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Afghanistan12.57 deaths/1,000 population (2021 est.)
Albania7.27 deaths/1,000 population (2021 est.)
Algeria4.32 deaths/1,000 population (2021 est.)
American Samoa6 deaths/1,000 population (2021 est.)
Andorra7.86 deaths/1,000 population (2021 est.)
Angola8.24 deaths/1,000 population (2021 est.)
Anguilla4.62 deaths/1,000 population (2021 est.)
Antigua and Barbuda5.63 deaths/1,000 population (2021 est.)
Argentina7.36 deaths/1,000 population (2021 est.)
Armenia9.48 deaths/1,000 population (2021 est.)
Aruba8.54 deaths/1,000 population (2021 est.)
Australia6.78 deaths/1,000 population (2021 est.)
Austria9.85 deaths/1,000 population (2021 est.)
Azerbaijan6.93 deaths/1,000 population (2021 est.)
Bahamas, The6.34 deaths/1,000 population (2021 est.)
Bahrain2.81 deaths/1,000 population (2021 est.)
Bangladesh5.44 deaths/1,000 population (2021 est.)
Barbados7.9 deaths/1,000 population (2021 est.)
Belarus12.96 deaths/1,000 population (2021 est.)
Belgium9.71 deaths/1,000 population (2021 est.)
Belize3.99 deaths/1,000 population (2021 est.)
Benin8.21 deaths/1,000 population (2021 est.)
Bermuda9.03 deaths/1,000 population (2021 est.)
Bhutan6.28 deaths/1,000 population (2021 est.)
Bolivia6.26 deaths/1,000 population (2021 est.)
Bosnia and Herzegovina10.25 deaths/1,000 population (2021 est.)
Botswana9.12 deaths/1,000 population (2021 est.)
Brazil6.8 deaths/1,000 population (2021 est.)
British Virgin Islands5.3 deaths/1,000 population (2021 est.)
Brunei3.75 deaths/1,000 population (2021 est.)
Bulgaria14.52 deaths/1,000 population (2021 est.)
Burkina Faso7.92 deaths/1,000 population (2021 est.)
Burma7.14 deaths/1,000 population (2021 est.)
Burundi6.07 deaths/1,000 population (2021 est.)
Cambodia7.15 deaths/1,000 population (2021 est.)
Cameroon7.93 deaths/1,000 population (2021 est.)
Canada8.08 deaths/1,000 population (2021 est.)
Cayman Islands5.89 deaths/1,000 population (2021 est.)
Central African Republic12.01 deaths/1,000 population (2021 est.)
Chad9.7 deaths/1,000 population (2021 est.)
Chile6.47 deaths/1,000 population (2021 est.)
China8.26 deaths/1,000 population (2021 est.)
Cocos (Keeling) Islands8.89 deaths/1,000 population NA (2021 est.)
Colombia5.53 deaths/1,000 population (2021 est.)
Comoros6.61 deaths/1,000 population (2021 est.)
Congo, Democratic Republic of the8.15 deaths/1,000 population (2021 est.)
Congo, Republic of the8.55 deaths/1,000 population (2021 est.)
Cook Islands8.89 deaths/1,000 population (2021 est.)
Costa Rica4.86 deaths/1,000 population (2021 est.)
Cote d'Ivoire7.75 deaths/1,000 population (2021 est.)
Croatia12.78 deaths/1,000 population (2021 est.)
Cuba9.22 deaths/1,000 population (2021 est.)
Curacao8.65 deaths/1,000 population (2021 est.)
Cyprus6.9 deaths/1,000 population (2021 est.)
Denmark9.5 deaths/1,000 population (2021 est.)
Djibouti7.17 deaths/1,000 population (2021 est.)
Dominica8.14 deaths/1,000 population (2021 est.)
Dominican Republic6.29 deaths/1,000 population (2021 est.)
Ecuador5.15 deaths/1,000 population (2021 est.)
Egypt4.36 deaths/1,000 population (2021 est.)
El Salvador5.91 deaths/1,000 population (2021 est.)
Equatorial Guinea7.16 deaths/1,000 population (2021 est.)
Eritrea6.79 deaths/1,000 population (2021 est.)
Estonia13.06 deaths/1,000 population (2021 est.)
Ethiopia5.8 deaths/1,000 population (2021 est.)
European Union10.7 deaths/1,000 population (2021 est.)
Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas)4.9 deaths/1,000 population (2012 est.)
Faroe Islands8.68 deaths/1,000 population (2021 est.)
Fiji6.31 deaths/1,000 population (2021 est.)
Finland10.33 deaths/1,000 population (2021 est.)
France9.58 deaths/1,000 population (2021 est.)
French Polynesia5.51 deaths/1,000 population (2021 est.)
Gabon5.76 deaths/1,000 population (2021 est.)
Gambia, The6.66 deaths/1,000 population (2021 est.)
Gaza Strip2.94 deaths/1,000 population (2021 est.)
Georgia10.84 deaths/1,000 population (2021 est.)
Germany12.22 deaths/1,000 population (2021 est.)
Ghana6.3 deaths/1,000 population (2021 est.)
Gibraltar8.81 deaths/1,000 population (2021 est.)
Greece12.05 deaths/1,000 population (2021 est.)
Greenland8.88 deaths/1,000 population (2021 est.)
Grenada8.29 deaths/1,000 population (2021 est.)
Guam5.99 deaths/1,000 population (2021 est.)
Guatemala4.94 deaths/1,000 population (2021 est.)
Guernsey9.19 deaths/1,000 population (2021 est.)
Guinea8.28 deaths/1,000 population (2021 est.)
Guinea-Bissau7.69 deaths/1,000 population (2021 est.)
Guyana6.87 deaths/1,000 population (2021 est.)
Haiti7.29 deaths/1,000 population (2021 est.)
Honduras4.67 deaths/1,000 population (2021 est.)
Hong Kong7.92 deaths/1,000 population (2021 est.)
Hungary12.88 deaths/1,000 population (2021 est.)
Iceland6.56 deaths/1,000 population (2021 est.)
India7.1 deaths/1,000 population (2021 est.)
Indonesia6.74 deaths/1,000 population (2021 est.)
Iran5.14 deaths/1,000 population (2021 est.)
Iraq3.92 deaths/1,000 population (2021 est.)
Ireland6.72 deaths/1,000 population (2021 est.)
Israel5.06 deaths/1,000 population (2021 est.)
Italy10.7 deaths/1,000 population (2021 est.)
Jamaica7.42 deaths/1,000 population (2021 est.)
Japan11.44 deaths/1,000 population (2021 est.)
Jersey7.76 deaths/1,000 population (2021 est.)
Jordan3.44 deaths/1,000 population (2021 est.)
Kazakhstan8.14 deaths/1,000 population (2021 est.)
Kenya5.09 deaths/1,000 population (2021 est.)
Kiribati6.94 deaths/1,000 population (2021 est.)
Korea, North9.39 deaths/1,000 population (2021 est.)
Korea, South6.96 deaths/1,000 population (2021 est.)
Kosovo6.91 deaths/1,000 population (2021 est.)
Kuwait2.23 deaths/1,000 population (2021 est.)
Kyrgyzstan6.18 deaths/1,000 population (2021 est.)
Laos7.12 deaths/1,000 population (2021 est.)
Latvia14.63 deaths/1,000 population (2021 est.)
Lebanon5.57 deaths/1,000 population (2021 est.)
Lesotho11.41 deaths/1,000 population (2021 est.)
Liberia6.78 deaths/1,000 population (2021 est.)
Libya3.46 deaths/1,000 population (2021 est.)
Liechtenstein7.89 deaths/1,000 population (2021 est.)
Lithuania15.05 deaths/1,000 population (2021 est.)
Luxembourg7.26 deaths/1,000 population (2021 est.)
Macau4.64 deaths/1,000 population (2021 est.)
Madagascar6.09 deaths/1,000 population (2021 est.)
Malawi4.66 deaths/1,000 population (2021 est.)
Malaysia5.66 deaths/1,000 population (2021 est.)
Maldives4.12 deaths/1,000 population (2021 est.)
Mali8.77 deaths/1,000 population (2021 est.)
Malta8.37 deaths/1,000 population (2021 est.)
Marshall Islands4.25 deaths/1,000 population (2021 est.)
Mauritania7.54 deaths/1,000 population (2021 est.)
Mauritius7.23 deaths/1,000 population (2021 est.)
Mexico5.41 deaths/1,000 population (2021 est.)
Micronesia, Federated States of4.18 deaths/1,000 population (2021 est.)
Moldova12.46 deaths/1,000 population (2021 est.)
Monaco10.47 deaths/1,000 population (2021 est.)
Mongolia6.28 deaths/1,000 population (2021 est.)
Montenegro10.37 deaths/1,000 population (2021 est.)
Montserrat5.94 deaths/1,000 population (2021 est.)
Morocco6.53 deaths/1,000 population (2021 est.)

note: does not include data from the former Western Sahara
Mozambique10.59 deaths/1,000 population (2021 est.)
Namibia7.07 deaths/1,000 population (2021 est.)
Nauru6.24 deaths/1,000 population (2021 est.)
Nepal5.57 deaths/1,000 population (2021 est.)
Netherlands9.22 deaths/1,000 population (2021 est.)
New Caledonia5.84 deaths/1,000 population (2021 est.)
New Zealand6.91 deaths/1,000 population (2021 est.)
Nicaragua5.16 deaths/1,000 population (2021 est.)
Niger10.09 deaths/1,000 population (2021 est.)
Nigeria8.89 deaths/1,000 population (2021 est.)
Northern Mariana Islands5.28 deaths/1,000 population (2021 est.)
Norway8.01 deaths/1,000 population (2021 est.)
Oman3.25 deaths/1,000 population (2021 est.)
Pakistan6.1 deaths/1,000 population (2021 est.)
Palau8.19 deaths/1,000 population (2021 est.)
Panama5.01 deaths/1,000 population (2021 est.)
Papua New Guinea5.97 deaths/1,000 population (2021 est.)
Paraguay4.84 deaths/1,000 population (2021 est.)
Peru6.09 deaths/1,000 population (2021 est.)
Philippines5.99 deaths/1,000 population (2021 est.)
Poland10.68 deaths/1,000 population (2021 est.)
Portugal10.9 deaths/1,000 population (2021 est.)
Puerto Rico9.53 deaths/1,000 population (2021 est.)
Qatar1.42 deaths/1,000 population (2021 est.)
Romania11.99 deaths/1,000 population (2021 est.)
Russia13.4 deaths/1,000 population (2021 est.)
Rwanda5.95 deaths/1,000 population (2021 est.)
Saint Barthelemy8.85 deaths/1,000 population (2021 est.)
Saint Kitts and Nevis7.24 deaths/1,000 population (2021 est.)
Saint Lucia7.96 deaths/1,000 population (2021 est.)
Saint Martin4.56 deaths/1,000 population (2021 est.)
Saint Pierre and Miquelon11.09 deaths/1,000 population (2021 est.)
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines7.42 deaths/1,000 population (2021 est.)
Samoa5.36 deaths/1,000 population (2021 est.)
San Marino8.85 deaths/1,000 population (2021 est.)
Sao Tome and Principe6.33 deaths/1,000 population (2021 est.)
Saudi Arabia3.39 deaths/1,000 population (2021 est.)
Senegal7.55 deaths/1,000 population (2021 est.)
Serbia13.49 deaths/1,000 population (2021 est.)
Seychelles6.83 deaths/1,000 population (2021 est.)
Sierra Leone9.7 deaths/1,000 population (2021 est.)
Singapore3.93 deaths/1,000 population (2021 est.)
Sint Maarten5.9 deaths/1,000 population (2021 est.)
Slovakia10.08 deaths/1,000 population (2021 est.)
Slovenia10.34 deaths/1,000 population (2021 est.)
Solomon Islands3.97 deaths/1,000 population (2021 est.)
Somalia11.82 deaths/1,000 population (2021 est.)
South Africa9.27 deaths/1,000 population (2021 est.)
South Sudan9.84 deaths/1,000 population (2021 est.)
Spain9.78 deaths/1,000 population (2021 est.)
Sri Lanka6.45 deaths/1,000 population (2021 est.)
Sudan6.41 deaths/1,000 population (2021 est.)
Suriname6.1 deaths/1,000 population (2021 est.)
Sweden9.39 deaths/1,000 population (2021 est.)
Switzerland8.44 deaths/1,000 population (2021 est.)
Syria4.36 deaths/1,000 population (2021 est.)
Taiwan7.8 deaths/1,000 population (2021 est.)
Tajikistan5.78 deaths/1,000 population (2021 est.)
Tanzania5.17 deaths/1,000 population (2021 est.)
Thailand7.66 deaths/1,000 population (2021 est.)
Togo5.39 deaths/1,000 population (2021 est.)
Tonga4.95 deaths/1,000 population (2021 est.)
Trinidad and Tobago8.68 deaths/1,000 population (2021 est.)
Tunisia6.35 deaths/1,000 population (2021 est.)
Turkey6.02 deaths/1,000 population (2021 est.)
Turkmenistan5.95 deaths/1,000 population (2021 est.)
Turks and Caicos Islands3.46 deaths/1,000 population (2021 est.)
Tuvalu8.04 deaths/1,000 population (2021 est.)
Uganda5.17 deaths/1,000 population (2021 est.)
Ukraine13.9 deaths/1,000 population (2021 est.)
United Arab Emirates1.51 deaths/1,000 population (2021 est.)
United Kingdom9.41 deaths/1,000 population (2021 est.)
United States8.35 deaths/1,000 population (2021 est.)
Uruguay9.24 deaths/1,000 population (2021 est.)
Uzbekistan5.4 deaths/1,000 population (2021 est.)
Vanuatu3.97 deaths/1,000 population (2021 est.)
Venezuela7.13 deaths/1,000 population (2021 est.)
Vietnam5.78 deaths/1,000 population (2021 est.)
Virgin Islands8.58 deaths/1,000 population (2021 est.)
Wallis and Futuna5.74 deaths/1,000 population (2021 est.)
West Bank3.43 deaths/1,000 population (2021 est.)
World7.7 deaths/1,000 population (2020 est.)

note: this rate results in about 108 worldwide deaths per minute or 1.8 deaths every second
Yemen5.69 deaths/1,000 population (2021 est.)
Zambia6.24 deaths/1,000 population (2021 est.)
Zimbabwe9.02 deaths/1,000 population (2021 est.)

Source: CIA Factbook