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Crude death rate indicates the number of deaths occurring during the year, per 1,000 population estimated at midyear. Subtracting the crude death rate from the crude birth rate provides the rate of natural increase, which is equal to the rate of population change in the absence of migration.

Rank	Country	Value
Death rate, crude (per 1,000 people) - Dynamics - Population - Health - World Development Indicators (2008)
1	Afghanistan	19.57
2	Zambia	17.26
3	Guinea-Bissau	17.21
4	Democratic Republic of the Congo	16.96
5	Central African Republic	16.96
6	Angola	16.94
7	Lesotho	16.92
8	Chad	16.71
9	Nigeria	16.37
10	Ukraine	16.31
11	Zimbabwe	16
12	Mozambique	15.94
13	Sierra Leone	15.77
14	Mali	15.72
15	Somalia	15.71
16	Swaziland	15.64
17	South Africa	15.20
18	Equatorial Guinea	14.99
19	Niger	14.92
20	Russia	14.60
21	Bulgaria	14.50
22	Rwanda	14.46
23	Cameroon	14.22
24	Serbia	13.97
25	Burundi	13.89
26	Belarus	13.83
27	Sub-Saharan Africa	13.75
28	Latvia	13.68
29	Lithuania	13.05
30	Moldova	13
31	Burkina Faso	12.98
32	Hungary	12.95
33	Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC)	12.87
34	Republic of the Congo	12.86
35	Uganda	12.67
36	Estonia	12.44
37	Malawi	12.26
38	Botswana	12.06
39	Georgia	11.95
40	Ethiopia	11.82
41	Croatia	11.80
42	Romania	11.77
43	Kenya	11.64
44	Tanzania	11.36
45	Least developed countries: UN classification	11.32
46	Europe & Central Asia	11.31
47	Gambia	11.28
48	Ghana	11.09
49	Djibouti	11.02
50	Guinea	11
51	Ivory Coast	10.84
52	Senegal	10.82
53	Low income	10.55
54	Liberia	10.46
55	Mauritania	10.35
56	Germany	10.28
57	Sudan	10.22
58	Montenegro	10.15
59	Czech Republic	10.07
60	Poland	9.95
61	Denmark	9.94
62	Sweden	9.92
63	Slovakia	9.83
64	Portugal	9.82
65	Bosnia and Herzegovina	9.82
66	Burma	9.77
67	Gabon	9.71
68	Kazakhstan	9.70
69	Italy	9.69
70	Greece	9.52
71	Belgium	9.49
72	Channel Islands	9.47
73	United Kingdom	9.44
74	Uruguay	9.40
75	Euro area	9.29
76	Finland	9.24
77	Slovenia	9.21
78	Macedonia	9.20
79	Madagascar	9.19
80	Benin	9.17
81	Haiti	9.11
82	Japan	9.10
83	Austria	9.01
84	Thailand	8.95
85	Norway	8.75
86	Armenia	8.71
87	Timor-Leste	8.68
88	High income: OECD	8.59
89	Namibia	8.59
90	France	8.56
91	Spain	8.51
92	Eritrea	8.45
93	Cambodia	8.34
94	High income	8.30
95	Upper middle income	8.27
96	Low & middle income	8.21
97	Netherlands	8.21
98	Togo	8.16
99	Guyana	8.15
100	United States	8.09
101	Switzerland	8.07
102	Greenland	8.06
103	Trinidad and Tobago	8.05
104	Papua New Guinea	7.93
105	Malta	7.87
106	Argentina	7.77
107	Middle income	7.72
108	Turkmenistan	7.67
109	Barbados	7.65
110	Seychelles	7.60
111	Lower middle income	7.58
112	Suriname	7.58
113	Bolivia	7.54
114	Puerto Rico	7.53
115	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	7.48
116	Sao Tome and Principe	7.46
117	Bermuda	7.40
118	Aruba	7.40
119	India	7.40
120	Netherlands Antilles	7.40
121	Luxembourg	7.36
122	South Asia	7.35
123	Canada	7.25
124	Yemen	7.23
125	Cyprus	7.15
126	Bhutan	7.12
127	Mauritius	7.10
128	Kyrgyzstan	7.08
129	China	7.06
130	Kosovo	7.02
131	Laos	7.01
132	Virgin Islands (U.S.)	7
133	Lebanon	6.96
134	East Asia & Pacific	6.94
135	Pakistan	6.92
136	Cuba	6.91
137	New Zealand	6.83
138	El Salvador	6.83
139	Australia	6.70
140	Comoros	6.68
141	Mongolia	6.64
142	Fiji	6.62
143	Bangladesh	6.59
144	Ireland	6.45
145	Nepal	6.41
146	Tajikistan	6.39
147	Brazil	6.38
148	Jamaica	6.33
149	Indonesia	6.31
150	Iceland	6.26
151	Azerbaijan	6.20
152	Albania	6.20
153	Solomon Islands	6.16
154	Grenada	6.14
155	Micronesia	6.08
156	Tonga	6.07
157	San Marino	6
158	Bahamas	5.97
159	Latin America & Caribbean	5.95
160	Turkey	5.95
161	Hong Kong	5.90
162	Dominican Republic	5.89
163	Iraq	5.87
164	Egypt	5.85
165	Morocco	5.82
166	Sri Lanka	5.80
167	Tunisia	5.80
168	Liechtenstein	5.78
169	Iran	5.71
170	Guatemala	5.63
171	Middle East & North Africa	5.59
172	Paraguay	5.54
173	Colombia	5.51
174	Guam	5.48
175	High income: nonOECD	5.40
176	Chile	5.40
177	Peru	5.39
178	Vietnam	5.39
179	Samoa	5.32
180	Israel	5.30
181	Uzbekistan	5.30
182	Ecuador	5.16
183	French Polynesia	5.14
184	Venezuela	5.11
185	Panama	5.04
186	Honduras	5.04
187	South Korea	5
188	North Korea	5
189	Vanuatu	4.98
190	Cape Verde	4.97
191	Algeria	4.92
192	Mexico	4.85
193	Philippines	4.79
194	Nicaragua	4.70
195	New Caledonia	4.70
196	Maldives	4.57
197	Malaysia	4.48
198	Macau	4.46
199	Singapore	4.40
200	Jordan	4.19
201	Costa Rica	4.11
202	Libya	4.08
203	Belize	3.64
204	Saudi Arabia	3.64
205	West Bank and Gaza	3.62
206	Syria	3.38
207	Mayotte	2.91
208	Brunei Darussalam	2.84
209	Andorra	2.83
210	Oman	2.70
211	Bahrain	2.62
212	Qatar	2.04
213	Kuwait	1.88
214	United Arab Emirates	1.50

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