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Crude Death Rate, 1971

1971, as UN DESA Population Division’s 2024 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Crude Death Rate, 1971 covers 222 countries. Bangladesh is highest, at 39.876; Andorra is lowest, at 4.449. The middle country reads 10.526. Against 1970, 222 values changed (42 up, 180 down), the same countries are covered.

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Crude Death Rate · Data for 1971

HighestBangladesh

39.876

LowestAndorra

4.449

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, 1971, 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, 1971: every country, as published by UN DESA Population Division.
BangladeshBGDSouthern Asia39.876
South SudanSSDEastern Africa33.720
MaliMLIWestern Africa31.108
NigerNERWestern Africa28.655
MalawiMWIEastern Africa28.226
Equatorial GuineaGNQMiddle Africa27.381
AfghanistanAFGSouthern Asia26.383
Sierra LeoneSLEWestern Africa26.119
YemenYEMWestern Asia25.585
Guinea-BissauGNBWestern Africa25.571
GuineaGINWestern Africa25.283
Burkina FasoBFAWestern Africa24.687
Timor-LesteTLSSouth-eastern Asia24.442
AngolaAGOMiddle Africa24.318
ChadTCDMiddle Africa24.019
GambiaGMBWestern Africa23.776
NigeriaNGAWestern Africa23.752
LiberiaLBRWestern Africa23.485
SenegalSENWestern Africa23.232
BeninBENWestern Africa23.208
CambodiaKHMSouth-eastern Asia23.094
EthiopiaETHEastern Africa22.344
MozambiqueMOZEastern Africa22.209
EritreaERIEastern Africa21.927
BhutanBTNSouthern Asia21.923

02In 1971

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. Bangladesh39.876
  2. South Sudan33.720
  3. Mali31.108
  4. Niger28.655
  5. Malawi28.226

Lowest

  1. Andorra4.449
  2. Taiwan4.622
  3. Guam5.016
  4. Sint Maarten5.050
  5. Saint Martinshared5.093

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 10.526. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031970 → 1971

Since 1970

What changed between 1970 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 222values changed, of 222 in both
  • 42 · 180rose · 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 1971.

  • 220 distinct values among 222

    Values are stored exactly as published, to 3 decimals. 2 countries share 9.891. 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 (1971). Crude Death Rate, 1971 [data set], describing 1971. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/crude-death-rate/1971

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07Questions

Crude Death Rate, 1971: questions and answers

Which country has the highest death rate in Crude Death Rate, 1971?

Bangladesh, at 39.876, of the 222 countries in the file.

What year does Crude Death Rate, 1971 describe?

1971.

How many countries does Crude Death Rate, 1971 cover?

222.

Where can I download Crude Death Rate, 1971?

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, 1971 the newest?

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

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