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Number of deaths, by world region by country

Number of deaths in a calendar year.

Countries reporting
236
Highest
11.68 million deaths
China
Lowest
2 deaths
Tokelau
Median
41,337 deaths
Years covered
74
1950–2023
Data points
17,464

What the numbers show

Number of deaths, by world region is currently reported for 236 countries. The highest value is 11.68 million deaths in China; the lowest is 2 deaths in Tokelau.

The median across all reporting countries is 41,337 deaths, and the mean is 261,193 deaths.

Over the past decade 193 countries rose and 41 fell. The largest increase was in Palestine (up 170.1%), and the largest decrease in Eswatini (down 35.1%).

Number of deaths, by world region: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 China 11.68 million deaths 2023 up 26.5% falling
2 India 9.51 million deaths 2023 up 7.0% rising
3 United States 2.98 million deaths 2023 up 14.0% rising
4 Nigeria 2.68 million deaths 2023 up 6.6% rising
5 Indonesia 2.12 million deaths 2023 up 10.2% rising
6 Russia 1.79 million deaths 2023 down 4.7% rising
7 Pakistan 1.60 million deaths 2023 up 2.8% rising
8 Japan 1.52 million deaths 2023 up 16.6% rising
9 Brazil 1.49 million deaths 2023 up 27.1% rising
10 Germany 1.03 million deaths 2023 up 14.9% rising
11 Democratic Republic of Congo 901,849 deaths 2023 up 9.7% rising
12 Bangladesh 859,073 deaths 2023 down 5.0% falling
13 Mexico 799,360 deaths 2023 up 19.0% rising
14 Ethiopia 767,017 deaths 2023 up 0.1% rising
15 Philippines 716,490 deaths 2023 up 27.4% rising
16 Italy 663,444 deaths 2023 up 10.8% rising
17 Vietnam 659,980 deaths 2023 up 20.3% rising
18 United Kingdom 653,745 deaths 2023 up 12.6% flat
19 Thailand 637,306 deaths 2023 up 35.9% rising
20 Egypt 625,449 deaths 2023 up 10.0% falling
21 France 616,096 deaths 2023 up 8.9% rising
22 South Africa 584,018 deaths 2023 up 7.2% rising
23 Turkey 551,598 deaths 2023 up 26.6% falling
24 Myanmar 495,469 deaths 2023 up 9.7% rising
25 Ukraine 495,420 deaths 2023 down 23.2% rising
26 Spain 447,467 deaths 2023 up 15.2% rising
27 Iran 423,371 deaths 2023 up 14.2% falling
28 Poland 412,308 deaths 2023 up 7.8% rising
29 Kenya 399,025 deaths 2023 up 23.6% rising
30 Tanzania 385,797 deaths 2023 up 5.3% rising
31 Argentina 349,197 deaths 2023 up 5.4% rising
32 South Korea 345,503 deaths 2023 up 29.2% falling
33 Sudan 320,493 deaths 2023 up 13.5% rising
34 Canada 311,827 deaths 2023 up 21.5% rising
35 Colombia 282,429 deaths 2023 up 21.6% rising
36 Romania 257,119 deaths 2023 up 1.5% rising
37 North Korea 255,828 deaths 2023 up 18.5% volatile
38 Angola 254,481 deaths 2023 up 1.5% rising
39 Afghanistan 240,296 deaths 2023 up 0.0% falling
40 Cote d'Ivoire 238,740 deaths 2023 down 3.8% rising
41 Ghana 237,871 deaths 2023 up 6.3% rising
42 Uganda 235,582 deaths 2023 down 5.3% rising
43 Mozambique 235,519 deaths 2023 down 8.1% rising
44 Madagascar 234,840 deaths 2023 up 29.2% rising
45 Niger 231,745 deaths 2023 up 16.4% rising
46 Uzbekistan 221,245 deaths 2023 up 21.8% rising
47 Algeria 214,261 deaths 2023 up 20.2% falling
48 Venezuela 213,959 deaths 2023 up 23.2% rising
49 Chad 213,118 deaths 2023 up 9.4% rising
50 Morocco 212,621 deaths 2023 up 9.1% falling
51 Nepal 205,842 deaths 2023 up 5.7% falling
52 Taiwan 205,337 deaths 2023 up 28.7% rising
53 Mali 205,045 deaths 2023 up 4.7% rising
54 Cameroon 202,883 deaths 2023 down 2.9% rising
55 Yemen 188,765 deaths 2023 up 21.6% falling
56 Iraq 186,263 deaths 2023 up 4.4% rising
57 Peru 185,863 deaths 2023 down 1.4% rising
58 Australia 183,927 deaths 2023 up 23.1% rising
59 Burkina Faso 183,374 deaths 2023 up 0.8% rising
60 Malaysia 181,173 deaths 2023 up 30.3% rising
61 Somalia 180,556 deaths 2023 up 8.8% volatile
62 Netherlands 166,336 deaths 2023 up 18.0% rising
63 Sri Lanka 162,453 deaths 2023 up 20.9% rising
64 Kazakhstan 136,389 deaths 2023 down 1.4% rising
65 Guinea 131,457 deaths 2023 up 5.1% rising
66 Hungary 128,064 deaths 2023 up 1.6% rising
67 Chile 127,690 deaths 2023 up 19.2% rising
68 Greece 127,016 deaths 2023 up 11.8% rising
69 Zimbabwe 124,412 deaths 2023 down 13.2% rising
70 Benin 124,130 deaths 2023 up 14.9% rising
71 Belarus 121,586 deaths 2023 down 2.0% rising
72 Syria 118,896 deaths 2023 down 27.0% rising
73 Portugal 115,924 deaths 2023 up 11.5% rising
74 Belgium 113,798 deaths 2023 up 4.0% flat
75 Czechia 113,531 deaths 2023 up 3.9% rising
76 Malawi 113,185 deaths 2023 down 18.8% rising
77 Cuba 111,817 deaths 2023 up 16.2% rising
78 Cambodia 111,341 deaths 2023 up 21.6% volatile
79 South Sudan 110,343 deaths 2023 down 1.2% rising
80 Zambia 107,913 deaths 2023 down 12.6% rising
81 Bulgaria 102,975 deaths 2023 down 1.1% rising
82 Senegal 100,883 deaths 2023 up 3.7% rising
83 Sweden 93,945 deaths 2023 up 4.0% rising
84 Serbia 93,928 deaths 2023 down 5.7% rising
85 Austria 93,222 deaths 2023 up 17.0% falling
86 Ecuador 92,205 deaths 2023 up 20.4% rising
87 Burundi 91,958 deaths 2023 down 4.3% rising
88 Haiti 90,971 deaths 2023 up 7.0% rising
89 Bolivia 87,810 deaths 2023 up 5.6% rising
90 Guatemala 87,527 deaths 2023 up 9.7% flat
91 Rwanda 82,829 deaths 2023 up 13.2% volatile
92 Saudi Arabia 77,838 deaths 2023 up 10.8% rising
93 Tunisia 74,070 deaths 2023 up 13.2% falling
94 Switzerland 73,789 deaths 2023 up 12.7% rising
95 Togo 71,800 deaths 2023 down 1.4% rising
96 Dominican Republic 70,827 deaths 2023 up 25.2% rising
97 Sierra Leone 70,114 deaths 2023 down 17.0% rising
98 Azerbaijan 67,841 deaths 2023 up 3.7% flat
99 Papua New Guinea 67,700 deaths 2023 up 16.9% rising
100 Finland 59,984 deaths 2023 up 16.7% rising
101 Denmark 57,275 deaths 2023 up 9.0% rising
102 Hong Kong 57,190 deaths 2023 up 24.0% rising
103 Croatia 55,029 deaths 2023 up 5.8% rising
104 Slovakia 54,173 deaths 2023 up 4.9% rising
105 Israel 51,299 deaths 2023 up 29.1% rising
106 Libya 48,610 deaths 2023 up 55.1% falling
107 Central African Republic 48,531 deaths 2023 down 27.4% volatile
108 Laos 47,680 deaths 2023 down 3.8% rising
109 Honduras 47,669 deaths 2023 up 17.7% rising
110 Tajikistan 47,593 deaths 2023 up 9.6% rising
111 El Salvador 47,448 deaths 2023 up 8.1% falling
112 Georgia 45,073 deaths 2023 down 4.1% flat
113 Liberia 44,329 deaths 2023 up 6.0% rising
114 Norway 44,144 deaths 2023 up 7.3% rising
115 Bosnia and Herzegovina 42,857 deaths 2023 up 7.4% rising
116 Turkmenistan 42,576 deaths 2023 up 17.5% rising
117 Kyrgyzstan 42,201 deaths 2023 down 2.4% rising
118 Moldova 41,730 deaths 2023 down 2.5% rising
119 Lithuania 40,944 deaths 2023 down 1.3% rising
120 Paraguay 39,044 deaths 2023 up 25.6% rising
121 Palestine 38,938 deaths 2023 up 170.1% falling
122 Congo 38,880 deaths 2023 up 5.7% rising
123 New Zealand 37,684 deaths 2023 up 26.4% rising
124 Ireland 35,549 deaths 2023 up 22.4% falling
125 Jordan 34,872 deaths 2023 up 21.4% rising
126 Puerto Rico 34,665 deaths 2023 up 1.7% rising
127 Lebanon 34,424 deaths 2023 up 48.0% rising
128 Uruguay 33,141 deaths 2023 up 4.8% rising
129 Nicaragua 31,293 deaths 2023 up 5.0% falling
130 Costa Rica 27,863 deaths 2023 up 36.4% rising
131 Singapore 27,725 deaths 2023 up 34.3% rising
132 Mauritania 27,722 deaths 2023 down 1.9% rising
133 Latvia 27,613 deaths 2023 down 4.1% rising
134 Armenia 27,577 deaths 2023 down 3.8% rising
135 Lesotho 24,612 deaths 2023 down 22.8% rising
136 Albania 23,427 deaths 2023 up 14.8% falling
137 Jamaica 22,935 deaths 2023 up 28.3% rising
138 Slovenia 21,577 deaths 2023 up 11.2% rising
139 Panama 21,275 deaths 2023 up 19.4% rising
140 Eritrea 20,977 deaths 2023 down 4.2% falling
141 Mongolia 20,338 deaths 2023 up 8.9% falling
142 North Macedonia 19,865 deaths 2023 up 6.4% rising
143 Namibia 18,276 deaths 2023 down 18.5% rising
144 Gambia 16,974 deaths 2023 up 2.0% rising
145 Estonia 16,691 deaths 2023 up 9.5% rising
146 Gabon 15,577 deaths 2023 up 9.5% rising
147 Guinea-Bissau 15,182 deaths 2023 down 7.5% rising
148 Equatorial Guinea 14,554 deaths 2023 up 9.0% rising
149 Botswana 14,195 deaths 2023 down 24.4% rising
150 Trinidad and Tobago 12,577 deaths 2023 up 31.3% rising
151 Mauritius 11,122 deaths 2023 up 22.8% rising
152 East Timor 10,067 deaths 2023 up 11.6% falling
153 United Arab Emirates 9,915 deaths 2023 up 22.6% volatile
154 Oman 9,597 deaths 2023 up 14.2% falling
155 Cyprus 9,500 deaths 2023 up 36.7% rising
156 Eswatini 9,472 deaths 2023 down 35.1% rising
157 Kuwait 8,628 deaths 2023 up 36.4% rising
158 Djibouti 8,597 deaths 2023 up 4.5% volatile
159 Fiji 8,550 deaths 2023 up 10.7% rising
160 Montenegro 7,211 deaths 2023 up 14.3% rising
161 Comoros 6,113 deaths 2023 up 5.5% rising
162 Guyana 6,047 deaths 2023 up 0.2% falling
163 Bhutan 4,805 deaths 2023 up 2.5% falling
164 Reunion 4,795 deaths 2023 up 23.8% rising
165 Luxembourg 4,645 deaths 2023 up 18.7% rising
166 Suriname 4,177 deaths 2023 up 1.9% rising
167 Solomon Islands 4,115 deaths 2023 up 25.2% rising
168 Malta 3,921 deaths 2023 up 25.6% flat
169 Western Sahara 3,677 deaths 2023 up 30.0% rising
170 Guadeloupe 3,559 deaths 2023 up 19.5% rising
171 Martinique 3,503 deaths 2023 up 17.0% rising
172 Bahamas 3,484 deaths 2023 up 22.9% rising
173 Macao 3,418 deaths 2023 up 39.7% rising
174 Bahrain 3,281 deaths 2023 up 31.7% rising
175 Barbados 2,999 deaths 2023 up 16.8% rising
176 Qatar 2,772 deaths 2023 up 23.3% volatile
177 Cape Verde 2,640 deaths 2023 down 0.1% falling
178 Iceland 2,613 deaths 2023 up 20.7% rising
179 Brunei 2,396 deaths 2023 up 45.3% rising
180 Belize 2,022 deaths 2023 up 14.8% rising
181 Curacao 1,846 deaths 2023 up 33.1% rising
182 New Caledonia 1,815 deaths 2023 up 19.3% rising
183 Vanuatu 1,633 deaths 2023 up 14.8% rising
184 Saint Lucia 1,547 deaths 2023 up 21.4% rising
185 French Guiana 1,501 deaths 2023 up 54.4% rising
186 Samoa 1,333 deaths 2023 up 13.4% falling
187 United States Virgin Islands 1,315 deaths 2023 up 6.1% rising
188 Sao Tome and Principe 1,285 deaths 2023 down 7.0% flat
189 Maldives 1,232 deaths 2023 up 1.2% falling
190 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 1,160 deaths 2023 up 0.6% falling
191 Jersey 1,144 deaths 2023 up 36.7% rising
192 Guam 1,143 deaths 2023 up 23.7% rising
193 Seychelles 1,051 deaths 2023 up 34.6% rising
194 Grenada 1,039 deaths 2023 up 19.3% flat
195 Aruba 1,032 deaths 2023 up 34.9% rising
196 French Polynesia 1,027 deaths 2023 up 26.0% flat
197 Kiribati 933 deaths 2023 up 18.3% falling
198 Isle of Man 885 deaths 2023 up 9.9% flat
199 Micronesia (country) 856 deaths 2023 up 8.8% rising
200 Mayotte 852 deaths 2023 up 61.7% rising
201 Dominica 842 deaths 2023 up 4.1% flat
202 Monaco 810 deaths 2023 up 41.9% rising
203 Tonga 678 deaths 2023 down 0.3% falling
204 Antigua and Barbuda 641 deaths 2023 up 26.9% rising
205 Guernsey 589 deaths 2023 up 15.9% flat
206 Bermuda 568 deaths 2023 up 13.1% rising
207 Faroe Islands 558 deaths 2023 up 15.1% rising
208 Greenland 552 deaths 2023 up 17.9% rising
209 Andorra 486 deaths 2023 up 10.5% volatile
210 Saint Kitts and Nevis 467 deaths 2023 up 6.9% falling
211 Cayman Islands 352 deaths 2023 up 24.8% rising
212 Sint Maarten (Dutch part) 341 deaths 2023 up 88.4% volatile
213 Turks and Caicos Islands 335 deaths 2023 up 65.0% volatile
214 American Samoa 329 deaths 2023 up 15.8% rising
215 Liechtenstein 296 deaths 2023 up 26.0% rising
216 Marshall Islands 272 deaths 2023 down 15.8% rising
217 San Marino 267 deaths 2023 up 4.3% rising
218 Saint Martin (French part) 249 deaths 2023 up 80.4% volatile
218 Bonaire Sint Eustatius and Saba 249 deaths 2023 up 55.6% rising
220 Gibraltar 243 deaths 2023 up 15.7% rising
221 British Virgin Islands 229 deaths 2023 up 47.7% rising
222 Northern Mariana Islands 203 deaths 2023 up 19.4% rising
223 Palau 200 deaths 2023 up 30.7% rising
224 Cook Islands 127 deaths 2023 up 0.8% falling
225 Anguilla 96 deaths 2023 up 35.2% rising
226 Saint Helena 88 deaths 2023 up 37.5% rising
227 Tuvalu 85 deaths 2023 down 25.4% falling
228 Wallis and Futuna 84 deaths 2023 up 15.1% falling
229 Nauru 81 deaths 2023 up 17.4% rising
230 Saint Pierre and Miquelon 77 deaths 2023 up 26.2% rising
231 Saint Barthelemy 67 deaths 2023 up 91.4% volatile
232 Montserrat 57 deaths 2023 up 9.6% falling
233 Niue 27 deaths 2023 up 68.8% falling
234 Falkland Islands 17 deaths 2023 down 10.5% falling
235 Vatican 11 deaths 2023 — volatile
236 Tokelau 2 deaths 2023 — volatile

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Indicator
Number of deaths, by world region
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
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Number of deaths in a calendar year.