Number of deaths by country
Countries reporting
236
Highest
11.68 million
China
Lowest
2
Tokelau
Median
41,337
Years covered
74
1950–2023
Data points
17,464
What the numbers show
Number of deaths is currently reported for 236 countries. The highest value is 11.68 million in China; the lowest is 2 in Tokelau.
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 (up 170.1%), and the largest decrease in Eswatini (down 35.1%).
Number of deaths: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | China | 11.68 million | 2023 | up 26.5% | falling |
| 2 | India | 9.51 million | 2023 | up 7.0% | rising |
| 3 | United States | 2.98 million | 2023 | up 14.0% | rising |
| 4 | Nigeria | 2.68 million | 2023 | up 6.6% | rising |
| 5 | Indonesia | 2.12 million | 2023 | up 10.2% | rising |
| 6 | Russia | 1.79 million | 2023 | down 4.7% | rising |
| 7 | Pakistan | 1.60 million | 2023 | up 2.8% | rising |
| 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 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 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 | Vietnam | 659,980 | 2023 | up 20.3% | rising |
| 18 | United Kingdom | 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 | Turkey | 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 | 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 | 385,797 | 2023 | up 5.3% | rising |
| 31 | Argentina | 349,197 | 2023 | up 5.4% | rising |
| 32 | South 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 | North 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 | Cote 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 | 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 | Taiwan | 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 | Syria | 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 | 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 | 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 | Laos | 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 | 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 | 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 | East Timor | 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 | Reunion | 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 | Macao | 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 | Cape Verde | 2,640 | 2023 | down 0.1% | falling |
| 178 | Iceland | 2,613 | 2023 | up 20.7% | rising |
| 179 | Brunei | 2,396 | 2023 | up 45.3% | rising |
| 180 | Belize | 2,022 | 2023 | up 14.8% | rising |
| 181 | Curacao | 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 (country) | 856 | 2023 | up 8.8% | rising |
| 200 | Mayotte | 852 | 2023 | up 61.7% | rising |
| 201 | Dominica | 842 | 2023 | up 4.1% | flat |
| 202 | Monaco | 810 | 2023 | up 41.9% | rising |
| 203 | Tonga | 678 | 2023 | down 0.3% | falling |
| 204 | Antigua and Barbuda | 641 | 2023 | up 26.9% | rising |
| 205 | Guernsey | 589 | 2023 | up 15.9% | flat |
| 206 | Bermuda | 568 | 2023 | up 13.1% | rising |
| 207 | Faroe Islands | 558 | 2023 | up 15.1% | rising |
| 208 | Greenland | 552 | 2023 | up 17.9% | rising |
| 209 | Andorra | 486 | 2023 | up 10.5% | volatile |
| 210 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 467 | 2023 | up 6.9% | falling |
| 211 | Cayman Islands | 352 | 2023 | up 24.8% | rising |
| 212 | Sint Maarten (Dutch part) | 341 | 2023 | up 88.4% | volatile |
| 213 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 335 | 2023 | up 65.0% | volatile |
| 214 | American Samoa | 329 | 2023 | up 15.8% | rising |
| 215 | Liechtenstein | 296 | 2023 | up 26.0% | rising |
| 216 | Marshall Islands | 272 | 2023 | down 15.8% | rising |
| 217 | San Marino | 267 | 2023 | up 4.3% | rising |
| 218 | Saint Martin (French part) | 249 | 2023 | up 80.4% | volatile |
| 218 | Bonaire Sint Eustatius and Saba | 249 | 2023 | up 55.6% | rising |
| 220 | Gibraltar | 243 | 2023 | up 15.7% | rising |
| 221 | British Virgin Islands | 229 | 2023 | up 47.7% | rising |
| 222 | Northern Mariana Islands | 203 | 2023 | up 19.4% | rising |
| 223 | Palau | 200 | 2023 | up 30.7% | rising |
| 224 | Cook Islands | 127 | 2023 | up 0.8% | falling |
| 225 | Anguilla | 96 | 2023 | up 35.2% | rising |
| 226 | Saint Helena | 88 | 2023 | up 37.5% | rising |
| 227 | Tuvalu | 85 | 2023 | down 25.4% | falling |
| 228 | Wallis and Futuna | 84 | 2023 | up 15.1% | falling |
| 229 | Nauru | 81 | 2023 | up 17.4% | rising |
| 230 | Saint Pierre and Miquelon | 77 | 2023 | up 26.2% | rising |
| 231 | Saint Barthelemy | 67 | 2023 | up 91.4% | volatile |
| 232 | Montserrat | 57 | 2023 | up 9.6% | falling |
| 233 | Niue | 27 | 2023 | up 68.8% | falling |
| 234 | Falkland Islands | 17 | 2023 | down 10.5% | falling |
| 235 | Vatican | 11 | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 236 | Tokelau | 2 | 2023 | — | volatile |