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Crude Death Rate, 1966

1966, as UN DESA Population Division’s 2024 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Crude Death Rate, 1966 covers 222 countries. South Sudan is highest, at 41.575; Hong Kong is lowest, at 5.057. The middle country reads 11.624. Against 1965, 222 values changed (33 up, 189 down), the same countries are covered.

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Crude Death Rate · Data for 1966

HighestSouth Sudan

41.575

LowestHong Kong

5.057

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, 1966, 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, 1966: every country, as published by UN DESA Population Division.
South SudanSSDEastern Africa41.575
MaliMLIWestern Africa33.037
YemenYEMWestern Asia31.017
MalawiMWIEastern Africa29.598
AfghanistanAFGSouthern Asia28.733
Sierra LeoneSLEWestern Africa28.280
Guinea-BissauGNBWestern Africa27.702
NigerNERWestern Africa27.579
Timor-LesteTLSSouth-eastern Asia27.410
AngolaAGOMiddle Africa26.761
GuineaGINWestern Africa26.636
GambiaGMBWestern Africa26.241
Burkina FasoBFAWestern Africa25.900
EritreaERIEastern Africa25.754
NigeriaNGAWestern Africa25.598
BeninBENWestern Africa25.561
LiberiaLBRWestern Africa25.315
EthiopiaETHEastern Africa24.810
BhutanBTNSouthern Asia24.658
SenegalSENWestern Africa24.574
ChadTCDMiddle Africa24.540
OmanOMNWestern Asia24.176
Côte d’IvoireCIVWestern Africa23.787
MaldivesMDVSouthern Asia23.763
MozambiqueMOZEastern Africa23.028

02In 1966

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. South Sudan41.575
  2. Mali33.037
  3. Yemen31.017
  4. Malawi29.598
  5. Afghanistan28.733

Lowest

  1. Hong Kong5.057
  2. Andorra5.227
  3. Guam5.352
  4. Singapore5.532
  5. Taiwan5.666

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 11.624. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031965 → 1966

Since 1965

What changed between 1965 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 222values changed, of 222 in both
  • 33 · 189rose · 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 1966.

  • 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 (1966). Crude Death Rate, 1966 [data set], describing 1966. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/crude-death-rate/1966

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Other years

07Questions

Crude Death Rate, 1966: questions and answers

Which country has the highest death rate in Crude Death Rate, 1966?

South Sudan, at 41.575, of the 222 countries in the file.

What year does Crude Death Rate, 1966 describe?

1966.

How many countries does Crude Death Rate, 1966 cover?

222.

Where can I download Crude Death Rate, 1966?

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, 1966 the newest?

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

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