United States - Death Rate 2015
8.4
+0.2 from 2014
United States's death rate was 8.4 in 2015, increased +0.2 from 8.2 in 2014. This was the 139th highest globally.
Global Ranking - 2015▾
| Rank | Country | Value | YoY |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Qatar | 1.0 | -7.4% |
| 2nd | United Arab Emirates | 1.0 | 0.7% |
| 3rd | Kuwait | 1.8 | -0.1% |
| 4th | Oman | 2.1 | -2.7% |
| 5th | Bahrain | 2.1 | 0.9% |
| 6th | Saudi Arabia | 2.3 | -5.3% |
| 7th | Maldives | 2.9 | -3.6% |
| 8th | Macao SAR, China | 3.1 | 0.0% |
| 9th | French Polynesia | 3.1 | 2.1% |
| 10th | Jordan | 3.2 | -6.1% |
| 11th | West Bank and Gaza | 3.3 | -13.9% |
| 12th | Northern Mariana Islands | 3.8 | 4.1% |
| 13th | St. Martin (French part) | 4.0 | 2.7% |
| 14th | Brunei Darussalam | 4.3 | 2.9% |
| 15th | Honduras | 4.5 | -0.9% |
| 16th | Lebanon | 4.5 | 5.5% |
| 17th | Costa Rica | 4.5 | 1.5% |
| 18th | Iran, Islamic Republic of | 4.6 | 0.1% |
| 19th | Algeria | 4.6 | 0.0% |
| 20th | Panama | 4.7 | 0.9% |
| 21st | Cayman Islands | 4.7 | -0.2% |
| 22nd | Iraq | 4.7 | -2.4% |
| 23rd | Singapore | 4.8 | 2.1% |
| 24th | Malaysia | 4.9 | 2.4% |
| 25th | Ecuador | 4.9 | 1.1% |
| 26th | Nicaragua | 5.0 | 0.6% |
| 27th | Cabo Verde | 5.1 | -0.3% |
| 28th | Belize | 5.1 | -0.5% |
| 29th | Türkiye | 5.2 | 2.0% |
| 30th | Guatemala | 5.2 | 0.9% |
| 31st | Colombia | 5.3 | 2.1% |
| 32nd | British Virgin Islands | 5.3 | -0.8% |
| 33rd | Tajikistan | 5.3 | 0.5% |
| 34th | Israel | 5.3 | 1.9% |
| 35th | Paraguay | 5.3 | 1.5% |
| 36th | Libya | 5.4 | -1.3% |
| 37th | Korea | 5.4 | 1.9% |
| 38th | Solomon Islands | 5.5 | -2.0% |
| 39th | Sint Maarten (Dutch part) | 5.5 | 2.8% |
| 40th | American Samoa | 5.6 | 3.4% |
| 41st | Philippines | 5.6 | 0.4% |
| 42nd | Kosovo | 5.6 | 5.0% |
| 43rd | Bangladesh | 5.6 | -1.1% |
| 44th | Vanuatu | 5.7 | 0.3% |
| 45th | Andorra | 5.7 | -2.4% |
| 46th | Morocco | 5.7 | -0.5% |
| 47th | New Caledonia | 5.7 | 2.4% |
| 48th | Azerbaijan | 5.7 | -1.7% |
| 49th | Dominican Republic | 5.8 | 2.8% |
| 50th | Mexico | 5.8 | 1.1% |
| 51st | Yemen, Republic of | 5.8 | 9.1% |
| 52nd | Kyrgyz Republic | 5.8 | -4.9% |
| 53rd | Mongolia | 5.8 | 1.8% |
| 54th | Egypt, Arab Republic of | 5.8 | -1.0% |
| 55th | Guam | 5.9 | 3.0% |
| 56th | Tunisia | 6.0 | 1.1% |
| 57th | Uzbekistan | 6.0 | -1.3% |
| 58th | Cambodia | 6.0 | 0.1% |
| 59th | Peru | 6.0 | -1.4% |
| 60th | Cyprus | 6.0 | 0.9% |
| 61st | Brazil | 6.0 | 0.8% |
| 62nd | Samoa | 6.1 | 0.8% |
| 63rd | Antigua and Barbuda | 6.1 | 1.9% |
| 64th | Chile | 6.1 | -0.2% |
| 65th | Turkmenistan | 6.1 | 0.0% |
| 66th | Viet Nam | 6.2 | 0.6% |
| 67th | Hong Kong SAR, China | 6.3 | 1.6% |
| 68th | Aruba | 6.4 | 4.1% |
| 69th | Uganda | 6.4 | -4.9% |
| 70th | Tonga | 6.4 | 0.1% |
| 71st | Sri Lanka | 6.4 | 0.9% |
| 72nd | Ireland | 6.4 | 1.6% |
| 73rd | Rwanda | 6.4 | -1.2% |
| 74th | Turks and Caicos Islands | 6.5 | 0.8% |
| 75th | Marshall Islands | 6.5 | 0.9% |
| 76th | Bhutan | 6.5 | 0.7% |
| 77th | Australia | 6.6 | 0.0% |
| 78th | Iceland | 6.6 | 4.8% |
| 79th | Senegal | 6.6 | -3.6% |
| 80th | Liechtenstein | 6.7 | -6.9% |
| 81st | São Tomé and Principe | 6.7 | -3.0% |
| 82nd | Jamaica | 6.7 | 2.6% |
| 83rd | India | 6.7 | -0.6% |
| 84th | Papua New Guinea | 6.8 | -1.2% |
| 85th | Thailand | 6.8 | 0.9% |
| 86th | Eritrea | 6.8 | -2.3% |
| 87th | New Zealand | 6.9 | -0.3% |
| 88th | Kiribati | 7.0 | 0.4% |
| 89th | Mauritania | 7.0 | -3.7% |
| 90th | Luxembourg | 7.0 | 1.4% |
| 91st | Tanzania | 7.0 | -3.6% |
| 92nd | Gibraltar | 7.0 | 1.4% |
| 93rd | Sudan | 7.1 | -2.0% |
| 94th | China | 7.1 | -0.7% |
| 95th | San Marino | 7.1 | -7.8% |
| 96th | Trinidad and Tobago | 7.1 | 3.1% |
| 97th | Gabon | 7.1 | -1.8% |
| 98th | Kenya | 7.1 | -0.1% |
| 99th | Pakistan | 7.2 | -1.5% |
| 100th | Congo, Republic of | 7.2 | -2.5% |
| 101st | Suriname | 7.2 | -0.2% |
| 102nd | Albania | 7.2 | 0.1% |
| 103rd | Virgin Islands (US) | 7.3 | 2.8% |
| 104th | El Salvador | 7.4 | 1.9% |
| 105th | Nepal | 7.4 | 4.0% |
| 106th | Kazakhstan | 7.4 | -3.0% |
| 107th | Canada | 7.4 | 1.4% |
| 108th | Zambia | 7.4 | -3.7% |
| 109th | Argentina | 7.4 | -1.3% |
| 110th | Madagascar | 7.5 | -0.5% |
| 111th | Micronesia, Federated States of | 7.5 | 1.5% |
| 112th | Indonesia | 7.5 | -0.1% |
| 113th | Seychelles | 7.5 | -5.1% |
| 114th | Gambia, The | 7.5 | -2.8% |
| 115th | St. Lucia | 7.5 | 0.0% |
| 116th | Lao PDR | 7.5 | 1.0% |
| 117th | Afghanistan | 7.5 | 0.2% |
| 118th | Nauru | 7.6 | 0.0% |
| 119th | Malawi | 7.6 | -5.4% |
| 120th | Timor-Leste | 7.7 | -0.8% |
| 121st | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 7.7 | -0.9% |
| 122nd | Malta | 7.7 | 2.7% |
| 123rd | Mauritius | 7.7 | 0.0% |
| 124th | Guyana | 7.8 | -1.0% |
| 125th | Faroe Islands | 7.8 | -3.7% |
| 126th | Norway | 7.8 | -1.3% |
| 127th | Bahamas, The | 7.8 | 3.1% |
| 128th | Ghana | 7.8 | -1.7% |
| 129th | Grenada | 7.9 | 1.6% |
| 130th | Botswana | 7.9 | -5.3% |
| 131st | Comoros | 8.1 | -1.6% |
| 132nd | Puerto Rico (US) | 8.1 | -4.9% |
| 133rd | Haiti | 8.1 | -0.8% |
| 134th | Djibouti | 8.2 | -1.4% |
| 135th | Switzerland | 8.2 | 5.1% |
| 136th | Syrian Arab Republic | 8.2 | 11.8% |
| 137th | Bermuda | 8.4 | 2.8% |
| 138th | Greenland | 8.4 | 2.4% |
| 139th | United States | 8.4 | 2.5% |
| 140th | Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of | 8.4 | 0.3% |
| 141st | Burundi | 8.7 | -1.8% |
| 142nd | Netherlands | 8.7 | 4.8% |
| 143rd | Fiji | 8.8 | 2.7% |
| 144th | Curaçao | 8.8 | 0.0% |
| 145th | Angola | 8.8 | -4.0% |
| 146th | Channel Islands | 8.9 | 4.7% |
| 147th | France | 8.9 | 6.0% |
| 148th | Myanmar | 8.9 | -0.2% |
| 149th | Guinea-Bissau | 9.0 | -3.7% |
| 150th | Spain | 9.1 | 7.1% |
| 151st | Cuba | 9.1 | 2.7% |
| 152nd | Zimbabwe | 9.2 | -4.6% |
| 153rd | Cameroon | 9.2 | -2.9% |
| 154th | Denmark | 9.2 | 1.1% |
| 155th | United Kingdom | 9.2 | 4.5% |
| 156th | South Africa | 9.2 | -4.5% |
| 157th | Namibia | 9.3 | -3.3% |
| 158th | Togo | 9.3 | -2.4% |
| 159th | Armenia | 9.3 | 1.1% |
| 160th | Sweden | 9.3 | 1.1% |
| 161st | Barbados | 9.3 | 0.4% |
| 162nd | Mozambique | 9.4 | -4.2% |
| 163rd | Tuvalu | 9.4 | 0.0% |
| 164th | Equatorial Guinea | 9.4 | -2.6% |
| 165th | Uruguay | 9.5 | 1.0% |
| 166th | Palau | 9.5 | 2.8% |
| 167th | St. Kitts and Nevis | 9.6 | 1.2% |
| 168th | Liberia | 9.6 | -1.0% |
| 169th | Austria | 9.6 | 4.3% |
| 170th | Finland | 9.6 | 0.0% |
| 171st | Slovenia | 9.6 | 4.3% |
| 172nd | Burkina Faso | 9.7 | -3.1% |
| 173rd | Côte d'Ivoire | 9.8 | -3.2% |
| 174th | Belgium | 9.8 | 5.4% |
| 175th | Isle of Man | 9.9 | 1.5% |
| 176th | Benin | 9.9 | -0.9% |
| 177th | North Macedonia | 9.9 | 4.2% |
| 178th | Slovak Republic | 9.9 | 4.2% |
| 179th | Montenegro | 10.1 | 5.2% |
| 180th | Japan | 10.3 | 2.0% |
| 181st | Congo, Democratic Republic of | 10.3 | -2.3% |
| 182nd | Niger | 10.4 | -1.4% |
| 183rd | Poland | 10.4 | 5.1% |
| 184th | European Union | 10.4 | 5.6% |
| 185th | Czechia | 10.5 | 5.0% |
| 186th | Portugal | 10.5 | 4.0% |
| 187th | Mali | 10.6 | -2.7% |
| 188th | Italy | 10.8 | 9.1% |
| 189th | St. Vincent and the Grenadines | 10.8 | 0.9% |
| 190th | Guinea | 10.9 | -1.9% |
| 191st | Dominica | 10.9 | 8.4% |
| 192nd | Greece | 11.2 | 7.7% |
| 193rd | Germany | 11.3 | 5.6% |
| 194th | Eswatini | 11.5 | -5.9% |
| 195th | Estonia | 11.6 | -1.7% |
| 196th | Sierra Leone | 11.6 | -5.9% |
| 197th | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 11.9 | 3.7% |
| 198th | Somalia, Fed. Rep. | 12.3 | -2.7% |
| 199th | Georgia | 12.5 | -0.5% |
| 200th | Belarus | 12.6 | -1.6% |
| 201st | Central African Republic | 12.7 | -40.8% |
| 202nd | Croatia | 12.9 | 7.5% |
| 203rd | Russian Federation | 13.0 | -0.8% |
| 204th | Ukraine | 13.0 | -4.9% |
| 205th | Moldova | 13.1 | 2.6% |
| 206th | Romania | 13.2 | 3.1% |
| 207th | Hungary | 13.4 | 4.7% |
| 208th | Nigeria | 13.7 | -0.6% |
| 209th | Chad | 13.9 | -1.4% |
| 210th | Lesotho | 13.9 | -4.8% |
| 211th | Lithuania | 14.4 | 5.1% |
| 212th | Latvia | 14.4 | 0.7% |
| 213th | Serbia | 14.6 | 2.8% |
| 214th | Bulgaria | 15.8 | 2.6% |
| 215th | Monaco | 19.5 | 8.2% |
| 216th | South Sudan | 22.0 | 22.9% |
FAQ
What was United States's death rate in 2015?▾
United States's death rate in 2015 was 8.4. This ranked 139th globally.
How did United States's death rate change in 2015?▾
United States's death rate increased by 2.5% in 2015 compared to 2014.
Which country had the highest death rate in 2015?▾
South Sudan had the highest death rate in 2015 at 22.0.
What is the death rate of United States in 2015?▾
The death rate of United States in 2015 was 8.4. This ranked 139th globally.
How does 2015 compare to 2014 for United States's death rate?▾
United States's death rate went from 8.2 in 2014 to 8.4 in 2015, a 2.5% increase.
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