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The World and its Major Regions, 1950-2050

Crude Death Rates - World and major regions, 1950-1970

Crude death rate

(per thousand)

1950-55

Crude death rate

(per thousand)

1955-60

Crude death rate

(per thousand)

1960-65

Crude death rate

(per thousand)

1965-70

Region and country        
World total
19.8
17.3
15.6
13.4
More developed regions (*)
10.2
9.6
9.4
9.4
Less developed regions (+)
24.2
20.8
18.2
15.0
Least developed countries
27.9
25.7
24.0
22.3

 

Crude Death Rates - World and major regions, 1970-1995

Crude death rate

(per thousand)

1970-75

Crude death rate

(per thousand)

1975-80

Crude death rate

(per thousand)

1980-85

Crude death rate

(per thousand)

1985-90

Crude death rate

(per thousand)

1990-95

Region and country
World total
11.7
11.0
10.3
9.6
9.3
More developed regions (*)
9.4
9.5
9.6
9.6
10.1
Less developed regions (+)
12.5
11.5
10.5
9.6
9.1
Least developed countries
21.0
19.8
18.1
16.2
15.4

Crude Death Rates - World and major regions, 1995-2025

Crude death rate

(per thousand)

medium variant

1995-00

Crude death rate

(per thousand)

medium variant

2000-05

Crude death rate

(per thousand)

medium variant

2005-10

Crude death rate

(per thousand)

medium variant

2010-15

Crude death rate

(per thousand)

medium variant

2015-20

Crude death rate

(per thousand)

medium variant

2020-25

Region and country            
World total 8.9 8.6 8.3 8.1 8.0 8.1
More developed regions (*) 10.3 10.6 10.9 11.0 11.2 11.5
Less developed regions (+) 8.5 8.1 7.8 7.5 7.4 7.4
Least developed countries 13.9 12.4 11.0 9.7 8.7 8.0

 

Crude Death Rates - World and major regions, 2025-2050

Crude death rate

(per thousand)

medium variant

2025-30

Crude death rate

(per thousand)

medium variant

2030-35

Crude death rate

(per thousand)

medium variant

2035-40

Crude death rate

(per thousand)

medium variant

2040-45

Crude death rate

(per thousand)

medium variant

2045-50

Region and country          
World total 8.3 8.7 9.0 9.4 9.7
More developed regions (*) 12.2 12.8 13.2 13.5 13.6
Less developed regions (+) 7.7 8.0 8.3 8.7 9.2
Least developed countries 7.3 6.9 6.6 6.6 6.8

Footnotes:

Source: "World Population Prospects: The 1996 Revision", United Nations, 1997

(*) : More developed regions comprise Northern America, Japan, Europe, Australia/New Zealand.

(+) : Less developed regions comprise all regions of Africa, Latin America and the Caribbean, Asia

(excluding Japan), and Melanesia, Micronesia and Polynesia.

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