Countries in Asia by death rate

Countries in Asia by death rate, World Bank, 2024

#	Country	Per 1,000 people	Region
1	Japan	13.3	Eastern Asia
2	Georgia	11.8	Western Asia
3	North Korea	9.9	Eastern Asia
4	Myanmar	9.2	South-Eastern Asia
5	Thailand	9.0	South-Eastern Asia
6	Armenia	8.4	Western Asia
=7	China	7.8	Eastern Asia
=7	Sri Lanka	7.8	Southern Asia
9	Indonesia	7.6	South-Eastern Asia
10	Timor-Leste	7.2	South-Eastern Asia
=11	Cyprus	7.0	Western Asia
=11	Nepal	7.0	Southern Asia
=11	South Korea	7.0	Eastern Asia
14	Kazakhstan	6.7	Central Asia
=15	India	6.6	Southern Asia
=15	Vietnam	6.6	South-Eastern Asia
17	Cambodia	6.5	South-Eastern Asia
=18	Pakistan	6.4	Southern Asia
=18	Philippines	6.4	South-Eastern Asia
20	Laos	6.2	South-Eastern Asia
21	Bhutan	6.1	Southern Asia
=22	Lebanon	6.0	Western Asia
=22	Singapore	6.0	South-Eastern Asia
=22	Uzbekistan	6.0	Central Asia
=25	Azerbaijan	5.8	Western Asia
=25	Turkmenistan	5.8	Central Asia
=27	Afghanistan	5.7	Southern Asia
=27	Turkey	5.7	Western Asia
29	Mongolia	5.5	Eastern Asia
=30	Brunei	5.3	South-Eastern Asia
=30	Israel	5.3	Western Asia
=30	Malaysia	5.3	South-Eastern Asia
33	Bangladesh	5.1	Southern Asia
34	Syria	4.9	Western Asia
35	Iran	4.8	Southern Asia
36	Yemen	4.7	Western Asia
37	Tajikistan	4.6	Central Asia
38	Kyrgyzstan	4.4	Central Asia
39	Iraq	4.2	Western Asia
40	Jordan	3.1	Western Asia
41	Maldives	2.4	Southern Asia
42	Saudi Arabia	2.3	Western Asia
43	Bahrain	2.2	Western Asia
44	Oman	1.9	Western Asia
45	Kuwait	1.5	Western Asia
46	Qatar	1.1	Western Asia
47	United Arab Emirates	1.0	Western Asia

No World Bank figure for Taiwan.

Territories and other places

Not ranked: dependencies of the states above, places whose status is disputed. Highest first.

Place	Per 1,000 people	Status
Hong Kong	7.0	Territory of China
Palestine	5.9	Status disputed
Macao	3.6	Territory of China

Questions

Which country in Asia has the highest death rate?

Japan has the highest death rate in Asia: 13.3 deaths per 1,000 people (2024). Next come Georgia (11.8 deaths per 1,000 people) and North Korea (9.9 deaths per 1,000 people).

Which country in Asia has the lowest death rate?

The United Arab Emirates, with 1.0 deaths per 1,000 people (2024).

What is the typical death rate of a country in Asia?

The median of the 47 countries in Asia is 6.0 deaths per 1,000 people: half are above it, half below. The median, not the average, because a few countries at the top would drag an average far above almost everyone.

Where do the figures come from?

Deaths in a year for every 1,000 people. An old population has a high death rate even where health care is good. Source: World Bank, 2024. Only independent states are ranked; territories are listed separately. A country’s continent follows Natural Earth; the handful of island states it files under the open ocean are placed by their UN subregion.

Source: World Bank (CC BY 4.0). Figures more than 5 years older than the newest are left out rather than shown beside current ones. Countries sharing a value share a rank. All sources.