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China: Death rate, crude

7.76per 1,000 people · 2024+9.0% since 2014

Crude death rate indicates the number of deaths occurring during the year, per 1,000 population estimated at midyear. Subtracting the crude death rate from the crude birth rate provides the rate of natural increase, which is equal to the rate of population change in the absence of migration. Annual figures for China from 1960 to 2024.

19852024

Every year

YearValue (per 1,000 people)Note
20247.76
20237.87
20227.37
20217.18
20207.07
20197.09
20187.08
20177.06
20167.04
20157.07
20147.12
20137.13
20127.13
20117.14
20107.11
20097.08
20087.06
20076.93
20066.81
20056.51
20046.42
20036.4
20026.41
20016.43
20006.45
19996.46
19986.5
19976.51
19966.56
19956.57
19946.49
19936.64
19926.64
19916.7
19906.67
19896.54
19886.64
19876.72
19866.86
19856.78
19846.82
19836.9
19826.6
19816.36
19806.34
19796.21
19786.25
19776.87
19767.25
19757.32
19747.34
19737.04
19727.61
19717.32
19707.6
19698.03
19688.21
19678.43
19668.83
19659.5
196411.5
196310.04
196210.02
196114.24
196025.43

Source

Published by World Bank, produced by United Nations, National statistical offices, Eurostat. Licence: CC BY 4.0. Retrieved 2026-11-07.

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World Bank (2026). Death rate, crude. Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/worldbank-death-rate-crude (accessed 2026-11-07). catalog snapshot 2026-11-07.

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