What is the difference in number of deaths between Germany and Mexico?

234,780 deaths, with Germany ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Germany and Mexico?

74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.

Where does this data come from?

UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – processed by Our World in Data, published as Number of deaths. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Germany vs Mexico: Number of deaths

Germany

1.03 million deaths

in 2023

Mexico

799,360 deaths

in 2023

Germany rank

10th

Mexico rank

13th

Number of deaths over time

Germany
Mexico

How they compare

Germany currently reports 1.03 million deaths against 799,360 deaths in Mexico, a difference of 234,780 deaths.

That makes Germany's figure about 1.3 times Mexico's.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 74 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Germany ahead.

Germany ranks 10th and Mexico ranks 13th of 236 countries.

Germany has averaged higher in every one of the 8 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Germany	Mexico	Difference	Ahead
1950s	765,143 deaths	552,798 deaths	212,345 deaths	Germany
1960s	900,951 deaths	503,965 deaths	396,986 deaths	Germany
1970s	961,659 deaths	487,849 deaths	473,810 deaths	Germany
1980s	928,297 deaths	474,400 deaths	453,897 deaths	Germany
1990s	885,870 deaths	518,905 deaths	366,965 deaths	Germany
2000s	840,386 deaths	584,136 deaths	256,250 deaths	Germany
2010s	906,070 deaths	700,325 deaths	205,744 deaths	Germany
2020s	1.02 million deaths	964,369 deaths	51,817 deaths	Germany

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher number of deaths, Germany or Mexico?: Germany, at 1.03 million deaths against 799,360 deaths in Mexico as of 2023.
What is the difference in number of deaths between Germany and Mexico?: 234,780 deaths, with Germany ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Germany and Mexico?: 74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.
How do Germany and Mexico rank globally for number of deaths?: Germany ranks 10th and Mexico ranks 13th of 236 countries.
Where does this data come from?: UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – processed by Our World in Data, published as Number of deaths. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator: Number of deaths
Unit: deaths
Source: UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 236 places, 17,464 data points, 1950–2023
Last refreshed: 28 August 2026

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