Which has higher number of deaths, Brazil or Russian Federation?

Russian Federation, at 1.79 million deaths against 1.49 million deaths in Brazil as of 2023.

What is the difference in number of deaths between Brazil and Russian Federation?

300,700 deaths, with Russian Federation ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Brazil and Russian Federation?

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.

Brazil vs Russian Federation: Number of deaths

Brazil

1.49 million deaths

in 2023

Russian Federation

1.79 million deaths

in 2023

Brazil rank

9th

Russian Federation rank

6th

Number of deaths over time

Brazil
Russian Federation

How they compare

Russian Federation currently reports 1.79 million deaths against 1.49 million deaths in Brazil, a difference of 300,700 deaths.

That makes Russian Federation's figure about 1.2 times Brazil's.

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

Brazil ranks 9th and Russian Federation ranks 6th of 236 countries.

Across the 8 decades both report, Brazil averaged higher in 1 and Russian Federation in 7.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Brazil	Russian Federation	Difference	Ahead
1950s	944,176 deaths	1.13 million deaths	182,880 deaths	Russian Federation
1960s	997,089 deaths	969,781 deaths	27,308 deaths	Brazil
1970s	1.02 million deaths	1.28 million deaths	265,652 deaths	Russian Federation
1980s	1.04 million deaths	1.55 million deaths	508,643 deaths	Russian Federation
1990s	1.06 million deaths	2.04 million deaths	982,890 deaths	Russian Federation
2000s	1.09 million deaths	2.25 million deaths	1.16 million deaths	Russian Federation
2010s	1.22 million deaths	1.88 million deaths	658,035 deaths	Russian Federation
2020s	1.60 million deaths	2.08 million deaths	476,148 deaths	Russian Federation

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher number of deaths, Brazil or Russian Federation?: Russian Federation, at 1.79 million deaths against 1.49 million deaths in Brazil as of 2023.
What is the difference in number of deaths between Brazil and Russian Federation?: 300,700 deaths, with Russian Federation ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Brazil and Russian Federation?: 74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.
How do Brazil and Russian Federation rank globally for number of deaths?: Brazil ranks 9th and Russian Federation ranks 6th 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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