd | Cuba | 10.0 | 1.8% |
| 184th | Isle of Man | 10.1 | 0.5% |
| 185th | European Union | 10.4 | -1.0% |
| 186th | Czechia | 10.5 | -0.9% |
| 187th | Montenegro | 10.5 | 1.0% |
| 188th | Italy | 10.6 | 1.0% |
| 189th | Palau | 10.6 | 2.8% |
| 190th | Poland | 10.8 | -0.9% |
| 191st | Portugal | 10.8 | -0.9% |
| 192nd | Somalia, Fed. Rep. | 10.9 | -12.0% |
| 193rd | Japan | 11.2 | 1.8% |
| 194th | St. Vincent and the Grenadines | 11.3 | 1.7% |
| 195th | Germany | 11.3 | -1.7% |
| 196th | Estonia | 11.6 | -2.5% |
| 197th | Greece | 11.7 | 4.5% |
| 198th | Lesotho | 11.8 | -3.0% |
| 199th | Georgia | 12.1 | 0.0% |
| 200th | Russian Federation | 12.3 | -1.6% |
| 201st | Chad | 12.5 | -2.6% |
| 202nd | Dominica | 12.6 | 0.8% |
| 203rd | Nigeria | 12.7 | -2.1% |
| 204th | Croatia | 12.7 | -1.6% |
| 205th | Belarus | 12.8 | 0.8% |
| 206th | Ukraine | 13.1 | -0.6% |
| 207th | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 13.1 | 9.4% |
| 208th | Hungary | 13.4 | -0.7% |
| 209th | Romania | 13.4 | -1.5% |
| 210th | Lithuania | 13.6 | -2.9% |
| 211th | Moldova | 13.9 | 2.1% |
| 212th | Latvia | 14.5 | -3.3% |
| 213th | Serbia | 14.6 | 0.0% |
| 214th | Bulgaria | 16.3 | 0.6% |
| 215th | Monaco | 22.4 | 5.1% |
| 216th | Central African Republic | 30.3 | 143.9% |
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