Countries by deaths, 2023

China had the highest deaths of 236 countries in 2023, at 11.68 million. Vatican City had the lowest, at 13. The median was 41,335 and the figure for the World was 61.65 million. Source: the United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division.

Highest11,684,177China

Lowest13Vatican City

Median41,335236 countries

World61,651,608History

Top 40 countries, 2023

count. Source: UN WPP, World Population Prospects 2024, Online Edition. Total deaths during the calendar year, estimates 1950 to 2023 (Deaths). Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Full ranking

Rank	Countries	2023 count	Change on 2022
1	China Estimated	11,684,177	+6.2%
2	India Estimated	9,507,008	+1.4%
3	United States Estimated	2,975,658	-6.6%
4	Nigeria Estimated	2,675,442	+0.3%
5	Indonesia Estimated	2,117,706	+1.4%
6	Russia Estimated	1,794,857	-6%
7	Pakistan Estimated	1,600,313	+0.8%
8	Japan Estimated	1,524,430	-5.6%
9	Brazil Estimated	1,494,154	-5.8%
10	Germany Estimated	1,034,140	-4.5%
11	Democratic Republic of the Congo Estimated	901,851	-1.4%
12	Bangladesh Estimated	859,075	+0.7%
13	Mexico Estimated	799,366	-4.7%
14	Ethiopia Estimated	767,018	+0.4%
15	Philippines Estimated	716,490	+0.3%
16	Italy Estimated	663,448	-10.5%
17	Vietnam Estimated	659,980	+2%
18	United Kingdom Estimated	653,747	+0.8%
19	Thailand Estimated	637,306	-3.8%
20	Egypt Estimated	625,449	-2.1%
21	France Estimated	616,095	-6.5%
22	South Africa Estimated	584,015	-0.4%
23	Türkiye Estimated	551,598	-0.8%
24	Myanmar Estimated	495,470	+0.4%
25	Ukraine Estimated	495,421	-14.9%
26	Spain Estimated	447,463	-7.1%
27	Iran Estimated	423,367	-3.4%
28	Poland Estimated	412,310	-2.2%
29	Kenya Estimated	399,024	+2%
30	Tanzania Estimated	385,799	+2%
31	Argentina Estimated	349,195	-12.6%
32	South Korea Estimated	345,502	-11.6%
33	Sudan Estimated	320,491	-0.5%
34	Canada Estimated	311,824	-7.7%
35	Colombia Estimated	282,433	-7.2%
36	Romania Estimated	257,119	-4.1%
37	North Korea Estimated	255,826	+2.5%
38	Angola Estimated	254,482	+0.6%
39	Afghanistan Estimated	240,296	-1.2%
40	Côte d’Ivoire Estimated	238,741	+0.5%
41	Ghana Estimated	237,869	+1.1%
42	Uganda Estimated	235,583	-1.1%
43	Mozambique Estimated	235,520	-0.6%
44	Madagascar Estimated	234,841	-0.2%
45	Niger Estimated	231,746	-0.2%
46	Uzbekistan Estimated	221,249	+4.7%
47	Algeria Estimated	214,259	+2.4%
48	Venezuela Estimated	213,955	+3.2%
49	Chad Estimated	213,123	+0.5%
50	Morocco Estimated	212,624	+2.2%
51	Nepal Estimated	205,841	+0.6%
52	Taiwan Estimated	205,339	-2.6%
53	Mali Estimated	205,047	+0.3%
54	Cameroon Estimated	202,882	-4.3%
55	Yemen Estimated	188,764	-5.6%
56	Iraq Estimated	186,266	+1.5%
57	Peru Estimated	185,861	-13.1%
58	Australia Estimated	183,924	-10.2%
59	Burkina Faso Estimated	183,375	+0.1%
60	Malaysia Estimated	181,166	-5.9%
61	Somalia Estimated	180,554	-20.8%
62	Netherlands Estimated	166,338	-0.3%
63	Sri Lanka Estimated	162,453	+2.2%
64	Kazakhstan Estimated	136,388	-2.6%
65	Guinea Estimated	131,455	+0.6%
66	Hungary Estimated	128,063	-4.3%
67	Chile Estimated	127,691	-13.8%
68	Greece Estimated	127,018	-13.3%
69	Zimbabwe Estimated	124,412	-0.5%
70	Benin Estimated	124,132	+0.8%
71	Belarus Estimated	121,587	+0.1%
72	Syria Estimated	118,900	+10.9%
73	Portugal Estimated	115,917	-7.6%
74	Belgium Estimated	113,791	-5%
75	Czechia Estimated	113,525	-3.3%
76	Malawi Estimated	113,181	-5.2%
77	Cuba Estimated	111,819	-1.7%
78	Cambodia Estimated	111,340	+2.4%
79	South Sudan Estimated	110,339	+1.1%
80	Zambia Estimated	107,917	-4.1%
81	Bulgaria Estimated	102,980	-10.9%
82	Senegal Estimated	100,882	-3.5%
83	Sweden Estimated	93,944	-0.8%
84	Serbia Estimated	93,928	-12.7%
85	Austria Estimated	93,223	-3.5%
86	Ecuador Estimated	92,204	-3.5%
87	Burundi Estimated	91,963	-1.3%
88	Haiti Estimated	90,966	-4.4%
89	Bolivia Estimated	87,812	-5.3%
90	Guatemala Estimated	87,523	-7.1%
91	Rwanda Estimated	82,826	+1.2%
92	Saudi Arabia Estimated	77,837	-5.9%
93	Tunisia Estimated	74,071	-0.8%
94	Switzerland Estimated	73,788	-3.6%
95	Togo Estimated	71,661	+0.1%
96	Dominican Republic Estimated	70,823	+6.9%
97	Sierra Leone Estimated	70,116	-0.6%
98	Azerbaijan Estimated	67,842	+3%
99	Papua New Guinea Estimated	67,700	-3.1%
100	Finland Estimated	59,984	-4.8%
101	Denmark Estimated	57,275	-3.6%
102	Hong Kong Estimated	57,190	-13.3%
103	Croatia Estimated	55,029	+3.1%
104	Slovakia Estimated	54,167	-7.2%
105	Israel Estimated	51,294	+3.2%
106	Libya Estimated	48,610	+40%
107	Central African Republic Estimated	48,529	-82.7%
108	Laos Estimated	47,682	+0.7%
109	Honduras Estimated	47,670	+2.5%
110	Tajikistan Estimated	47,595	+1.2%
111	El Salvador Estimated	47,443	+1.3%
112	Georgia Estimated	45,077	-2.7%
113	Liberia Estimated	44,333	+1.1%
114	Norway Estimated	44,143	-3.2%
115	Bosnia and Herzegovina Estimated	42,861	-4.8%
116	Turkmenistan Estimated	42,575	+1.8%
117	Kyrgyzstan Estimated	42,200	+1.5%
118	Moldova Estimated	41,730	+5%
119	Lithuania Estimated	40,940	-8.5%
120	Paraguay Estimated	39,034	-9.2%
121	Palestine Estimated	38,937	+145.3%
122	Republic of the Congo Estimated	38,880	-2%
123	New Zealand Estimated	37,686	-8.3%
124	Ireland Estimated	35,550	+1.2%
125	Jordan Estimated	34,873	-2.1%
126	Puerto Rico Estimated	34,664	-6.9%
127	Lebanon Estimated	34,419	+3.9%
128	Uruguay Estimated	33,145	-9.8%
129	Nicaragua Estimated	31,294	-0.9%
130	Costa Rica Estimated	27,861	-10.2%
131	Singapore Estimated	27,728	-2.2%
132	Mauritania Estimated	27,725	+1.1%
133	Latvia Estimated	27,614	-7.5%
134	Armenia Estimated	27,579	-6.7%
135	Lesotho Estimated	24,612	-1.4%
136	Albania Estimated	23,428	-4.9%
137	Jamaica Estimated	22,933	+2.2%
138	Slovenia Estimated	21,581	-4.1%
139	Panama Estimated	21,272	+1.7%
140	Eritrea Estimated	20,984	-2.6%
141	Mongolia Estimated	20,340	+1.3%
142	North Macedonia Estimated	19,863	-8.1%
143	Namibia Estimated	18,279	-15.3%
144	Gambia Estimated	16,975	-3%
145	Estonia Estimated	16,693	-2.3%
146	Gabon Estimated	15,577	-1.7%
147	Guinea-Bissau Estimated	15,181	-0.2%
148	Equatorial Guinea Estimated	14,556	+0.7%
149	Botswana Estimated	14,197	-0.1%
150	Trinidad and Tobago Estimated	12,577	+2.2%
151	Mauritius Estimated	11,124	-9.2%
152	Timor-Leste Estimated	10,065	-0.2%
153	United Arab Emirates Estimated	9,916	-18%
154	Oman Estimated	9,597	-4.7%
155	Cyprus Estimated	9,499	-7.3%
156	Eswatini Estimated	9,475	-4%
157	Kuwait Estimated	8,624	-4.1%
158	Djibouti Estimated	8,596	+0.2%
159	Fiji Estimated	8,553	0%
160	Montenegro Estimated	7,209	-1.7%
161	Comoros Estimated	6,119	+0.5%
162	Guyana Estimated	6,049	+0.7%
163	Bhutan Estimated	4,805	+0.2%
164	Réunion Estimated	4,797	-14.2%
165	Luxembourg Estimated	4,642	+2.1%
166	Suriname Estimated	4,182	+0.4%
167	Solomon Islands Estimated	4,113	+1.4%
168	Malta Estimated	3,928	-4.5%
169	Western Sahara Estimated	3,678	+2.8%
170	Guadeloupe Estimated	3,560	-8.2%
171	Martinique Estimated	3,502	-9.2%
172	Bahamas Estimated	3,480	+2.3%
173	Macao Estimated	3,423	-15.7%
174	Bahrain Estimated	3,278	+2.1%
175	Barbados Estimated	2,996	-4.4%
176	Qatar Estimated	2,771	+2.8%
177	Cape Verde Estimated	2,642	+1.6%
178	Iceland Estimated	2,612	-7.6%
179	Brunei Estimated	2,400	-19.7%
180	Belize Estimated	2,025	-7%
181	Curaçao Estimated	1,844	+2.5%
182	New Caledonia Estimated	1,818	-6.9%
183	Vanuatu Estimated	1,629	+0.7%
184	Saint Lucia Estimated	1,544	+2.1%
185	French Guiana Estimated	1,502	+3.4%
186	Samoa Estimated	1,334	+0.3%
187	U.S. Virgin Islands Estimated	1,321	-2.7%
188	São Tomé and Príncipe Estimated	1,287	-0.8%
189	Maldives Estimated	1,230	+0.7%
190	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Estimated	1,165	-0.3%
191	Jersey Estimated	1,150	+0.9%
192	Guam Estimated	1,144	+2.8%
193	Seychelles Estimated	1,051	-11.2%
194	Grenada Estimated	1,037	+1.3%
195	Aruba Estimated	1,034	+2.7%
196	French Polynesia Estimated	1,026	+3.7%
197	Kiribati Estimated	934	+1.2%
198	Isle of Man Estimated	882	+2.1%
199	Micronesia Estimated	860	+0.7%
200	Mayotte Estimated	854	-4.7%
201	Dominica Estimated	849	-1.6%
202	Monaco Estimated	817	-10.7%
203	Tonga Estimated	674	-0.9%
204	Antigua and Barbuda Estimated	643	+2.2%
205	Guernsey Estimated	595	+1%
206	Bermuda Estimated	573	+0.9%
207	Faroe Islands Estimated	564	-8.1%
208	Greenland Estimated	551	+1.7%
209	Andorra Estimated	491	+3.6%
210	Saint Kitts and Nevis Estimated	466	-14.5%
211	Cayman Islands Estimated	351	+1.7%
212	Sint Maarten Estimated	347	+3.3%
213	Turks and Caicos Islands Estimated	342	+1.2%
214	American Samoa Estimated	334	+1.5%
215	Liechtenstein Estimated	300	+2.4%
216	Marshall Islands Estimated	271	-1.5%
217	San Marino Estimated	270	+1.9%
218	Caribbean Netherlands Estimated	258	+13.2%
219	Saint Martin Estimated	255	-1.9%
220	Gibraltar Estimated	250	+3.7%
221	British Virgin Islands Estimated	233	+3.1%
222	Northern Mariana Islands Estimated	212	+1.9%
223	Palau Estimated	204	0%
224	Cook Islands Estimated	132	+0.8%
225	Anguilla Estimated	96	+2.1%
226	Tuvalu Estimated	90	-1.1%
227	Nauru Estimated	89	+1.1%
227	Saint Helena Estimated	89	+1.1%
229	Wallis and Futuna Estimated	88	+2.3%
230	Saint Pierre and Miquelon Estimated	82	0%
231	Saint Barthélemy Estimated	70	+2.9%
232	Montserrat Estimated	60	-1.6%
233	Falkland Islands Estimated	27	0%
233	Niue Estimated	27	0%
235	Tokelau Estimated	14	+7.7%
236	Vatican City Estimated	13	+8.3%

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Deaths of residents in the area during the year.

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United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division (2024). World Population Prospects 2024, Online Edition. Total deaths during the calendar year, estimates 1950 to 2023 (Deaths). Modelled estimate. https://population.un.org/wpp/assets/Excel%20Files/1_Indicator%20(Standard)/CSV_FILES/WPP2024_Demographic_Indicators_Medium.csv.gz. Retrieved 2026-10-12. CC BY 3.0 IGO.

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China, with 11.68 million in 2023, according to the United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division.

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Vatican City, with 13 in 2023.

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