Countries by deaths

China had the highest deaths of 236 countries in 2020, at 10.41 million. Vatican City had the lowest, at 12. The median was 42,318 and the figure for the World was 63.55 million. Source: the United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division.

Highest10,411,385China

Lowest12Vatican City

Median42,318236 countries

World63,546,315History

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count, 2020. 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, 2020

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	2020 count	Change on 2019
1	China Estimated	10,411,385	+2.8%
2	India Estimated	10,118,286	+9.2%
3	United States Estimated	3,384,290	+19.1%
4	Nigeria Estimated	2,693,283	+1.4%
5	Indonesia Estimated	2,430,254	+18%
6	Russia Estimated	2,158,766	+20.6%
7	Pakistan Estimated	1,715,724	+9.8%
8	Brazil Estimated	1,565,282	+16.9%
9	Japan Estimated	1,423,305	-0.6%
10	Mexico Estimated	1,068,736	+39.7%
11	Bangladesh Estimated	1,018,769	+15%
12	Germany Estimated	990,849	+4.7%
13	Democratic Republic of the Congo Estimated	893,708	+1.6%
14	Ethiopia Estimated	761,475	+1.5%
15	Italy Estimated	750,380	+16.5%
16	Egypt Estimated	700,364	+18.9%
17	United Kingdom Estimated	691,537	+14.3%
18	France Estimated	664,556	+9.1%
19	Philippines Estimated	653,597	0%
20	Ukraine Estimated	645,108	+9.7%
21	South Africa Estimated	586,414	+12.5%
22	Vietnam Estimated	570,112	-6.9%
23	Türkiye Estimated	566,484	+20.2%
24	Iran Estimated	564,816	+39.3%
25	Thailand Estimated	545,792	+2.8%
26	Spain Estimated	495,378	+18.4%
27	Myanmar Estimated	476,822	+2.4%
28	Poland Estimated	459,375	+13.8%
29	Kenya Estimated	414,434	+11%
30	Argentina Estimated	381,886	+10.6%
31	Tanzania Estimated	360,300	-1.5%
32	Colombia Estimated	335,210	+24.8%
33	Sudan Estimated	317,497	+6.4%
34	South Korea Estimated	317,301	+3%
35	Canada Estimated	311,994	+8%
36	Romania Estimated	301,133	+13.3%
37	Afghanistan Estimated	295,554	+10.5%
38	Algeria Estimated	263,716	+30.1%
39	Angola Estimated	255,166	+2.3%
40	North Korea Estimated	254,074	+4.6%
41	Mozambique Estimated	246,482	+2.1%
42	Côte d’Ivoire Estimated	245,569	+2.6%
43	Peru Estimated	243,510	+21.8%
44	Uganda Estimated	238,847	+2.5%
45	Ghana Estimated	237,221	+3.4%
46	Morocco Estimated	237,013	+16.3%
47	Madagascar Estimated	227,845	+7.4%
48	Niger Estimated	225,945	+2.8%
49	Uzbekistan Estimated	217,204	+10.4%
50	Cameroon Estimated	212,482	+2.1%
51	Chad Estimated	212,340	+1.7%
52	Yemen Estimated	210,725	+2.4%
53	Nepal Estimated	210,634	+5.5%
54	Iraq Estimated	210,459	+17.2%
55	Mali Estimated	206,314	+3.4%
56	Venezuela Estimated	204,848	+4.1%
57	Somalia Estimated	180,396	+3.2%
58	Burkina Faso Estimated	178,804	-0.4%
59	Taiwan Estimated	174,242	-2.2%
60	Malaysia Estimated	170,585	+2.4%
61	Netherlands Estimated	168,607	+10.9%
62	Kazakhstan Estimated	167,261	+26%
63	Australia Estimated	163,847	-1.3%
64	Sri Lanka Estimated	153,684	+1.7%
65	Belarus Estimated	147,592	+18.8%
66	Chile Estimated	143,199	+15.5%
67	Hungary Estimated	140,532	+8.9%
68	Guinea Estimated	132,627	+2.3%
69	Ecuador Estimated	131,146	+59.1%
70	Czechia Estimated	129,215	+14.9%
71	Bolivia Estimated	128,039	+45.2%
72	Belgium Estimated	127,251	+16.8%
73	Zimbabwe Estimated	126,360	-0.1%
74	Bulgaria Estimated	124,104	+15%
75	Greece Estimated	122,913	-3.2%
76	Portugal Estimated	121,309	+10.5%
77	Malawi Estimated	120,892	+0.8%
78	Benin Estimated	119,849	+0.9%
79	Zambia Estimated	119,310	-0.6%
80	Cuba Estimated	116,268	+3.3%
81	Serbia Estimated	114,911	+14.6%
82	Syria Estimated	106,459	-1%
83	Cambodia Estimated	106,051	+4%
84	South Sudan Estimated	102,646	+5.9%
85	Senegal Estimated	101,604	+3.9%
86	Guatemala Estimated	101,280	+15.7%
87	Sweden Estimated	98,379	+10.8%
88	Haiti Estimated	93,139	+6.5%
89	Burundi Estimated	90,725	+0.1%
90	Azerbaijan Estimated	88,000	+30.8%
91	Austria Estimated	84,148	+0.6%
92	Tunisia Estimated	79,609	+9.9%
93	Rwanda Estimated	79,562	+1.5%
94	Switzerland Estimated	76,427	+12.2%
95	Saudi Arabia Estimated	76,244	+9%
96	Sierra Leone Estimated	73,738	+1.6%
97	Togo Estimated	72,705	+2.3%
98	Dominican Republic Estimated	71,263	+6.7%
99	Papua New Guinea Estimated	66,981	+5.2%
100	Central African Republic Estimated	66,646	-55.4%
101	Slovakia Estimated	59,735	+13.4%
102	Croatia Estimated	57,059	+6.9%
103	Tajikistan Estimated	57,033	+23.6%
104	Finland Estimated	55,419	+2.5%
105	Denmark Estimated	54,679	+1.4%
106	Hong Kong Estimated	54,624	+9.8%
107	El Salvador Estimated	53,401	+15.4%
108	Kyrgyzstan Estimated	51,349	+19.3%
109	Honduras Estimated	51,204	+14.8%
110	Bosnia and Herzegovina Estimated	50,060	+14.2%
111	Georgia Estimated	49,203	+7.3%
112	Israel Estimated	47,643	+5.7%
113	Laos Estimated	47,553	-0.4%
114	Moldova Estimated	45,297	+4.6%
115	Liberia Estimated	43,754	+1.9%
116	Nicaragua Estimated	43,746	+36.3%
117	Turkmenistan Estimated	43,617	+7.1%
118	Lithuania Estimated	43,553	+13.8%
119	Armenia Estimated	41,082	+44.5%
120	Norway Estimated	40,591	0%
121	Paraguay Estimated	40,249	+10.6%
122	Republic of the Congo Estimated	39,109	-5.2%
123	Libya Estimated	39,063	+8.8%
124	Jordan Estimated	37,922	+17.2%
125	Lebanon Estimated	36,534	+15.5%
126	Puerto Rico Estimated	33,990	+6.5%
127	New Zealand Estimated	32,743	-4.8%
128	Ireland Estimated	32,141	+4.8%
129	Uruguay Estimated	31,337	-5.4%
130	Mauritania Estimated	29,488	+7.9%
131	Latvia Estimated	28,450	+2.4%
132	Costa Rica Estimated	28,056	+9.5%
133	Lesotho Estimated	26,575	+1.7%
134	Albania Estimated	26,077	+21%
135	Panama Estimated	25,176	+26%
136	North Macedonia Estimated	24,931	+26.8%
137	Singapore Estimated	24,804	+3.7%
138	Slovenia Estimated	23,812	+13.4%
139	Jamaica Estimated	21,844	+2.7%
140	Eritrea Estimated	21,662	+4.2%
141	Mongolia Estimated	21,277	+8.1%
142	Namibia Estimated	20,518	+0.2%
143	Palestine Estimated	17,193	+10.7%
144	Gambia Estimated	17,100	+2.2%
145	Guinea-Bissau Estimated	16,510	+6.7%
146	Gabon Estimated	15,865	+4.5%
147	Estonia Estimated	15,302	-0.6%
148	Equatorial Guinea Estimated	14,818	+4.4%
149	Botswana Estimated	14,795	-1%
150	Kuwait Estimated	12,488	+40.8%
151	Trinidad and Tobago Estimated	12,311	+4.3%
152	Eswatini Estimated	11,385	+3%
153	Oman Estimated	11,051	+20.3%
154	Mauritius Estimated	10,589	-1.5%
155	United Arab Emirates Estimated	10,566	+17.6%
156	Timor-Leste Estimated	9,799	+0.7%
157	Djibouti Estimated	8,878	+4.6%
158	Cyprus Estimated	8,683	+2.3%
159	Fiji Estimated	8,496	+2.1%
160	Montenegro Estimated	7,519	+9.3%
161	Guyana Estimated	6,856	+13.1%
162	Comoros Estimated	6,146	+2.2%
163	Bhutan Estimated	4,832	-0.5%
164	Luxembourg Estimated	4,715	+7%
165	Réunion Estimated	4,666	-0.2%
166	Solomon Islands Estimated	4,333	+7.3%
167	Suriname Estimated	4,193	-1.6%
168	Martinique Estimated	4,005	+14.1%
169	Malta Estimated	3,925	+11.4%
170	Bahrain Estimated	3,836	+22.7%
171	Guadeloupe Estimated	3,827	+7.3%
172	Bahamas Estimated	3,770	+2.5%
173	Western Sahara Estimated	3,427	+3%
174	Cape Verde Estimated	3,030	+17.8%
175	Qatar Estimated	2,952	+25.4%
176	Barbados Estimated	2,690	+0.5%
177	Macao Estimated	2,600	-10.3%
178	Iceland Estimated	2,315	+1.5%
179	Brunei Estimated	2,202	+4.1%
180	Belize Estimated	2,179	+12%
181	New Caledonia Estimated	2,106	+18.2%
182	Curaçao Estimated	1,737	+2.4%
183	Vanuatu Estimated	1,715	+6.9%
184	Saint Lucia Estimated	1,525	+1.9%
185	Maldives Estimated	1,488	+18.3%
186	Samoa Estimated	1,377	+0.5%
187	U.S. Virgin Islands Estimated	1,370	+4.4%
188	São Tomé and Príncipe Estimated	1,354	+3.8%
189	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Estimated	1,338	+13.8%
190	French Guiana Estimated	1,266	-4.2%
191	Guam Estimated	1,171	+10.8%
192	Jersey Estimated	1,145	+7.7%
193	French Polynesia Estimated	1,064	+13.2%
194	Aruba Estimated	1,033	+11.7%
195	Grenada Estimated	1,001	+1.7%
196	Kiribati Estimated	953	+7.2%
197	Mayotte Estimated	894	+19.7%
198	Micronesia Estimated	884	+5.5%
199	Isle of Man Estimated	877	+3.5%
200	Dominica Estimated	859	+0.4%
201	Seychelles Estimated	826	-13.9%
202	Monaco Estimated	816	-4.2%
203	Tonga Estimated	683	+0.6%
204	Andorra Estimated	641	+50.8%
205	Antigua and Barbuda Estimated	607	+3.1%
206	Bermuda Estimated	564	+1.1%
207	Guernsey Estimated	551	+2.2%
208	Faroe Islands Estimated	546	+2.6%
209	Greenland Estimated	522	+1.8%
210	Saint Kitts and Nevis Estimated	492	+4.9%
211	Saint Martin Estimated	402	+70.3%
212	San Marino Estimated	361	+35.2%
213	Cayman Islands Estimated	335	+3.4%
214	Turks and Caicos Islands Estimated	328	+7.9%
215	Sint Maarten Estimated	324	+16.5%
216	Liechtenstein Estimated	322	+21.5%
217	American Samoa Estimated	316	+1.6%
218	Marshall Islands Estimated	312	+4.3%
219	Gibraltar Estimated	249	+2.9%
220	Caribbean Netherlands Estimated	224	+6.7%
221	British Virgin Islands Estimated	215	+3.4%
222	Palau Estimated	198	+4.8%
223	Northern Mariana Islands Estimated	197	-1%
224	Cook Islands Estimated	136	0%
225	Tuvalu Estimated	95	-2.1%
226	Nauru Estimated	88	0%
227	Anguilla Estimated	86	+2.4%
228	Wallis and Futuna Estimated	83	+1.2%
229	Saint Helena Estimated	82	+3.8%
229	Saint Pierre and Miquelon Estimated	82	+6.5%
231	Montserrat Estimated	58	+3.6%
232	Saint Barthélemy Estimated	55	+19.6%
233	Falkland Islands Estimated	26	0%
233	Niue Estimated	26	+4%
235	Tokelau Estimated	13	+8.3%
236	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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