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Crude Death Rate, 1999

1999, as UN DESA Population Division’s 2024 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Crude Death Rate, 1999 covers 222 countries. Sierra Leone is highest, at 22.437; Qatar is lowest, at 1.877. The middle country reads 8.390. Against 1998, 222 values changed (78 up, 144 down), the same countries are covered.

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Crude Death Rate · Data for 1999

HighestSierra Leone

22.437

LowestQatar

1.877

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, 1999, 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, 1999: every country, as published by UN DESA Population Division.
Sierra LeoneSLEWestern Africa22.437
Timor-LesteTLSSouth-eastern Asia20.643
South SudanSSDEastern Africa19.361
MalawiMWIEastern Africa18.657
AngolaAGOMiddle Africa18.518
NigerNERWestern Africa18.308
EritreaERIEastern Africa18.033
ChadTCDMiddle Africa17.989
NigeriaNGAWestern Africa17.803
Guinea-BissauGNBWestern Africa17.194
ZambiaZMBEastern Africa16.815
Central African RepublicCAFMiddle Africa16.541
MaliMLIWestern Africa16.404
RwandaRWAEastern Africa16.303
MozambiqueMOZEastern Africa16.178
BurundiBDIEastern Africa15.906
ZimbabweZWEEastern Africa15.893
SomaliaSOMEastern Africa15.858
Burkina FasoBFAWestern Africa15.636
EthiopiaETHEastern Africa15.632
LiberiaLBRWestern Africa15.627
DR CongoCODMiddle Africa15.577
UgandaUGAEastern Africa15.345
GuineaGINWestern Africa15.258
MontserratMSRCaribbean15.070

02In 1999

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. Sierra Leone22.437
  2. Timor-Leste20.643
  3. South Sudan19.361
  4. Malawi18.657
  5. Angola18.518

Lowest

  1. Qatar1.877
  2. Kuwait2.021
  3. United Arab Emirates2.233
  4. French Polynesia2.617
  5. Bahrain2.701

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 8.390. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031998 → 1999

Since 1998

What changed between 1998 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 222values changed, of 222 in both
  • 78 · 144rose · 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 1999.

  • 220 distinct values among 222

    Values are stored exactly as published, to 3 decimals. 2 countries share 7.818. 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 (1999). Crude Death Rate, 1999 [data set], describing 1999. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/crude-death-rate/1999

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07Questions

Crude Death Rate, 1999: questions and answers

Which country has the highest death rate in Crude Death Rate, 1999?

Sierra Leone, at 22.437, of the 222 countries in the file.

What year does Crude Death Rate, 1999 describe?

1999.

How many countries does Crude Death Rate, 1999 cover?

222.

Where can I download Crude Death Rate, 1999?

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, 1999 the newest?

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

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