Countries by deaths

China had the highest deaths of 236 countries in 2017, at 10.05 million. Vatican City had the lowest, at 12. The median was 38,179 and the figure for the World was 57.57 million. Source: the United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division.

Highest10,049,252China

Lowest12Vatican City

Median38,179236 countries

World57,572,254History

Map of countries, 2017

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count, 2017. 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, 2017

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	2017 count	Change on 2016
1	China Estimated	10,049,252	+3.7%
2	India Estimated	9,072,751	+0.8%
3	United States Estimated	2,795,947	+2.3%
4	Nigeria Estimated	2,641,677	+0.8%
5	Indonesia Estimated	2,006,819	+1.1%
6	Russia Estimated	1,768,170	-4%
7	Pakistan Estimated	1,549,530	-0%
8	Japan Estimated	1,383,637	+2.5%
9	Brazil Estimated	1,280,587	+1.2%
10	Germany Estimated	938,507	+2.4%
11	Bangladesh Estimated	893,986	-0.3%
12	Democratic Republic of the Congo Estimated	859,293	+1.6%
13	Ethiopia Estimated	744,211	-0.4%
14	Mexico Estimated	740,091	+3.2%
15	Italy Estimated	656,418	+6.1%
16	United Kingdom Estimated	608,561	+1.5%
17	France Estimated	603,186	+2.5%
18	Philippines Estimated	601,636	-0.4%
19	Vietnam Estimated	593,746	+2%
20	Egypt Estimated	583,607	+0.6%
21	Ukraine Estimated	557,295	-3%
22	South Africa Estimated	508,904	-2%
23	Thailand Estimated	500,215	+2%
24	Türkiye Estimated	469,483	-0.6%
25	Myanmar Estimated	459,519	+0.7%
26	Spain Estimated	423,359	+3.4%
27	Poland Estimated	398,803	+1.7%
28	Iran Estimated	393,723	+1.6%
29	Tanzania Estimated	366,243	+0.1%
30	Kenya Estimated	350,569	+1.6%
31	Argentina Estimated	340,237	-1.5%
32	South Korea Estimated	288,803	+1.7%
33	Sudan Estimated	287,933	+0.4%
34	Canada Estimated	282,311	+4.2%
35	Romania Estimated	267,948	+1.7%
36	South Sudan Estimated	264,326	-1.8%
37	Afghanistan Estimated	261,082	+2.8%
38	Colombia Estimated	255,822	+1.6%
39	Angola Estimated	247,681	+0.1%
40	Côte d’Ivoire Estimated	243,364	-0.8%
41	Mozambique Estimated	243,162	-1%
42	Uganda Estimated	233,815	-0.8%
43	North Korea Estimated	227,687	+3.1%
44	Ghana Estimated	226,810	+0.4%
45	Niger Estimated	213,439	+1.6%
46	Somalia Estimated	209,922	+21.4%
47	Cameroon Estimated	208,719	-0.1%
48	Venezuela Estimated	207,856	+2.8%
49	Chad Estimated	207,416	+1.3%
50	Madagascar Estimated	200,380	+3%
51	Morocco Estimated	199,576	+0.5%
52	Mali Estimated	198,781	+0.9%
53	Nepal Estimated	198,051	+0.3%
54	Algeria Estimated	194,267	+2.3%
55	Peru Estimated	191,148	+2.6%
56	Uzbekistan Estimated	189,718	+1.7%
57	Iraq Estimated	188,913	-5.6%
58	Yemen Estimated	186,781	+3%
59	Burkina Faso Estimated	180,578	-0.3%
60	Taiwan Estimated	175,855	+0.1%
61	Australia Estimated	165,430	+3.5%
62	Malaysia Estimated	159,556	+2.1%
63	Netherlands Estimated	150,192	+0.8%
64	Sri Lanka Estimated	145,953	+2.6%
65	Syria Estimated	139,301	-0.9%
66	Kazakhstan Estimated	131,738	-0.5%
67	Hungary Estimated	131,174	+3.7%
68	Guinea Estimated	128,380	+1%
69	Zimbabwe Estimated	127,197	-1.2%
70	Greece Estimated	126,469	+5.4%
71	Malawi Estimated	122,952	-2.5%
72	Zambia Estimated	122,175	+0.3%
73	Belarus Estimated	119,101	-0%
74	Benin Estimated	115,824	+1.2%
75	Chile Estimated	112,042	+0.8%
76	Czechia Estimated	111,611	+3.6%
77	Cuba Estimated	111,465	+4.8%
78	Belgium Estimated	109,775	+1.5%
79	Bulgaria Estimated	109,605	+2.1%
80	Portugal Estimated	107,841	-0.6%
81	Serbia Estimated	101,113	+0.8%
82	Cambodia Estimated	97,512	+2%
83	Senegal Estimated	97,223	+0.1%
84	Sweden Estimated	91,926	+1%
85	Burundi Estimated	90,489	-1.9%
86	Haiti Estimated	86,297	-0.8%
87	Bolivia Estimated	86,118	+1.2%
88	Ecuador Estimated	84,905	+2.8%
89	Guatemala Estimated	84,186	0%
90	Austria Estimated	83,380	+3.1%
91	Central African Republic Estimated	81,217	+30.8%
92	Sierra Leone Estimated	76,224	-1.8%
93	Rwanda Estimated	76,062	+0.7%
94	Togo Estimated	71,018	-0%
95	Tunisia Estimated	70,700	+1.5%
96	Switzerland Estimated	67,304	+3.2%
97	Azerbaijan Estimated	67,200	+2%
98	Saudi Arabia Estimated	66,924	0%
99	Dominican Republic Estimated	61,863	-0.2%
100	Papua New Guinea Estimated	61,421	+1.6%
101	Croatia Estimated	55,053	+0.4%
102	Finland Estimated	53,679	-0.4%
103	Slovakia Estimated	53,388	+3%
104	Denmark Estimated	53,222	+0.9%
105	Hong Kong Estimated	48,818	+0.9%
106	Laos Estimated	48,742	-2%
107	Georgia Estimated	47,993	-0.9%
108	El Salvador Estimated	46,567	+0.8%
109	Tajikistan Estimated	45,004	-1.7%
110	Israel Estimated	43,445	+2.3%
111	Honduras Estimated	42,626	+1.9%
112	Liberia Estimated	42,499	0%
113	Moldova Estimated	42,325	-1.3%
114	Kyrgyzstan Estimated	42,198	-2.2%
115	Bosnia and Herzegovina Estimated	42,188	-0.7%
116	Norway Estimated	40,713	+0.2%
117	Lithuania Estimated	40,116	-2.6%
118	Turkmenistan Estimated	39,536	+2%
119	Republic of the Congo Estimated	36,821	+0.3%
120	Puerto Rico Estimated	36,487	+5.7%
121	Paraguay Estimated	34,870	+3.4%
122	Libya Estimated	34,326	-3.8%
123	New Zealand Estimated	33,633	+7.1%
124	Uruguay Estimated	32,148	-0.7%
125	Jordan Estimated	31,704	-0.1%
126	Nicaragua Estimated	31,261	+1.1%
127	Lebanon Estimated	30,704	+2.9%
128	Ireland Estimated	29,812	-1%
129	Latvia Estimated	28,835	+0.6%
130	Armenia Estimated	28,497	-0.3%
131	Mauritania Estimated	27,425	-0.3%
132	Lesotho Estimated	27,318	-3.3%
133	Costa Rica Estimated	24,391	+3.9%
134	Singapore Estimated	23,206	+2.5%
135	Albania Estimated	21,368	+1.2%
136	Namibia Estimated	21,359	-1.6%
137	Slovenia Estimated	20,825	+2.4%
138	Eritrea Estimated	20,804	-1.1%
139	Jamaica Estimated	20,041	+3.2%
140	North Macedonia Estimated	19,773	-0.4%
141	Panama Estimated	19,598	+2.7%
142	Mongolia Estimated	18,767	+0.7%
143	Gambia Estimated	16,683	+0.2%
144	Botswana Estimated	15,946	-4.4%
145	Guinea-Bissau Estimated	15,691	-1.1%
146	Estonia Estimated	15,565	+1.1%
147	Palestine Estimated	15,264	+1%
148	Gabon Estimated	14,922	+1.1%
149	Equatorial Guinea Estimated	13,929	+1%
150	Eswatini Estimated	11,907	-4.9%
151	Trinidad and Tobago Estimated	10,831	+3.1%
152	Mauritius Estimated	9,698	+1.5%
153	Timor-Leste Estimated	9,462	+1.3%
154	Oman Estimated	9,042	+2.1%
155	United Arab Emirates Estimated	8,961	-1.5%
156	Djibouti Estimated	8,356	+0.6%
157	Fiji Estimated	7,989	-1.2%
158	Cyprus Estimated	7,914	+4.3%
159	Kuwait Estimated	7,732	+5.8%
160	Montenegro Estimated	6,696	+0.9%
161	Comoros Estimated	5,923	+0.5%
162	Guyana Estimated	5,833	-0.8%
163	Bhutan Estimated	5,011	+2%
164	Luxembourg Estimated	4,382	+7.6%
165	Réunion Estimated	4,334	+2.4%
166	Suriname Estimated	4,180	+0.6%
167	Solomon Islands Estimated	3,730	+3.7%
168	Martinique Estimated	3,346	+1%
169	Bahamas Estimated	3,171	+2.9%
170	Malta Estimated	3,156	+0.7%
171	Western Sahara Estimated	3,143	+2.7%
172	Guadeloupe Estimated	3,111	+1.7%
173	Bahrain Estimated	2,945	+3.9%
174	Macao Estimated	2,695	+3.7%
175	Barbados Estimated	2,641	+0.9%
176	Cape Verde Estimated	2,623	-0.6%
177	Qatar Estimated	2,439	+2%
178	Iceland Estimated	2,243	-3.7%
179	Brunei Estimated	1,951	+4.2%
180	Belize Estimated	1,901	+1.9%
181	New Caledonia Estimated	1,682	+2.1%
182	Curaçao Estimated	1,566	+2.5%
183	Vanuatu Estimated	1,565	+2.4%
184	Saint Lucia Estimated	1,409	+2.3%
185	São Tomé and Príncipe Estimated	1,319	-0.8%
186	U.S. Virgin Islands Estimated	1,288	+1.5%
187	Samoa Estimated	1,253	+1.1%
188	Maldives Estimated	1,230	+0.4%
189	French Guiana Estimated	1,160	+5.3%
190	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Estimated	1,153	-1.3%
191	Guam Estimated	1,028	+2.1%
192	Jersey Estimated	985	+3.8%
193	Grenada Estimated	943	+2.1%
194	Dominica Estimated	933	+29.2%
195	French Polynesia Estimated	903	+1.9%
196	Seychelles Estimated	889	+3.4%
197	Aruba Estimated	882	+3.9%
198	Kiribati Estimated	852	+2.4%
199	Isle of Man Estimated	834	+0.7%
200	Micronesia Estimated	824	+0.9%
201	Monaco Estimated	794	+2.2%
202	Mayotte Estimated	695	+5.1%
203	Tonga Estimated	670	-0.6%
204	Guernsey Estimated	570	+3.3%
205	Antigua and Barbuda Estimated	563	+1.8%
206	Bermuda Estimated	553	+1.1%
207	Faroe Islands Estimated	517	+1.2%
208	Greenland Estimated	493	+1.9%
209	Saint Kitts and Nevis Estimated	460	+1.1%
210	Andorra Estimated	401	+2.6%
211	Marshall Islands Estimated	309	-1.3%
212	Cayman Islands Estimated	306	+2.7%
213	American Samoa Estimated	302	+0.7%
214	Turks and Caicos Islands Estimated	271	+6.3%
215	San Marino Estimated	263	+0.8%
216	Liechtenstein Estimated	251	+1.6%
217	Sint Maarten Estimated	241	+10.6%
218	Gibraltar Estimated	240	+0.8%
219	Northern Mariana Islands Estimated	201	+1.5%
220	British Virgin Islands Estimated	184	-6.1%
220	Caribbean Netherlands Estimated	184	+4%
222	Palau Estimated	179	+2.9%
223	Saint Martin Estimated	173	+11.6%
224	Cook Islands Estimated	138	+1.5%
225	Tuvalu Estimated	101	-1%
226	Nauru Estimated	86	+1.2%
227	Anguilla Estimated	85	+7.6%
228	Wallis and Futuna Estimated	80	+1.3%
229	Saint Helena Estimated	75	-1.3%
229	Saint Pierre and Miquelon Estimated	75	0%
231	Montserrat Estimated	55	0%
232	Saint Barthélemy Estimated	47	+9.3%
233	Falkland Islands Estimated	25	0%
233	Niue Estimated	25	0%
235	Tokelau Estimated	12	0%
235	Vatican City Estimated	12	+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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