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Crude Death Rate, 1954

1954, as UN DESA Population Division’s 2024 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Crude Death Rate, 1954 covers 222 countries. Yemen is highest, at 36.268; Vatican City is lowest, at 5.259. The middle country reads 16.273. Against 1953, 222 values changed (15 up, 207 down), the same countries are covered.

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Crude Death Rate · Data for 1954

HighestYemen

36.268

LowestVatican City

5.259

Shaded by value in five groups of equal size, darkest at the highest end.

01Values only

The table

Every country and every column of Crude Death Rate, 1954, as published. The file carries values only, so no position is shown. “=” marks a shared position.

Showing 25 of 222 countries · select a heading to sort

Crude Death Rate, 1954: every country, as published by UN DESA Population Division.
YemenYEMWestern Asia36.268
MaliMLIWestern Africa35.525
AfghanistanAFGSouthern Asia35.233
OmanOMNWestern Asia33.736
South SudanSSDEastern Africa33.034
Sierra LeoneSLEWestern Africa32.935
Timor-LesteTLSSouth-eastern Asia32.184
LibyaLBYNorthern Africa31.470
Côte d’IvoireCIVWestern Africa31.441
GambiaGMBWestern Africa31.438
MalawiMWIEastern Africa30.956
BeninBENWestern Africa30.231
GuineaGINWestern Africa29.220
EritreaERIEastern Africa28.156
Central African RepublicCAFMiddle Africa28.113
ChadTCDMiddle Africa28.034
BhutanBTNSouthern Asia27.952
NigerNERWestern Africa27.785
Burkina FasoBFAWestern Africa27.628
EgyptEGYNorthern Africa27.467
Guinea-BissauGNBWestern Africa27.426
IranIRNSouthern Asia27.319
AngolaAGOMiddle Africa27.056
NigeriaNGAWestern Africa27.041
SenegalSENWestern Africa26.815

02In 1954

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. Yemen36.268
  2. Mali35.525
  3. Afghanistan35.233
  4. Oman33.736
  5. South Sudan33.034

Lowest

  1. Vatican City5.259
  2. Guam6.441
  3. Iceland6.892
  4. Puerto Rico7.311
  5. Israel7.479

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 16.273. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031953 → 1954

Since 1953

What changed between 1953 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 222values changed, of 222 in both
  • 15 · 207rose · fell
  • 0unchanged

Rose most

Fell most

Both years come from the same release, so a difference here is a change in the data, not a revision of it. Every country’s full history is charted on the statistic page.

04Caveats

Read before you use

What this edition’s numbers are and are not, worked out from the file itself.

How values are stored

  • One year of the 2024 release

    Every year in this series comes from UN DESA Population Division’s 2024 release, recalculated on one method. It can differ from what was first published for 1954.

  • 220 distinct values among 222

    Values are stored exactly as published, to 3 decimals. 2 countries share 11.022. Countries sharing a value share a position too.

  • Nothing missing

    Every one of the 222 countries has every column.

05The files

Download and cite

The table as a file, digit for digit, what this site changed, and a citation for this edition.

Licence in full

What this site changed: Reshaped into one row per country: regional and income-group totals are left out, only the columns listed are kept, each row gets its ISO 3166 code, and some country names are brought to one spelling. No value is recalculated, rescaled or rounded.

Licence: CC BY 3.0 IGO · what it allows, in plain words

Cite this edition

UN DESA Population Division (1954). Crude Death Rate, 1954 [data set], describing 1954. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/crude-death-rate/1954

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07Questions

Crude Death Rate, 1954: questions and answers

Which country has the highest death rate in Crude Death Rate, 1954?

Yemen, at 36.268, of the 222 countries in the file.

What year does Crude Death Rate, 1954 describe?

1954.

How many countries does Crude Death Rate, 1954 cover?

222.

Where can I download Crude Death Rate, 1954?

On this page, as a CSV file holding every value exactly as published, or from the publisher’s own site, linked below.

Is Crude Death Rate, 1954 the newest?

No. The newest held here is Crude Death Rate, 2023.

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