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Death Rate – Ranking 2009

All countries ranked by death rate · World Bank

In 2009, United Arab Emirates (1.2), Qatar (1.3), and Kuwait (2.0) ranked highest in death rate among all countries. Central African Republic ranked lowest at 72.5.

Death Rate by Country – 2009
RankCountryValueYoY %
1st United Arab Emirates 1.2 -3.3%
2nd Qatar 1.3 -6.1%
3rd Kuwait 2.0 -2.0%
4th Bahrain 2.1 -2.1%
5th Oman 2.5 -2.7%
6th Saudi Arabia 2.7 -0.3%
7th Northern Mariana Islands 2.8 +4.7%
8th French Polynesia 2.9 +1.0%
9th Macao SAR, China 3.1 -3.1%
10th Maldives 3.4 -2.8%
11th St. Martin (French part) 3.6 +1.5%
12th Jordan 3.7 +0.8%
13th West Bank and Gaza 3.7 +0.6%
14th Syrian Arab Republic 3.8 -0.4%
15th Brunei Darussalam 3.8 +0.7%
16th Costa Rica 4.1 +1.2%
17th Lebanon 4.2 +0.1%
18th Malaysia 4.3 +1.4%
19th Singapore 4.3 -2.3%
20th Panama 4.6 -0.1%
21st Libya 4.6 +0.2%
22nd Iran, Islamic Republic of 4.6 -0.2%
23rd Algeria 4.7 -0.3%
24th Honduras 4.7 -0.6%
25th Sint Maarten (Dutch part) 4.8 +5.3%
26th British Virgin Islands 4.8 +2.6%
27th Ecuador 4.8 +0.5%
28th Turks and Caicos Islands 5.0 +2.9%
29th Korea 5.0 +0.0%
30th Colombia 5.0 +0.3%
31st Guam 5.1 +2.3%
32nd Türkiye 5.1 -14.6%
33rd Nicaragua 5.1 +0.6%
34th Belize 5.1 -0.1%
35th Israel 5.2 -3.7%
36th Paraguay 5.2 +0.3%
37th Cabo Verde 5.2 -0.4%
38th Cayman Islands 5.3 -1.1%
39th American Samoa 5.4 +13.9%
40th Vanuatu 5.4 +0.0%
41st Kosovo 5.5 +1.1%
42nd Guatemala 5.5 -0.5%
43rd Iraq 5.5 -7.9%
44th Tunisia 5.5 +1.4%
45th New Caledonia 5.5 +1.7%
46th Philippines 5.5 +1.2%
47th Tajikistan 5.7 -1.0%
48th Chile 5.7 +1.2%
49th Albania 5.7 +2.5%
50th Mexico 5.7 +0.9%
51st Yemen, Republic of 5.7 -2.4%
52nd Dominican Republic 5.7 -0.1%
53rd Brazil 5.8 +0.1%
54th Viet Nam 5.9 +0.8%
55th Antigua and Barbuda 5.9 -2.0%
56th Azerbaijan 5.9 -1.7%
57th Hong Kong SAR, China 5.9 -1.7%
58th Solomon Islands 5.9 +0.5%
59th Cyprus 5.9 -2.8%
60th Andorra 6.0 +1.8%
61st Morocco 6.0 -0.6%
62nd Egypt, Arab Republic of 6.1 -0.1%
63rd Turkmenistan 6.2 -2.4%
64th Bangladesh 6.2 -2.2%
65th Aruba 6.2 +12.8%
66th Uzbekistan 6.3 -1.7%
67th Ireland 6.3 +0.0%
68th Iceland 6.3 +0.0%
69th San Marino 6.3 +5.0%
70th Cambodia 6.4 -2.0%
71st Liechtenstein 6.4 +10.3%
72nd Tonga 6.4 +1.3%
73rd Australia 6.5 -3.0%
74th Samoa 6.5 +14.7%
75th Marshall Islands 6.5 -0.9%
76th Jamaica 6.5 -1.2%
77th Thailand 6.6 -0.2%
78th Virgin Islands (US) 6.6 -1.5%
79th Mongolia 6.7 +1.5%
80th St. Lucia 6.7 +3.3%
81st Kyrgyz Republic 6.7 -5.6%
82nd Peru 6.7 +3.3%
83rd New Zealand 6.7 -1.8%
84th Trinidad and Tobago 6.8 +0.3%
85th Bhutan 6.8 -1.3%
86th Kiribati 6.9 +0.1%
87th Mauritania 7.0 +0.8%
88th Nepal 7.0 +0.4%
89th China 7.1 +0.3%
90th Canada 7.1 -1.4%
91st Gibraltar 7.1 -1.8%
92nd Suriname 7.1 -1.9%
93rd Micronesia, Federated States of 7.2 +0.4%
94th Bahamas, The 7.2 +1.7%
95th India 7.3 -1.6%
96th Luxembourg 7.3 -1.4%
97th Grenada 7.3 +0.9%
98th Papua New Guinea 7.4 -1.3%
99th Mauritius 7.4 +2.8%
100th El Salvador 7.5 -1.8%
101st Indonesia 7.5 +0.2%
102nd Argentina 7.5 -0.5%
103rd Bermuda 7.6 +0.4%
104th Kenya 7.6 -3.2%
105th Pakistan 7.7 -0.8%
106th Guyana 7.8 +0.3%
107th Puerto Rico (US) 7.8 +2.2%
108th Rwanda 7.8 -6.6%
109th Greenland 7.8 +2.6%
110th Malta 7.8 -1.3%
111th Seychelles 7.8 +2.6%
112th São Tomé and Principe 7.8 -2.2%
113th Eritrea 7.8 -3.1%
114th Curaçao 7.9 -8.1%
115th United States 7.9 -2.5%
116th Fiji 7.9 +1.5%
117th Senegal 7.9 -2.8%
118th Sudan 7.9 -7.6%
119th Madagascar 8.0 -1.8%
120th Timor-Leste 8.0 -0.5%
121st Sri Lanka 8.0 +14.9%
122nd Lao PDR 8.0 -2.5%
123rd Faroe Islands 8.0 +1.3%
124th Switzerland 8.1 +1.3%
125th Netherlands 8.1 -1.2%
126th Gabon 8.2 -2.1%
127th Bolivia, Plurinational State of 8.2 -1.7%
128th Channel Islands 8.2 -1.2%
129th Cuba 8.2 +2.6%
130th Nauru 8.2 -0.2%
131st Spain 8.3 -1.2%
132nd Congo, Republic of 8.4 -3.3%
133rd France 8.5 +0.0%
134th Norway 8.6 -1.1%
135th Tanzania 8.6 -3.6%
136th Afghanistan 8.6 -2.7%
137th Haiti 8.7 -1.8%
138th Uganda 8.7 -5.5%
139th Gambia, The 8.7 -1.9%
140th Ghana 8.7 -1.6%
141st Comoros 8.9 -1.3%
142nd St. Kitts and Nevis 8.9 +1.9%
143rd Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of 8.9 -0.8%
144th Djibouti 9.0 -2.6%
145th Armenia 9.0 +1.1%
146th United Kingdom 9.0 -4.3%
147th Japan 9.1 +0.0%
148th Barbados 9.1 -0.2%
149th Slovenia 9.2 +1.1%
150th Uruguay 9.2 -1.5%
151st St. Vincent and the Grenadines 9.2 +2.5%
152nd Kazakhstan 9.3 -3.9%
153rd Austria 9.3 +3.3%
154th Finland 9.3 +1.1%
155th North Macedonia 9.3 +0.0%
156th Myanmar 9.3 -24.3%
157th Palau 9.3 -1.4%
158th Tuvalu 9.4 -0.6%
159th Montenegro 9.5 +2.2%
160th Bosnia and Herzegovina 9.6 +1.1%
161st Belgium 9.6 -2.0%
162nd Isle of Man 9.7 -2.8%
163rd Sweden 9.7 -2.0%
164th Greece 9.8 +1.0%
165th Slovak Republic 9.8 -1.0%
166th Zambia 9.8 -5.6%
167th European Union 9.8 +0.1%
168th Denmark 9.9 +0.0%
169th Italy 9.9 +0.0%
170th Portugal 9.9 +0.0%
171st Botswana 10.0 -2.4%
172nd Liberia 10.0 -2.9%
173rd Poland 10.1 +1.0%
174th Czechia 10.3 +2.0%
175th Germany 10.4 +1.0%
176th Benin 10.5 -1.3%
177th Togo 10.6 -1.2%
178th Burundi 10.8 -4.6%
179th South Sudan 10.9 -3.1%
180th Côte d'Ivoire 11.0 -1.5%
181st Dominica 11.1 +3.2%
182nd Equatorial Guinea 11.1 -2.7%
183rd Monaco 11.1 +1.8%
184th Cameroon 11.2 -2.3%
185th Guinea-Bissau 11.3 -5.4%
186th Namibia 11.4 -2.1%
187th Malawi 11.5 -6.8%
188th Angola 11.7 -4.9%
189th Burkina Faso 11.7 -3.4%
190th Croatia 11.8 +0.0%
191st Mozambique 11.9 -2.7%
192nd Niger 12.0 -3.5%
193rd Congo, Democratic Republic of 12.0 -2.1%
194th South Africa 12.1 -4.9%
195th Estonia 12.1 -3.2%
196th Guinea 12.1 -1.9%
197th Moldova 12.3 -0.8%
198th Mali 12.4 -2.5%
199th Romania 12.6 +2.4%
200th Georgia 12.7 +0.9%
201st Hungary 13.0 +0.0%
202nd Lithuania 13.3 -2.9%
203rd Zimbabwe 14.0 -5.0%
204th Latvia 14.0 -1.4%
205th Belarus 14.1 +2.2%
206th Russian Federation 14.1 -2.8%
207th Serbia 14.2 +1.6%
208th Bulgaria 14.5 -2.0%
209th Somalia, Fed. Rep. 14.5 -3.1%
210th Nigeria 14.6 -1.7%
211th Sierra Leone 14.6 -3.5%
212th Ukraine 15.4 -2.9%
213th Chad 15.5 -1.9%
214th Eswatini 15.9 -3.8%
215th Lesotho 19.1 -3.6%
216th Central African Republic 72.5 +408.9%