United Kingdom - Death Rate 1978
11.9
+0.2 from 1977
United Kingdom's death rate was 11.9 in 1978, increased +0.2 from 11.7 in 1977. This was the 145th highest globally.
Global Ranking - 1978▾
| Rank | Country | Value | YoY |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Kuwait | 3.8 | -5.4% |
| 2nd | Qatar | 3.8 | -5.4% |
| 3rd | Andorra | 3.9 | -0.9% |
| 4th | Sint Maarten (Dutch part) | 4.2 | 0.2% |
| 5th | Bahrain | 4.2 | -5.0% |
| 6th | United Arab Emirates | 4.4 | -6.6% |
| 7th | Guam | 4.4 | -2.3% |
| 8th | Costa Rica | 4.5 | -2.9% |
| 9th | St. Martin (French part) | 4.5 | -2.3% |
| 10th | Aruba | 4.8 | -11.6% |
| 11th | American Samoa | 4.9 | -0.4% |
| 12th | Brunei Darussalam | 4.9 | -3.0% |
| 13th | Hong Kong SAR, China | 5.1 | 0.0% |
| 14th | Singapore | 5.1 | 0.0% |
| 15th | Northern Mariana Islands | 5.1 | -1.1% |
| 16th | Virgin Islands (US) | 5.3 | -0.9% |
| 17th | Panama | 5.5 | -2.6% |
| 18th | Bahamas, The | 5.7 | 0.4% |
| 19th | Malaysia | 5.8 | -2.4% |
| 20th | French Polynesia | 5.9 | -4.5% |
| 21st | Japan | 6.1 | 0.0% |
| 22nd | Cuba | 6.2 | -0.4% |
| 23rd | China | 6.3 | -9.0% |
| 24th | Greenland | 6.3 | -17.1% |
| 25th | Puerto Rico (US) | 6.3 | -1.6% |
| 26th | Antigua and Barbuda | 6.3 | 0.2% |
| 27th | Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of | 6.3 | -2.3% |
| 28th | Curaçao | 6.4 | 0.1% |
| 29th | Barbados | 6.4 | -2.5% |
| 30th | Iceland | 6.4 | -1.5% |
| 31st | Chile | 6.4 | -1.8% |
| 32nd | Colombia | 6.4 | -3.2% |
| 33rd | Liechtenstein | 6.5 | 6.6% |
| 34th | Tonga | 6.5 | -0.3% |
| 35th | Jordan | 6.6 | -4.3% |
| 36th | St. Lucia | 6.8 | -1.6% |
| 37th | Israel | 6.8 | -1.4% |
| 38th | Korea | 6.8 | 0.0% |
| 39th | British Virgin Islands | 6.8 | 0.7% |
| 40th | Sri Lanka | 6.9 | -1.7% |
| 41st | North Macedonia | 6.9 | -3.9% |
| 42nd | Albania | 6.9 | -1.8% |
| 43rd | Samoa | 7.0 | -2.2% |
| 44th | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 7.0 | 2.8% |
| 45th | Grenada | 7.0 | 3.4% |
| 46th | Syrian Arab Republic | 7.1 | -4.3% |
| 47th | Canada | 7.1 | 0.0% |
| 48th | Faroe Islands | 7.1 | 9.2% |
| 49th | Mauritius | 7.1 | -9.0% |
| 50th | Montenegro | 7.2 | 0.3% |
| 51st | Fiji | 7.2 | -1.9% |
| 52nd | Dominica | 7.2 | -0.7% |
| 53rd | Trinidad and Tobago | 7.2 | 0.3% |
| 54th | Bermuda | 7.3 | 0.6% |
| 55th | San Marino | 7.3 | 3.0% |
| 56th | Mexico | 7.4 | -3.1% |
| 57th | New Caledonia | 7.4 | -2.8% |
| 58th | Australia | 7.5 | -1.3% |
| 59th | Seychelles | 7.5 | -2.6% |
| 60th | Gibraltar | 7.5 | 0.9% |
| 61st | Libya | 7.7 | -5.3% |
| 62nd | Turks and Caicos Islands | 7.8 | -2.5% |
| 63rd | New Zealand | 7.9 | -5.0% |
| 64th | Belize | 7.9 | -1.0% |
| 65th | Philippines | 7.9 | 0.0% |
| 66th | Micronesia, Federated States of | 7.9 | -2.1% |
| 67th | St. Vincent and the Grenadines | 7.9 | -1.0% |
| 68th | Cayman Islands | 7.9 | -1.1% |
| 69th | Dominican Republic | 8.0 | -2.8% |
| 70th | Armenia | 8.0 | -1.2% |
| 71st | Thailand | 8.1 | -1.9% |
| 72nd | Spain | 8.1 | 0.0% |
| 73rd | Netherlands | 8.2 | 3.8% |
| 74th | Solomon Islands | 8.3 | -6.5% |
| 75th | Macao SAR, China | 8.4 | -7.5% |
| 76th | Jamaica | 8.5 | 0.6% |
| 77th | Cyprus | 8.6 | -2.0% |
| 78th | Iraq | 8.6 | -2.3% |
| 79th | Paraguay | 8.6 | -0.6% |
| 80th | Viet Nam | 8.6 | -2.2% |
| 81st | Greece | 8.7 | -3.3% |
| 82nd | United States | 8.7 | 1.2% |
| 83rd | Ecuador | 8.8 | -3.5% |
| 84th | Argentina | 8.9 | -0.9% |
| 85th | Tunisia | 8.9 | -5.7% |
| 86th | Brazil | 8.9 | -1.9% |
| 87th | Vanuatu | 9.0 | -4.5% |
| 88th | Botswana | 9.0 | -5.2% |
| 89th | Guyana | 9.1 | -0.6% |
| 90th | Belarus | 9.1 | 2.2% |
| 91st | Switzerland | 9.2 | 3.4% |
| 92nd | Finland | 9.2 | -1.1% |
| 93rd | Serbia | 9.3 | 5.1% |
| 94th | Saudi Arabia | 9.4 | -5.8% |
| 95th | Poland | 9.4 | 4.4% |
| 96th | Uzbekistan | 9.5 | -2.5% |
| 97th | Azerbaijan | 9.6 | 2.4% |
| 98th | Italy | 9.6 | -2.0% |
| 99th | Palau | 9.6 | -1.9% |
| 100th | Georgia | 9.7 | -0.7% |
| 101st | Romania | 9.7 | 1.0% |
| 102nd | Nauru | 9.8 | 5.4% |
| 103rd | Papua New Guinea | 9.8 | -2.6% |
| 104th | Slovak Republic | 9.8 | 1.0% |
| 105th | Kazakhstan | 9.8 | 0.0% |
| 106th | Marshall Islands | 9.8 | -2.4% |
| 107th | Uruguay | 9.9 | -0.2% |
| 108th | Slovenia | 9.9 | 3.1% |
| 109th | Norway | 10.0 | 2.0% |
| 110th | Lithuania | 10.1 | 3.1% |
| 111th | Portugal | 10.1 | -1.0% |
| 112th | Lebanon | 10.1 | 1.3% |
| 113th | Kyrgyz Republic | 10.2 | -1.9% |
| 114th | South Africa | 10.2 | -2.8% |
| 115th | France | 10.2 | -1.0% |
| 116th | Ireland | 10.2 | 0.0% |
| 117th | Tuvalu | 10.3 | -1.5% |
| 118th | Suriname | 10.3 | 0.8% |
| 119th | Türkiye | 10.3 | -4.1% |
| 120th | Honduras | 10.3 | -2.6% |
| 121st | European Union | 10.3 | 1.0% |
| 122nd | Kenya | 10.4 | -3.5% |
| 123rd | Russian Federation | 10.4 | 2.3% |
| 124th | Denmark | 10.4 | 5.1% |
| 125th | Bulgaria | 10.5 | -1.9% |
| 126th | Malta | 10.5 | 11.7% |
| 127th | Croatia | 10.6 | 7.1% |
| 128th | Ukraine | 10.7 | 2.6% |
| 129th | Moldova | 10.8 | 0.4% |
| 130th | Sweden | 10.8 | 0.9% |
| 131st | Indonesia | 10.9 | -2.4% |
| 132nd | Turkmenistan | 11.1 | -3.0% |
| 133rd | Kosovo | 11.1 | -3.1% |
| 134th | Namibia | 11.2 | -2.1% |
| 135th | Cabo Verde | 11.5 | -2.4% |
| 136th | Kiribati | 11.5 | -4.8% |
| 137th | Tajikistan | 11.5 | -1.2% |
| 138th | Guatemala | 11.5 | -5.0% |
| 139th | Peru | 11.5 | -2.8% |
| 140th | São Tomé and Principe | 11.6 | -0.7% |
| 141st | Luxembourg | 11.6 | 2.7% |
| 142nd | Belgium | 11.7 | 1.7% |
| 143rd | Channel Islands | 11.7 | 0.0% |
| 144th | Congo, Republic of | 11.9 | -1.7% |
| 145th | United Kingdom | 11.9 | 1.7% |
| 146th | Eswatini | 12.0 | -4.1% |
| 147th | St. Kitts and Nevis | 12.0 | 0.8% |
| 148th | El Salvador | 12.1 | -3.7% |
| 149th | Oman | 12.2 | -7.4% |
| 150th | Germany | 12.2 | 2.5% |
| 151st | Estonia | 12.2 | 3.4% |
| 152nd | Iran, Islamic Republic of | 12.2 | 3.1% |
| 153rd | Czechia | 12.4 | 0.0% |
| 154th | Austria | 12.5 | 2.5% |
| 155th | Latvia | 12.5 | 0.8% |
| 156th | Pakistan | 12.6 | -2.1% |
| 157th | Zimbabwe | 12.7 | 9.4% |
| 158th | Morocco | 12.9 | -4.0% |
| 159th | Nicaragua | 12.9 | 9.9% |
| 160th | Zambia | 13.0 | -0.5% |
| 161st | Lesotho | 13.1 | -2.8% |
| 162nd | Hungary | 13.1 | 5.6% |
| 163rd | Sudan | 13.3 | 0.0% |
| 164th | Myanmar | 13.5 | -1.2% |
| 165th | Mongolia | 14.0 | -1.8% |
| 166th | Djibouti | 14.2 | -1.9% |
| 167th | Egypt, Arab Republic of | 14.3 | -3.5% |
| 168th | India | 14.4 | -2.6% |
| 169th | Gabon | 14.5 | -2.2% |
| 170th | Mauritania | 14.6 | -1.8% |
| 171st | Ghana | 15.3 | -1.2% |
| 172nd | Algeria | 15.5 | -6.5% |
| 173rd | Togo | 15.8 | -3.4% |
| 174th | Maldives | 15.8 | 5.2% |
| 175th | Bangladesh | 15.9 | -1.5% |
| 176th | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 16.1 | -2.1% |
| 177th | Côte d'Ivoire | 16.1 | -3.9% |
| 178th | Tanzania | 16.1 | -1.7% |
| 179th | Madagascar | 16.3 | -0.2% |
| 180th | Isle of Man | 16.4 | -0.9% |
| 181st | Haiti | 16.6 | -1.1% |
| 182nd | Monaco | 16.6 | -2.5% |
| 183rd | Cameroon | 16.7 | -1.0% |
| 184th | Central African Republic | 17.3 | -0.9% |
| 185th | Somalia, Fed. Rep. | 17.6 | -3.8% |
| 186th | Comoros | 17.6 | -2.0% |
| 187th | Nepal | 17.8 | -2.2% |
| 188th | Bhutan | 17.9 | -3.1% |
| 189th | Lao PDR | 18.4 | -1.8% |
| 190th | Senegal | 18.9 | -3.5% |
| 191st | Yemen, Republic of | 19.2 | -4.5% |
| 192nd | Uganda | 19.3 | 1.3% |
| 193rd | Rwanda | 19.5 | -1.9% |
| 194th | Congo, Democratic Republic of | 19.6 | 0.0% |
| 195th | Benin | 19.8 | -2.0% |
| 196th | Eritrea | 19.9 | -1.7% |
| 197th | Nigeria | 20.1 | -1.9% |
| 198th | Burundi | 20.5 | -1.7% |
| 199th | Burkina Faso | 20.9 | -2.6% |
| 200th | Liberia | 21.3 | -1.1% |
| 201st | Gambia, The | 21.5 | 0.0% |
| 202nd | Mozambique | 21.6 | 0.6% |
| 203rd | Angola | 22.2 | -1.4% |
| 204th | Chad | 22.5 | -0.8% |
| 205th | Equatorial Guinea | 22.7 | -1.7% |
| 206th | Malawi | 22.7 | -3.7% |
| 207th | Guinea-Bissau | 23.3 | 0.6% |
| 208th | Guinea | 23.3 | -1.6% |
| 209th | Sierra Leone | 23.6 | -1.2% |
| 210th | Afghanistan | 24.2 | 3.3% |
| 211th | Niger | 26.3 | -1.5% |
| 212th | Mali | 26.6 | -2.5% |
| 213th | South Sudan | 26.7 | -1.0% |
| 214th | Timor-Leste | 42.2 | 7.9% |
| 215th | Cambodia | 93.9 | 1.0% |
FAQ
What was United Kingdom's death rate in 1978?▾
United Kingdom's death rate in 1978 was 11.9. This ranked 145th globally.
How did United Kingdom's death rate change in 1978?▾
United Kingdom's death rate increased by 1.7% in 1978 compared to 1977.
Which country had the highest death rate in 1978?▾
Cambodia had the highest death rate in 1978 at 93.9.
What is the death rate of United Kingdom in 1978?▾
The death rate of United Kingdom in 1978 was 11.9. This ranked 145th globally.
How does 1978 compare to 1977 for United Kingdom's death rate?▾
United Kingdom's death rate went from 11.7 in 1977 to 11.9 in 1978, a 1.7% increase.
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