Countries by deaths

China had the highest deaths of 236 countries in 2016, at 9.69 million. Vatican City had the lowest, at 11. The median was 37,730 and the figure for the World was 56.76 million. Source: the United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division.

Highest9,688,663China

Lowest11Vatican City

Median37,730236 countries

World56,756,911History

Map of countries, 2016

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count, 2016. 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, 2016

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	2016 count	Change on 2015
1	China Estimated	9,688,663	+1.8%
2	India Estimated	9,004,533	+0.8%
3	United States Estimated	2,732,732	+0.9%
4	Nigeria Estimated	2,620,526	+0.6%
5	Indonesia Estimated	1,985,267	+1.2%
6	Russia Estimated	1,842,111	-1.5%
7	Pakistan Estimated	1,549,590	-0.4%
8	Japan Estimated	1,349,573	+1.6%
9	Brazil Estimated	1,265,251	+3.8%
10	Germany Estimated	916,758	-1.6%
11	Bangladesh Estimated	896,593	-0.2%
12	Democratic Republic of the Congo Estimated	845,922	+0.9%
13	Ethiopia Estimated	746,903	-0.2%
14	Mexico Estimated	717,395	+2.7%
15	Italy Estimated	618,758	-4.3%
16	Philippines Estimated	604,332	+2.8%
17	United Kingdom Estimated	599,376	-1.1%
18	France Estimated	588,735	-0.3%
19	Vietnam Estimated	582,358	+2%
20	Egypt Estimated	580,086	+0.1%
21	Ukraine Estimated	574,254	-3.6%
22	South Africa Estimated	519,286	-0.7%
23	Thailand Estimated	490,201	+1.9%
24	Türkiye Estimated	472,505	+3.4%
25	Myanmar Estimated	456,303	+0.3%
26	Spain Estimated	409,455	-2.7%
27	Poland Estimated	392,080	+2%
28	Iran Estimated	387,612	+1.6%
29	Tanzania Estimated	365,988	+0.5%
30	Argentina Estimated	345,261	+6.6%
31	Kenya Estimated	345,131	+2.7%
32	Sudan Estimated	286,654	+1.3%
33	South Korea Estimated	283,904	+1.8%
34	Canada Estimated	270,980	+0.8%
35	South Sudan Estimated	269,061	+9.9%
36	Romania Estimated	263,528	-2%
37	Afghanistan Estimated	254,011	-0.3%
38	Colombia Estimated	251,872	+2.1%
39	Angola Estimated	247,353	-0.3%
40	Mozambique Estimated	245,604	-1.3%
41	Côte d’Ivoire Estimated	245,259	-0.8%
42	Uganda Estimated	235,624	-1.5%
43	Ghana Estimated	225,844	+0.3%
44	North Korea Estimated	220,795	+2.2%
45	Niger Estimated	210,082	+1.4%
46	Cameroon Estimated	208,928	-0.2%
47	Chad Estimated	204,769	+0.7%
48	Venezuela Estimated	202,203	+9.7%
49	Iraq Estimated	200,060	+12.4%
50	Morocco Estimated	198,658	+1%
51	Nepal Estimated	197,511	-3.9%
52	Mali Estimated	197,047	+0.1%
53	Madagascar Estimated	194,489	+2.5%
54	Algeria Estimated	189,813	+2.1%
55	Uzbekistan Estimated	186,558	+1%
56	Peru Estimated	186,322	+1.3%
57	Yemen Estimated	181,309	+0.8%
58	Burkina Faso Estimated	181,099	-0.1%
59	Taiwan Estimated	175,631	+5.1%
60	Somalia Estimated	172,955	+1.9%
61	Australia Estimated	159,873	+1%
62	Malaysia Estimated	156,253	+2.9%
63	Netherlands Estimated	148,975	+1.3%
64	Sri Lanka Estimated	142,269	+2.3%
65	Syria Estimated	140,555	-12%
66	Kazakhstan Estimated	132,368	-0.9%
67	Zimbabwe Estimated	128,714	-2.6%
68	Guinea Estimated	127,088	-0.6%
69	Hungary Estimated	126,510	-3.5%
70	Malawi Estimated	126,126	-3.4%
71	Zambia Estimated	121,831	+0.4%
72	Greece Estimated	119,986	-2.4%
73	Belarus Estimated	119,136	-0.6%
74	Benin Estimated	114,439	+1.8%
75	Chile Estimated	111,181	+0.9%
76	Portugal Estimated	108,494	+1.8%
77	Belgium Estimated	108,142	-2.4%
78	Czechia Estimated	107,765	-3.1%
79	Bulgaria Estimated	107,364	-2.4%
80	Cuba Estimated	106,352	+3.4%
81	Serbia Estimated	100,353	+0.6%
82	Senegal Estimated	97,110	+0.6%
83	Cambodia Estimated	95,640	+1.8%
84	Burundi Estimated	92,266	-3.9%
85	Sweden Estimated	90,979	0%
86	Haiti Estimated	86,967	+1.5%
87	Bolivia Estimated	85,123	+0.9%
88	Guatemala Estimated	84,176	+0.5%
89	Ecuador Estimated	82,608	+4.3%
90	Austria Estimated	80,857	-2.9%
91	Sierra Leone Estimated	77,596	-4.9%
92	Rwanda Estimated	75,522	+1.4%
93	Togo Estimated	71,029	+0.2%
94	Tunisia Estimated	69,645	+1.9%
95	Saudi Arabia Estimated	66,911	-1.5%
96	Azerbaijan Estimated	65,872	+1%
97	Switzerland Estimated	65,189	-4.1%
98	Central African Republic Estimated	62,113	+5.8%
99	Dominican Republic Estimated	62,005	+3.2%
100	Papua New Guinea Estimated	60,439	+1.6%
101	Croatia Estimated	54,816	+1.9%
102	Finland Estimated	53,888	+2.8%
103	Denmark Estimated	52,764	+0.2%
104	Slovakia Estimated	51,832	-2.6%
105	Laos Estimated	49,749	-2.6%
106	Georgia Estimated	48,441	+2.2%
107	Hong Kong Estimated	48,404	+1.4%
108	El Salvador Estimated	46,190	+1.2%
109	Tajikistan Estimated	45,765	+0.3%
110	Kyrgyzstan Estimated	43,153	-1.5%
111	Moldova Estimated	42,887	-0.4%
112	Liberia Estimated	42,486	-4.6%
113	Israel Estimated	42,485	-0.7%
114	Bosnia and Herzegovina Estimated	42,469	+1.4%
115	Honduras Estimated	41,814	+1.1%
116	Lithuania Estimated	41,171	-1.5%
117	Norway Estimated	40,639	-0.3%
118	Turkmenistan Estimated	38,767	+1.9%
119	Republic of the Congo Estimated	36,693	+0.4%
120	Libya Estimated	35,680	+1.7%
121	Puerto Rico Estimated	34,515	+3.1%
122	Paraguay Estimated	33,723	+2.9%
123	Uruguay Estimated	32,377	+1.3%
124	Jordan Estimated	31,745	+4.9%
125	New Zealand Estimated	31,406	-1.6%
126	Nicaragua Estimated	30,906	+0.7%
127	Ireland Estimated	30,125	+1.7%
128	Lebanon Estimated	29,830	+2.2%
129	Latvia Estimated	28,661	+0.4%
130	Armenia Estimated	28,584	-0.2%
131	Lesotho Estimated	28,246	-3.7%
132	Mauritania Estimated	27,507	-0.8%
133	Costa Rica Estimated	23,467	+7.8%
134	Singapore Estimated	22,650	+3%
135	Namibia Estimated	21,704	-1.2%
136	Albania Estimated	21,120	+0.6%
137	Eritrea Estimated	21,026	-0.8%
138	Slovenia Estimated	20,338	+2.7%
139	North Macedonia Estimated	19,845	+0.4%
140	Jamaica Estimated	19,420	+3.1%
141	Panama Estimated	19,092	+2.3%
142	Mongolia Estimated	18,637	+0.1%
143	Botswana Estimated	16,678	-4.3%
144	Gambia Estimated	16,644	-0.3%
145	Guinea-Bissau Estimated	15,867	-1.1%
146	Estonia Estimated	15,392	+0.9%
147	Palestine Estimated	15,112	+0.7%
148	Gabon Estimated	14,753	+1.3%
149	Equatorial Guinea Estimated	13,785	+0.9%
150	Eswatini Estimated	12,519	-4.6%
151	Trinidad and Tobago Estimated	10,508	+3.1%
152	Mauritius Estimated	9,558	+1.7%
153	Timor-Leste Estimated	9,342	+1.3%
154	United Arab Emirates Estimated	9,096	+2.7%
155	Oman Estimated	8,858	+2.9%
156	Djibouti Estimated	8,308	-0.2%
157	Fiji Estimated	8,082	+0.1%
158	Cyprus Estimated	7,589	+3%
159	Kuwait Estimated	7,310	+6.1%
160	Montenegro Estimated	6,633	+1.6%
161	Comoros Estimated	5,891	+0.5%
162	Guyana Estimated	5,883	-0.1%
163	Bhutan Estimated	4,912	+1.6%
164	Réunion Estimated	4,231	+1.5%
165	Suriname Estimated	4,155	-0.6%
166	Luxembourg Estimated	4,071	-0.5%
167	Solomon Islands Estimated	3,598	+3.2%
168	Martinique Estimated	3,313	+4.9%
169	Malta Estimated	3,134	+1.3%
170	Bahamas Estimated	3,081	+2.1%
171	Guadeloupe Estimated	3,060	+0.1%
171	Western Sahara Estimated	3,060	+2.5%
173	Bahrain Estimated	2,835	-0.7%
174	Cape Verde Estimated	2,640	+0.3%
175	Barbados Estimated	2,617	+0.6%
176	Macao Estimated	2,600	+3.3%
177	Qatar Estimated	2,392	+1.6%
178	Iceland Estimated	2,330	+6.1%
179	Brunei Estimated	1,873	+4.2%
180	Belize Estimated	1,865	+1.7%
181	New Caledonia Estimated	1,648	+2.3%
182	Vanuatu Estimated	1,529	+1.6%
183	Curaçao Estimated	1,528	+4.7%
184	Saint Lucia Estimated	1,377	+5%
185	São Tomé and Príncipe Estimated	1,330	-1.2%
186	U.S. Virgin Islands Estimated	1,269	+1%
187	Samoa Estimated	1,239	+1.4%
188	Maldives Estimated	1,225	+0.4%
189	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Estimated	1,168	+1%
190	French Guiana Estimated	1,102	+5.7%
191	Guam Estimated	1,007	+2.9%
192	Jersey Estimated	949	+3.9%
193	Grenada Estimated	924	+2.1%
194	French Polynesia Estimated	886	+2.1%
195	Seychelles Estimated	860	+3.2%
196	Aruba Estimated	849	+3.4%
197	Kiribati Estimated	832	+2%
198	Isle of Man Estimated	828	+0.5%
199	Micronesia Estimated	817	+0.5%
200	Monaco Estimated	777	+8.4%
201	Dominica Estimated	722	-5.7%
202	Tonga Estimated	674	-0.4%
203	Mayotte Estimated	661	+7.8%
204	Antigua and Barbuda Estimated	553	+1.8%
205	Guernsey Estimated	552	+3.4%
206	Bermuda Estimated	547	+2.8%
207	Faroe Islands Estimated	511	+0.2%
208	Greenland Estimated	484	+1.3%
209	Saint Kitts and Nevis Estimated	455	+1.1%
210	Andorra Estimated	391	-4.4%
211	Marshall Islands Estimated	313	-1.3%
212	American Samoa Estimated	300	+1.7%
213	Cayman Islands Estimated	298	+2.4%
214	San Marino Estimated	261	+1.2%
215	Turks and Caicos Islands Estimated	255	+8.1%
216	Liechtenstein Estimated	247	+2.1%
217	Gibraltar Estimated	238	+2.1%
218	Sint Maarten Estimated	218	+6.3%
219	Northern Mariana Islands Estimated	198	+2.1%
220	British Virgin Islands Estimated	196	+7.7%
221	Caribbean Netherlands Estimated	177	+4.7%
222	Palau Estimated	174	+3%
223	Saint Martin Estimated	155	+2.6%
224	Cook Islands Estimated	136	+0.7%
225	Tuvalu Estimated	102	-1%
226	Nauru Estimated	85	+1.2%
227	Anguilla Estimated	79	+1.3%
227	Wallis and Futuna Estimated	79	+2.6%
229	Saint Helena Estimated	76	-1.3%
230	Saint Pierre and Miquelon Estimated	75	+1.4%
231	Montserrat Estimated	55	0%
232	Saint Barthélemy Estimated	43	0%
233	Falkland Islands Estimated	25	+4.2%
233	Niue Estimated	25	+4.2%
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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