Countries by deaths

China had the highest deaths of 236 countries in 2019, at 10.13 million. Vatican City had the lowest, at 11. The median was 39,438 and the figure for the World was 58.35 million. Source: the United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division.

Highest10,128,804China

Lowest11Vatican City

Median39,438236 countries

World58,354,932History

Map of countries, 2019

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count, 2019. 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, 2019

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	2019 count	Change on 2018
1	China Estimated	10,128,804	+1.6%
2	India Estimated	9,264,482	+1%
3	United States Estimated	2,842,471	+0.8%
4	Nigeria Estimated	2,655,999	+0.1%
5	Indonesia Estimated	2,059,518	+0.9%
6	Russia Estimated	1,789,412	-0%
7	Pakistan Estimated	1,562,917	+0.5%
8	Japan Estimated	1,432,117	+1.5%
9	Brazil Estimated	1,338,510	+2.5%
10	Germany Estimated	946,642	-1.5%
11	Bangladesh Estimated	885,871	-0.4%
12	Democratic Republic of the Congo Estimated	879,238	+1.2%
13	Mexico Estimated	765,041	+1.2%
14	Ethiopia Estimated	750,139	+0.4%
15	Philippines Estimated	653,287	+3.7%
16	Italy Estimated	643,911	+1.3%
17	Vietnam Estimated	612,164	+1.6%
18	France Estimated	608,890	+0.6%
19	United Kingdom Estimated	605,258	-2%
20	Egypt Estimated	589,119	+0.7%
21	Ukraine Estimated	587,987	-1.1%
22	Thailand Estimated	530,844	+3.8%
23	South Africa Estimated	521,416	+1.2%
24	Türkiye Estimated	471,135	+0.7%
25	Myanmar Estimated	465,700	+0.9%
26	Spain Estimated	418,410	-2%
27	Iran Estimated	405,563	+1.4%
28	Poland Estimated	403,771	-1.3%
29	Kenya Estimated	373,459	+3.5%
30	Tanzania Estimated	365,898	-0.2%
31	Argentina Estimated	345,229	+2%
32	South Korea Estimated	307,997	+1.7%
33	Sudan Estimated	298,310	+1.5%
34	Canada Estimated	288,926	-0.3%
35	Colombia Estimated	268,512	+2.4%
36	Afghanistan Estimated	267,424	+0.1%
37	Romania Estimated	265,725	-1.4%
38	Angola Estimated	249,318	+0.5%
39	North Korea Estimated	242,833	+3.3%
40	Mozambique Estimated	241,399	-0.1%
41	Côte d’Ivoire Estimated	239,424	-0.7%
42	Uganda Estimated	233,041	-0.1%
43	Ghana Estimated	229,447	+0.6%
44	Niger Estimated	219,687	+1.3%
45	Madagascar Estimated	212,165	+3%
46	Chad Estimated	208,890	+0.6%
47	Cameroon Estimated	208,209	-0.5%
48	Yemen Estimated	205,725	-1.3%
49	Morocco Estimated	203,826	+1.3%
50	Algeria Estimated	202,650	+2.2%
51	Peru Estimated	199,891	+1.5%
52	Mali Estimated	199,616	-0.1%
53	Nepal Estimated	199,574	+0.5%
54	Venezuela Estimated	196,850	-1.2%
55	Uzbekistan Estimated	196,815	+2.5%
56	Iraq Estimated	179,603	+2.3%
57	Burkina Faso Estimated	179,510	+0.1%
58	Taiwan Estimated	178,236	+1.8%
59	Somalia Estimated	174,865	-8.7%
60	Malaysia Estimated	166,531	+2.3%
61	Australia Estimated	166,046	+3.3%
62	Netherlands Estimated	151,976	-1%
63	Sri Lanka Estimated	151,041	+1.7%
64	Central African Republic Estimated	149,575	+147.2%
65	Kazakhstan Estimated	132,755	+0.6%
66	Guinea Estimated	129,627	+0.5%
67	Hungary Estimated	129,068	-1.1%
68	Greece Estimated	126,948	+3.8%
69	Zimbabwe Estimated	126,465	+1.1%
70	Belarus Estimated	124,184	+2%
71	Chile Estimated	124,016	+5.9%
72	Zambia Estimated	120,012	-1.4%
73	Malawi Estimated	119,875	-1.2%
74	Benin Estimated	118,810	+1.2%
75	Cuba Estimated	112,553	+1.6%
76	Czechia Estimated	112,452	-0.4%
77	Portugal Estimated	109,809	-1.3%
78	Belgium Estimated	108,977	-1.6%
79	Bulgaria Estimated	107,892	-0.4%
80	Syria Estimated	107,552	-16.1%
81	Cambodia Estimated	102,000	+2.3%
82	Serbia Estimated	100,267	+0.1%
83	Senegal Estimated	97,771	+0.4%
84	South Sudan Estimated	96,958	-22.9%
85	Burundi Estimated	90,619	+1.1%
86	Sweden Estimated	88,778	-3.8%
87	Bolivia Estimated	88,173	+1.3%
88	Guatemala Estimated	87,527	+1.2%
89	Haiti Estimated	87,459	+0.6%
90	Austria Estimated	83,684	-0.8%
91	Ecuador Estimated	82,414	+4%
92	Rwanda Estimated	78,349	+1.1%
93	Sierra Leone Estimated	72,604	-0.7%
94	Tunisia Estimated	72,424	+1.1%
95	Togo Estimated	71,037	0%
96	Saudi Arabia Estimated	69,950	+3.4%
97	Switzerland Estimated	68,100	+0.7%
98	Azerbaijan Estimated	67,284	-0%
99	Dominican Republic Estimated	66,807	+5.8%
100	Papua New Guinea Estimated	63,649	+1.7%
101	Finland Estimated	54,093	-0.6%
102	Denmark Estimated	53,901	-2.3%
103	Croatia Estimated	53,353	-2.3%
104	Slovakia Estimated	52,698	-2%
105	Hong Kong Estimated	49,743	+1.2%
106	Laos Estimated	47,765	-1%
107	El Salvador Estimated	46,288	+0.1%
108	Tajikistan Estimated	46,149	+1.2%
109	Georgia Estimated	45,869	+0.1%
110	Israel Estimated	45,069	+3.3%
111	Honduras Estimated	44,602	+2.6%
112	Bosnia and Herzegovina Estimated	43,832	+8%
113	Moldova Estimated	43,325	+0.8%
114	Kyrgyzstan Estimated	43,057	+0.2%
115	Liberia Estimated	42,940	+0.5%
116	Republic of the Congo Estimated	41,248	+11.3%
117	Turkmenistan Estimated	40,728	+1.3%
118	Norway Estimated	40,591	-0.5%
119	Lithuania Estimated	38,285	-3.3%
120	Paraguay Estimated	36,379	+2.6%
121	Libya Estimated	35,900	+4.7%
122	New Zealand Estimated	34,379	+2.2%
123	Uruguay Estimated	33,136	+2.4%
124	Jordan Estimated	32,367	+1.4%
125	Nicaragua Estimated	32,095	+3.8%
126	Puerto Rico Estimated	31,921	-2.6%
127	Lebanon Estimated	31,628	+1.7%
128	Ireland Estimated	30,667	+0.2%
129	Armenia Estimated	28,433	0%
130	Latvia Estimated	27,789	-3.6%
131	Mauritania Estimated	27,318	+0.2%
132	Lesotho Estimated	26,138	-1.9%
133	Costa Rica Estimated	25,619	+2.2%
134	Singapore Estimated	23,926	+1.5%
135	Albania Estimated	21,560	+1%
136	Jamaica Estimated	21,262	+2.4%
137	Slovenia Estimated	20,992	+0.6%
138	Eritrea Estimated	20,779	+0.4%
139	Namibia Estimated	20,468	-2.3%
140	Panama Estimated	19,984	+1.5%
141	Mongolia Estimated	19,685	+3.5%
142	North Macedonia Estimated	19,661	+3.8%
143	Gambia Estimated	16,725	+0.1%
144	Palestine Estimated	15,537	-0.4%
145	Guinea-Bissau Estimated	15,471	-0.6%
146	Estonia Estimated	15,395	-2.3%
147	Gabon Estimated	15,178	+0.6%
148	Botswana Estimated	14,945	-2.8%
149	Equatorial Guinea Estimated	14,189	+1.1%
150	Trinidad and Tobago Estimated	11,802	+3.7%
151	Eswatini Estimated	11,058	-3.7%
152	Mauritius Estimated	10,750	+4.3%
153	Timor-Leste Estimated	9,727	+1.5%
154	Oman Estimated	9,188	+0.3%
155	United Arab Emirates Estimated	8,981	+0.4%
156	Kuwait Estimated	8,869	+7.8%
157	Cyprus Estimated	8,491	+4.7%
158	Djibouti Estimated	8,489	+1.2%
159	Fiji Estimated	8,318	+1.5%
160	Montenegro Estimated	6,881	+2.5%
161	Guyana Estimated	6,060	+3.4%
162	Comoros Estimated	6,013	+0.8%
163	Bhutan Estimated	4,856	-1.4%
164	Réunion Estimated	4,675	+4.5%
165	Luxembourg Estimated	4,408	-0%
166	Suriname Estimated	4,261	+0.7%
167	Solomon Islands Estimated	4,039	+4.1%
168	Bahamas Estimated	3,679	+13.2%
169	Guadeloupe Estimated	3,568	+9%
170	Malta Estimated	3,522	+4.8%
171	Martinique Estimated	3,509	+3%
172	Western Sahara Estimated	3,328	+3%
173	Bahrain Estimated	3,126	+2.6%
174	Macao Estimated	2,898	+6.2%
175	Barbados Estimated	2,676	+0.8%
176	Cape Verde Estimated	2,573	-2.9%
177	Qatar Estimated	2,354	-2.8%
178	Iceland Estimated	2,280	+0.6%
179	Brunei Estimated	2,115	+4.1%
180	Belize Estimated	1,945	+0.9%
181	New Caledonia Estimated	1,781	+3.5%
182	Curaçao Estimated	1,696	+5.3%
183	Vanuatu Estimated	1,604	+1.1%
184	Saint Lucia Estimated	1,497	+5%
185	Samoa Estimated	1,370	+7.4%
186	French Guiana Estimated	1,322	+11.9%
187	U.S. Virgin Islands Estimated	1,312	+1%
188	São Tomé and Príncipe Estimated	1,305	-0.2%
189	Maldives Estimated	1,258	+0.6%
190	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Estimated	1,176	+0.9%
191	Jersey Estimated	1,063	+3.8%
192	Guam Estimated	1,057	+1.3%
193	Grenada Estimated	984	+2.1%
194	Seychelles Estimated	959	+3.9%
195	French Polynesia Estimated	940	+2.1%
196	Aruba Estimated	925	+3.1%
197	Kiribati Estimated	889	+2.1%
198	Dominica Estimated	856	+0.4%
199	Monaco Estimated	852	+4.9%
200	Isle of Man Estimated	847	+0.7%
201	Micronesia Estimated	838	+0.6%
202	Mayotte Estimated	747	+2.9%
203	Tonga Estimated	679	+0.4%
204	Antigua and Barbuda Estimated	589	+2.6%
205	Bermuda Estimated	558	+0.5%
206	Guernsey Estimated	539	-2.7%
207	Faroe Islands Estimated	532	+1.7%
208	Greenland Estimated	513	+2%
209	Saint Kitts and Nevis Estimated	469	+0.6%
210	Andorra Estimated	425	+3.2%
211	Cayman Islands Estimated	324	+3.2%
212	American Samoa Estimated	311	+1.6%
213	Turks and Caicos Islands Estimated	304	+5.6%
214	Marshall Islands Estimated	299	-1.6%
215	Sint Maarten Estimated	278	+8.2%
216	San Marino Estimated	267	+0.8%
217	Liechtenstein Estimated	265	+2.3%
218	Gibraltar Estimated	242	+0.4%
219	Saint Martin Estimated	236	+46.6%
220	Caribbean Netherlands Estimated	210	+3.4%
221	British Virgin Islands Estimated	208	+12.4%
222	Northern Mariana Islands Estimated	199	-2%
223	Palau Estimated	189	+2.7%
224	Cook Islands Estimated	136	-0.7%
225	Tuvalu Estimated	97	-2%
226	Nauru Estimated	88	+1.1%
227	Anguilla Estimated	84	+1.2%
228	Wallis and Futuna Estimated	82	+1.2%
229	Saint Helena Estimated	79	+2.6%
230	Saint Pierre and Miquelon Estimated	77	+2.7%
231	Montserrat Estimated	56	+1.8%
232	Saint Barthélemy Estimated	46	+7%
233	Falkland Islands Estimated	26	0%
234	Niue Estimated	25	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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