Countries by deaths

China had the highest deaths of 236 countries in 2018, at 9.97 million. Vatican City had the lowest, at 11. The median was 38,328 and the figure for the World was 57.79 million. Source: the United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division.

Highest9,967,028China

Lowest11Vatican City

Median38,328236 countries

World57,792,804History

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count, 2018. 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, 2018

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	2018 count	Change on 2017
1	China Estimated	9,967,028	-0.8%
2	India Estimated	9,169,448	+1.1%
3	United States Estimated	2,818,628	+0.8%
4	Nigeria Estimated	2,654,289	+0.5%
5	Indonesia Estimated	2,041,291	+1.7%
6	Russia Estimated	1,790,069	+1.2%
7	Pakistan Estimated	1,554,982	+0.4%
8	Japan Estimated	1,410,420	+1.9%
9	Brazil Estimated	1,306,179	+2%
10	Germany Estimated	961,483	+2.4%
11	Bangladesh Estimated	889,864	-0.5%
12	Democratic Republic of the Congo Estimated	868,697	+1.1%
13	Mexico Estimated	756,309	+2.2%
14	Ethiopia Estimated	747,103	+0.4%
15	Italy Estimated	635,634	-3.2%
16	Philippines Estimated	629,700	+4.7%
17	United Kingdom Estimated	617,718	+1.5%
18	France Estimated	604,978	+0.3%
19	Vietnam Estimated	602,701	+1.5%
20	Ukraine Estimated	594,815	+6.7%
21	Egypt Estimated	584,762	+0.2%
22	South Africa Estimated	515,166	+1.2%
23	Thailand Estimated	511,579	+2.3%
24	Türkiye Estimated	468,091	-0.3%
25	Myanmar Estimated	461,396	+0.4%
26	Spain Estimated	426,886	+0.8%
27	Poland Estimated	408,900	+2.5%
28	Iran Estimated	400,023	+1.6%
29	Tanzania Estimated	366,536	+0.1%
30	Kenya Estimated	360,811	+2.9%
31	Argentina Estimated	338,605	-0.5%
32	South Korea Estimated	302,790	+4.8%
33	Sudan Estimated	293,941	+2.1%
34	Canada Estimated	289,728	+2.6%
35	Romania Estimated	269,435	+0.6%
36	Afghanistan Estimated	267,162	+2.3%
37	Colombia Estimated	262,298	+2.5%
38	Angola Estimated	248,110	+0.2%
39	Mozambique Estimated	241,563	-0.7%
40	Côte d’Ivoire Estimated	241,017	-1%
41	North Korea Estimated	235,016	+3.2%
42	Uganda Estimated	233,303	-0.2%
43	Ghana Estimated	228,182	+0.6%
44	Niger Estimated	216,762	+1.6%
45	Cameroon Estimated	209,154	+0.2%
46	Yemen Estimated	208,411	+11.6%
47	Chad Estimated	207,721	+0.1%
48	Madagascar Estimated	205,953	+2.8%
49	Morocco Estimated	201,292	+0.9%
50	Mali Estimated	199,803	+0.5%
51	Venezuela Estimated	199,264	-4.1%
52	Nepal Estimated	198,513	+0.2%
53	Algeria Estimated	198,383	+2.1%
54	Peru Estimated	196,900	+3%
55	Uzbekistan Estimated	192,057	+1.2%
56	Somalia Estimated	191,468	-8.8%
57	Burkina Faso Estimated	179,399	-0.7%
58	Iraq Estimated	175,615	-7%
59	Taiwan Estimated	175,157	-0.4%
60	Malaysia Estimated	162,771	+2%
61	Australia Estimated	160,793	-2.8%
62	Netherlands Estimated	153,488	+2.2%
63	Sri Lanka Estimated	148,574	+1.8%
64	Kazakhstan Estimated	131,961	+0.2%
65	Hungary Estimated	130,528	-0.5%
66	Guinea Estimated	128,964	+0.5%
67	Syria Estimated	128,118	-8%
68	South Sudan Estimated	125,762	-52.4%
69	Zimbabwe Estimated	125,094	-1.7%
70	Greece Estimated	122,310	-3.3%
71	Belarus Estimated	121,806	+2.3%
72	Zambia Estimated	121,767	-0.3%
73	Malawi Estimated	121,281	-1.4%
74	Benin Estimated	117,361	+1.3%
75	Chile Estimated	117,053	+4.5%
76	Czechia Estimated	112,925	+1.2%
77	Portugal Estimated	111,263	+3.2%
78	Belgium Estimated	110,783	+0.9%
79	Cuba Estimated	110,763	-0.6%
80	Bulgaria Estimated	108,369	-1.1%
81	Serbia Estimated	100,122	-1%
82	Cambodia Estimated	99,702	+2.2%
83	Senegal Estimated	97,376	+0.2%
84	Sweden Estimated	92,256	+0.4%
85	Burundi Estimated	89,646	-0.9%
86	Bolivia Estimated	87,019	+1%
87	Haiti Estimated	86,899	+0.7%
88	Guatemala Estimated	86,507	+2.8%
89	Austria Estimated	84,398	+1.2%
90	Ecuador Estimated	79,254	-6.7%
91	Rwanda Estimated	77,506	+1.9%
92	Sierra Leone Estimated	73,100	-4.1%
93	Tunisia Estimated	71,620	+1.3%
94	Togo Estimated	71,007	-0%
95	Saudi Arabia Estimated	67,662	+1.1%
96	Switzerland Estimated	67,599	+0.4%
97	Azerbaijan Estimated	67,313	+0.2%
98	Dominican Republic Estimated	63,148	+2.1%
99	Papua New Guinea Estimated	62,576	+1.9%
100	Central African Republic Estimated	60,510	-25.5%
101	Denmark Estimated	55,175	+3.7%
102	Croatia Estimated	54,586	-0.8%
103	Finland Estimated	54,439	+1.4%
104	Slovakia Estimated	53,768	+0.7%
105	Hong Kong Estimated	49,138	+0.7%
106	Laos Estimated	48,226	-1.1%
107	El Salvador Estimated	46,257	-0.7%
108	Georgia Estimated	45,833	-4.5%
109	Tajikistan Estimated	45,586	+1.3%
110	Israel Estimated	43,643	+0.5%
111	Honduras Estimated	43,478	+2%
112	Moldova Estimated	42,986	+1.6%
113	Kyrgyzstan Estimated	42,973	+1.8%
114	Liberia Estimated	42,724	+0.5%
115	Norway Estimated	40,805	+0.2%
116	Bosnia and Herzegovina Estimated	40,575	-3.8%
117	Turkmenistan Estimated	40,191	+1.7%
118	Lithuania Estimated	39,599	-1.3%
119	Republic of the Congo Estimated	37,057	+0.6%
120	Paraguay Estimated	35,440	+1.6%
121	Libya Estimated	34,294	-0.1%
122	New Zealand Estimated	33,625	-0%
123	Puerto Rico Estimated	32,771	-10.2%
124	Uruguay Estimated	32,350	+0.6%
125	Jordan Estimated	31,925	+0.7%
126	Lebanon Estimated	31,085	+1.2%
127	Nicaragua Estimated	30,927	-1.1%
128	Ireland Estimated	30,617	+2.7%
129	Latvia Estimated	28,825	-0%
130	Armenia Estimated	28,426	-0.2%
131	Mauritania Estimated	27,266	-0.6%
132	Lesotho Estimated	26,633	-2.5%
133	Costa Rica Estimated	25,067	+2.8%
134	Singapore Estimated	23,582	+1.6%
135	Albania Estimated	21,344	-0.1%
136	Namibia Estimated	20,945	-1.9%
137	Slovenia Estimated	20,858	+0.2%
138	Jamaica Estimated	20,773	+3.7%
139	Eritrea Estimated	20,703	-0.5%
140	Panama Estimated	19,682	+0.4%
141	Mongolia Estimated	19,013	+1.3%
142	North Macedonia Estimated	18,938	-4.2%
143	Gambia Estimated	16,711	+0.2%
144	Estonia Estimated	15,757	+1.2%
145	Palestine Estimated	15,603	+2.2%
146	Guinea-Bissau Estimated	15,570	-0.8%
147	Botswana Estimated	15,370	-3.6%
148	Gabon Estimated	15,082	+1.1%
149	Equatorial Guinea Estimated	14,041	+0.8%
150	Eswatini Estimated	11,481	-3.6%
151	Trinidad and Tobago Estimated	11,384	+5.1%
152	Mauritius Estimated	10,311	+6.3%
153	Timor-Leste Estimated	9,586	+1.3%
154	Oman Estimated	9,158	+1.3%
155	United Arab Emirates Estimated	8,944	-0.2%
156	Djibouti Estimated	8,392	+0.4%
157	Kuwait Estimated	8,228	+6.4%
158	Fiji Estimated	8,198	+2.6%
159	Cyprus Estimated	8,110	+2.5%
160	Montenegro Estimated	6,716	+0.3%
161	Comoros Estimated	5,967	+0.7%
162	Guyana Estimated	5,863	+0.5%
163	Bhutan Estimated	4,923	-1.8%
164	Réunion Estimated	4,472	+3.2%
165	Luxembourg Estimated	4,409	+0.6%
166	Suriname Estimated	4,233	+1.3%
167	Solomon Islands Estimated	3,879	+4%
168	Martinique Estimated	3,406	+1.8%
169	Malta Estimated	3,362	+6.5%
170	Guadeloupe Estimated	3,273	+5.2%
171	Bahamas Estimated	3,250	+2.5%
172	Western Sahara Estimated	3,232	+2.8%
173	Bahrain Estimated	3,047	+3.5%
174	Macao Estimated	2,729	+1.3%
175	Barbados Estimated	2,655	+0.5%
176	Cape Verde Estimated	2,650	+1%
177	Qatar Estimated	2,421	-0.7%
178	Iceland Estimated	2,266	+1%
179	Brunei Estimated	2,032	+4.2%
180	Belize Estimated	1,928	+1.4%
181	New Caledonia Estimated	1,721	+2.3%
182	Curaçao Estimated	1,611	+2.9%
183	Vanuatu Estimated	1,586	+1.3%
184	Saint Lucia Estimated	1,426	+1.2%
185	São Tomé and Príncipe Estimated	1,307	-0.9%
186	U.S. Virgin Islands Estimated	1,299	+0.9%
187	Samoa Estimated	1,276	+1.8%
188	Maldives Estimated	1,250	+1.6%
189	French Guiana Estimated	1,181	+1.8%
190	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Estimated	1,165	+1%
191	Guam Estimated	1,043	+1.5%
192	Jersey Estimated	1,024	+4%
193	Grenada Estimated	964	+2.2%
194	Seychelles Estimated	923	+3.8%
195	French Polynesia Estimated	921	+2%
196	Aruba Estimated	897	+1.7%
197	Kiribati Estimated	871	+2.2%
198	Dominica Estimated	853	-8.6%
199	Isle of Man Estimated	841	+0.8%
200	Micronesia Estimated	833	+1.1%
201	Monaco Estimated	812	+2.3%
202	Mayotte Estimated	726	+4.5%
203	Tonga Estimated	676	+0.9%
204	Antigua and Barbuda Estimated	574	+2%
205	Bermuda Estimated	555	+0.4%
206	Guernsey Estimated	554	-2.8%
207	Faroe Islands Estimated	523	+1.2%
208	Greenland Estimated	503	+2%
209	Saint Kitts and Nevis Estimated	466	+1.3%
210	Andorra Estimated	412	+2.7%
211	Cayman Islands Estimated	314	+2.6%
212	American Samoa Estimated	306	+1.3%
213	Marshall Islands Estimated	304	-1.6%
214	Turks and Caicos Islands Estimated	288	+6.3%
215	San Marino Estimated	265	+0.8%
216	Liechtenstein Estimated	259	+3.2%
217	Sint Maarten Estimated	257	+6.6%
218	Gibraltar Estimated	241	+0.4%
219	Caribbean Netherlands Estimated	203	+10.3%
219	Northern Mariana Islands Estimated	203	+1%
221	British Virgin Islands Estimated	185	+0.5%
222	Palau Estimated	184	+2.8%
223	Saint Martin Estimated	161	-6.9%
224	Cook Islands Estimated	137	-0.7%
225	Tuvalu Estimated	99	-2%
226	Nauru Estimated	87	+1.2%
227	Anguilla Estimated	83	-2.4%
228	Wallis and Futuna Estimated	81	+1.3%
229	Saint Helena Estimated	77	+2.7%
230	Saint Pierre and Miquelon Estimated	75	0%
231	Montserrat Estimated	55	0%
232	Saint Barthélemy Estimated	43	-8.5%
233	Falkland Islands Estimated	26	+4%
234	Niue Estimated	25	0%
235	Tokelau Estimated	12	0%
236	Vatican City Estimated	11	-8.3%

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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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