This statistic represents a ranking of the 20 countries with the highest death rates worldwide, as of 2017. As of that year, with 16 deaths per year, Bulgaria had the highest death rate.
Ranking of the 20 countries with the highest death rates as of 2017 (per 1,000 people)*
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* Crude death rate. 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.
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World Bank. (May 21, 2019). Ranking of the 20 countries with the highest death rates as of 2017 (per 1,000 people)* [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved February 23, 2020, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/562733/ranking-of-20-countries-with-highest-death-rates/
World Bank. "Ranking of the 20 countries with the highest death rates as of 2017 (per 1,000 people)*." Chart. May 21, 2019. Statista. Accessed February 23, 2020. https://www.statista.com/statistics/562733/ranking-of-20-countries-with-highest-death-rates/
World Bank. (2019). Ranking of the 20 countries with the highest death rates as of 2017 (per 1,000 people)*. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: February 23, 2020. https://www.statista.com/statistics/562733/ranking-of-20-countries-with-highest-death-rates/
World Bank. "Ranking of The 20 Countries with The Highest Death Rates as of 2017 (per 1,000 People)*." Statista, Statista Inc., 21 May 2019, https://www.statista.com/statistics/562733/ranking-of-20-countries-with-highest-death-rates/
World Bank, Ranking of the 20 countries with the highest death rates as of 2017 (per 1,000 people)* Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/562733/ranking-of-20-countries-with-highest-death-rates/ (last visited February 23, 2020)
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