Countries by deaths

China had the highest deaths of 236 countries in 2014, at 9.38 million. Vatican City had the lowest, at 11. The median was 36,872 and the figure for the World was 55.55 million. Source: the United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division.

Highest9,383,269China

Lowest11Vatican City

Median36,872236 countries

World55,545,318History

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count, 2014. 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, 2014

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	2014 count	Change on 2013
1	China Estimated	9,383,269	+1.6%
2	India Estimated	8,884,412	-0%
3	United States Estimated	2,631,369	+0.8%
4	Nigeria Estimated	2,553,399	+1.7%
5	Indonesia Estimated	1,941,419	+1%
6	Russia Estimated	1,890,301	+0.4%
7	Pakistan Estimated	1,558,210	+0.1%
8	Japan Estimated	1,313,099	+0.4%
9	Brazil Estimated	1,200,101	+2.1%
10	Bangladesh Estimated	900,892	-0.4%
11	Germany Estimated	876,322	-2.6%
12	Democratic Republic of the Congo Estimated	830,672	+1.1%
13	Ethiopia Estimated	754,410	-1.5%
14	Mexico Estimated	683,365	+1.7%
15	Ukraine Estimated	628,997	-2.5%
16	Italy Estimated	599,169	+0.1%
17	Philippines Estimated	576,722	+2.6%
18	United Kingdom Estimated	574,464	-1.1%
19	Egypt Estimated	573,329	+0.8%
20	Vietnam Estimated	560,517	+2.2%
21	France Estimated	554,605	-2%
22	South Africa Estimated	536,325	-1.5%
23	Thailand Estimated	474,241	+1.1%
24	Myanmar Estimated	452,080	+0.1%
25	Türkiye Estimated	441,963	+1.4%
26	Spain Estimated	394,084	+1.5%
27	Poland Estimated	384,906	+0.6%
28	Iran Estimated	375,958	+1.4%
29	Tanzania Estimated	365,625	-0.2%
30	Kenya Estimated	329,235	+2%
31	Argentina Estimated	324,788	-2%
32	Sudan Estimated	279,917	-0.9%
33	South Korea Estimated	268,255	+0.3%
34	Canada Estimated	263,230	+2.6%
35	Romania Estimated	259,818	+2.6%
36	Mozambique Estimated	252,178	-1.6%
37	Angola Estimated	249,319	-0.5%
38	Côte d’Ivoire Estimated	248,224	0%
39	Afghanistan Estimated	246,291	+2.5%
40	Uganda Estimated	243,808	-2%
41	Colombia Estimated	239,567	+3.1%
42	Ghana Estimated	223,799	0%
43	North Korea Estimated	214,255	-0.7%
44	Cameroon Estimated	209,064	+0.1%
45	Niger Estimated	202,373	+1.6%
46	South Sudan Estimated	201,470	+80.5%
47	Chad Estimated	199,643	+2.5%
48	Nepal Estimated	196,408	+0.8%
49	Mali Estimated	196,180	+0.2%
50	Morocco Estimated	195,518	+0.3%
51	Madagascar Estimated	185,598	+2.1%
52	Peru Estimated	184,387	-2.2%
53	Uzbekistan Estimated	183,831	+1.2%
54	Algeria Estimated	182,163	+2.2%
55	Burkina Faso Estimated	181,684	-0.1%
56	Venezuela Estimated	181,409	+4.5%
57	Iraq Estimated	177,446	-0.6%
58	Somalia Estimated	168,571	+1.6%
59	Taiwan Estimated	167,594	+5.1%
60	Yemen Estimated	159,891	+3%
61	Australia Estimated	155,137	+3.8%
62	Syria Estimated	149,075	-8.4%
63	Malaysia Estimated	145,788	+4.9%
64	Netherlands Estimated	139,227	-1.3%
65	Zimbabwe Estimated	136,686	-4.7%
66	Sri Lanka Estimated	136,638	+1.7%
67	Kazakhstan Estimated	135,665	-1.9%
68	Malawi Estimated	134,322	-3.6%
69	Guinea Estimated	126,958	+1.5%
70	Hungary Estimated	125,900	-0.1%
71	Zambia Estimated	122,164	-1%
72	Belarus Estimated	121,845	-1.8%
73	Greece Estimated	115,947	+2%
74	Benin Estimated	110,185	+2%
75	Chile Estimated	109,303	+2%
76	Bulgaria Estimated	108,799	+4.5%
77	Czechia Estimated	105,687	-3.2%
78	Belgium Estimated	104,795	-4.3%
79	Portugal Estimated	102,635	-1.3%
80	Cuba Estimated	100,265	+4.2%
81	Serbia Estimated	99,751	+0.2%
82	Central African Republic Estimated	98,965	+48.1%
83	Senegal Estimated	97,099	-0.2%
84	Burundi Estimated	95,523	-0.6%
85	Cambodia Estimated	92,531	+1.1%
86	Sweden Estimated	88,945	-1.5%
87	Haiti Estimated	85,110	+0.1%
88	Sierra Leone Estimated	84,803	+0.4%
89	Bolivia Estimated	83,851	+0.9%
90	Guatemala Estimated	81,500	+2.2%
91	Austria Estimated	78,405	-1.5%
92	Ecuador Estimated	77,209	+0.8%
93	Rwanda Estimated	73,620	+0.6%
94	Togo Estimated	70,838	+0.2%
95	Saudi Arabia Estimated	69,364	-1.2%
96	Tunisia Estimated	66,867	+2.2%
97	Azerbaijan Estimated	65,190	-0.3%
98	Switzerland Estimated	64,133	-2.1%
99	Papua New Guinea Estimated	58,727	+1.4%
100	Dominican Republic Estimated	57,757	+2.1%
101	Croatia Estimated	53,291	+2.4%
102	Finland Estimated	52,236	+1.6%
103	Denmark Estimated	51,431	-2.1%
104	Slovakia Estimated	50,970	-1.3%
105	Laos Estimated	49,808	+0.5%
106	Georgia Estimated	47,682	+1.5%
107	Hong Kong Estimated	46,925	+1.8%
108	El Salvador Estimated	44,603	+1.6%
109	Tajikistan Estimated	44,276	+1.9%
110	Liberia Estimated	44,092	+5.4%
111	Kyrgyzstan Estimated	43,677	+1%
112	Moldova Estimated	42,649	-0.4%
113	Israel Estimated	41,013	+3.2%
114	Honduras Estimated	40,959	+1.2%
115	Bosnia and Herzegovina Estimated	40,950	+2.6%
116	Norway Estimated	40,411	-1.7%
117	Lithuania Estimated	40,288	-2.8%
118	Turkmenistan Estimated	37,186	+2.6%
119	Republic of the Congo Estimated	36,558	-0.6%
120	Puerto Rico Estimated	35,072	+2.9%
121	Libya Estimated	34,982	+11.6%
122	Paraguay Estimated	31,808	+2.4%
123	Uruguay Estimated	31,538	-0.3%
124	New Zealand Estimated	31,396	+5.3%
125	Lesotho Estimated	30,440	-4.5%
126	Nicaragua Estimated	30,115	+1%
127	Jordan Estimated	29,678	+3.3%
128	Ireland Estimated	28,731	-1.1%
129	Armenia Estimated	28,669	-0%
130	Latvia Estimated	28,536	-0.9%
131	Mauritania Estimated	27,941	-1.1%
132	Lebanon Estimated	27,117	+16.6%
133	Namibia Estimated	22,120	-1.4%
134	Eritrea Estimated	21,633	-1.2%
135	Singapore Estimated	21,310	+3.3%
136	Costa Rica Estimated	21,222	+3.9%
137	Albania Estimated	21,010	+2.9%
138	Slovenia Estimated	19,650	+1.3%
139	North Macedonia Estimated	19,138	+2.5%
140	Mongolia Estimated	18,637	-0.3%
141	Jamaica Estimated	18,300	+2.4%
142	Panama Estimated	18,189	+2.1%
143	Botswana Estimated	18,154	-3.4%
144	Palestine Estimated	17,024	+18.1%
145	Gambia Estimated	16,702	+0.4%
146	Guinea-Bissau Estimated	16,232	-1.1%
147	Estonia Estimated	15,506	+1.7%
148	Gabon Estimated	14,387	+1.1%
149	Eswatini Estimated	13,868	-5%
150	Equatorial Guinea Estimated	13,500	+1.1%
151	Trinidad and Tobago Estimated	9,831	+2.6%
152	Mauritius Estimated	9,183	+1.4%
153	Timor-Leste Estimated	9,119	+1.1%
154	Oman Estimated	8,458	+0.7%
155	United Arab Emirates Estimated	8,352	+3.3%
156	Djibouti Estimated	8,303	+0.9%
157	Fiji Estimated	7,857	+1.7%
158	Cyprus Estimated	7,196	+3.7%
159	Kuwait Estimated	6,591	+4.2%
160	Montenegro Estimated	6,393	+1.4%
161	Guyana Estimated	5,907	-2.1%
162	Comoros Estimated	5,833	+0.7%
163	Bhutan Estimated	4,750	+1.3%
164	Suriname Estimated	4,142	+1%
165	Réunion Estimated	3,994	+3.2%
166	Luxembourg Estimated	3,932	+0.5%
167	Solomon Islands Estimated	3,430	+4.3%
168	Martinique Estimated	3,094	+3%
169	Malta Estimated	3,043	-2.6%
170	Guadeloupe Estimated	2,974	0%
171	Western Sahara Estimated	2,911	+3.1%
172	Bahamas Estimated	2,904	+2.4%
173	Bahrain Estimated	2,712	+8.7%
174	Cape Verde Estimated	2,640	-0.2%
175	Barbados Estimated	2,584	+0.6%
176	Macao Estimated	2,485	+1.5%
177	Qatar Estimated	2,323	+3.5%
178	Iceland Estimated	2,066	-4.6%
179	Belize Estimated	1,803	+2%
180	Brunei Estimated	1,723	+4.3%
181	New Caledonia Estimated	1,563	+3%
182	Vanuatu Estimated	1,467	+3.2%
183	Curaçao Estimated	1,422	+2.4%
184	São Tomé and Príncipe Estimated	1,363	-1.3%
185	Saint Lucia Estimated	1,306	+2.6%
186	U.S. Virgin Islands Estimated	1,242	+0.2%
187	Maldives Estimated	1,223	+0.7%
188	Samoa Estimated	1,202	+2%
189	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Estimated	1,153	0%
190	French Guiana Estimated	991	+2.3%
191	Guam Estimated	954	+2.8%
192	Grenada Estimated	887	+2%
193	Jersey Estimated	875	+3.4%
194	French Polynesia Estimated	846	+2.8%
195	Isle of Man Estimated	814	+1.1%
196	Seychelles Estimated	807	+2.9%
197	Kiribati Estimated	803	+1.5%
198	Micronesia Estimated	799	+1.1%
199	Aruba Estimated	794	+3%
200	Dominica Estimated	706	-13.6%
201	Tonga Estimated	679	+0.1%
202	Monaco Estimated	651	+13%
203	Mayotte Estimated	564	+7.8%
204	Antigua and Barbuda Estimated	528	+3.5%
205	Bermuda Estimated	518	+2.4%
206	Guernsey Estimated	513	0%
207	Faroe Islands Estimated	499	+1.6%
208	Greenland Estimated	474	+0.2%
209	Saint Kitts and Nevis Estimated	444	+1.4%
210	Andorra Estimated	429	-3.8%
211	Marshall Islands Estimated	320	-1.2%
212	American Samoa Estimated	288	+2.9%
213	Cayman Islands Estimated	285	+2.9%
214	San Marino Estimated	259	-0.4%
215	Liechtenstein Estimated	242	+2.1%
216	Gibraltar Estimated	227	+2.3%
217	Turks and Caicos Islands Estimated	224	+7.2%
218	Sint Maarten Estimated	195	+3.2%
219	Northern Mariana Islands Estimated	189	+3.8%
220	British Virgin Islands Estimated	175	+6.7%
221	Caribbean Netherlands Estimated	172	0%
222	Palau Estimated	164	+2.5%
223	Saint Martin Estimated	147	+2.1%
224	Cook Islands Estimated	133	+0.8%
225	Tuvalu Estimated	103	0%
226	Nauru Estimated	82	+1.2%
227	Anguilla Estimated	78	+2.6%
228	Wallis and Futuna Estimated	76	+1.3%
229	Saint Helena Estimated	74	+8.8%
230	Saint Pierre and Miquelon Estimated	72	+9.1%
231	Montserrat Estimated	55	-1.8%
232	Saint Barthélemy Estimated	43	0%
233	Niue Estimated	24	0%
234	Falkland Islands Estimated	23	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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