Which has higher number of deaths, Colombia or Republic of Korea?

Republic of Korea, at 345,503 deaths against 282,429 deaths in Colombia as of 2023.

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

63,074 deaths, with Republic of Korea ahead.

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

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.

Colombia vs Republic of Korea: Number of deaths

Colombia

282,429 deaths

in 2023

Republic of Korea

345,503 deaths

in 2023

Colombia rank

35th

Republic of Korea rank

32nd

Number of deaths over time

Colombia
Republic of Korea

How they compare

Republic of Korea currently reports 345,503 deaths against 282,429 deaths in Colombia, a difference of 63,074 deaths.

That makes Republic of Korea's figure about 1.2 times Colombia's.

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

Colombia ranks 35th and Republic of Korea ranks 32nd of 236 countries.

Republic of Korea has averaged higher in every one of the 8 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Colombia	Republic of Korea	Difference	Ahead
1950s	200,370 deaths	478,513 deaths	278,143 deaths	Republic of Korea
1960s	183,021 deaths	315,683 deaths	132,662 deaths	Republic of Korea
1970s	166,636 deaths	256,623 deaths	89,987 deaths	Republic of Korea
1980s	172,835 deaths	254,698 deaths	81,862 deaths	Republic of Korea
1990s	202,149 deaths	248,972 deaths	46,823 deaths	Republic of Korea
2000s	217,667 deaths	242,310 deaths	24,643 deaths	Republic of Korea
2010s	243,611 deaths	277,561 deaths	33,950 deaths	Republic of Korea
2020s	331,171 deaths	345,369 deaths	14,198 deaths	Republic of Korea

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher number of deaths, Colombia or Republic of Korea?: Republic of Korea, at 345,503 deaths against 282,429 deaths in Colombia as of 2023.
What is the difference in number of deaths between Colombia and Republic of Korea?: 63,074 deaths, with Republic of Korea ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Colombia and Republic of Korea?: 74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.
How do Colombia and Republic of Korea rank globally for number of deaths?: Colombia ranks 35th and Republic of Korea ranks 32nd 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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