Countries by deaths

China had the highest deaths of 236 countries in 2012, at 9.09 million. Vatican City had the lowest, at 11. The median was 36,750 and the figure for the World was 54.79 million. Source: the United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division.

Highest9,086,053China

Lowest11Vatican City

Median36,750236 countries

World54,794,788History

Map of countries, 2012

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count, 2012. Hatched areas have no value for this period. Source: UN WPP, World Population Prospects 2024, Online Edition. Total deaths during the calendar year, estimates 1950 to 2023 (Deaths). Boundaries: Natural Earth (public domain).

Top 40 countries, 2012

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	2012 count	Change on 2011
1	China Estimated	9,086,053	+1.3%
2	India Estimated	8,879,958	-0.1%
3	United States Estimated	2,567,418	+0.6%
4	Nigeria Estimated	2,470,096	+1.5%
5	Russia Estimated	1,917,406	-1%
6	Indonesia Estimated	1,897,868	+1.2%
7	Pakistan Estimated	1,553,679	+0.7%
8	Japan Estimated	1,296,803	+0.3%
9	Brazil Estimated	1,157,773	+1.5%
10	Bangladesh Estimated	906,652	-0.4%
11	Germany Estimated	872,408	+2%
12	Democratic Republic of the Congo Estimated	814,063	+1.1%
13	Ethiopia Estimated	777,657	-2.2%
14	Mexico Estimated	662,847	+0.9%
15	Ukraine Estimated	658,105	-1.8%
16	Italy Estimated	612,078	+3.2%
17	United Kingdom Estimated	573,444	+2.9%
18	France Estimated	565,757	+4.5%
19	Egypt Estimated	558,906	+1.4%
20	Philippines Estimated	546,816	+1.9%
21	South Africa Estimated	545,855	-3.9%
22	Vietnam Estimated	537,795	+2.2%
23	Thailand Estimated	464,915	+1.4%
24	Myanmar Estimated	450,678	-0.1%
25	Türkiye Estimated	444,916	-3.3%
26	Spain Estimated	400,516	+4.2%
27	Poland Estimated	382,604	+0.8%
28	Iran Estimated	365,819	+1.2%
29	Tanzania Estimated	365,711	-0.9%
30	Argentina Estimated	325,447	+5.1%
31	Kenya Estimated	316,351	+1.7%
32	Sudan Estimated	277,951	+0.1%
33	South Korea Estimated	267,039	+4.2%
34	Romania Estimated	261,026	+3.3%
35	Mozambique Estimated	259,558	-1.2%
36	Uganda Estimated	254,761	-2.4%
37	Angola Estimated	252,858	-1%
38	Canada Estimated	250,821	+1.2%
39	Côte d’Ivoire Estimated	245,983	+0.5%
40	Afghanistan Estimated	239,040	+1.4%
41	Colombia Estimated	227,505	+0.2%
42	Ghana Estimated	222,789	+0.6%
43	North Korea Estimated	216,935	-0.6%
44	Cameroon Estimated	210,280	-1.2%
45	Somalia Estimated	200,652	-49.4%
46	Niger Estimated	196,021	+1.3%
47	Mali Estimated	196,006	+0.8%
48	Morocco Estimated	195,016	+0.3%
49	Nepal Estimated	193,555	+0.7%
50	Chad Estimated	192,221	+1.4%
51	Peru Estimated	191,166	-2.2%
52	Burkina Faso Estimated	181,753	0%
53	Uzbekistan Estimated	179,222	+1.1%
54	Madagascar Estimated	178,367	+1.7%
55	Algeria Estimated	175,216	+1.9%
56	Iraq Estimated	172,325	+1.1%
57	Venezuela Estimated	168,533	+3.1%
58	Taiwan Estimated	159,739	+0.9%
59	Syria Estimated	155,417	+56.7%
60	Yemen Estimated	154,257	+2.2%
61	Zimbabwe Estimated	151,254	-4.9%
62	Australia Estimated	150,203	+1.8%
63	Malawi Estimated	145,134	-4.3%
64	Kazakhstan Estimated	141,873	-2.8%
65	Netherlands Estimated	140,719	+3.7%
66	Sri Lanka Estimated	133,879	-0.5%
67	Malaysia Estimated	132,819	+3.5%
68	Hungary Estimated	128,852	+1%
69	Belarus Estimated	128,718	-3%
70	Zambia Estimated	125,114	-1.7%
71	Guinea Estimated	124,574	+0.4%
72	Greece Estimated	118,408	+4.8%
73	Belgium Estimated	109,091	+4.7%
74	Bulgaria Estimated	109,025	+1%
75	Czechia Estimated	108,158	+1.2%
76	South Sudan Estimated	108,038	+1.7%
77	Chile Estimated	106,730	+4.5%
78	Benin Estimated	106,672	+2.3%
79	Portugal Estimated	105,031	+4.6%
80	Serbia Estimated	100,472	-1.8%
81	Senegal Estimated	97,382	+0.1%
82	Burundi Estimated	96,688	-1.2%
83	Cuba Estimated	93,191	+1%
84	Sweden Estimated	91,892	+2.2%
85	Cambodia Estimated	90,674	+0.2%
86	Sierra Leone Estimated	86,552	-0.7%
87	Haiti Estimated	85,010	-1.8%
88	Bolivia Estimated	82,387	+0.3%
89	Austria Estimated	79,682	+3.9%
90	Guatemala Estimated	78,542	+0.1%
91	Ecuador Estimated	76,319	+0.9%
92	Rwanda Estimated	73,194	-1.7%
93	Togo Estimated	70,589	+0.5%
94	Saudi Arabia Estimated	70,165	+1.7%
95	Azerbaijan Estimated	65,393	+0.5%
96	Switzerland Estimated	64,348	+3.3%
97	Tunisia Estimated	63,761	+2.4%
98	Central African Republic Estimated	61,376	-4%
99	Papua New Guinea Estimated	57,184	+1.5%
100	Dominican Republic Estimated	55,825	+0.7%
101	Denmark Estimated	52,182	-0.7%
102	Slovakia Estimated	52,008	+1.1%
103	Croatia Estimated	51,855	-0.2%
104	Finland Estimated	51,564	+2%
105	Laos Estimated	49,304	+0.2%
106	Georgia Estimated	48,199	-1.1%
107	Hong Kong Estimated	45,522	+1.8%
108	Tajikistan Estimated	43,465	-0.2%
109	El Salvador Estimated	43,052	-0.6%
110	Moldova Estimated	42,838	-1.2%
111	Kyrgyzstan Estimated	42,246	+1.5%
112	Norway Estimated	41,896	+1.3%
113	Liberia Estimated	41,692	+3.2%
114	Lithuania Estimated	40,982	-0.3%
115	Honduras Estimated	40,161	+0.5%
116	Israel Estimated	39,904	+3.6%
117	Bosnia and Herzegovina Estimated	39,315	+2.1%
118	Republic of the Congo Estimated	36,818	+0.4%
119	Puerto Rico Estimated	36,681	-3.9%
120	Turkmenistan Estimated	35,155	+2.6%
121	Lesotho Estimated	33,494	-4.8%
122	Uruguay Estimated	31,868	+0.2%
123	Libya Estimated	30,715	-16.9%
124	Paraguay Estimated	30,525	+0.8%
125	New Zealand Estimated	30,500	-0.2%
126	Nicaragua Estimated	29,292	-0.3%
127	Latvia Estimated	29,110	+1.6%
128	Ireland Estimated	28,669	+2.5%
129	Armenia Estimated	28,645	+0.3%
130	Jordan Estimated	28,620	+2.7%
131	Mauritania Estimated	26,711	+5.8%
132	Namibia Estimated	22,602	-2.9%
133	Lebanon Estimated	22,030	+2.6%
134	Eritrea Estimated	22,012	-1%
135	Singapore Estimated	20,179	+1.5%
136	Costa Rica Estimated	20,075	+1.6%
137	North Macedonia Estimated	19,645	+2.1%
138	Albania Estimated	19,578	+5.7%
139	Botswana Estimated	19,295	-1.2%
140	Slovenia Estimated	19,289	+1.6%
141	Mongolia Estimated	18,818	-0%
142	Jamaica Estimated	17,628	+0.2%
143	Panama Estimated	17,467	+2.3%
144	Guinea-Bissau Estimated	16,575	-0.9%
145	Gambia Estimated	16,556	+0.8%
146	Estonia Estimated	15,457	+1.3%
147	Eswatini Estimated	15,354	-6%
148	Palestine Estimated	14,436	+2.2%
149	Gabon Estimated	14,065	+1.2%
150	Equatorial Guinea Estimated	13,217	+1.2%
151	Trinidad and Tobago Estimated	9,444	+1.1%
152	Timor-Leste Estimated	8,922	+1.1%
153	Mauritius Estimated	8,869	+1.3%
154	Djibouti Estimated	8,202	+0.4%
155	Fiji Estimated	8,030	+11.4%
156	Oman Estimated	7,804	+16.3%
157	United Arab Emirates Estimated	7,747	+4.8%
158	Cyprus Estimated	6,804	+1%
159	Montenegro Estimated	6,186	+0.2%
160	Kuwait Estimated	6,066	+3.9%
161	Guyana Estimated	6,023	+2.3%
162	Comoros Estimated	5,774	+0.5%
163	Bhutan Estimated	4,649	+0.1%
164	Suriname Estimated	4,034	+1.9%
165	Luxembourg Estimated	3,987	+2%
166	Réunion Estimated	3,819	+1%
167	Malta Estimated	3,232	+1.5%
168	Solomon Islands Estimated	3,191	+1.9%
169	Martinique Estimated	2,937	+1.6%
170	Guadeloupe Estimated	2,827	-0.9%
171	Bahamas Estimated	2,800	+1.9%
172	Western Sahara Estimated	2,747	+3%
173	Cape Verde Estimated	2,626	-0.9%
174	Barbados Estimated	2,550	+0.3%
175	Bahrain Estimated	2,459	-1.1%
176	Macao Estimated	2,419	+1.9%
177	Qatar Estimated	2,159	+3.8%
178	Iceland Estimated	1,983	-1%
179	Belize Estimated	1,730	+2%
180	Brunei Estimated	1,585	+3.3%
181	New Caledonia Estimated	1,488	+1.5%
182	São Tomé and Príncipe Estimated	1,387	-0.6%
183	Vanuatu Estimated	1,379	+2.8%
184	Curaçao Estimated	1,369	+1.3%
185	U.S. Virgin Islands Estimated	1,240	-0.2%
186	Saint Lucia Estimated	1,233	+3.1%
187	Maldives Estimated	1,204	+0.8%
188	Samoa Estimated	1,167	+2.8%
189	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Estimated	1,124	+3.8%
190	French Guiana Estimated	954	+2%
191	Guam Estimated	910	+2.9%
192	Grenada Estimated	854	+1.5%
193	Jersey Estimated	824	+2.5%
194	French Polynesia Estimated	812	+1%
195	Isle of Man Estimated	798	+0.5%
196	Dominica Estimated	791	-4.2%
197	Micronesia Estimated	782	+0.8%
198	Kiribati Estimated	780	+1.6%
199	Seychelles Estimated	767	+2.1%
200	Aruba Estimated	750	+2.3%
201	Tonga Estimated	676	-0.1%
202	Guernsey Estimated	525	+5%
203	Monaco Estimated	501	+14.6%
204	Antigua and Barbuda Estimated	497	+1.6%
204	Bermuda Estimated	497	+1.6%
206	Mayotte Estimated	489	+7%
207	Faroe Islands Estimated	485	+0.8%
208	Greenland Estimated	477	-1.2%
209	Andorra Estimated	461	-0.4%
210	Saint Kitts and Nevis Estimated	433	-1.4%
211	Marshall Islands Estimated	328	-0.9%
212	Cayman Islands Estimated	278	-0.7%
213	American Samoa Estimated	275	+1.9%
214	San Marino Estimated	257	+12.7%
215	Liechtenstein Estimated	230	+1.3%
216	Gibraltar Estimated	216	-0.5%
217	Turks and Caicos Islands Estimated	194	+10.9%
218	Sint Maarten Estimated	183	+2.8%
219	Northern Mariana Islands Estimated	174	+5.5%
220	Palau Estimated	162	-2.4%
221	Caribbean Netherlands Estimated	159	+13.6%
222	British Virgin Islands Estimated	156	+10.6%
223	Saint Martin Estimated	141	+2.2%
224	Cook Islands Estimated	132	+3.9%
225	Tuvalu Estimated	102	+1%
226	Nauru Estimated	80	-1.2%
227	Wallis and Futuna Estimated	75	0%
228	Anguilla Estimated	72	+1.4%
229	Saint Helena Estimated	67	+4.7%
230	Saint Pierre and Miquelon Estimated	64	+1.6%
231	Montserrat Estimated	57	0%
232	Saint Barthélemy Estimated	43	0%
233	Niue Estimated	23	0%
234	Falkland Islands Estimated	22	0%
235	Tokelau Estimated	12	0%
236	Vatican City Estimated	11	+10%

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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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