Number of deaths per year by country
Countries reporting
236
Highest
11.68 million
China
Lowest
11
Holy See
Median
41,337
Years covered
74
1950–2023
Data points
17,464
What the numbers show
Number of deaths per year is currently reported for 236 countries. The highest value is 11.68 million in China; the lowest is 11 in Holy See.
The median across all reporting countries is 41,337, and the mean is 261,193.
Over the past decade 193 countries rose and 41 fell. The largest increase was in Palestine, State of (up 170.1%), and the largest decrease in Eswatini (down 35.1%).
Number of deaths per year: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | China | 11.68 million | 2023 | up 26.5% | falling |
| 1 | Mayotte | 852 | 2023 | up 61.7% | rising |
| 2 | India | 9.51 million | 2023 | up 7.0% | rising |
| 2 | Cook Islands | 127 | 2023 | up 0.8% | falling |
| 3 | United States of America | 2.98 million | 2023 | up 14.0% | rising |
| 3 | Anguilla | 96 | 2023 | up 35.2% | rising |
| 4 | Nigeria | 2.68 million | 2023 | up 6.6% | rising |
| 4 | Shangla | 88 | 2023 | up 37.5% | rising |
| 5 | Indonesia | 2.12 million | 2023 | up 10.2% | rising |
| 5 | Montserrat | 57 | 2023 | up 9.6% | falling |
| 6 | Russian Federation | 1.79 million | 2023 | down 4.7% | rising |
| 6 | Niue | 27 | 2023 | up 68.8% | falling |
| 7 | Pakistan | 1.60 million | 2023 | up 2.8% | rising |
| 7 | Tokelau | 2 | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 8 | Japan | 1.52 million | 2023 | up 16.6% | rising |
| 9 | Brazil | 1.49 million | 2023 | up 27.1% | rising |
| 10 | Germany | 1.03 million | 2023 | up 14.9% | rising |
| 11 | Congo, Democratic Republic of the | 901,849 | 2023 | up 9.7% | rising |
| 12 | Bangladesh | 859,073 | 2023 | down 5.0% | falling |
| 13 | Mexico | 799,360 | 2023 | up 19.0% | rising |
| 14 | Ethiopia | 767,017 | 2023 | up 0.1% | rising |
| 15 | Philippines | 716,490 | 2023 | up 27.4% | rising |
| 16 | Italy | 663,444 | 2023 | up 10.8% | rising |
| 17 | Viet Nam | 659,980 | 2023 | up 20.3% | rising |
| 18 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 653,745 | 2023 | up 12.6% | flat |
| 19 | Thailand | 637,306 | 2023 | up 35.9% | rising |
| 20 | Egypt | 625,449 | 2023 | up 10.0% | falling |
| 21 | France | 616,096 | 2023 | up 8.9% | rising |
| 22 | South Africa | 584,018 | 2023 | up 7.2% | rising |
| 23 | Türkiye | 551,598 | 2023 | up 26.6% | falling |
| 24 | Myanmar | 495,469 | 2023 | up 9.7% | rising |
| 25 | Ukraine | 495,420 | 2023 | down 23.2% | rising |
| 26 | Spain | 447,467 | 2023 | up 15.2% | rising |
| 27 | Iran (Islamic Republic of) | 423,371 | 2023 | up 14.2% | falling |
| 28 | Poland | 412,308 | 2023 | up 7.8% | rising |
| 29 | Kenya | 399,025 | 2023 | up 23.6% | rising |
| 30 | Tanzania, United Republic of | 385,797 | 2023 | up 5.3% | rising |
| 31 | Argentina | 349,197 | 2023 | up 5.4% | rising |
| 32 | Republic of Korea | 345,503 | 2023 | up 29.2% | falling |
| 33 | Sudan | 320,493 | 2023 | up 13.5% | rising |
| 34 | Canada | 311,827 | 2023 | up 21.5% | rising |
| 35 | Colombia | 282,429 | 2023 | up 21.6% | rising |
| 36 | Romania | 257,119 | 2023 | up 1.5% | rising |
| 37 | Democratic People's Republic of Korea | 255,828 | 2023 | up 18.5% | volatile |
| 38 | Angola | 254,481 | 2023 | up 1.5% | rising |
| 39 | Afghanistan | 240,296 | 2023 | up 0.0% | falling |
| 40 | Côte d'Ivoire | 238,740 | 2023 | down 3.8% | rising |
| 41 | Ghana | 237,871 | 2023 | up 6.3% | rising |
| 42 | Uganda | 235,582 | 2023 | down 5.3% | rising |
| 43 | Mozambique | 235,519 | 2023 | down 8.1% | rising |
| 44 | Madagascar | 234,840 | 2023 | up 29.2% | rising |
| 45 | Niger | 231,745 | 2023 | up 16.4% | rising |
| 46 | Uzbekistan | 221,245 | 2023 | up 21.8% | rising |
| 47 | Algeria | 214,261 | 2023 | up 20.2% | falling |
| 48 | Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) | 213,959 | 2023 | up 23.2% | rising |
| 49 | Chad | 213,118 | 2023 | up 9.4% | rising |
| 50 | Morocco | 212,621 | 2023 | up 9.1% | falling |
| 51 | Nepal | 205,842 | 2023 | up 5.7% | falling |
| 52 | Chinese Taipei | 205,337 | 2023 | up 28.7% | rising |
| 53 | Mali | 205,045 | 2023 | up 4.7% | rising |
| 54 | Cameroon | 202,883 | 2023 | down 2.9% | rising |
| 55 | Yemen | 188,765 | 2023 | up 21.6% | falling |
| 56 | Iraq | 186,263 | 2023 | up 4.4% | rising |
| 57 | Peru | 185,863 | 2023 | down 1.4% | rising |
| 58 | Australia | 183,927 | 2023 | up 23.1% | rising |
| 59 | Burkina Faso | 183,374 | 2023 | up 0.8% | rising |
| 60 | Malaysia | 181,173 | 2023 | up 30.3% | rising |
| 61 | Somalia | 180,556 | 2023 | up 8.8% | volatile |
| 62 | Netherlands | 166,336 | 2023 | up 18.0% | rising |
| 63 | Sri Lanka | 162,453 | 2023 | up 20.9% | rising |
| 64 | Kazakhstan | 136,389 | 2023 | down 1.4% | rising |
| 65 | Guinea | 131,457 | 2023 | up 5.1% | rising |
| 66 | Hungary | 128,064 | 2023 | up 1.6% | rising |
| 67 | Chile | 127,690 | 2023 | up 19.2% | rising |
| 68 | Greece | 127,016 | 2023 | up 11.8% | rising |
| 69 | Zimbabwe | 124,412 | 2023 | down 13.2% | rising |
| 70 | Benin | 124,130 | 2023 | up 14.9% | rising |
| 71 | Belarus | 121,586 | 2023 | down 2.0% | rising |
| 72 | Syrian Arab Republic | 118,896 | 2023 | down 27.0% | rising |
| 73 | Portugal | 115,924 | 2023 | up 11.5% | rising |
| 74 | Belgium | 113,798 | 2023 | up 4.0% | flat |
| 75 | Czechia | 113,531 | 2023 | up 3.9% | rising |
| 76 | Malawi | 113,185 | 2023 | down 18.8% | rising |
| 77 | Cuba | 111,817 | 2023 | up 16.2% | rising |
| 78 | Cambodia | 111,341 | 2023 | up 21.6% | volatile |
| 79 | South Sudan | 110,343 | 2023 | down 1.2% | rising |
| 80 | Zambia | 107,913 | 2023 | down 12.6% | rising |
| 81 | Bulgaria | 102,975 | 2023 | down 1.1% | rising |
| 82 | Senegal | 100,883 | 2023 | up 3.7% | rising |
| 83 | Sweden | 93,945 | 2023 | up 4.0% | rising |
| 84 | Serbia | 93,928 | 2023 | down 5.7% | rising |
| 85 | Austria | 93,222 | 2023 | up 17.0% | falling |
| 86 | Ecuador | 92,205 | 2023 | up 20.4% | rising |
| 87 | Burundi | 91,958 | 2023 | down 4.3% | rising |
| 88 | Haiti | 90,971 | 2023 | up 7.0% | rising |
| 89 | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 87,810 | 2023 | up 5.6% | rising |
| 90 | Guatemala | 87,527 | 2023 | up 9.7% | flat |
| 91 | Rwanda | 82,829 | 2023 | up 13.2% | volatile |
| 92 | Saudi Arabia | 77,838 | 2023 | up 10.8% | rising |
| 93 | Tunisia | 74,070 | 2023 | up 13.2% | falling |
| 94 | Switzerland | 73,789 | 2023 | up 12.7% | rising |
| 95 | Togo | 71,800 | 2023 | down 1.4% | rising |
| 96 | Dominican Republic | 70,827 | 2023 | up 25.2% | rising |
| 97 | Sierra Leone | 70,114 | 2023 | down 17.0% | rising |
| 98 | Azerbaijan | 67,841 | 2023 | up 3.7% | flat |
| 99 | Papua New Guinea | 67,700 | 2023 | up 16.9% | rising |
| 100 | Finland | 59,984 | 2023 | up 16.7% | rising |
| 101 | Denmark | 57,275 | 2023 | up 9.0% | rising |
| 102 | Hong Kong (China) | 57,190 | 2023 | up 24.0% | rising |
| 103 | Croatia | 55,029 | 2023 | up 5.8% | rising |
| 104 | Slovakia | 54,173 | 2023 | up 4.9% | rising |
| 105 | Israel | 51,299 | 2023 | up 29.1% | rising |
| 106 | Libya | 48,610 | 2023 | up 55.1% | falling |
| 107 | Central African Republic | 48,531 | 2023 | down 27.4% | volatile |
| 108 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 47,680 | 2023 | down 3.8% | rising |
| 109 | Honduras | 47,669 | 2023 | up 17.7% | rising |
| 110 | Tajikistan | 47,593 | 2023 | up 9.6% | rising |
| 111 | El Salvador | 47,448 | 2023 | up 8.1% | falling |
| 112 | Georgia | 45,073 | 2023 | down 4.1% | flat |
| 113 | Liberia | 44,329 | 2023 | up 6.0% | rising |
| 114 | Norway | 44,144 | 2023 | up 7.3% | rising |
| 115 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 42,857 | 2023 | up 7.4% | rising |
| 116 | Turkmenistan | 42,576 | 2023 | up 17.5% | rising |
| 117 | Kyrgyzstan | 42,201 | 2023 | down 2.4% | rising |
| 118 | Republic of Moldova | 41,730 | 2023 | down 2.5% | rising |
| 119 | Lithuania | 40,944 | 2023 | down 1.3% | rising |
| 120 | Paraguay | 39,044 | 2023 | up 25.6% | rising |
| 121 | Palestine, State of | 38,938 | 2023 | up 170.1% | falling |
| 122 | Congo | 38,880 | 2023 | up 5.7% | rising |
| 123 | New Zealand | 37,684 | 2023 | up 26.4% | rising |
| 124 | Ireland | 35,549 | 2023 | up 22.4% | falling |
| 125 | Jordan | 34,872 | 2023 | up 21.4% | rising |
| 126 | Puerto Rico | 34,665 | 2023 | up 1.7% | rising |
| 127 | Lebanon | 34,424 | 2023 | up 48.0% | rising |
| 128 | Uruguay | 33,141 | 2023 | up 4.8% | rising |
| 129 | Nicaragua | 31,293 | 2023 | up 5.0% | falling |
| 130 | Costa Rica | 27,863 | 2023 | up 36.4% | rising |
| 131 | Singapore | 27,725 | 2023 | up 34.3% | rising |
| 132 | Mauritania | 27,722 | 2023 | down 1.9% | rising |
| 133 | Latvia | 27,613 | 2023 | down 4.1% | rising |
| 134 | Armenia | 27,577 | 2023 | down 3.8% | rising |
| 135 | Lesotho | 24,612 | 2023 | down 22.8% | rising |
| 136 | Albania | 23,427 | 2023 | up 14.8% | falling |
| 137 | Jamaica | 22,935 | 2023 | up 28.3% | rising |
| 138 | Slovenia | 21,577 | 2023 | up 11.2% | rising |
| 139 | Panama | 21,275 | 2023 | up 19.4% | rising |
| 140 | Eritrea | 20,977 | 2023 | down 4.2% | falling |
| 141 | Mongolia | 20,338 | 2023 | up 8.9% | falling |
| 142 | North Macedonia | 19,865 | 2023 | up 6.4% | rising |
| 143 | Namibia | 18,276 | 2023 | down 18.5% | rising |
| 144 | Gambia | 16,974 | 2023 | up 2.0% | rising |
| 145 | Estonia | 16,691 | 2023 | up 9.5% | rising |
| 146 | Gabon | 15,577 | 2023 | up 9.5% | rising |
| 147 | Guinea-Bissau | 15,182 | 2023 | down 7.5% | rising |
| 148 | Equatorial Guinea | 14,554 | 2023 | up 9.0% | rising |
| 149 | Botswana | 14,195 | 2023 | down 24.4% | rising |
| 150 | Trinidad and Tobago | 12,577 | 2023 | up 31.3% | rising |
| 151 | Mauritius | 11,122 | 2023 | up 22.8% | rising |
| 152 | Timor-Leste | 10,067 | 2023 | up 11.6% | falling |
| 153 | United Arab Emirates | 9,915 | 2023 | up 22.6% | volatile |
| 154 | Oman | 9,597 | 2023 | up 14.2% | falling |
| 155 | Cyprus | 9,500 | 2023 | up 36.7% | rising |
| 156 | Eswatini | 9,472 | 2023 | down 35.1% | rising |
| 157 | Kuwait | 8,628 | 2023 | up 36.4% | rising |
| 158 | Djibouti | 8,597 | 2023 | up 4.5% | volatile |
| 159 | Fiji | 8,550 | 2023 | up 10.7% | rising |
| 160 | Montenegro | 7,211 | 2023 | up 14.3% | rising |
| 161 | Comoros | 6,113 | 2023 | up 5.5% | rising |
| 162 | Guyana | 6,047 | 2023 | up 0.2% | falling |
| 163 | Bhutan | 4,805 | 2023 | up 2.5% | falling |
| 164 | Réunion | 4,795 | 2023 | up 23.8% | rising |
| 165 | Luxembourg | 4,645 | 2023 | up 18.7% | rising |
| 166 | Suriname | 4,177 | 2023 | up 1.9% | rising |
| 167 | Solomon Islands | 4,115 | 2023 | up 25.2% | rising |
| 168 | Malta | 3,921 | 2023 | up 25.6% | flat |
| 169 | Western Sahara | 3,677 | 2023 | up 30.0% | rising |
| 170 | Guadeloupe | 3,559 | 2023 | up 19.5% | rising |
| 171 | Martinique | 3,503 | 2023 | up 17.0% | rising |
| 172 | Bahamas | 3,484 | 2023 | up 22.9% | rising |
| 173 | Macau, China | 3,418 | 2023 | up 39.7% | rising |
| 174 | Bahrain | 3,281 | 2023 | up 31.7% | rising |
| 175 | Barbados | 2,999 | 2023 | up 16.8% | rising |
| 176 | Qatar | 2,772 | 2023 | up 23.3% | volatile |
| 177 | Cabo Verde | 2,640 | 2023 | down 0.1% | falling |
| 178 | Iceland | 2,613 | 2023 | up 20.7% | rising |
| 179 | Brunei Darussalam | 2,396 | 2023 | up 45.3% | rising |
| 180 | Belize | 2,022 | 2023 | up 14.8% | rising |
| 181 | Curaçao | 1,846 | 2023 | up 33.1% | rising |
| 182 | New Caledonia | 1,815 | 2023 | up 19.3% | rising |
| 183 | Vanuatu | 1,633 | 2023 | up 14.8% | rising |
| 184 | Saint Lucia | 1,547 | 2023 | up 21.4% | rising |
| 185 | French Guiana | 1,501 | 2023 | up 54.4% | rising |
| 186 | Samoa | 1,333 | 2023 | up 13.4% | falling |
| 187 | United States Virgin Islands | 1,315 | 2023 | up 6.1% | rising |
| 188 | Sao Tome and Principe | 1,285 | 2023 | down 7.0% | flat |
| 189 | Maldives | 1,232 | 2023 | up 1.2% | falling |
| 190 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 1,160 | 2023 | up 0.6% | falling |
| 191 | Jersey | 1,144 | 2023 | up 36.7% | rising |
| 192 | Guam | 1,143 | 2023 | up 23.7% | rising |
| 193 | Seychelles | 1,051 | 2023 | up 34.6% | rising |
| 194 | Grenada | 1,039 | 2023 | up 19.3% | flat |
| 195 | Aruba | 1,032 | 2023 | up 34.9% | rising |
| 196 | French Polynesia | 1,027 | 2023 | up 26.0% | flat |
| 197 | Kiribati | 933 | 2023 | up 18.3% | falling |
| 198 | Isle of Man | 885 | 2023 | up 9.9% | flat |
| 199 | Micronesia (Federated States of) | 856 | 2023 | up 8.8% | rising |
| 200 | Dominica | 842 | 2023 | up 4.1% | flat |
| 201 | Monaco | 810 | 2023 | up 41.9% | rising |
| 202 | Tonga | 678 | 2023 | down 0.3% | falling |
| 203 | Antigua and Barbuda | 641 | 2023 | up 26.9% | rising |
| 204 | Bailiwick of Guernsey | 589 | 2023 | up 15.9% | flat |
| 205 | Bermuda | 568 | 2023 | up 13.1% | rising |
| 206 | Faroe Islands | 558 | 2023 | up 15.1% | rising |
| 207 | Greenland | 552 | 2023 | up 17.9% | rising |
| 208 | Andorra | 486 | 2023 | up 10.5% | volatile |
| 209 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 467 | 2023 | up 6.9% | falling |
| 210 | Cayman Islands | 352 | 2023 | up 24.8% | rising |
| 211 | Sint Maarten | 341 | 2023 | up 88.4% | volatile |
| 212 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 335 | 2023 | up 65.0% | volatile |
| 213 | American Samoa | 329 | 2023 | up 15.8% | rising |
| 214 | Liechtenstein | 296 | 2023 | up 26.0% | rising |
| 215 | Marshall Islands | 272 | 2023 | down 15.8% | rising |
| 216 | San Marino | 267 | 2023 | up 4.3% | rising |
| 217 | Saint Martin | 249 | 2023 | up 80.4% | volatile |
| 217 | Bonaire, Saba, Saint Eustatius | 249 | 2023 | up 55.6% | rising |
| 219 | Gibraltar | 243 | 2023 | up 15.7% | rising |
| 220 | British Virgin Islands | 229 | 2023 | up 47.7% | rising |
| 221 | Northern Mariana Islands | 203 | 2023 | up 19.4% | rising |
| 222 | Palau | 200 | 2023 | up 30.7% | rising |
| 223 | Tuvalu | 85 | 2023 | down 25.4% | falling |
| 224 | Wallis and Futuna | 84 | 2023 | up 15.1% | falling |
| 225 | Naoero | 81 | 2023 | up 17.4% | rising |
| 226 | Saint Pierre and Miquelon | 77 | 2023 | up 26.2% | rising |
| 227 | Saint Barthélemy | 67 | 2023 | up 91.4% | volatile |
| 228 | Falkland Islands (Malvinas) | 17 | 2023 | down 10.5% | falling |
| 229 | Holy See | 11 | 2023 | — | volatile |