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

Russian Federation, at 1.79 million deaths against 1.60 million deaths in Pakistan as of 2023.

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

194,540 deaths, with Russian Federation ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Pakistan 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.

Pakistan vs Russian Federation: Number of deaths

Pakistan

1.60 million deaths

in 2023

Russian Federation

1.79 million deaths

in 2023

Pakistan rank

7th

Russian Federation rank

6th

Number of deaths over time

Pakistan
Russian Federation

How they compare

Russian Federation currently reports 1.79 million deaths against 1.60 million deaths in Pakistan, a difference of 194,540 deaths.

That makes Russian Federation's figure about 1.1 times Pakistan's.

The two have swapped places 6 times across 74 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Russian Federation ahead.

Pakistan ranks 7th and Russian Federation ranks 6th of 236 countries.

Russian Federation has averaged higher in every one of the 8 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Pakistan	Russian Federation	Difference	Ahead
1950s	942,151 deaths	1.13 million deaths	184,905 deaths	Russian Federation
1960s	886,789 deaths	969,781 deaths	82,992 deaths	Russian Federation
1970s	930,616 deaths	1.28 million deaths	352,260 deaths	Russian Federation
1980s	1.11 million deaths	1.55 million deaths	442,122 deaths	Russian Federation
1990s	1.33 million deaths	2.04 million deaths	710,457 deaths	Russian Federation
2000s	1.43 million deaths	2.25 million deaths	822,727 deaths	Russian Federation
2010s	1.55 million deaths	1.88 million deaths	327,022 deaths	Russian Federation
2020s	1.66 million deaths	2.08 million deaths	416,992 deaths	Russian Federation

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher number of deaths, Pakistan or Russian Federation?: Russian Federation, at 1.79 million deaths against 1.60 million deaths in Pakistan as of 2023.
What is the difference in number of deaths between Pakistan and Russian Federation?: 194,540 deaths, with Russian Federation ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Pakistan and Russian Federation?: 74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.
How do Pakistan and Russian Federation rank globally for number of deaths?: Pakistan ranks 7th 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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