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Crude Death Rate, 1988

1988, as UN DESA Population Division’s 2024 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Crude Death Rate, 1988 covers 222 countries. South Sudan is highest, at 77.739; Kuwait is lowest, at 2.289. The middle country reads 8.739. Against 1987, 222 values changed (72 up, 150 down), the same countries are covered.

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Crude Death Rate · Data for 1988

HighestSouth Sudan

77.739

LowestKuwait

2.289

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, 1988, 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, 1988: every country, as published by UN DESA Population Division.
South SudanSSDEastern Africa77.739
Timor-LesteTLSSouth-eastern Asia26.484
NigerNERWestern Africa25.030
MalawiMWIEastern Africa22.831
AngolaAGOMiddle Africa22.420
Sierra LeoneSLEWestern Africa21.914
Guinea-BissauGNBWestern Africa21.411
MozambiqueMOZEastern Africa21.289
SomaliaSOMEastern Africa20.974
BurundiBDIEastern Africa20.786
AfghanistanAFGSouthern Asia20.606
LiberiaLBRWestern Africa20.584
MaliMLIWestern Africa20.414
GuineaGINWestern Africa19.841
ChadTCDMiddle Africa19.774
EthiopiaETHEastern Africa19.370
NigeriaNGAWestern Africa18.890
UgandaUGAEastern Africa17.761
Burkina FasoBFAWestern Africa17.503
DR CongoCODMiddle Africa17.449
GambiaGMBWestern Africa17.266
Central African RepublicCAFMiddle Africa16.589
Equatorial GuineaGNQMiddle Africa16.546
EritreaERIEastern Africa16.393
ZambiaZMBEastern Africa15.963

02In 1988

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. South Sudan77.739
  2. Timor-Leste26.484
  3. Niger25.030
  4. Malawi22.831
  5. Angola22.420

Lowest

  1. Kuwait2.289
  2. Qatar2.329
  3. Saint Martin2.809
  4. United Arab Emirates2.900
  5. Bahrain3.268

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 8.739. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031987 → 1988

Since 1987

What changed between 1987 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 222values changed, of 222 in both
  • 72 · 150rose · 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 1988.

  • 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 (1988). Crude Death Rate, 1988 [data set], describing 1988. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/crude-death-rate/1988

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Other years

07Questions

Crude Death Rate, 1988: questions and answers

Which country has the highest death rate in Crude Death Rate, 1988?

South Sudan, at 77.739, of the 222 countries in the file.

What year does Crude Death Rate, 1988 describe?

1988.

How many countries does Crude Death Rate, 1988 cover?

222.

Where can I download Crude Death Rate, 1988?

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, 1988 the newest?

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

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