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Crude Death Rate, 1978

1978, as UN DESA Population Division’s 2024 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Crude Death Rate, 1978 covers 222 countries. Cambodia is highest, at 93.923; Kuwait is lowest, at 3.754. The middle country reads 9.768. Against 1977, 220 values changed (63 up, 157 down), the same countries are covered.

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Crude Death Rate · Data for 1978

HighestCambodia

93.923

LowestKuwait

3.754

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, 1978, 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, 1978: every country, as published by UN DESA Population Division.
CambodiaKHMSouth-eastern Asia93.923
Timor-LesteTLSSouth-eastern Asia42.164
South SudanSSDEastern Africa26.676
MaliMLIWestern Africa26.562
NigerNERWestern Africa26.339
AfghanistanAFGSouthern Asia24.171
Sierra LeoneSLEWestern Africa23.599
GuineaGINWestern Africa23.279
Guinea-BissauGNBWestern Africa23.268
EthiopiaETHEastern Africa23.025
MalawiMWIEastern Africa22.666
Equatorial GuineaGNQMiddle Africa22.655
ChadTCDMiddle Africa22.452
AngolaAGOMiddle Africa22.167
MozambiqueMOZEastern Africa21.615
GambiaGMBWestern Africa21.491
LiberiaLBRWestern Africa21.318
Burkina FasoBFAWestern Africa20.889
BurundiBDIEastern Africa20.480
NigeriaNGAWestern Africa20.120
EritreaERIEastern Africa19.944
BeninBENWestern Africa19.794
DR CongoCODMiddle Africa19.574
RwandaRWAEastern Africa19.538
UgandaUGAEastern Africa19.274

02In 1978

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. Cambodia93.923
  2. Timor-Leste42.164
  3. South Sudan26.676
  4. Mali26.562
  5. Niger26.339

Lowest

  1. Kuwait3.754
  2. Qatar3.763
  3. Andorra3.894
  4. Sint Maarten4.238
  5. Bahrain4.249

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 9.768. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031977 → 1978

Since 1977

What changed between 1977 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 220values changed, of 222 in both
  • 63 · 157rose · fell
  • 2unchanged

Rose most

Fell most

  • Algeria16.547 → 15.478−1.069
  • Oman13.148 → 12.172−0.976
  • Yemen20.144 → 19.243−0.901
  • Malawi23.526 → 22.666−0.860
  • Somalia18.324 → 17.623−0.701

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 1978.

  • 220 distinct values among 222

    Values are stored exactly as published, to 3 decimals. 2 countries share 10.254. 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 (1978). Crude Death Rate, 1978 [data set], describing 1978. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/crude-death-rate/1978

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07Questions

Crude Death Rate, 1978: questions and answers

Which country has the highest death rate in Crude Death Rate, 1978?

Cambodia, at 93.923, of the 222 countries in the file.

What year does Crude Death Rate, 1978 describe?

1978.

How many countries does Crude Death Rate, 1978 cover?

222.

Where can I download Crude Death Rate, 1978?

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, 1978 the newest?

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

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