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Annual Population Deaths by Country in 2023

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In the year 2023, a total of 60,760,150 people died across the globe. Out of this group, 32,662,050 were male and 28,098,100 were female.

The country with the highest death count was 🇨🇳China, with a total of 10,705,689 people dying for the year. Closely followed by 🇮🇳India with a death count of 9,368,327, and 🇺🇸United States of America with 2,912,402 deaths recorded.

The country with the lowest annual death count was 🇻🇦Holy See with 10 people. Followed by 🇹🇰Tokelau with a death count of 14, and 🇳🇺Niue with 27 deaths recorded.

The geographic region with the highest death count was Asia with a total of 32,905,275 people dying for the year. Closely followed by Africa with a death count 11673.214, and Europe with 8,255,083 deaths recorded for the year.

When devided into sub-subregions we can see that Eastern Asia had the highest death count of 13,143,178 people. Closely followed by Southern Asia with a death count of 12,966,257, and South-Eastern Asia with 4,840,030 deaths recorded.

If we devide the global population into income groups we can see that Middle-income countries has the highest death count of 43,518,885. While the lowest death count is recorded by No income group available were only 214,882 people died in that segment.

Similar Population Metrics for 2023

Countries with the Highest Death Count in 2023

Rank Country Deaths Male Deaths Female Deaths
1 🇨🇳China 10,705,689 5,993,726 4,711,963
2 🇮🇳India 9,368,327 5,079,472 4,288,855
3 🇺🇸United States of America 2,912,402 1,537,175 1,375,226
4 🇳🇬Nigeria 2,747,861 1,397,828 1,350,034
5 🇮🇩Indonesia 2,088,650 1,112,060 976,590
6 🇷🇺Russian Federation 1,738,708 862,478 876,230
7 🇵🇰Pakistan 1,589,297 885,189 704,108
8 🇯🇵Japan 1,574,865 795,972 778,893
9 🇧🇷Brazil 1,465,348 805,995 659,353
10 🇩🇪Germany 947,408 468,591 478,817
11 🇧🇩Bangladesh 919,310 518,573 400,737
12 🇨🇩Democratic Republic of the Congo 909,870 488,424 421,446
13 🇲🇽Mexico 864,261 485,064 379,197
14 🇪🇹Ethiopia 773,204 445,188 328,016
15 🇻🇳Viet Nam 681,157 384,758 296,399
16 🇪🇬Egypt 680,946 368,498 312,448
17 🇵🇭Philippines 659,081 351,686 307,396
18 🇿🇦South Africa 652,181 325,042 327,139
19 🇮🇹Italy 634,310 303,950 330,361
20 🇺🇦Ukraine 618,465 305,940 312,525
21 🇬🇧United Kingdom 617,021 306,856 310,165
22 🇫🇷France 611,378 301,673 309,705
23 🇹🇭Thailand 548,045 315,466 232,579
24 🇲🇲Myanmar 480,797 264,068 216,728
25 🇮🇷Iran (Islamic Republic of) 448,129 259,879 188,249
26 🇹🇷Türkiye 445,281 246,135 199,146
27 🇪🇸Spain 434,759 220,165 214,595
28 🇵🇱Poland 416,348 214,050 202,297
29 🇰🇪Kenya 402,377 216,936 185,440
30 🇹🇿United Republic of Tanzania 380,195 205,577 174,618
31 🇰🇷Republic of Korea 354,920 193,587 161,334
32 🇦🇷Argentina 342,195 177,326 164,869
33 🇸🇩Sudan 312,356 174,701 137,655
34 🇨🇦Canada 302,395 155,313 147,082
35 🇨🇴Colombia 287,479 159,288 128,191
36 🇷🇴Romania 285,508 143,883 141,625
37 🇦🇴Angola 269,133 146,415 122,718
38 🇺🇬Uganda 268,122 143,458 124,665
39 🇦🇫Afghanistan 268,054 153,790 114,264
40 🇬🇭Ghana 250,410 135,366 115,044
41 🇲🇿Mozambique 249,373 134,167 115,206
42 🇰🇵Dem. People's Republic of Korea 248,321 119,728 128,592
43 🇨🇮Côte d'Ivoire 241,082 130,060 111,022
44 🇾🇪Yemen 223,914 129,907 94,006
45 🇨🇲Cameroon 222,073 117,199 104,873
46 🇲🇦Morocco 220,336 123,014 97,323
47 🇹🇩Chad 214,940 114,431 100,509
48 🇺🇿Uzbekistan 211,731 114,621 97,110
49 🇻🇪Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 210,481 121,127 89,354
50 🇳🇵Nepal 204,545 108,443 96,102
51 🇳🇪Niger 204,441 107,600 96,841
52 🇲🇱Mali 202,137 106,638 95,499
53 🇩🇿Algeria 198,170 106,124 92,046
54 🇵🇪Peru 196,934 107,885 89,049
55 🇮🇶Iraq 193,126 101,320 91,806
56 🇧🇫Burkina Faso 192,100 99,797 92,303
57 🇲🇬Madagascar 191,881 107,005 84,876
58 🇲🇾Malaysia 189,309 109,543 79,766
59 🇸🇴Somalia 187,927 100,999 86,927
60 🇰🇿Kazakhstan 183,014 92,697 90,317
61 🇹🇼China, Taiwan Province of China 182,090 104,140 77,950
62 🇦🇺Australia 180,623 93,797 86,826
63 🇱🇰Sri Lanka 162,146 90,013 72,133
64 🇳🇱Netherlands 158,788 78,686 80,103
65 🇲🇼Malawi 138,236 75,114 63,122
66 🇧🇬Bulgaria 135,830 67,960 67,869
67 🇬🇳Guinea 135,342 68,376 66,966
68 🇿🇲Zambia 129,554 70,785 58,769
69 🇿🇼Zimbabwe 129,293 65,782 63,512
70 🇭🇺Hungary 127,747 62,027 65,720
71 🇨🇱Chile 125,966 65,722 60,244
72 🇧🇾Belarus 125,412 63,484 61,928
73 🇧🇯Benin 124,328 65,628 58,700
74 🇷🇸Serbia 119,335 58,270 61,065
75 🇬🇷Greece 119,187 66,101 53,086
76 🇸🇾Syrian Arab Republic 115,683 68,615 47,068
77 🇸🇸South Sudan 114,111 58,253 55,858
78 🇵🇹Portugal 113,264 55,387 57,877
79 🇨🇿Czechia 112,100 56,479 55,621
80 🇨🇺Cuba 111,640 59,613 52,027
81 🇧🇪Belgium 110,911 54,235 56,676
82 🇬🇹Guatemala 110,509 61,040 49,469
83 🇸🇦Saudi Arabia 103,805 66,606 37,198
84 🇰🇭Cambodia 103,666 53,753 49,914
85 🇧🇮Burundi 94,503 50,164 44,339
86 🇭🇹Haiti 94,205 52,025 42,180
87 🇸🇪Sweden 91,557 45,564 45,993
88 🇪🇨Ecuador 89,138 48,803 40,335
89 🇸🇳Senegal 88,621 47,621 41,000
90 🇦🇹Austria 85,257 42,080 43,177
91 🇧🇴Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 82,300 45,109 37,191
92 🇷🇼Rwanda 81,501 42,193 39,309
93 🇸🇱Sierra Leone 76,363 39,592 36,771
94 🇹🇳Tunisia 74,918 43,251 31,667
95 🇹🇬Togo 73,701 37,680 36,021
96 🇨🇭Switzerland 70,610 34,327 36,283
97 🇩🇴Dominican Republic 69,341 39,764 29,577
98 🇦🇿Azerbaijan 68,264 36,471 31,793
99 🇵🇬Papua New Guinea 66,827 40,774 26,053
100 🇨🇫Central African Republic 60,096 32,402 27,694
101 🇫🇮Finland 56,640 28,319 28,321
102 🇩🇰Denmark 56,275 28,872 27,403
103 🇭🇰China, Hong Kong SAR 55,349 30,669 24,681
104 🇸🇰Slovakia 54,916 28,253 26,663
105 🇭🇷Croatia 53,395 25,708 27,687
106 🇬🇪Georgia 52,103 26,569 25,534
107 🇲🇩Republic of Moldova 47,888 25,735 22,153
108 🇹🇯Tajikistan 47,579 27,020 20,560
109 🇮🇱Israel 47,374 23,737 23,637
110 🇱🇦Lao People's Democratic Republic 46,924 25,756 21,168
111 🇧🇦Bosnia and Herzegovina 46,099 23,438 22,661
112 🇭🇳Honduras 46,075 26,066 20,009
113 🇸🇻El Salvador 44,510 24,230 20,280
114 🇱🇷Liberia 44,244 22,764 21,480
115 🇨🇬Congo 44,069 23,305 20,765
116 🇹🇲Turkmenistan 43,133 24,197 18,936
117 🇯🇴Jordan 42,813 25,021 17,792
118 🇳🇴Norway 42,380 21,229 21,151
119 🇱🇧Lebanon 41,966 21,230 20,736
120 🇱🇹Lithuania 38,659 18,188 20,471
121 🇵🇾Paraguay 38,306 21,529 16,778
122 🇰🇬Kyrgyzstan 38,083 22,411 15,672
123 🇱🇾Libya 37,607 22,101 15,506
124 🇵🇷Puerto Rico 36,641 20,382 16,260
125 🇳🇿New Zealand 34,699 17,980 16,719
126 🇺🇾Uruguay 33,866 16,840 17,026
127 🇮🇪Ireland 33,510 17,283 16,227
128 🇳🇮Nicaragua 33,031 18,477 14,554
129 🇲🇷Mauritania 32,978 17,721 15,257
130 🇸🇬Singapore 31,060 17,570 13,490
131 🇱🇸Lesotho 29,397 15,584 13,813
132 🇦🇱Albania 29,244 16,913 12,332
133 🇨🇷Costa Rica 28,739 15,915 12,824
134 🇱🇻Latvia 28,600 12,976 15,624
135 🇳🇦Namibia 26,638 14,326 12,312
136 🇦🇲Armenia 26,125 12,890 13,235
137 🇲🇰North Macedonia 24,722 12,876 11,846
138 🇪🇷Eritrea 24,214 12,720 11,495
139 🇵🇦Panama 23,483 13,215 10,269
140 🇯🇲Jamaica 21,690 11,635 10,055
141 🇸🇮Slovenia 20,964 10,327 10,637
142 🇵🇸State of Palestine 19,472 10,754 8,718
143 🇲🇳Mongolia 18,915 11,546 7,370
144 🇧🇼Botswana 18,506 9,884 8,622
145 🇬🇲Gambia 18,377 9,724 8,653
146 🇬🇼Guinea-Bissau 17,777 9,300 8,477
147 🇬🇦Gabon 17,175 9,765 7,410
148 🇦🇪United Arab Emirates 16,075 10,975 5,100
149 🇪🇪Estonia 15,616 7,176 8,440
150 🇬🇶Equatorial Guinea 14,186 7,946 6,240
151 🇸🇿Eswatini 13,219 7,454 5,765
152 🇹🇹Trinidad and Tobago 12,662 7,007 5,655
153 🇰🇼Kuwait 11,781 8,580 3,201
154 🇲🇺Mauritius 11,671 6,422 5,249
155 🇩🇯Djibouti 9,728 5,312 4,416
156 🇽🇰Kosovo (under UNSC res. 1244) 9,688 5,110 4,578
157 🇴🇲Oman 9,352 5,691 3,661
158 🇨🇾Cyprus 8,861 4,576 4,284
159 🇹🇱Timor-Leste 8,797 4,749 4,048
160 🇫🇯Fiji 7,772 4,148 3,624
161 🇰🇲Comoros 6,637 3,652 2,986
162 🇲🇪Montenegro 6,630 3,414 3,216
163 🇬🇾Guyana 6,133 3,453 2,680
164 🇷🇪Réunion 5,635 3,074 2,562
165 🇧🇹Bhutan 4,968 2,816 2,152
166 🇱🇺Luxembourg 4,624 2,369 2,255
167 🇸🇷Suriname 4,481 2,501 1,980
168 🇲🇹Malta 3,978 2,073 1,906
169 🇪🇭Western Sahara 3,720 2,265 1,455
170 🇸🇧Solomon Islands 3,599 2,017 1,582
171 🇲🇶Martinique 3,421 1,730 1,690
172 🇧🇭Bahrain 3,305 2,012 1,292
173 🇬🇵Guadeloupe 3,286 1,690 1,595
174 🇧🇸Bahamas 3,061 1,692 1,370
175 🇲🇴China, Macao SAR 3,038 1,698 1,340
176 🇶🇦Qatar 2,978 2,163 815
177 🇨🇻Cabo Verde 2,808 1,504 1,304
178 🇧🇧Barbados 2,595 1,290 1,306
179 🇧🇳Brunei Darussalam 2,544 1,458 1,086
180 🇮🇸Iceland 2,536 1,307 1,229
181 🇧🇿Belize 1,987 1,206 781
182 🇨🇼Curaçao 1,808 962 845
183 🇻🇺Vanuatu 1,740 1,020 719
184 🇳🇨New Caledonia 1,572 921 651
185 🇲🇻Maldives 1,477 870 607
186 🇱🇨Saint Lucia 1,441 818 623
187 🇸🇹Sao Tome and Principe 1,351 765 587
188 🇻🇮United States Virgin Islands 1,320 785 535
189 🇻🇨Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 1,278 732 545
190 🇬🇫French Guiana 1,240 732 508
191 🇼🇸Samoa 1,230 695 535
192 🇵🇫French Polynesia 1,165 688 477
193 🇬🇺Guam 1,151 664 487
194 🇦🇼Aruba 1,004 525 479
195 🇬🇩Grenada 1,002 543 459
196 🇯🇪Jersey 922 481 441
197 🇮🇲Isle of Man 865 446 419
198 🇰🇮Kiribati 827 414 414
199 🇾🇹Mayotte 787 482 304
200 🇸🇨Seychelles 762 455 307
201 🇹🇴Tonga 742 408 334
202 🇫🇲Micronesia (Fed. States of) 720 426 294
203 🇲🇨Monaco 676 343 333
204 🇫🇴Faroe Islands 612 321 291
205 🇧🇲Bermuda 596 310 286
206 🇩🇲Dominica 593 340 253
207 🇦🇬Antigua and Barbuda 583 299 284
208 🇬🇱Greenland 518 330 188
209 🇦🇩Andorra 511 283 228
210 🇬🇬Guernsey 484 249 236
211 🇰🇳Saint Kitts and Nevis 479 273 206
212 🇰🇾Cayman Islands 462 266 196
213 🇹🇨Turks and Caicos Islands 377 212 165
214 🇲🇭Marshall Islands 337 193 144
215 🇸🇲San Marino 323 154 169
216 🇲🇵Northern Mariana Islands 317 193 124
217 🇦🇸American Samoa 316 178 138
218 🇸🇽Sint Maarten (Dutch part) 313 194 120
219 🇬🇮Gibraltar 282 141 141
220 🇱🇮Liechtenstein 262 134 128
221 🇧🇶Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba 246 147 99
222 🇵🇼Palau 245 145 100
223 🇻🇬British Virgin Islands 210 122 89
224 🇲🇫Saint Martin (French part) 167 99 68
225 🇨🇰Cook Islands 146 86 60
226 🇹🇻Tuvalu 115 69 47
227 🇦🇮Anguilla 105 65 40
228 🇸🇭Saint Helena 96 59 37
229 🇳🇷Nauru 85 50 35
230 🇼🇫Wallis and Futuna Islands 79 41 38
231 🇵🇲Saint Pierre and Miquelon 70 37 33
232 🇧🇱Saint Barthélemy 63 35 28
233 🇲🇸Montserrat 50 30 20
234 🇫🇰Falkland Islands (Malvinas) 27 15 12
235 🇳🇺Niue 27 12 14
236 🇹🇰Tokelau 14 6 7
237 🇻🇦Holy See 10 5 5

Regions with the Highest Death Count in 2023

Rank Region Deaths Male Deaths Female Deaths
1 Asia 32,905,275 18,075,170 14,830,106
2 Africa 11,673,214 6,197,861 5,475,353
3 Europe 8,255,083 4,106,234 4,148,849
4 Latin America and the Caribbean 4,406,410 2,424,754 1,981,656
5 Northern America 3,215,951 1,693,158 1,522,793
6 Oceania 304,216 164,873 139,343

Sub-regions with the Highest Death Count in 2023

Rank Sub-region Deaths Male Deaths Female Deaths
1 Eastern Asia 13,143,178 7,251,062 5,892,116
2 Southern Asia 12,966,257 7,099,049 5,867,208
3 South-Eastern Asia 4,840,030 2,640,863 2,199,167
4 Western Africa 4,452,637 2,297,251 2,155,386
5 Eastern Europe 3,662,903 1,830,278 1,832,625
6 Eastern Africa 3,199,702 1,747,722 1,451,980
7 South America 2,883,896 1,576,319 1,307,577
8 Western Europe 1,989,887 982,420 1,007,467
9 Middle Africa 1,752,887 940,642 812,245
10 Southern Europe 1,616,678 804,291 812,387
11 Northern Africa 1,528,044 839,952 688,092
12 Western Asia 1,432,283 803,259 629,024
13 Central America 1,152,609 645,220 507,389
14 Northern Europe 985,615 489,245 496,370
15 Southern Africa 739,944 372,294 367,650
16 Central Asia 523,528 280,937 242,591
17 Caribbean 369,905 203,215 166,690
18 Australia/New Zealand 215,317 111,774 103,543
19 Melanesia 81,503 48,876 32,627
20 Polynesia 3,740 2,148 1,592
21 Micronesia 3,656 2,075 1,581

Income Groups with the Highest Death Count in 2023

Rank Income Group Deaths Male Deaths Female Deaths
1 Middle-income countries 43,518,885 23,639,204 19,879,681
2 Lower-middle-income countries 24,306,998 13,110,576 11,196,422
3 Upper-middle-income countries 19,211,887 10,528,628 8,683,259
4 High-income countries 11,456,067 5,875,549 5,580,518
5 Low-income countries 5,570,316 3,023,500 2,546,816
6 No income group available 214,882 123,797 91,085

Data Information

Data found on this page is based on the medium fertility variant of the United Nations Revision of World Population Prospects 2022.

Data Sources

The United Nations - Department of Economic and Social Affairs (Population Division)

UN Revision of World Population Prospects 2022

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