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

16,823 deaths, with Romania ahead.

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

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.

Afghanistan vs Romania: Number of deaths

Afghanistan

240,296 deaths

in 2023

Romania

257,119 deaths

in 2023

Afghanistan rank

39th

Romania rank

36th

Number of deaths over time

Afghanistan
Romania

How they compare

Romania currently reports 257,119 deaths against 240,296 deaths in Afghanistan, a difference of 16,823 deaths.

That makes Romania's figure about 1.1 times Afghanistan's.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 74 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Afghanistan ahead.

Afghanistan ranks 39th and Romania ranks 36th of 236 countries.

Across the 8 decades both report, Afghanistan averaged higher in 4 and Romania in 4.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Afghanistan	Romania	Difference	Ahead
1950s	287,559 deaths	189,228 deaths	98,331 deaths	Afghanistan
1960s	292,713 deaths	170,935 deaths	121,778 deaths	Afghanistan
1970s	314,797 deaths	205,600 deaths	109,196 deaths	Afghanistan
1980s	301,350 deaths	245,069 deaths	56,281 deaths	Afghanistan
1990s	241,715 deaths	269,081 deaths	27,366 deaths	Romania
2000s	242,951 deaths	268,683 deaths	25,732 deaths	Romania
2010s	250,330 deaths	261,520 deaths	11,190 deaths	Romania
2020s	274,787 deaths	290,845 deaths	16,058 deaths	Romania

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher number of deaths, Afghanistan or Romania?: Romania, at 257,119 deaths against 240,296 deaths in Afghanistan as of 2023.
What is the difference in number of deaths between Afghanistan and Romania?: 16,823 deaths, with Romania ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Afghanistan and Romania?: 74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.
How do Afghanistan and Romania rank globally for number of deaths?: Afghanistan ranks 39th and Romania ranks 36th 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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