Annual Population Deaths by Country in 2023

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11,684,177 deaths

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data source: UN WPP

In the year 2023, a total of 61,651,608 people died across the globe. Out of this group, 33,384,189 were male and 28,267,419 were female.

The country with the highest death count was 🇨🇳China, with a total of 11,684,177 people dying for the year. Closely followed by 🇮🇳India with a death count of 9,507,008, and 🇺🇸United States of America with 2,975,658 deaths recorded.

The country with the lowest annual death count was 🇻🇦Holy See with only 13 people dying. 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 34,065,020 people dying for the year. Closely followed by Africa with a death count of 11,340,841, and Europe with 8,293,264 deaths recorded for the year.

When devided into sub-subregions we can see that Eastern Asia had the highest death count of 14,096,228 people. Closely followed by Southern Asia with a death count of 13,004,391, and South-Eastern Asia with 5,007,326 deaths recorded.

If we devide the global population into income groups we can see that Low-and-middle-income countries has the highest death count of 49,775,959. While the lowest death count is recorded by No income group available were only 218,434 people died in that segment.

Similar Population Metrics for 2023

Countries with the Highest Death Count in 2023

Rank	Flag	Location	Deaths	Male Deaths	Female Deaths
1	🇨🇳	China	11,684,177	6,671,230	5,012,947
2	🇮🇳	India	9,507,008	5,145,281	4,361,727
3	🇺🇸	United States of America	2,975,658	1,577,361	1,398,296
4	🇳🇬	Nigeria	2,675,442	1,351,510	1,323,932
5	🇮🇩	Indonesia	2,117,706	1,122,637	995,070
6	🇷🇺	Russian Federation	1,794,857	937,073	857,784
7	🇵🇰	Pakistan	1,600,313	902,811	697,501
8	🇯🇵	Japan	1,524,430	786,567	737,863
9	🇧🇷	Brazil	1,494,154	824,908	669,246
10	🇩🇪	Germany	1,034,140	517,674	516,466
11	🇨🇩	Democratic Republic of the Congo	901,851	486,266	415,585
12	🇧🇩	Bangladesh	859,075	467,472	391,603
13	🇲🇽	Mexico	799,366	437,965	361,401
14	🇪🇹	Ethiopia	767,018	447,294	319,725
15	🇵🇭	Philippines	716,490	395,948	320,542
16	🇮🇹	Italy	663,448	320,426	343,022
17	🇻🇳	Viet Nam	659,980	372,923	287,057
18	🇬🇧	United Kingdom	653,747	329,985	323,762
19	🇹🇭	Thailand	637,306	367,135	270,170
20	🇪🇬	Egypt	625,449	338,919	286,529
21	🇫🇷	France	616,095	305,527	310,568
22	🇿🇦	South Africa	584,015	310,446	273,569
23	🇹🇷	Türkiye	551,598	305,771	245,827
24	🇲🇲	Myanmar	495,470	272,907	222,564
25	🇺🇦	Ukraine	495,421	266,432	228,990
26	🇪🇸	Spain	447,463	227,392	220,072
27	🇮🇷	Iran (Islamic Republic of)	423,367	236,225	187,143
28	🇵🇱	Poland	412,310	211,352	200,958
29	🇰🇪	Kenya	399,024	213,880	185,145
30	🇹🇿	United Republic of Tanzania	385,799	209,448	176,351
31	🇦🇷	Argentina	349,195	176,217	172,979
32	🇰🇷	Republic of Korea	345,502	185,731	159,770
33	🇸🇩	Sudan	320,491	190,069	130,422
34	🇨🇦	Canada	311,824	162,239	149,585
35	🇨🇴	Colombia	282,433	154,432	128,001
36	🇷🇴	Romania	257,119	130,026	127,092
37	🇰🇵	Dem. People's Republic of Korea	255,826	122,215	133,612
38	🇦🇴	Angola	254,482	138,749	115,732
39	🇦🇫	Afghanistan	240,296	126,080	114,216
40	🇨🇮	Côte d'Ivoire	238,741	134,391	104,351
41	🇬🇭	Ghana	237,869	130,252	107,617
42	🇺🇬	Uganda	235,583	129,144	106,439
43	🇲🇿	Mozambique	235,520	124,624	110,896
44	🇲🇬	Madagascar	234,841	126,213	108,628
45	🇳🇪	Niger	231,746	119,712	112,034
46	🇺🇿	Uzbekistan	221,249	120,368	100,881
47	🇩🇿	Algeria	214,259	115,272	98,987
48	🇻🇪	Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)	213,955	120,004	93,950
49	🇹🇩	Chad	213,123	114,476	98,648
50	🇲🇦	Morocco	212,624	119,938	92,686
51	🇳🇵	Nepal	205,841	106,013	99,828
52	🇹🇼	China, Taiwan Province of China	205,339	115,429	89,909
53	🇲🇱	Mali	205,047	108,177	96,870
54	🇨🇲	Cameroon	202,882	110,239	92,643
55	🇾🇪	Yemen	188,764	103,176	85,589
56	🇮🇶	Iraq	186,266	96,147	90,118
57	🇵🇪	Peru	185,861	102,494	83,367
58	🇦🇺	Australia	183,924	96,355	87,569
59	🇧🇫	Burkina Faso	183,375	96,841	86,534
60	🇲🇾	Malaysia	181,166	106,752	74,415
61	🇸🇴	Somalia	180,554	98,984	81,570
62	🇳🇱	Netherlands	166,338	83,340	82,997
63	🇱🇰	Sri Lanka	162,453	89,428	73,025
64	🇰🇿	Kazakhstan	136,388	72,760	63,628
65	🇬🇳	Guinea	131,455	66,323	65,132
66	🇭🇺	Hungary	128,063	62,231	65,832
67	🇨🇱	Chile	127,691	65,197	62,494
68	🇬🇷	Greece	127,018	63,596	63,422
69	🇿🇼	Zimbabwe	124,412	63,021	61,390
70	🇧🇯	Benin	124,132	64,754	59,379
71	🇧🇾	Belarus	121,587	59,456	62,131
72	🇸🇾	Syrian Arab Republic	118,900	64,983	53,917
73	🇵🇹	Portugal	115,917	58,090	57,827
74	🇧🇪	Belgium	113,791	56,445	57,346
75	🇨🇿	Czechia	113,525	57,953	55,573
76	🇲🇼	Malawi	113,181	62,395	50,785
77	🇨🇺	Cuba	111,819	59,814	52,005
78	🇰🇭	Cambodia	111,340	57,737	53,603
79	🇸🇸	South Sudan	110,339	60,368	49,971
80	🇿🇲	Zambia	107,917	58,910	49,007
81	🇧🇬	Bulgaria	102,980	52,540	50,440
82	🇸🇳	Senegal	100,882	57,335	43,547
83	🇸🇪	Sweden	93,944	48,116	45,829
84	🇷🇸	Serbia	93,928	50,582	43,346
85	🇦🇹	Austria	93,223	46,386	46,837
86	🇪🇨	Ecuador	92,204	50,894	41,310
87	🇧🇮	Burundi	91,963	49,278	42,686
88	🇭🇹	Haiti	90,966	51,071	39,895
89	🇧🇴	Bolivia (Plurinational State of)	87,812	47,644	40,168
90	🇬🇹	Guatemala	87,523	47,917	39,606
91	🇷🇼	Rwanda	82,826	42,657	40,168
92	🇸🇦	Saudi Arabia	77,837	52,609	25,227
93	🇹🇳	Tunisia	74,071	41,139	32,932
94	🇨🇭	Switzerland	73,788	36,477	37,311
95	🇹🇬	Togo	71,661	35,689	35,973
96	🇩🇴	Dominican Republic	70,823	39,223	31,601
97	🇸🇱	Sierra Leone	70,116	37,047	33,069
98	🇦🇿	Azerbaijan	67,842	36,182	31,660
99	🇵🇬	Papua New Guinea	67,700	40,788	26,911
100	🇫🇮	Finland	59,984	30,833	29,151
101	🇩🇰	Denmark	57,275	29,703	27,572
102	🇭🇰	China, Hong Kong SAR	57,190	30,700	26,490
103	🇭🇷	Croatia	55,029	27,053	27,976
104	🇸🇰	Slovakia	54,167	28,018	26,150
105	🇮🇱	Israel	51,294	26,336	24,958
106	🇱🇾	Libya	48,610	25,331	23,279
107	🇨🇫	Central African Republic	48,529	24,977	23,552
108	🇱🇦	Lao People's Democratic Republic	47,682	26,238	21,444
109	🇭🇳	Honduras	47,670	26,936	20,734
110	🇹🇯	Tajikistan	47,595	25,989	21,606
111	🇸🇻	El Salvador	47,443	25,691	21,752
112	🇬🇪	Georgia	45,077	23,004	22,074
113	🇱🇷	Liberia	44,333	23,111	21,222
114	🇳🇴	Norway	44,143	22,180	21,963
115	🇧🇦	Bosnia and Herzegovina	42,861	20,370	22,491
116	🇹🇲	Turkmenistan	42,575	21,841	20,735
117	🇰🇬	Kyrgyzstan	42,200	24,274	17,925
118	🇲🇩	Republic of Moldova	41,730	21,173	20,557
119	🇱🇹	Lithuania	40,940	19,755	21,185
120	🇵🇾	Paraguay	39,034	22,091	16,943
121	🇵🇸	State of Palestine	38,937	24,913	14,023
122	🇨🇬	Congo	38,880	20,807	18,074
123	🇳🇿	New Zealand	37,686	19,399	18,287
124	🇮🇪	Ireland	35,550	18,927	16,622
125	🇯🇴	Jordan	34,873	20,497	14,375
126	🇵🇷	Puerto Rico	34,664	18,999	15,665
127	🇱🇧	Lebanon	34,419	17,429	16,989
128	🇺🇾	Uruguay	33,145	16,817	16,328
129	🇳🇮	Nicaragua	31,294	16,705	14,589
130	🇨🇷	Costa Rica	27,861	15,104	12,757
131	🇸🇬	Singapore	27,728	15,425	12,303
132	🇲🇷	Mauritania	27,725	14,980	12,745
133	🇱🇻	Latvia	27,614	12,854	14,760
134	🇦🇲	Armenia	27,579	14,197	13,382
135	🇱🇸	Lesotho	24,612	12,627	11,985
136	🇦🇱	Albania	23,428	12,429	10,999
137	🇯🇲	Jamaica	22,933	12,352	10,581
138	🇸🇮	Slovenia	21,581	10,788	10,793
139	🇵🇦	Panama	21,272	11,912	9,360
140	🇪🇷	Eritrea	20,984	11,015	9,969
141	🇲🇳	Mongolia	20,340	12,361	7,980
142	🇲🇰	North Macedonia	19,863	9,924	9,939
143	🇳🇦	Namibia	18,279	10,227	8,052
144	🇬🇲	Gambia	16,975	9,050	7,925
145	🇪🇪	Estonia	16,693	7,757	8,936
146	🇬🇦	Gabon	15,577	8,849	6,728
147	🇬🇼	Guinea-Bissau	15,181	8,030	7,151
148	🇬🇶	Equatorial Guinea	14,556	8,151	6,405
149	🇧🇼	Botswana	14,197	7,733	6,464
150	🇹🇹	Trinidad and Tobago	12,577	6,924	5,653
151	🇲🇺	Mauritius	11,124	6,277	4,847
152	🇹🇱	Timor-Leste	10,065	5,376	4,689
153	🇽🇰	Kosovo (under UNSC res. 1244)	9,981	5,262	4,719
154	🇦🇪	United Arab Emirates	9,916	6,789	3,127
155	🇴🇲	Oman	9,597	5,827	3,770
156	🇨🇾	Cyprus	9,499	4,967	4,532
157	🇸🇿	Eswatini	9,475	5,067	4,408
158	🇰🇼	Kuwait	8,624	5,426	3,199
159	🇩🇯	Djibouti	8,596	4,692	3,904
160	🇫🇯	Fiji	8,553	4,541	4,011
161	🇲🇪	Montenegro	7,209	3,661	3,547
162	🇰🇲	Comoros	6,119	3,359	2,761
163	🇬🇾	Guyana	6,049	3,450	2,599
164	🇧🇹	Bhutan	4,805	2,765	2,041
165	🇷🇪	Réunion	4,797	2,594	2,203
166	🇱🇺	Luxembourg	4,642	2,349	2,293
167	🇸🇷	Suriname	4,182	2,318	1,863
168	🇸🇧	Solomon Islands	4,113	2,273	1,840
169	🇲🇹	Malta	3,928	2,120	1,808
170	🇪🇭	Western Sahara	3,678	2,221	1,456
171	🇬🇵	Guadeloupe	3,560	1,858	1,702
172	🇲🇶	Martinique	3,502	1,878	1,624
173	🇧🇸	Bahamas	3,480	1,910	1,571
174	🇲🇴	China, Macao SAR	3,423	1,866	1,557
175	🇧🇭	Bahrain	3,278	1,905	1,374
176	🇧🇧	Barbados	2,996	1,546	1,450
177	🇶🇦	Qatar	2,771	1,926	845
178	🇨🇻	Cabo Verde	2,642	1,396	1,246
179	🇮🇸	Iceland	2,612	1,386	1,226
180	🇧🇳	Brunei Darussalam	2,400	1,396	1,004
181	🇧🇿	Belize	2,025	1,216	808
182	🇨🇼	Curaçao	1,844	1,001	842
183	🇳🇨	New Caledonia	1,818	970	848
184	🇻🇺	Vanuatu	1,629	977	651
185	🇱🇨	Saint Lucia	1,544	874	670
186	🇬🇫	French Guiana	1,502	872	630
187	🇼🇸	Samoa	1,334	712	622
188	🇻🇮	United States Virgin Islands	1,321	821	499
189	🇸🇹	Sao Tome and Principe	1,287	758	529
190	🇲🇻	Maldives	1,230	760	469
191	🇻🇨	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	1,165	667	498
192	🇯🇪	Jersey	1,150	600	549
193	🇬🇺	Guam	1,144	685	458
194	🇸🇨	Seychelles	1,051	599	452
195	🇬🇩	Grenada	1,037	574	463
196	🇦🇼	Aruba	1,034	534	499
197	🇵🇫	French Polynesia	1,026	605	421
198	🇰🇮	Kiribati	934	461	473
199	🇮🇲	Isle of Man	882	463	419
200	🇫🇲	Micronesia (Fed. States of)	860	496	364
201	🇾🇹	Mayotte	854	501	353
202	🇩🇲	Dominica	849	472	377
203	🇲🇨	Monaco	817	423	394
204	🇹🇴	Tonga	674	374	300
205	🇦🇬	Antigua and Barbuda	643	333	310
206	🇬🇬	Guernsey	595	319	277
207	🇧🇲	Bermuda	573	319	254
208	🇫🇴	Faroe Islands	564	305	259
209	🇬🇱	Greenland	551	326	225
210	🇦🇩	Andorra	491	270	221
211	🇰🇳	Saint Kitts and Nevis	466	266	200
212	🇰🇾	Cayman Islands	351	201	150
213	🇸🇽	Sint Maarten (Dutch part)	347	216	131
214	🇹🇨	Turks and Caicos Islands	342	186	156
215	🇦🇸	American Samoa	334	196	138
216	🇱🇮	Liechtenstein	300	155	145
217	🇲🇭	Marshall Islands	271	157	114
218	🇸🇲	San Marino	270	134	136
219	🇧🇶	Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba	258	156	102
220	🇲🇫	Saint Martin (French part)	255	145	110
221	🇬🇮	Gibraltar	250	133	117
222	🇻🇬	British Virgin Islands	233	131	102
223	🇲🇵	Northern Mariana Islands	212	126	86
224	🇵🇼	Palau	204	115	89
225	🇨🇰	Cook Islands	132	78	54
226	🇦🇮	Anguilla	96	55	41
227	🇹🇻	Tuvalu	90	50	39
228	🇸🇭	Saint Helena	89	55	34
229	🇳🇷	Nauru	89	48	41
230	🇼🇫	Wallis and Futuna Islands	88	46	42
231	🇵🇲	Saint Pierre and Miquelon	82	44	37
232	🇧🇱	Saint Barthélemy	70	36	34
233	🇲🇸	Montserrat	60	34	26
234	🇫🇰	Falkland Islands (Malvinas)	27	15	13
235	🇳🇺	Niue	27	14	13
236	🇹🇰	Tokelau	14	7	7
237	🇻🇦	Holy See	13	6	7

Regions with the Highest Death Count in 2023

Rank	Location	Deaths	Male Deaths	Female Deaths
1	Asia	34,065,020	18,824,719	15,240,301
2	Africa	11,340,841	6,066,168	5,274,673
3	Europe	8,293,264	4,210,449	4,082,815
4	Americas	7,639,617	4,113,367	3,526,250
5	Latin America and the Caribbean	4,350,938	2,373,083	1,977,855
6	Northern America	3,288,692	1,740,291	1,548,401
7	Oceania	312,847	169,470	143,377

Sub-regions with the Highest Death Count in 2023

Rank	Location	Deaths	Male Deaths	Female Deaths
1	Eastern Asia	14,096,228	7,926,096	6,170,132
2	Southern Asia	13,004,391	7,076,841	5,927,550
3	South-Eastern Asia	5,007,326	2,744,468	2,262,858
4	Western Africa	4,377,408	2,258,652	2,118,756
5	Eastern Europe	3,521,753	1,826,250	1,695,503
6	Eastern Africa	3,122,498	1,715,250	1,407,248
7	South America	2,917,249	1,587,356	1,329,893
8	Western Europe	2,103,128	1,048,772	1,054,356
9	Middle Africa	1,691,169	913,273	777,896
10	Southern Europe	1,632,682	812,242	820,440
11	Northern Africa	1,499,175	832,889	666,286
12	Western Asia	1,467,071	812,085	654,986
13	Central America	1,064,453	583,447	481,006
14	Northern Europe	1,035,697	523,186	512,511
15	Southern Africa	650,580	346,099	304,481
16	Central Asia	490,005	265,230	224,775
17	Caribbean	369,239	202,280	166,959
18	Australia/New Zealand	221,609	115,754	105,855
19	Melanesia	83,807	49,546	34,261
20	Polynesia	3,714	2,082	1,632
21	Micronesia	3,710	2,092	1,618

Income Groups with the Highest Death Count in 2023

Rank	Location	Deaths	Male Deaths	Female Deaths
1	Low-and-middle-income countries	49,775,959	27,249,447	22,526,512
2	Middle-income countries	44,576,950	24,427,579	20,149,371
3	High-and-upper-middle-income countries	33,967,518	18,403,465	15,564,053
4	Low-and-Lower-middle-income countries	27,462,100	14,856,177	12,605,923
5	Upper-middle-income countries	22,313,868	12,393,272	9,920,596
6	Lower-middle-income countries	22,263,077	12,034,308	10,228,769
7	High-income countries	11,653,643	6,010,187	5,643,456
8	Low-income countries	5,199,029	2,821,870	2,377,159
9	No income group available	218,434	122,689	95,745

Annual Population Deaths by Country in 2023

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Countries with the Highest Death Count in 2023

Regions with the Highest Death Count in 2023

Sub-regions with the Highest Death Count in 2023

Income Groups with the Highest Death Count in 2023

Data Information

Data Sources

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

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