Countries by deaths

China had the highest deaths of 236 countries in 2013, at 9.24 million. Vatican City had the lowest, at 10. The median was 36,504 and the figure for the World was 55.09 million. Source: the United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division.

Highest9,235,338China

Lowest10Vatican City

Median36,504236 countries

World55,092,621History

Map of countries, 2013

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count, 2013. 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, 2013

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	2013 count	Change on 2012
1	China Estimated	9,235,338	+1.6%
2	India Estimated	8,888,129	+0.1%
3	United States Estimated	2,611,128	+1.7%
4	Nigeria Estimated	2,510,137	+1.6%
5	Indonesia Estimated	1,921,334	+1.2%
6	Russia Estimated	1,883,361	-1.8%
7	Pakistan Estimated	1,557,086	+0.2%
8	Japan Estimated	1,307,461	+0.8%
9	Brazil Estimated	1,175,770	+1.6%
10	Bangladesh Estimated	904,445	-0.2%
11	Germany Estimated	899,824	+3.1%
12	Democratic Republic of the Congo Estimated	821,895	+1%
13	Ethiopia Estimated	765,883	-1.5%
14	Mexico Estimated	671,788	+1.3%
15	Ukraine Estimated	645,000	-2%
16	Italy Estimated	598,588	-2.2%
17	United Kingdom Estimated	580,798	+1.3%
18	Egypt Estimated	568,792	+1.8%
19	France Estimated	565,960	0%
20	Philippines Estimated	562,222	+2.8%
21	Vietnam Estimated	548,595	+2%
22	South Africa Estimated	544,732	-0.2%
23	Thailand Estimated	468,891	+0.9%
24	Myanmar Estimated	451,482	+0.2%
25	Türkiye Estimated	435,659	-2.1%
26	Spain Estimated	388,411	-3%
27	Poland Estimated	382,526	-0%
28	Iran Estimated	370,614	+1.3%
29	Tanzania Estimated	366,212	+0.1%
30	Argentina Estimated	331,275	+1.8%
31	Kenya Estimated	322,767	+2%
32	Sudan Estimated	282,409	+1.6%
33	South Korea Estimated	267,513	+0.2%
34	Canada Estimated	256,616	+2.3%
35	Mozambique Estimated	256,342	-1.2%
36	Romania Estimated	253,246	-3%
37	Angola Estimated	250,611	-0.9%
38	Uganda Estimated	248,715	-2.4%
39	Côte d’Ivoire Estimated	248,157	+0.9%
40	Afghanistan Estimated	240,240	+0.5%
41	Colombia Estimated	232,277	+2.1%
42	Ghana Estimated	223,725	+0.4%
43	North Korea Estimated	215,807	-0.5%
44	Cameroon Estimated	208,848	-0.7%
45	Niger Estimated	199,105	+1.6%
46	Mali Estimated	195,851	-0.1%
47	Morocco Estimated	194,972	-0%
48	Chad Estimated	194,840	+1.4%
49	Nepal Estimated	194,817	+0.7%
50	Peru Estimated	188,482	-1.4%
51	Burkina Faso Estimated	181,859	+0.1%
52	Madagascar Estimated	181,694	+1.9%
53	Uzbekistan Estimated	181,572	+1.3%
54	Iraq Estimated	178,486	+3.6%
55	Algeria Estimated	178,297	+1.8%
56	Venezuela Estimated	173,615	+3%
57	Somalia Estimated	165,931	-17.3%
58	Syria Estimated	162,813	+4.8%
59	Taiwan Estimated	159,529	-0.1%
60	Yemen Estimated	155,170	+0.6%
61	Australia Estimated	149,459	-0.5%
62	Zimbabwe Estimated	143,410	-5.2%
63	Netherlands Estimated	141,017	+0.2%
64	Malawi Estimated	139,364	-4%
65	Malaysia Estimated	139,004	+4.7%
66	Kazakhstan Estimated	138,343	-2.5%
67	Sri Lanka Estimated	134,376	+0.4%
68	Hungary Estimated	126,040	-2.2%
69	Guinea Estimated	125,106	+0.4%
70	Belarus Estimated	124,091	-3.6%
71	Zambia Estimated	123,456	-1.3%
72	Greece Estimated	113,622	-4%
73	South Sudan Estimated	111,625	+3.3%
74	Belgium Estimated	109,459	+0.3%
75	Czechia Estimated	109,225	+1%
76	Benin Estimated	108,070	+1.3%
77	Chile Estimated	107,154	+0.4%
78	Bulgaria Estimated	104,156	-4.5%
79	Portugal Estimated	103,999	-1%
80	Serbia Estimated	99,601	-0.9%
81	Senegal Estimated	97,270	-0.1%
82	Cuba Estimated	96,214	+3.2%
83	Burundi Estimated	96,054	-0.7%
84	Cambodia Estimated	91,560	+1%
85	Sweden Estimated	90,334	-1.7%
86	Haiti Estimated	84,988	-0%
87	Sierra Leone Estimated	84,466	-2.4%
88	Bolivia Estimated	83,124	+0.9%
89	Guatemala Estimated	79,763	+1.6%
90	Austria Estimated	79,638	-0.1%
91	Ecuador Estimated	76,597	+0.4%
92	Rwanda Estimated	73,192	-0%
93	Togo Estimated	70,699	+0.2%
94	Saudi Arabia Estimated	70,241	+0.1%
95	Central African Republic Estimated	66,829	+8.9%
96	Switzerland Estimated	65,477	+1.8%
97	Azerbaijan Estimated	65,417	0%
98	Tunisia Estimated	65,407	+2.6%
99	Papua New Guinea Estimated	57,929	+1.3%
100	Dominican Republic Estimated	56,562	+1.3%
101	Denmark Estimated	52,532	+0.7%
102	Croatia Estimated	52,022	+0.3%
103	Slovakia Estimated	51,665	-0.7%
104	Finland Estimated	51,423	-0.3%
105	Laos Estimated	49,558	+0.5%
106	Georgia Estimated	46,988	-2.5%
107	Hong Kong Estimated	46,111	+1.3%
108	El Salvador Estimated	43,906	+2%
109	Tajikistan Estimated	43,438	-0.1%
110	Kyrgyzstan Estimated	43,239	+2.4%
111	Moldova Estimated	42,806	-0.1%
112	Liberia Estimated	41,838	+0.4%
113	Lithuania Estimated	41,469	+1.2%
114	Norway Estimated	41,129	-1.8%
115	Honduras Estimated	40,486	+0.8%
116	Bosnia and Herzegovina Estimated	39,908	+1.5%
117	Israel Estimated	39,726	-0.4%
118	Republic of the Congo Estimated	36,778	-0.1%
119	Turkmenistan Estimated	36,230	+3.1%
120	Puerto Rico Estimated	34,079	-7.1%
121	Lesotho Estimated	31,882	-4.8%
122	Uruguay Estimated	31,639	-0.7%
123	Libya Estimated	31,332	+2%
124	Paraguay Estimated	31,070	+1.8%
125	Nicaragua Estimated	29,814	+1.8%
126	New Zealand Estimated	29,807	-2.3%
127	Ireland Estimated	29,038	+1.3%
128	Latvia Estimated	28,785	-1.1%
129	Jordan Estimated	28,734	+0.4%
130	Armenia Estimated	28,673	+0.1%
131	Mauritania Estimated	28,245	+5.7%
132	Lebanon Estimated	23,257	+5.6%
133	Namibia Estimated	22,426	-0.8%
134	Eritrea Estimated	21,902	-0.5%
135	Singapore Estimated	20,636	+2.3%
136	Costa Rica Estimated	20,429	+1.8%
137	Albania Estimated	20,409	+4.2%
138	Slovenia Estimated	19,399	+0.6%
139	Botswana Estimated	18,786	-2.6%
140	Mongolia Estimated	18,686	-0.7%
141	North Macedonia Estimated	18,670	-5%
142	Jamaica Estimated	17,877	+1.4%
143	Panama Estimated	17,817	+2%
144	Gambia Estimated	16,639	+0.5%
145	Guinea-Bissau Estimated	16,419	-0.9%
146	Estonia Estimated	15,251	-1.3%
147	Eswatini Estimated	14,596	-4.9%
148	Palestine Estimated	14,418	-0.1%
149	Gabon Estimated	14,234	+1.2%
150	Equatorial Guinea Estimated	13,352	+1%
151	Trinidad and Tobago Estimated	9,580	+1.4%
152	Mauritius Estimated	9,059	+2.1%
153	Timor-Leste Estimated	9,021	+1.1%
154	Oman Estimated	8,403	+7.7%
155	Djibouti Estimated	8,232	+0.4%
156	United Arab Emirates Estimated	8,087	+4.4%
157	Fiji Estimated	7,724	-3.8%
158	Cyprus Estimated	6,939	+2%
159	Kuwait Estimated	6,327	+4.3%
160	Montenegro Estimated	6,304	+1.9%
161	Guyana Estimated	6,035	+0.2%
162	Comoros Estimated	5,794	+0.3%
163	Bhutan Estimated	4,687	+0.8%
164	Suriname Estimated	4,100	+1.6%
165	Luxembourg Estimated	3,912	-1.9%
166	Réunion Estimated	3,871	+1.4%
167	Solomon Islands Estimated	3,289	+3.1%
168	Malta Estimated	3,125	-3.3%
169	Martinique Estimated	3,003	+2.2%
170	Guadeloupe Estimated	2,973	+5.2%
171	Bahamas Estimated	2,837	+1.3%
172	Western Sahara Estimated	2,824	+2.8%
173	Cape Verde Estimated	2,646	+0.8%
174	Barbados Estimated	2,569	+0.7%
175	Bahrain Estimated	2,494	+1.4%
176	Macao Estimated	2,448	+1.2%
177	Qatar Estimated	2,244	+3.9%
178	Iceland Estimated	2,166	+9.2%
179	Belize Estimated	1,767	+2.1%
180	Brunei Estimated	1,652	+4.2%
181	New Caledonia Estimated	1,518	+2%
182	Vanuatu Estimated	1,422	+3.1%
183	Curaçao Estimated	1,388	+1.4%
184	São Tomé and Príncipe Estimated	1,381	-0.4%
185	Saint Lucia Estimated	1,273	+3.2%
186	U.S. Virgin Islands Estimated	1,240	0%
187	Maldives Estimated	1,215	+0.9%
188	Samoa Estimated	1,179	+1%
189	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Estimated	1,153	+2.6%
190	French Guiana Estimated	969	+1.6%
191	Guam Estimated	928	+2%
192	Grenada Estimated	870	+1.9%
193	Jersey Estimated	846	+2.7%
194	French Polynesia Estimated	823	+1.4%
195	Dominica Estimated	817	+3.3%
196	Isle of Man Estimated	805	+0.9%
197	Kiribati Estimated	791	+1.4%
198	Micronesia Estimated	790	+1%
199	Seychelles Estimated	784	+2.2%
200	Aruba Estimated	771	+2.8%
201	Tonga Estimated	678	+0.3%
202	Monaco Estimated	576	+15%
203	Mayotte Estimated	523	+7%
204	Guernsey Estimated	513	-2.3%
205	Antigua and Barbuda Estimated	510	+2.6%
206	Bermuda Estimated	506	+1.8%
207	Faroe Islands Estimated	491	+1.2%
208	Greenland Estimated	473	-0.8%
209	Andorra Estimated	446	-3.3%
210	Saint Kitts and Nevis Estimated	438	+1.2%
211	Marshall Islands Estimated	324	-1.2%
212	American Samoa Estimated	280	+1.8%
213	Cayman Islands Estimated	277	-0.4%
214	San Marino Estimated	260	+1.2%
215	Liechtenstein Estimated	237	+3%
216	Gibraltar Estimated	222	+2.8%
217	Turks and Caicos Islands Estimated	209	+7.7%
218	Sint Maarten Estimated	189	+3.3%
219	Northern Mariana Islands Estimated	182	+4.6%
220	Caribbean Netherlands Estimated	172	+8.2%
221	British Virgin Islands Estimated	164	+5.1%
222	Palau Estimated	160	-1.2%
223	Saint Martin Estimated	144	+2.1%
224	Cook Islands Estimated	132	0%
225	Tuvalu Estimated	103	+1%
226	Nauru Estimated	81	+1.3%
227	Anguilla Estimated	76	+5.6%
228	Wallis and Futuna Estimated	75	0%
229	Saint Helena Estimated	68	+1.5%
230	Saint Pierre and Miquelon Estimated	66	+3.1%
231	Montserrat Estimated	56	-1.8%
232	Saint Barthélemy Estimated	43	0%
233	Niue Estimated	24	+4.3%
234	Falkland Islands Estimated	23	+4.5%
235	Tokelau Estimated	12	0%
236	Vatican City Estimated	10	-9.1%

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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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