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Crude Death Rate, 1998

1998, as UN DESA Population Division’s 2024 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Crude Death Rate, 1998 covers 222 countries. South Sudan is highest, at 53.367; Qatar is lowest, at 1.901. The middle country reads 8.470. Against 1997, 221 values changed (72 up, 149 down), the same countries are covered.

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Crude Death Rate · Data for 1998

HighestSouth Sudan

53.367

LowestQatar

1.901

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, 1998, 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, 1998: every country, as published by UN DESA Population Division.
South SudanSSDEastern Africa53.367
Sierra LeoneSLEWestern Africa22.112
MalawiMWIEastern Africa19.412
AngolaAGOMiddle Africa18.925
NigerNERWestern Africa18.882
ChadTCDMiddle Africa18.227
NigeriaNGAWestern Africa18.153
RwandaRWAEastern Africa17.760
Guinea-BissauGNBWestern Africa17.621
ZambiaZMBEastern Africa17.123
MaliMLIWestern Africa16.730
MozambiqueMOZEastern Africa16.676
Central African RepublicCAFMiddle Africa16.553
BurundiBDIEastern Africa16.497
LiberiaLBRWestern Africa16.203
Burkina FasoBFAWestern Africa15.934
UgandaUGAEastern Africa15.921
DR CongoCODMiddle Africa15.865
SomaliaSOMEastern Africa15.758
Timor-LesteTLSSouth-eastern Asia15.660
EthiopiaETHEastern Africa15.658
GuineaGINWestern Africa15.638
ZimbabweZWEEastern Africa15.011
UkraineUKREastern Europe14.719
EritreaERIEastern Africa14.533

02In 1998

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. South Sudan53.367
  2. Sierra Leone22.112
  3. Malawi19.412
  4. Angola18.925
  5. Niger18.882

Lowest

  1. Qatar1.901
  2. Kuwait2.015
  3. United Arab Emirates2.459
  4. French Polynesia2.728
  5. Bahrain2.748

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 8.470. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031997 → 1998

Since 1997

What changed between 1997 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 221values changed, of 222 in both
  • 72 · 149rose · fell
  • 1unchanged

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 1998.

  • 220 distinct values among 222

    Values are stored exactly as published, to 3 decimals. 2 countries share 7.473. 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 (1998). Crude Death Rate, 1998 [data set], describing 1998. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/crude-death-rate/1998

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07Questions

Crude Death Rate, 1998: questions and answers

Which country has the highest death rate in Crude Death Rate, 1998?

South Sudan, at 53.367, of the 222 countries in the file.

What year does Crude Death Rate, 1998 describe?

1998.

How many countries does Crude Death Rate, 1998 cover?

222.

Where can I download Crude Death Rate, 1998?

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, 1998 the newest?

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

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