What is the difference in number of deaths between Afghanistan and Republic of Korea?

26,468 deaths, with Afghanistan ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Afghanistan and Republic of Korea?

22 years are reported by both, from 2000 to 2021.

Where does this data come from?

World Health Organization (2024) – with major processing 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.

Afghanistan vs Republic of Korea: Number of deaths

Afghanistan

344,195 deaths

in 2021

Republic of Korea

317,727 deaths

in 2021

Afghanistan rank

32nd

Republic of Korea rank

34th

Number of deaths over time

Afghanistan
Republic of Korea

How they compare

Afghanistan currently reports 344,195 deaths against 317,727 deaths in Republic of Korea, a difference of 26,468 deaths.

That makes Afghanistan's figure about 1.1 times Republic of Korea's.

The two have swapped places 5 times across 22 shared years of data; in 2000 it was Republic of Korea ahead.

Afghanistan ranks 32nd and Republic of Korea ranks 34th of 194 countries.

Across the 3 decades both report, Afghanistan averaged higher in 2 and Republic of Korea in 1.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Afghanistan	Republic of Korea	Difference	Ahead
2000s	250,983 deaths	246,213 deaths	4,770 deaths	Afghanistan
2010s	269,486 deaths	275,005 deaths	5,519 deaths	Republic of Korea
2020s	327,430 deaths	311,388 deaths	16,042 deaths	Afghanistan

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher number of deaths, Afghanistan or Republic of Korea?: Afghanistan, at 344,195 deaths against 317,727 deaths in Republic of Korea as of 2021.
What is the difference in number of deaths between Afghanistan and Republic of Korea?: 26,468 deaths, with Afghanistan ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Afghanistan and Republic of Korea?: 22 years are reported by both, from 2000 to 2021.
How do Afghanistan and Republic of Korea rank globally for number of deaths?: Afghanistan ranks 32nd and Republic of Korea ranks 34th of 194 countries.
Where does this data come from?: World Health Organization (2024) – with major processing 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: World Health Organization (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 194 places, 4,268 data points, 2000–2021
Last refreshed: 28 August 2026

Estimated number of deaths from all causes in both sexes.