Countries by deaths

China had the highest deaths of 236 countries in 2015, at 9.52 million. Vatican City had the lowest, at 11. The median was 37,294 and the figure for the World was 56.31 million. Source: the United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division.

Highest9,521,879China

Lowest11Vatican City

Median37,294236 countries

World56,305,968History

Map of countries, 2015

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count, 2015. 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, 2015

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	2015 count	Change on 2014
1	China Estimated	9,521,879	+1.5%
2	India Estimated	8,936,423	+0.6%
3	United States Estimated	2,707,670	+2.9%
4	Nigeria Estimated	2,603,771	+2%
5	Indonesia Estimated	1,962,168	+1.1%
6	Russia Estimated	1,869,624	-1.1%
7	Pakistan Estimated	1,556,589	-0.1%
8	Japan Estimated	1,328,705	+1.2%
9	Brazil Estimated	1,219,162	+1.6%
10	Germany Estimated	931,619	+6.3%
11	Bangladesh Estimated	898,668	-0.2%
12	Democratic Republic of the Congo Estimated	838,652	+1%
13	Ethiopia Estimated	748,486	-0.8%
14	Mexico Estimated	698,394	+2.2%
15	Italy Estimated	646,399	+7.9%
16	United Kingdom Estimated	605,880	+5.5%
17	Ukraine Estimated	595,882	-5.3%
18	France Estimated	590,329	+6.4%
19	Philippines Estimated	587,987	+2%
20	Egypt Estimated	579,417	+1.1%
21	Vietnam Estimated	571,142	+1.9%
22	South Africa Estimated	522,818	-2.5%
23	Thailand Estimated	480,953	+1.4%
24	Türkiye Estimated	456,928	+3.4%
25	Myanmar Estimated	454,920	+0.6%
26	Spain Estimated	420,774	+6.8%
27	Poland Estimated	384,264	-0.2%
28	Iran Estimated	381,418	+1.5%
29	Tanzania Estimated	364,228	-0.4%
30	Kenya Estimated	336,196	+2.1%
31	Argentina Estimated	323,877	-0.3%
32	Sudan Estimated	282,931	+1.1%
33	South Korea Estimated	278,964	+4%
34	Romania Estimated	268,849	+3.5%
35	Canada Estimated	268,732	+2.1%
36	Afghanistan Estimated	254,691	+3.4%
37	Mozambique Estimated	248,784	-1.3%
38	Angola Estimated	248,040	-0.5%
39	Côte d’Ivoire Estimated	247,353	-0.4%
40	Colombia Estimated	246,690	+3%
41	South Sudan Estimated	244,749	+21.5%
42	Uganda Estimated	239,153	-1.9%
43	Ghana Estimated	225,115	+0.6%
44	North Korea Estimated	215,942	+0.8%
45	Cameroon Estimated	209,421	+0.2%
46	Niger Estimated	207,095	+2.3%
47	Nepal Estimated	205,486	+4.6%
48	Chad Estimated	203,257	+1.8%
49	Mali Estimated	196,906	+0.4%
50	Morocco Estimated	196,776	+0.6%
51	Madagascar Estimated	189,711	+2.2%
52	Algeria Estimated	185,876	+2%
53	Uzbekistan Estimated	184,660	+0.5%
54	Venezuela Estimated	184,241	+1.6%
55	Peru Estimated	183,868	-0.3%
56	Burkina Faso Estimated	181,354	-0.2%
57	Yemen Estimated	179,872	+12.5%
58	Iraq Estimated	177,919	+0.3%
59	Somalia Estimated	169,715	+0.7%
60	Taiwan Estimated	167,052	-0.3%
61	Syria Estimated	159,731	+7.1%
62	Australia Estimated	158,342	+2.1%
63	Malaysia Estimated	151,910	+4.2%
64	Netherlands Estimated	147,131	+5.7%
65	Sri Lanka Estimated	139,039	+1.8%
66	Kazakhstan Estimated	133,610	-1.5%
67	Zimbabwe Estimated	132,188	-3.3%
68	Hungary Estimated	131,114	+4.1%
69	Malawi Estimated	130,573	-2.8%
70	Guinea Estimated	127,800	+0.7%
71	Greece Estimated	122,897	+6%
72	Zambia Estimated	121,381	-0.6%
73	Belarus Estimated	119,820	-1.7%
74	Benin Estimated	112,453	+2.1%
75	Czechia Estimated	111,228	+5.2%
76	Belgium Estimated	110,820	+5.7%
77	Chile Estimated	110,193	+0.8%
78	Bulgaria Estimated	110,010	+1.1%
79	Portugal Estimated	106,551	+3.8%
80	Cuba Estimated	102,859	+2.6%
81	Serbia Estimated	99,743	-0%
82	Senegal Estimated	96,529	-0.6%
83	Burundi Estimated	95,986	+0.5%
84	Cambodia Estimated	93,967	+1.6%
85	Sweden Estimated	90,973	+2.3%
86	Haiti Estimated	85,692	+0.7%
87	Bolivia Estimated	84,366	+0.6%
88	Guatemala Estimated	83,737	+2.7%
89	Austria Estimated	83,285	+6.2%
90	Sierra Leone Estimated	81,635	-3.7%
91	Ecuador Estimated	79,199	+2.6%
92	Rwanda Estimated	74,505	+1.2%
93	Togo Estimated	70,905	+0.1%
94	Tunisia Estimated	68,364	+2.2%
95	Switzerland Estimated	67,991	+6%
96	Saudi Arabia Estimated	67,914	-2.1%
97	Azerbaijan Estimated	65,230	+0.1%
98	Dominican Republic Estimated	60,055	+4%
99	Papua New Guinea Estimated	59,487	+1.3%
100	Central African Republic Estimated	58,712	-40.7%
101	Croatia Estimated	53,770	+0.9%
102	Slovakia Estimated	53,234	+4.4%
103	Denmark Estimated	52,654	+2.4%
104	Finland Estimated	52,402	+0.3%
105	Laos Estimated	51,063	+2.5%
106	Hong Kong Estimated	47,727	+1.7%
107	Georgia Estimated	47,404	-0.6%
108	Tajikistan Estimated	45,649	+3.1%
109	El Salvador Estimated	45,623	+2.3%
110	Liberia Estimated	44,541	+1%
111	Kyrgyzstan Estimated	43,794	+0.3%
112	Moldova Estimated	43,042	+0.9%
113	Israel Estimated	42,802	+4.4%
114	Bosnia and Herzegovina Estimated	41,902	+2.3%
115	Lithuania Estimated	41,815	+3.8%
116	Honduras Estimated	41,373	+1%
117	Norway Estimated	40,756	+0.9%
118	Turkmenistan Estimated	38,056	+2.3%
119	Republic of the Congo Estimated	36,532	-0.1%
120	Libya Estimated	35,090	+0.3%
121	Puerto Rico Estimated	33,469	-4.6%
122	Paraguay Estimated	32,760	+3%
123	Uruguay Estimated	31,976	+1.4%
124	New Zealand Estimated	31,901	+1.6%
125	Nicaragua Estimated	30,704	+2%
126	Jordan Estimated	30,267	+2%
127	Ireland Estimated	29,620	+3.1%
128	Lesotho Estimated	29,322	-3.7%
129	Lebanon Estimated	29,186	+7.6%
130	Armenia Estimated	28,646	-0.1%
131	Latvia Estimated	28,535	-0%
132	Mauritania Estimated	27,734	-0.7%
133	Singapore Estimated	21,990	+3.2%
134	Namibia Estimated	21,969	-0.7%
135	Costa Rica Estimated	21,766	+2.6%
136	Eritrea Estimated	21,205	-2%
137	Albania Estimated	21,001	-0%
138	Slovenia Estimated	19,805	+0.8%
139	North Macedonia Estimated	19,763	+3.3%
140	Jamaica Estimated	18,837	+2.9%
141	Panama Estimated	18,666	+2.6%
142	Mongolia Estimated	18,621	-0.1%
143	Botswana Estimated	17,434	-4%
144	Gambia Estimated	16,687	-0.1%
145	Guinea-Bissau Estimated	16,036	-1.2%
146	Estonia Estimated	15,253	-1.6%
147	Palestine Estimated	15,003	-11.9%
148	Gabon Estimated	14,569	+1.3%
149	Equatorial Guinea Estimated	13,662	+1.2%
150	Eswatini Estimated	13,127	-5.3%
151	Trinidad and Tobago Estimated	10,192	+3.7%
152	Mauritius Estimated	9,402	+2.4%
153	Timor-Leste Estimated	9,220	+1.1%
154	United Arab Emirates Estimated	8,854	+6%
155	Oman Estimated	8,608	+1.8%
156	Djibouti Estimated	8,328	+0.3%
157	Fiji Estimated	8,075	+2.8%
158	Cyprus Estimated	7,369	+2.4%
159	Kuwait Estimated	6,892	+4.6%
160	Montenegro Estimated	6,526	+2.1%
161	Guyana Estimated	5,886	-0.4%
162	Comoros Estimated	5,859	+0.4%
163	Bhutan Estimated	4,834	+1.8%
164	Suriname Estimated	4,180	+0.9%
165	Réunion Estimated	4,167	+4.3%
166	Luxembourg Estimated	4,092	+4.1%
167	Solomon Islands Estimated	3,485	+1.6%
168	Martinique Estimated	3,157	+2%
169	Malta Estimated	3,095	+1.7%
170	Guadeloupe Estimated	3,056	+2.8%
171	Bahamas Estimated	3,018	+3.9%
172	Western Sahara Estimated	2,985	+2.5%
173	Bahrain Estimated	2,854	+5.2%
174	Cape Verde Estimated	2,632	-0.3%
175	Barbados Estimated	2,601	+0.7%
176	Macao Estimated	2,516	+1.2%
177	Qatar Estimated	2,354	+1.3%
178	Iceland Estimated	2,196	+6.3%
179	Belize Estimated	1,833	+1.7%
180	Brunei Estimated	1,797	+4.3%
181	New Caledonia Estimated	1,611	+3.1%
182	Vanuatu Estimated	1,505	+2.6%
183	Curaçao Estimated	1,459	+2.6%
184	São Tomé and Príncipe Estimated	1,346	-1.2%
185	Saint Lucia Estimated	1,312	+0.5%
186	U.S. Virgin Islands Estimated	1,256	+1.1%
187	Samoa Estimated	1,222	+1.7%
188	Maldives Estimated	1,220	-0.2%
189	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Estimated	1,157	+0.3%
190	French Guiana Estimated	1,043	+5.2%
191	Guam Estimated	979	+2.6%
192	Jersey Estimated	913	+4.3%
193	Grenada Estimated	905	+2%
194	French Polynesia Estimated	868	+2.6%
195	Seychelles Estimated	833	+3.2%
196	Isle of Man Estimated	824	+1.2%
197	Aruba Estimated	821	+3.4%
198	Kiribati Estimated	816	+1.6%
199	Micronesia Estimated	813	+1.8%
200	Dominica Estimated	766	+8.5%
201	Monaco Estimated	717	+10.1%
202	Tonga Estimated	677	-0.3%
203	Mayotte Estimated	613	+8.7%
204	Antigua and Barbuda Estimated	543	+2.8%
205	Guernsey Estimated	534	+4.1%
206	Bermuda Estimated	532	+2.7%
207	Faroe Islands Estimated	510	+2.2%
208	Greenland Estimated	478	+0.8%
209	Saint Kitts and Nevis Estimated	450	+1.4%
210	Andorra Estimated	409	-4.7%
211	Marshall Islands Estimated	317	-0.9%
212	American Samoa Estimated	295	+2.4%
213	Cayman Islands Estimated	291	+2.1%
214	San Marino Estimated	258	-0.4%
215	Liechtenstein Estimated	242	0%
216	Turks and Caicos Islands Estimated	236	+5.4%
217	Gibraltar Estimated	233	+2.6%
218	Sint Maarten Estimated	205	+5.1%
219	Northern Mariana Islands Estimated	194	+2.6%
220	British Virgin Islands Estimated	182	+4%
221	Caribbean Netherlands Estimated	169	-1.7%
221	Palau Estimated	169	+3%
223	Saint Martin Estimated	151	+2.7%
224	Cook Islands Estimated	135	+1.5%
225	Tuvalu Estimated	103	0%
226	Nauru Estimated	84	+2.4%
227	Anguilla Estimated	78	0%
228	Saint Helena Estimated	77	+4.1%
228	Wallis and Futuna Estimated	77	+1.3%
230	Saint Pierre and Miquelon Estimated	74	+2.8%
231	Montserrat Estimated	55	0%
232	Saint Barthélemy Estimated	43	0%
233	Falkland Islands Estimated	24	+4.3%
233	Niue Estimated	24	0%
235	Tokelau Estimated	12	0%
236	Vatican City Estimated	11	0%

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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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