What is the difference in number of deaths between India and United States of America?

9.89 million deaths, with India ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for India and United States of America?

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.

India vs United States of America: Number of deaths

India

13.36 million deaths

in 2021

United States of America

3.47 million deaths

in 2021

India rank

1st

United States of America rank

3rd

Number of deaths over time

India
United States of America

How they compare

India currently reports 13.36 million deaths against 3.47 million deaths in United States of America, a difference of 9.89 million deaths.

That makes India's figure about 3.9 times United States of America's.

Across all 22 years both countries report, India has been ahead every year.

India ranks 1st and United States of America ranks 3rd of 194 countries.

India has averaged higher in every one of the 3 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade	India	United States of America	Difference	Ahead
2000s	8.84 million deaths	2.43 million deaths	6.41 million deaths	India
2010s	9.08 million deaths	2.67 million deaths	6.41 million deaths	India
2020s	11.85 million deaths	3.43 million deaths	8.42 million deaths	India

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher number of deaths, India or United States of America?: India, at 13.36 million deaths against 3.47 million deaths in United States of America as of 2021.
What is the difference in number of deaths between India and United States of America?: 9.89 million deaths, with India ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for India and United States of America?: 22 years are reported by both, from 2000 to 2021.
How do India and United States of America rank globally for number of deaths?: India ranks 1st and United States of America ranks 3rd 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.