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Crude Death Rate, 2002

2002, as UN DESA Population Division’s 2024 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Crude Death Rate, 2002 covers 222 countries. Sierra Leone is highest, at 18.850; United Arab Emirates is lowest, at 1.646. The middle country reads 7.949. Against 2001, 221 values changed (84 up, 137 down), the same countries are covered.

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Crude Death Rate · Data for 2002

HighestSierra Leone

18.850

LowestUnited Arab Emirates

1.646

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, 2002, 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, 2002: every country, as published by UN DESA Population Division.
Sierra LeoneSLEWestern Africa18.850
LesothoLSOSouthern Africa18.198
ChadTCDMiddle Africa17.236
AngolaAGOMiddle Africa17.071
NigeriaNGAWestern Africa16.799
MalawiMWIEastern Africa16.779
NigerNERWestern Africa16.403
RussiaRUSEastern Europe16.341
ZimbabweZWEEastern Africa16.339
Central African RepublicCAFMiddle Africa16.298
EswatiniSWZSouthern Africa16.272
South SudanSSDEastern Africa15.890
SomaliaSOMEastern Africa15.691
UkraineUKREastern Europe15.602
MontserratMSRCaribbean15.570
MaliMLIWestern Africa15.062
Guinea-BissauGNBWestern Africa14.758
Burkina FasoBFAWestern Africa14.727
BelarusBLREastern Europe14.708
ZambiaZMBEastern Africa14.651
MozambiqueMOZEastern Africa14.524
BurundiBDIEastern Africa14.457
BulgariaBGREastern Europe14.301
DR CongoCODMiddle Africa14.204
LatviaLVANorthern Europe14.204

02In 2002

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. Sierra Leone18.850
  2. Lesotho18.198
  3. Chad17.236
  4. Angola17.071
  5. Nigeria16.799

Lowest

  1. United Arab Emirates1.646
  2. Qatar1.798
  3. Kuwait2.034
  4. Bahrain2.434
  5. Northern Mariana Islands2.564

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 7.949. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032001 → 2002

Since 2001

What changed between 2001 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 221values changed, of 222 in both
  • 84 · 137rose · 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 2002.

  • 219 distinct values among 222

    Values are stored exactly as published, to 3 decimals. 2 countries share 14.204. 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 (2002). Crude Death Rate, 2002 [data set], describing 2002. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/crude-death-rate/2002

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07Questions

Crude Death Rate, 2002: questions and answers

Which country has the highest death rate in Crude Death Rate, 2002?

Sierra Leone, at 18.850, of the 222 countries in the file.

What year does Crude Death Rate, 2002 describe?

2002.

How many countries does Crude Death Rate, 2002 cover?

222.

Where can I download Crude Death Rate, 2002?

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, 2002 the newest?

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

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