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Crude Death Rate, 1962

1962, as UN DESA Population Division’s 2024 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Crude Death Rate, 1962 covers 222 countries. South Sudan is highest, at 36.832; Guam is lowest, at 5.837. The middle country reads 12.803. Against 1961, 222 values changed (41 up, 181 down), the same countries are covered.

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Crude Death Rate · Data for 1962

HighestSouth Sudan

36.832

LowestGuam

5.837

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, 1962, 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, 1962: every country, as published by UN DESA Population Division.
South SudanSSDEastern Africa36.832
MaliMLIWestern Africa33.977
YemenYEMWestern Asia33.636
AfghanistanAFGSouthern Asia30.630
Sierra LeoneSLEWestern Africa30.349
MalawiMWIEastern Africa29.884
Timor-LesteTLSSouth-eastern Asia29.476
OmanOMNWestern Asia28.295
GambiaGMBWestern Africa28.268
AngolaAGOMiddle Africa27.871
GuineaGINWestern Africa27.754
NigerNERWestern Africa27.553
BeninBENWestern Africa27.278
Burkina FasoBFAWestern Africa26.610
Guinea-BissauGNBWestern Africa26.526
MaldivesMDVSouthern Asia26.321
BhutanBTNSouthern Asia26.305
Côte d’IvoireCIVWestern Africa26.252
NigeriaNGAWestern Africa26.165
LiberiaLBRWestern Africa25.889
ChadTCDMiddle Africa25.143
EritreaERIEastern Africa24.982
AlgeriaDZANorthern Africa24.880
SenegalSENWestern Africa24.846
Central African RepublicCAFMiddle Africa24.215

02In 1962

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. South Sudan36.832
  2. Mali33.977
  3. Yemen33.636
  4. Afghanistan30.630
  5. Sierra Leone30.349

Lowest

  1. Guam5.837
  2. Singapore5.843
  3. Hong Kong6.179
  4. Andorra6.186
  5. American Samoa6.193

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 12.803. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031961 → 1962

Since 1961

What changed between 1961 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 222values changed, of 222 in both
  • 41 · 181rose · fell
  • 0unchanged

Rose most

Fell most

  • China22.414 → 15.562−6.852
  • Cameroon28.207 → 22.081−6.126
  • Belize15.345 → 11.974−3.371
  • Libya24.049 → 22.504−1.545
  • Albania15.098 → 13.857−1.241

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 1962.

  • 219 distinct values among 222

    Values are stored exactly as published, to 3 decimals. 2 countries share 16.970. 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 (1962). Crude Death Rate, 1962 [data set], describing 1962. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/crude-death-rate/1962

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07Questions

Crude Death Rate, 1962: questions and answers

Which country has the highest death rate in Crude Death Rate, 1962?

South Sudan, at 36.832, of the 222 countries in the file.

What year does Crude Death Rate, 1962 describe?

1962.

How many countries does Crude Death Rate, 1962 cover?

222.

Where can I download Crude Death Rate, 1962?

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, 1962 the newest?

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

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