Countries by deaths

China had the highest deaths of 236 countries in 2022, at 11 million. Vatican City had the lowest, at 12. The median was 41,339 and the figure for the World was 62.28 million. Source: the United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division.

Highest10,998,729China

Lowest12Vatican City

Median41,339236 countries

World62,278,627History

Map of countries, 2022

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count, 2022. 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, 2022

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	2022 count	Change on 2021
1	China Estimated	10,998,729	+2.2%
2	India Estimated	9,373,178	-28.4%
3	United States Estimated	3,187,302	-8.7%
4	Nigeria Estimated	2,667,414	-0.8%
5	Indonesia Estimated	2,088,879	-24.8%
6	Russia Estimated	1,909,498	-21.7%
7	Japan Estimated	1,615,301	+8.7%
8	Pakistan Estimated	1,587,284	-8.3%
9	Brazil Estimated	1,585,581	-9.6%
10	Germany Estimated	1,082,760	+13.1%
11	Democratic Republic of the Congo Estimated	914,409	-1.7%
12	Bangladesh Estimated	853,189	-19.4%
13	Mexico Estimated	838,628	-27.1%
14	Ethiopia Estimated	763,984	-5.8%
15	Italy Estimated	741,664	+10%
16	Philippines Estimated	714,113	-21%
17	Thailand Estimated	662,160	+19.2%
18	France Estimated	658,798	+0.7%
19	United Kingdom Estimated	648,522	-2%
20	Vietnam Estimated	646,765	-1.7%
21	Egypt Estimated	639,137	-18.1%
22	South Africa Estimated	586,476	-20.1%
23	Ukraine Estimated	582,386	-23.3%
24	Türkiye Estimated	555,772	-13.2%
25	Myanmar Estimated	493,470	-5.9%
26	Spain Estimated	481,524	+5.3%
27	Iran Estimated	438,363	-22.4%
28	Poland Estimated	421,553	-16.1%
29	Argentina Estimated	399,475	-9.3%
30	Kenya Estimated	391,275	-9.5%
31	South Korea Estimated	390,625	+19.1%
32	Tanzania Estimated	378,178	-1.2%
33	Canada Estimated	337,724	+8.5%
34	Sudan Estimated	322,068	-4.2%
35	Colombia Estimated	304,255	-24.5%
36	Central African Republic Estimated	281,035	+163.2%
37	Romania Estimated	268,224	-20.4%
38	Angola Estimated	252,902	-3.9%
39	North Korea Estimated	249,694	+0.6%
40	Afghanistan Estimated	243,193	-24%
41	Uganda Estimated	238,198	-2.8%
42	Côte d’Ivoire Estimated	237,562	-4.3%
43	Mozambique Estimated	236,920	-11.1%
44	Madagascar Estimated	235,225	-0.2%
45	Ghana Estimated	235,197	-3.3%
46	Niger Estimated	232,184	-0.8%
47	Somalia Estimated	228,085	+16.9%
48	Peru Estimated	213,886	-30.6%
49	Cameroon Estimated	212,026	-4.6%
50	Chad Estimated	211,974	-2.2%
51	Uzbekistan Estimated	211,323	-2.4%
52	Taiwan Estimated	210,766	+13.2%
53	Algeria Estimated	209,276	-5.7%
54	Morocco Estimated	207,990	-12.4%
55	Venezuela Estimated	207,270	-6.6%
56	Australia Estimated	204,735	+19.4%
57	Nepal Estimated	204,694	-10.5%
58	Mali Estimated	204,390	-1.6%
59	Yemen Estimated	199,986	-9.6%
60	Malaysia Estimated	192,464	-9.5%
61	Iraq Estimated	183,525	-7%
62	Burkina Faso Estimated	183,105	-1.3%
63	Netherlands Estimated	166,819	-2.4%
64	Sri Lanka Estimated	159,011	-6.1%
65	Chile Estimated	148,081	-0.6%
66	Greece Estimated	146,529	+9.6%
67	Kazakhstan Estimated	140,077	-26.4%
68	Hungary Estimated	133,838	-15.8%
69	Guinea Estimated	130,720	-2.8%
70	Portugal Estimated	125,512	+2.3%
71	Zimbabwe Estimated	124,999	-9.9%
72	Benin Estimated	123,117	-1.8%
73	Belarus Estimated	121,504	-17.1%
74	Belgium Estimated	119,832	+6.7%
75	Malawi Estimated	119,361	-4.8%
76	Czechia Estimated	117,348	-16.3%
77	Bulgaria Estimated	115,519	-22.2%
78	Cuba Estimated	113,757	-32.9%
79	Zambia Estimated	112,518	-13.1%
80	South Sudan Estimated	109,173	+0.1%
81	Cambodia Estimated	108,772	-6.1%
82	Serbia Estimated	107,638	-20.6%
83	Syria Estimated	107,220	-0.1%
84	Senegal Estimated	104,496	-3.8%
85	Austria Estimated	96,596	+13.5%
86	Ecuador Estimated	95,582	-24%
87	Haiti Estimated	95,162	-6.4%
88	Sweden Estimated	94,672	+3%
89	Guatemala Estimated	94,246	-22.5%
90	Burundi Estimated	93,204	-1.6%
91	Bolivia Estimated	92,765	-34.1%
92	Saudi Arabia Estimated	82,701	+1%
93	Rwanda Estimated	81,816	-1%
94	Switzerland Estimated	76,534	+7.1%
95	Tunisia Estimated	74,641	-25.8%
96	Togo Estimated	71,555	-2.8%
97	Sierra Leone Estimated	70,547	-3.1%
98	Papua New Guinea Estimated	69,848	-3.5%
99	Dominican Republic Estimated	66,252	-14.7%
100	Hong Kong Estimated	65,937	+20.3%
101	Azerbaijan Estimated	65,872	-24.6%
102	Finland Estimated	63,010	+9.4%
103	Denmark Estimated	59,393	+4.1%
104	Slovakia Estimated	58,391	-21.5%
105	Croatia Estimated	53,353	-7.7%
106	Israel Estimated	49,681	+0.5%
107	Laos Estimated	47,355	-4.8%
108	Tajikistan Estimated	47,023	-12.4%
109	El Salvador Estimated	46,844	-14.1%
110	Honduras Estimated	46,486	-21.1%
111	Georgia Estimated	46,336	-20.3%
112	Norway Estimated	45,614	+8.8%
113	Bosnia and Herzegovina Estimated	45,028	-24.5%
114	Lithuania Estimated	44,732	-4.2%
115	Liberia Estimated	43,839	-2.1%
116	Paraguay Estimated	42,987	-27.9%
117	Turkmenistan Estimated	41,838	-2.4%
118	Kyrgyzstan Estimated	41,564	-17%
119	New Zealand Estimated	41,113	+17.2%
120	Moldova Estimated	39,732	-21.3%
121	Republic of the Congo Estimated	39,656	-2.4%
122	Puerto Rico Estimated	37,234	+9.5%
123	Uruguay Estimated	36,731	-7.8%
124	Jordan Estimated	35,608	-20.9%
125	Ireland Estimated	35,143	-2.2%
126	Libya Estimated	34,733	-16.7%
127	Lebanon Estimated	33,138	-31.2%
128	Nicaragua Estimated	31,574	-28.2%
129	Costa Rica Estimated	31,029	-6.6%
130	Latvia Estimated	29,864	-12.9%
131	Armenia Estimated	29,565	-22.3%
132	Singapore Estimated	28,342	+8.7%
133	Mauritania Estimated	27,435	-7.9%
134	Lesotho Estimated	24,961	-12.4%
135	Albania Estimated	24,626	-15.8%
136	Slovenia Estimated	22,495	-2.6%
137	Jamaica Estimated	22,444	-18.5%
138	North Macedonia Estimated	21,619	-21%
139	Namibia Estimated	21,588	-16.3%
140	Eritrea Estimated	21,543	-2.7%
141	Panama Estimated	20,910	-14.7%
142	Mongolia Estimated	20,082	-18.6%
143	Gambia Estimated	17,492	-3.1%
144	Estonia Estimated	17,084	-3.1%
145	Palestine Estimated	15,871	-18.8%
146	Gabon Estimated	15,846	-2%
147	Guinea-Bissau Estimated	15,210	-7.9%
148	Equatorial Guinea Estimated	14,456	-2.6%
149	Botswana Estimated	14,215	-29.5%
150	Trinidad and Tobago Estimated	12,304	-15.3%
151	Mauritius Estimated	12,247	-3.3%
152	United Arab Emirates Estimated	12,086	-1.8%
153	Cyprus Estimated	10,242	+7.9%
154	Timor-Leste Estimated	10,081	-4.8%
155	Oman Estimated	10,073	-19.6%
156	Eswatini Estimated	9,874	-22.8%
157	Kuwait Estimated	8,993	-35.6%
158	Djibouti Estimated	8,579	-8.1%
159	Fiji Estimated	8,550	-16.4%
160	Montenegro Estimated	7,333	-19.7%
161	Comoros Estimated	6,089	-6.2%
162	Guyana Estimated	6,006	-33%
163	Réunion Estimated	5,589	+2.9%
164	Bhutan Estimated	4,797	-0.8%
165	Luxembourg Estimated	4,545	-1%
166	Suriname Estimated	4,167	-25.2%
167	Malta Estimated	4,112	+2.5%
168	Macao Estimated	4,060	+32.4%
169	Solomon Islands Estimated	4,057	-9.8%
170	Guadeloupe Estimated	3,880	-16.1%
171	Martinique Estimated	3,857	-26.1%
172	Western Sahara Estimated	3,577	+2.3%
173	Bahamas Estimated	3,402	-23.8%
174	Bahrain Estimated	3,211	-23.7%
175	Barbados Estimated	3,133	+13.1%
176	Brunei Estimated	2,987	+26.2%
177	Iceland Estimated	2,826	+20.6%
178	Qatar Estimated	2,695	-9.1%
179	Cape Verde Estimated	2,601	-10.9%
180	Belize Estimated	2,178	-7.4%
181	New Caledonia Estimated	1,952	+2.7%
182	Curaçao Estimated	1,799	-6.9%
183	Vanuatu Estimated	1,617	-8.8%
184	Saint Lucia Estimated	1,512	-27.3%
185	French Guiana Estimated	1,452	-20.5%
186	U.S. Virgin Islands Estimated	1,357	-2.9%
187	Samoa Estimated	1,330	-2.8%
188	São Tomé and Príncipe Estimated	1,297	-5.7%
189	Maldives Estimated	1,221	-24.1%
190	Seychelles Estimated	1,184	+4.7%
191	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Estimated	1,168	-10.8%
192	Jersey Estimated	1,140	-3.3%
193	Guam Estimated	1,113	-8.3%
194	Grenada Estimated	1,024	-4.6%
195	Aruba Estimated	1,007	-20.5%
196	French Polynesia Estimated	989	-32.6%
197	Kiribati Estimated	923	-11.8%
198	Monaco Estimated	915	-2.7%
199	Mayotte Estimated	896	-14.6%
200	Isle of Man Estimated	864	-4.2%
201	Dominica Estimated	863	-10.3%
202	Micronesia Estimated	854	-3.4%
203	Tonga Estimated	680	-3.8%
204	Antigua and Barbuda Estimated	629	+0.2%
205	Faroe Islands Estimated	614	+6%
206	Guernsey Estimated	589	-7.5%
207	Bermuda Estimated	568	+0.4%
208	Saint Kitts and Nevis Estimated	545	-8.1%
209	Greenland Estimated	542	+1.7%
210	Andorra Estimated	474	-13.3%
211	Cayman Islands Estimated	345	-1.1%
212	Turks and Caicos Islands Estimated	338	-3.2%
213	Sint Maarten Estimated	336	-8.4%
214	American Samoa Estimated	329	+1.5%
215	Liechtenstein Estimated	293	-2.3%
216	Marshall Islands Estimated	275	-10.1%
217	San Marino Estimated	265	-21.8%
218	Saint Martin Estimated	260	-3%
219	Gibraltar Estimated	241	-26.1%
220	Caribbean Netherlands Estimated	228	+1.3%
221	British Virgin Islands Estimated	226	-15%
222	Northern Mariana Islands Estimated	208	+1%
223	Palau Estimated	204	-0.5%
224	Cook Islands Estimated	131	-2.2%
225	Anguilla Estimated	94	+2.2%
226	Tuvalu Estimated	91	-7.1%
227	Nauru Estimated	88	-2.2%
227	Saint Helena Estimated	88	+1.1%
229	Wallis and Futuna Estimated	86	-5.5%
230	Saint Pierre and Miquelon Estimated	82	0%
231	Saint Barthélemy Estimated	68	+1.5%
232	Montserrat Estimated	61	+3.4%
233	Falkland Islands Estimated	27	0%
233	Niue Estimated	27	+3.8%
235	Tokelau Estimated	13	0%
236	Vatican City Estimated	12	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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