Which has higher number of deaths, Indonesia or United States of America?

United States of America, at 3.47 million deaths against 2.64 million deaths in Indonesia as of 2021.

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

829,320 deaths, with United States of America ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Indonesia 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.

Indonesia vs United States of America: Number of deaths

Indonesia

2.64 million deaths

in 2021

United States of America

3.47 million deaths

in 2021

Indonesia rank

4th

United States of America rank

3rd

Number of deaths over time

Indonesia
United States of America

How they compare

United States of America currently reports 3.47 million deaths against 2.64 million deaths in Indonesia, a difference of 829,320 deaths.

That makes United States of America's figure about 1.3 times Indonesia's.

Across all 22 years both countries report, United States of America has been ahead every year.

Indonesia ranks 4th and United States of America ranks 3rd of 194 countries.

United States of America has averaged higher in every one of the 3 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Indonesia	United States of America	Difference	Ahead
2000s	1.61 million deaths	2.43 million deaths	827,846 deaths	United States of America
2010s	1.81 million deaths	2.67 million deaths	860,631 deaths	United States of America
2020s	2.46 million deaths	3.43 million deaths	963,445 deaths	United States of America

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher number of deaths, Indonesia or United States of America?: United States of America, at 3.47 million deaths against 2.64 million deaths in Indonesia as of 2021.
What is the difference in number of deaths between Indonesia and United States of America?: 829,320 deaths, with United States of America ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Indonesia and United States of America?: 22 years are reported by both, from 2000 to 2021.
How do Indonesia and United States of America rank globally for number of deaths?: Indonesia ranks 4th 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.