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United States - Death Rate 2008

Name: United States Death Rate 2008
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Crude death rate per 1,000 people · World Bank

8.1 +0.1 from 2007 Global rank: 119th

United States's death rate was 8.1 in 2008, increased +0.1 from 8.0 in 2007. This was the 119th highest globally.

Global Ranking - 2008▾

Death Rate by Country - 2008
Rank	Country	Value	YoY
1st	United Arab Emirates	1.2	-10.1%
2nd	Qatar	1.4	-1.4%
3rd	Kuwait	2.0	-1.4%
4th	Bahrain	2.1	-2.2%
5th	Oman	2.6	-3.2%
6th	Northern Mariana Islands	2.7	3.7%
7th	Saudi Arabia	2.7	-0.7%
8th	French Polynesia	2.9	1.7%
9th	Macao SAR, China	3.2	6.7%
10th	Maldives	3.5	-1.7%
11th	St. Martin (French part)	3.6	1.2%
12th	Jordan	3.7	0.5%
13th	West Bank and Gaza	3.7	1.0%
14th	Brunei Darussalam	3.8	0.6%
15th	Syrian Arab Republic	3.8	2.1%
16th	Costa Rica	4.1	2.3%
17th	Lebanon	4.2	1.0%
18th	Malaysia	4.2	0.9%
19th	Singapore	4.4	-2.2%
20th	Sint Maarten (Dutch part)	4.5	4.4%
21st	Panama	4.6	-0.1%
22nd	Libya	4.6	0.0%
23rd	Iran, Islamic Republic of	4.6	-0.3%
24th	British Virgin Islands	4.7	1.5%
25th	Algeria	4.7	-0.3%
26th	Honduras	4.7	-0.3%
27th	American Samoa	4.8	1.1%
28th	Ecuador	4.8	-2.3%
29th	Turks and Caicos Islands	4.8	8.4%
30th	Guam	5.0	3.2%
31st	Korea	5.0	0.0%
32nd	Colombia	5.0	-1.0%
33rd	Nicaragua	5.1	-0.1%
34th	Belize	5.1	0.7%
35th	Paraguay	5.2	0.4%
36th	Cabo Verde	5.3	-1.5%
37th	Cayman Islands	5.3	-0.8%
38th	Kosovo	5.4	-0.5%
39th	Israel	5.4	-3.6%
40th	New Caledonia	5.4	2.0%
41st	Vanuatu	5.4	-0.2%
42nd	Tunisia	5.4	1.3%
43rd	Philippines	5.5	0.6%
44th	Guatemala	5.5	-0.7%
45th	Aruba	5.5	3.2%
46th	Albania	5.6	-0.4%
47th	Chile	5.6	2.2%
48th	Samoa	5.7	1.5%
49th	Mexico	5.7	1.1%
50th	Tajikistan	5.7	-2.2%
51st	Dominican Republic	5.8	0.1%
52nd	Brazil	5.8	-0.3%
53rd	Liechtenstein	5.8	-9.4%
54th	Viet Nam	5.8	0.5%
55th	Andorra	5.9	0.2%
56th	Solomon Islands	5.9	-2.3%
57th	Yemen, Republic of	5.9	-3.1%
58th	Iraq	6.0	-13.5%
59th	Türkiye	6.0	1.2%
60th	Azerbaijan	6.0	-4.8%
61st	Hong Kong SAR, China	6.0	5.3%
62nd	San Marino	6.0	-16.7%
63rd	Antigua and Barbuda	6.0	-2.4%
64th	Morocco	6.0	-0.8%
65th	Cyprus	6.1	0.7%
66th	Egypt, Arab Republic of	6.1	0.0%
67th	Ireland	6.3	-1.6%
68th	Iceland	6.3	1.6%
69th	Tonga	6.3	-0.3%
70th	Bangladesh	6.3	-2.9%
71st	Turkmenistan	6.3	-2.4%
72nd	Uzbekistan	6.4	-1.6%
73rd	St. Lucia	6.4	2.4%
74th	Peru	6.5	5.0%
75th	Cambodia	6.5	-2.0%
76th	Mongolia	6.6	-1.5%
77th	Thailand	6.6	0.0%
78th	Marshall Islands	6.6	-0.3%
79th	Jamaica	6.6	-0.6%
80th	Australia	6.7	0.0%
81st	Virgin Islands (US)	6.7	0.0%
82nd	Trinidad and Tobago	6.7	0.0%
83rd	New Zealand	6.9	1.5%
84th	Bhutan	6.9	-2.4%
85th	Mauritania	6.9	-2.4%
86th	Kiribati	6.9	0.1%
87th	Sri Lanka	6.9	3.8%
88th	Nepal	7.0	-0.5%
89th	China	7.1	1.9%
90th	Bahamas, The	7.1	1.9%
91st	Kyrgyz Republic	7.1	-1.4%
92nd	Micronesia, Federated States of	7.2	0.7%
93rd	Canada	7.2	0.0%
94th	Mauritius	7.2	4.3%
95th	Grenada	7.2	0.4%
96th	Gibraltar	7.3	-1.6%
97th	Suriname	7.3	-3.0%
98th	Luxembourg	7.4	-8.6%
99th	India	7.4	-1.7%
100th	Indonesia	7.4	0.3%
101st	Papua New Guinea	7.5	-1.6%
102nd	Argentina	7.5	-4.8%
103rd	Bermuda	7.6	0.9%
104th	El Salvador	7.6	-2.6%
105th	Greenland	7.6	-5.0%
106th	Seychelles	7.6	2.7%
107th	Puerto Rico (US)	7.6	2.3%
108th	Guyana	7.7	0.4%
109th	Fiji	7.8	0.8%
110th	Pakistan	7.8	-0.5%
111th	Kenya	7.9	-3.1%
112th	Faroe Islands	7.9	0.0%
113th	Malta	7.9	3.9%
114th	São Tomé and Principe	8.0	-1.6%
115th	Switzerland	8.0	-1.2%
116th	Cuba	8.0	2.1%
117th	Timor-Leste	8.0	-1.0%
118th	Eritrea	8.1	-2.9%
119th	United States	8.1	1.3%
120th	Madagascar	8.1	-2.6%
121st	Senegal	8.2	-2.8%
122nd	Lao PDR	8.2	-1.4%
123rd	Netherlands	8.2	1.2%
124th	Nauru	8.2	0.0%
125th	Channel Islands	8.3	0.0%
126th	Bolivia, Plurinational State of	8.3	-1.8%
127th	Rwanda	8.3	-6.4%
128th	Gabon	8.4	-2.4%
129th	Spain	8.4	-1.2%
130th	France	8.5	2.4%
131st	Sudan	8.6	0.3%
132nd	Curaçao	8.6	8.9%
133rd	Congo, Republic of	8.7	-3.4%
134th	Norway	8.7	-2.2%
135th	St. Kitts and Nevis	8.7	1.3%
136th	Haiti	8.8	-0.7%
137th	Gambia, The	8.9	-3.0%
138th	Afghanistan	8.9	-6.4%
139th	Ghana	8.9	-1.5%
140th	Armenia	8.9	3.5%
141st	Tanzania	9.0	-3.9%
142nd	Comoros	9.0	-2.2%
143rd	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	9.0	1.9%
144th	Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of	9.0	0.3%
145th	Austria	9.0	0.0%
146th	Japan	9.1	3.4%
147th	Slovenia	9.1	-1.1%
148th	Barbados	9.1	0.7%
149th	Finland	9.2	-1.1%
150th	Uganda	9.2	-6.0%
151st	Djibouti	9.2	-2.3%
152nd	North Macedonia	9.3	-3.1%
153rd	Montenegro	9.3	-4.1%
154th	Uruguay	9.4	0.3%
155th	United Kingdom	9.4	0.0%
156th	Palau	9.5	-1.5%
157th	Bosnia and Herzegovina	9.5	3.5%
158th	Tuvalu	9.5	-0.3%
159th	Kazakhstan	9.7	-2.6%
160th	Greece	9.7	-2.0%
161st	Belgium	9.8	3.2%
162nd	European Union	9.8	0.7%
163rd	Denmark	9.9	-2.9%
164th	Italy	9.9	2.1%
165th	Portugal	9.9	1.0%
166th	Slovak Republic	9.9	-1.0%
167th	Sweden	9.9	-1.0%
168th	Isle of Man	10.0	-3.2%
169th	Poland	10.0	1.0%
170th	Czechia	10.1	-1.0%
171st	Botswana	10.2	-3.8%
172nd	Germany	10.3	2.0%
173rd	Liberia	10.3	-2.8%
174th	Zambia	10.4	-5.8%
175th	Benin	10.7	-0.1%
176th	Togo	10.7	-1.4%
177th	Dominica	10.7	2.2%
178th	Monaco	10.9	1.6%
179th	Côte d'Ivoire	11.2	-3.9%
180th	South Sudan	11.2	-4.5%
181st	Burundi	11.3	-4.0%
182nd	Equatorial Guinea	11.4	-2.7%
183rd	Cameroon	11.4	-2.3%
184th	Namibia	11.6	-2.5%
185th	Croatia	11.8	0.0%
186th	Guinea-Bissau	11.9	-2.8%
187th	Burkina Faso	12.1	-4.2%
188th	Mozambique	12.3	-2.5%
189th	Congo, Democratic Republic of	12.3	-2.1%
190th	Myanmar	12.3	29.4%
191st	Romania	12.3	1.7%
192nd	Angola	12.3	-5.2%
193rd	Guinea	12.4	-2.4%
194th	Malawi	12.4	-5.1%
195th	Niger	12.4	-4.2%
196th	Moldova	12.4	-0.3%
197th	Estonia	12.5	-3.8%
198th	Georgia	12.6	-0.4%
199th	South Africa	12.7	-3.3%
200th	Mali	12.8	-2.6%
201st	Hungary	13.0	-1.5%
202nd	Lithuania	13.7	-2.8%
203rd	Belarus	13.8	0.7%
204th	Serbia	14.0	0.4%
205th	Latvia	14.2	-5.3%
206th	Central African Republic	14.2	-2.4%
207th	Russian Federation	14.5	-0.7%
208th	Zimbabwe	14.7	-3.2%
209th	Bulgaria	14.8	-1.3%
210th	Nigeria	14.8	-1.8%
211th	Somalia, Fed. Rep.	15.0	-2.4%
212th	Sierra Leone	15.2	-3.5%
213th	Chad	15.8	-2.1%
214th	Ukraine	15.9	-1.9%
215th	Eswatini	16.5	-2.4%
216th	Lesotho	19.8	-2.9%

FAQ

What was United States's death rate in 2008?▾

United States's death rate in 2008 was 8.1. This ranked 119th globally.

How did United States's death rate change in 2008?▾

United States's death rate increased by 1.3% in 2008 compared to 2007.

Which country had the highest death rate in 2008?▾

Lesotho had the highest death rate in 2008 at 19.8.

What is the death rate of United States in 2008?▾

The death rate of United States in 2008 was 8.1. This ranked 119th globally.

How does 2008 compare to 2007 for United States's death rate?▾

United States's death rate went from 8.0 in 2007 to 8.1 in 2008, a 1.3% increase.

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