This article includes two versions of the list of countries by crude death rate. Crude death rate refers to the number of deaths over a given period divided by the person-years lived by the population over that period. It is expressed as number of deaths per 1,000 population.

The first list is based on the United Nations Population Division's quinquennial estimates and projections. Figures are for 2005-2010 using the medium assumption. The average crude death rate for the entire world is estimated to be 8.6 deaths per 1,000 population.

The second list is based on CIA World Factbook estimates for year 2009. Dependent territories and not fully recognized states are not ranked.

2005-2010 List by the UN

2009 List by the CIA World Factbook

Rank Country Death rate (deaths/1000 persons) 1  Sierra Leone 22.1 2  Swaziland 21.2 3  Angola 20.5 4  Afghanistan 19.9 5  Mozambique 19.8 6  Lesotho 19.2 7  Zambia 18.8 8  Guinea-Bissau 18.4 9  Liberia 18.3 10  Central African Republic 18.1 11  Democratic Republic of the Congo 18.1 12  Zimbabwe 17.9 13  Rwanda 17.2 14  South Africa 17.0 15  Nigeria 16.8 16  Somalia 16.6 17  Ukraine 16.4 18  Russia 16.2 19  Burundi 15.6 20  Chad 15.4 21  Côte d'Ivoire 15.4 22  Kingdom of Bulgaria 14.8 23  Equatorial Guinea 14.8 24  Malawi 14.8 25  Belarus 14.7 26  Mali 14.7 27  Burkina Faso 14.4 28  Cameroon 14.4 29  Estonia 14.3 30  Botswana 14.1 31  Niger 13.8 32  Latvia 13.6 33  Uganda 13.4 34  Hungary 13.2 35  Ethiopia 13.0 36  Tanzania 12.9 37  Moldova 12.5 38  Namibia 12.4 39  Kingdom of Romania 12.4 40  Lithuania 12.3 41  Independent State of Croatia 12.1 42  Guinea 11.9 43  Georgia (country) 11.8 44  Kenya 11.8 45  Gabon 11.7 46  Serbia 11.6 47  Republic of the Congo 11.4 48  Djibouti 11.3 49  Benin 11.2 50  Czech Republic 10.9 51  Germany 10.7 52  Portugal 10.6 53  Italy 10.5 54  The Gambia 10.4 55  Denmark 10.3 56  Kazakhstan 10.1 57  Sudan 10.1 58  Sweden 10.1 59  Togo 10.1 60  Belgium 10.0 61  Poland 10.0 62  Slovakia 10.0 63  Greece 9.9 64  North Korea 9.9 65  Slovenia 9.9 66  United Kingdom 9.9 67  Finland 9.7 68  Madagascar 9.7 69  Myanmar 9.7 70  Armenia 9.6 71  Kingdom of Montenegro 9.6 72  Papua New Guinea 9.6 73    Channel Islands Channel Islands The Channel Islands are an archipelago of British Crown Dependencies in the English Channel, off the French coast of Normandy. They include two separate bailiwicks: the Bailiwick of Guernsey and the Bailiwick of Jersey...  (UK) 9.5 74  Bosnia and Herzegovina 9.5 75  Austria 9.4 76  Ghana 9.3 77  Eritrea 9.2 78  Haiti 9.2 79  Republic of Macedonia 9.2 80  Uruguay 9.2 81  Iraq 9.1 82  Norway 9.1 83  Cambodia 9.0 84  Japan 9.0 85  Senegal 9.0 86  Early Modern France 8.9 87  East Timor 8.9 88  Spain 8.8 89  Luxembourg 8.7 90  Netherlands 8.6 91  Thailand 8.5 92  Guyana 8.4 93  Grenada 8.3 94  India 8.2 95  Turkmenistan 8.2 96  United States 8.2 97  Kyrgyzstan 8.1 98  Switzerland 8.1 99  Trinidad and Tobago 8.1 100  Malta 8.0 101  Mauritania 7.9 102  Netherlands Antilles (Netherlands) 7.9 103  Argentina 7.7 104  Nepal 7.7 105  Azerbaijan 7.6 106  Bolivia 7.6 107  Cuba 7.6 108  Martinique 7.6 109  Puerto Rico (US) 7.6 110  Bangladesh 7.5 111  São Tomé and Príncipe 7.5 112  Cyprus 7.5 113  Canada 7.4 114  Yemen 7.4 115  Bhutan 7.2 116  Solomon Islands 7.2 117  Sri Lanka 7.2 118  Aruba (Netherlands) 7.1 119  Australia 7.1 120  People's Republic of China 7.1 121  Jamaica 7.1 122  Laos 7.1 123  New Zealand 7.1 124  Pakistan 7.1 125  Barbados 7.0 126  Republic of Ireland 7.0 127  Lebanon 7.0 128  Mauritius 7.0 129  Suriname 6.9 130  Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 6.8 131  Uzbekistan 6.7  Republic of China 6.65 132  Fiji 6.6 133  Mongolia 6.6 134  Saint Lucia 6.6 135  United States Virgin Islands (US) 6.6 136  Comoros 6.5 137  Guadeloupe 6.4 138  Tajikistan 6.4 139  Brazil 6.3 140  Indonesia 6.3 141  Iceland 6.2 142  The Bahamas 6.1 143  Federated States of Micronesia 6.1 144  Peru 6.1 145  Albania 5.9 146  Hong Kong 5.9 147  Dominican Republic 5.9 148  El Salvador 5.9 149  South Korea 5.9 150  Turkey 5.9 151  Morocco 5.8 152  Western Sahara 5.8 153  Guatemala 5.7 154  Maldives 5.7 155  Tonga 5.7 156  Egypt 5.6 157  Honduras 5.6 158  Tunisia 5.6 159  Colombia 5.5 160  New Caledonia (France) 5.5 161  Paraguay 5.5 162  Guam (US) 5.5 163  Israel 5.5 164  Chile 5.4 165  Iran 5.4 166  Samoa 5.4 167  Réunion 5.3 168  Singapore 5.3 169  French Polynesia (France) 5.2 170  Ecuador 5.1 171  Venezuela 5.1 172  Vietnam 5.1 173  Panama 5.0 174  Vanuatu 5.0 175  Algeria 4.9 176  Mexico 4.8 177  Philippines 4.8 178  Cape Verde 4.7 179  Macau 4.7 180  Nicaragua 4.7 181  Malaysia 4.5 182  Costa Rica 4.1 183  Libya 4.1 184  Jordan 3.9 185  Belize 3.8 186  French Guiana 3.7 187  Palestinian territories 3.7 188  Saudi Arabia 3.7 189  Syria 3.4 190  Bahrain 3.2 191  Brunei 2.8 192  Oman 2.7 193  Qatar 2.4 194  Kuwait 1.9 195  United Arab Emirates 1.4

Rank Country Death rate (deaths/1000 persons) 1  Swaziland 30.83 2  Angola 24.08 3  Lesotho 22.20 4  Sierra Leone 21.91 5  Zambia 21.34 6  Liberia 20.73 7  Mozambique 20.07 8  Afghanistan 19.18 9  Djibouti 19.10 10  Central African Republic 17.84 11  Malawi 17.60 12  South Africa 16.99 13  Nigeria 16.56 14  Zimbabwe 16.19 15  Chad 16.09 16  Russia 16.06 17  Mali 15.82 18  Ukraine 15.81 19  Guinea-Bissau 15.79 20  Somalia 15.55 21  Niger 14.83 22  Kingdom of Bulgaria 14.31 23  Rwanda 14.02 24  Belarus 13.86 25  Serbia 13.86 26  Latvia 13.62 27  Estonia 13.42 28  Burkina Faso 13.30 29  Namibia 13.30 30  Hungary 12.94 31  Sudan 12.94 32  Gabon 12.76 33  Monaco 12.74 34  Burundi 12.67 35  Tanzania 12.59 36  Cameroon 12.20 37  Uganda 12.09 38  Republic of the Congo 12.01 39  Kingdom of Romania 11.88 40  Independent State of Croatia 11.75 41  Democratic Republic of the Congo 11.63 42  Ethiopia 11.55 43  The Gambia 11.49 —  Western Sahara 11.49 44  Lithuania 11.18 45  Guinea 11.00 46  Germany 10.90 47  Côte d'Ivoire 10.78 48  Moldova 10.78 49  Laos 10.78 —  Isle of Man 10.76 50  Czech Republic 10.74 51  Italy 10.72 52  Portugal 10.68 53  Slovenia 10.62 54  North Korea 10.52 55  Greece 10.51 56  Belgium 10.44 —  European Union 10.28 57  Denmark 10.22 58  Sweden 10.21 —  Guernsey 10.16 59  Finland 10.07 60  Poland 10.05 61  United Kingdom 10.02 62  Spain 9.99 63  Austria 9.98 64  Senegal 9.75 65  Kenya 9.72 66  Georgia (country) 9.65 —  Gibraltar 9.56 67  Japan 9.54 68  Slovakia 9.53 69  Equatorial Guinea 9.49 70  Benin 9.45 71  Kazakhstan 9.39 72  Togo 9.33 73  The Bahamas 9.32 74  Norway 9.29 —  Jersey 9.26 75  Ghana 9.24 76  Bangladesh 9.23 77  Mauritania 9.16 78  Myanmar 9.14 79  Uruguay 9.09 80  Republic of Macedonia 8.83 81  Netherlands 8.74 —  Faroe Islands 8.66 82  Haiti 8.65 83  Bosnia and Herzegovina 8.63 84  Kingdom of Montenegro 8.63 85  Switzerland 8.59 86  Early Modern France 8.56 87  Botswana 8.52 88  San Marino 8.48 89  Luxembourg 8.44 —  Montserrat 8.44 90  Eritrea 8.43 91  Barbados 8.41 92  Armenia 8.39 93  Malta 8.38 94  United States 8.38 95  Guyana 8.31 96  Azerbaijan 8.30 97  Dominica 8.20 — World 8.20 —  Greenland 8.14 98  Madagascar 8.14 99  Trinidad and Tobago 8.11 100  Cambodia 8.08 101  Saint Kitts and Nevis 8.05 102  Palau 7.89 103  Kiribati 7.85 104  Cyprus 7.80 105  Republic of Ireland 7.75 —  Puerto Rico 7.75 106  Canada 7.74 —  Aruba 7.71 107  Pakistan 7.68 108  Yemen 7.61 109  Comoros 7.57 110  Vanuatu 7.55 111  Argentina 7.41 112  Bhutan 7.39 113  Liechtenstein 7.39 —  Bermuda 7.30 114  Thailand 7.25 115  Cuba 7.24 —  Mayotte 7.20 116  Mainland China 7.06 117  Bolivia 7.05 118  New Zealand 7.05 119  Nepal 6.97 —  Saint-Pierre and Miquelon 6.95 120  Tuvalu 6.95 121  Seychelles 6.93 122  Kyrgyzstan 6.91 123  Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 6.91 124  Papua New Guinea 6.86 125  Iceland 6.85 126  Tajikistan 6.83 127  Saint Lucia 6.80 —  Hong Kong 6.76 —  Republic of China 6.76 —  United States Virgin Islands 6.75 128  Australia 6.74 —  Saint Helena 6.68 129  Mauritius 6.59 —  Netherlands Antilles 6.48 130  Jamaica 6.43 131  Nauru 6.42 132  Brazil 6.35 133  Turkmenistan 6.31 134  Indonesia 6.25 135  India 6.23 136  Cape Verde 6.22 137  Vietnam 6.17 138  Peru 6.14 139  Sri Lanka 6.13 140  Mongolia 6.12 141  Turkey 6.10 142  Grenada 6.09 143  Lebanon 6.03 144  East Timor 5.98 145  Antigua and Barbuda 5.94 146  South Korea 5.94 147  Andorra 5.89 148  Chile 5.84 149  Belize 5.80 150  São Tomé and Príncipe 5.80 151  Samoa 5.79 152  Iran 5.72 —  New Caledonia 5.68 153  Fiji 5.66 154  Albania 5.55 155  Colombia 5.54 156  Suriname 5.51 157  El Salvador 5.47 158  Morocco 5.45 159  Israel 5.43 160  Honduras 5.41 161  Uzbekistan 5.29 162  Dominican Republic 5.28 163  Tunisia 5.20 164  Venezuela 5.12 165  Guatemala 5.11 166  Philippines 5.10 167  Egypt 5.08 168  Iraq 5.03 169  Malaysia 5.02 170  Tonga 5.02 171  Ecuador 4.99 —  Cayman Islands 4.89 172  Mexico 4.80 —  French Polynesia 4.73 173  Panama 4.66 174  Singapore 4.66 175  Algeria 4.64 176  Syria 4.61 177  Marshall Islands 4.49 178  Federated States of Micronesia 4.46 179  Paraguay 4.46 180  Bahrain 4.37 —  British Virgin Islands 4.37 —  Anguilla 4.36 181  Costa Rica 4.34 182  Nicaragua 4.30 —  Turks and Caicos Islands 4.18 —  American Samoa 4.10 183  Solomon Islands 3.77 —  West Bank 3.66 184  Oman 3.65 185  Maldives 3.65 —  Macau 3.50 186  Libya 3.45 —  Gaza Strip 3.44 187  Brunei 3.29 188  Jordan 2.75 189  Saudi Arabia 2.47 190  Qatar 2.46 191  Kuwait 2.35 —  Northern Mariana Islands 2.32 192  United Arab Emirates 2.11

The European Union

European Union

The European Union is an economic and political union of 27 independent member states which are located primarily in Europe. The EU traces its origins from the European Coal and Steel Community and the European Economic Community , formed by six countries in 1958...

is a supranational union composed of 27 member states. The death rate of the European Union is 9.6/1000, and would be ranked 53rd if it were included.