Annual Population Deaths by Country in 2018

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9,967,028 deaths

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data source: UN WPP

In the year 2018, a total of 57,792,804 people died across the globe. Out of this group, 31,141,017 were male and 26,651,787 were female.

The country with the highest death count was 🇨🇳China, with a total of 9,967,028 people dying for the year. Closely followed by 🇮🇳India with a death count of 9,169,448, and 🇺🇸United States of America with 2,818,628 deaths recorded.

The country with the lowest annual death count was 🇻🇦Holy See with only 11 people dying. Followed by 🇹🇰Tokelau with a death count of 12, and 🇳🇺Niue with 25 deaths recorded.

The geographic region with the highest death count was Asia with a total of 31,192,991 people dying for the year. Closely followed by Africa with a death count of 11,010,347, and Europe with 8,175,564 deaths recorded for the year.

When devided into sub-subregions we can see that Southern Asia had the highest death count of 12,634,734 people. Closely followed by Eastern Asia with a death count of 12,161,297, and South-Eastern Asia with 4,592,560 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 46,599,293. While the lowest death count is recorded by No income group available were only 203,211 people died in that segment.

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Countries with the Highest Death Count in 2018

Rank	Flag	Location	Deaths	Male Deaths	Female Deaths
1	🇨🇳	China	9,967,028	5,665,064	4,301,964
2	🇮🇳	India	9,169,448	4,953,379	4,216,068
3	🇺🇸	United States of America	2,818,628	1,476,858	1,341,771
4	🇳🇬	Nigeria	2,654,289	1,338,769	1,315,520
5	🇮🇩	Indonesia	2,041,291	1,077,145	964,145
6	🇷🇺	Russian Federation	1,790,069	902,298	887,771
7	🇵🇰	Pakistan	1,554,982	882,253	672,729
8	🇯🇵	Japan	1,410,420	726,149	684,271
9	🇧🇷	Brazil	1,306,179	733,387	572,792
10	🇩🇪	Germany	961,483	474,262	487,221
11	🇧🇩	Bangladesh	889,864	486,451	403,413
12	🇨🇩	Democratic Republic of the Congo	868,697	461,972	406,725
13	🇲🇽	Mexico	756,309	421,758	334,550
14	🇪🇹	Ethiopia	747,103	427,195	319,908
15	🇮🇹	Italy	635,634	303,628	332,006
16	🇵🇭	Philippines	629,700	345,989	283,710
17	🇬🇧	United Kingdom	617,718	304,647	313,072
18	🇫🇷	France	604,978	300,219	304,759
19	🇻🇳	Viet Nam	602,701	340,867	261,834
20	🇺🇦	Ukraine	594,815	293,344	301,470
21	🇪🇬	Egypt	584,762	314,831	269,931
22	🇿🇦	South Africa	515,166	268,819	246,347
23	🇹🇭	Thailand	511,579	305,307	206,272
24	🇹🇷	Türkiye	468,091	263,490	204,601
25	🇲🇲	Myanmar	461,396	251,801	209,595
26	🇪🇸	Spain	426,886	216,367	210,519
27	🇵🇱	Poland	408,900	210,646	198,254
28	🇮🇷	Iran (Islamic Republic of)	400,023	222,336	177,687
29	🇹🇿	United Republic of Tanzania	366,536	199,560	166,975
30	🇰🇪	Kenya	360,811	192,276	168,536
31	🇦🇷	Argentina	338,605	172,733	165,872
32	🇰🇷	Republic of Korea	302,790	166,349	136,441
33	🇸🇩	Sudan	293,941	170,423	123,518
34	🇨🇦	Canada	289,728	147,242	142,486
35	🇷🇴	Romania	269,435	137,982	131,453
36	🇦🇫	Afghanistan	267,162	153,931	113,230
37	🇨🇴	Colombia	262,298	145,965	116,333
38	🇦🇴	Angola	248,110	134,358	113,752
39	🇲🇿	Mozambique	241,563	124,846	116,717
40	🇨🇮	Côte d'Ivoire	241,017	134,305	106,711
41	🇰🇵	Dem. People's Republic of Korea	235,016	115,156	119,860
42	🇺🇬	Uganda	233,303	125,858	107,445
43	🇬🇭	Ghana	228,182	122,328	105,855
44	🇳🇪	Niger	216,762	111,465	105,297
45	🇨🇲	Cameroon	209,154	112,536	96,618
46	🇾🇪	Yemen	208,411	124,448	83,962
47	🇹🇩	Chad	207,721	109,265	98,456
48	🇲🇬	Madagascar	205,953	110,212	95,740
49	🇲🇦	Morocco	201,292	112,108	89,184
50	🇲🇱	Mali	199,803	104,187	95,615
51	🇻🇪	Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)	199,264	113,917	85,347
52	🇳🇵	Nepal	198,513	101,667	96,845
53	🇩🇿	Algeria	198,383	106,764	91,618
54	🇵🇪	Peru	196,900	108,129	88,771
55	🇺🇿	Uzbekistan	192,057	106,567	85,490
56	🇸🇴	Somalia	191,468	102,690	88,778
57	🇧🇫	Burkina Faso	179,399	92,569	86,830
58	🇮🇶	Iraq	175,615	90,332	85,283
59	🇹🇼	China, Taiwan Province of China	175,157	104,576	70,581
60	🇲🇾	Malaysia	162,771	95,867	66,904
61	🇦🇺	Australia	160,793	83,661	77,132
62	🇳🇱	Netherlands	153,488	74,307	79,181
63	🇱🇰	Sri Lanka	148,574	83,675	64,899
64	🇰🇿	Kazakhstan	131,961	70,144	61,817
65	🇭🇺	Hungary	130,528	63,813	66,715
66	🇬🇳	Guinea	128,964	65,117	63,846
67	🇸🇾	Syrian Arab Republic	128,118	77,051	51,067
68	🇸🇸	South Sudan	125,762	67,351	58,411
69	🇿🇼	Zimbabwe	125,094	62,335	62,759
70	🇬🇷	Greece	122,310	61,789	60,521
71	🇧🇾	Belarus	121,806	59,696	62,110
72	🇿🇲	Zambia	121,767	65,761	56,006
73	🇲🇼	Malawi	121,281	66,703	54,578
74	🇧🇯	Benin	117,361	59,943	57,418
75	🇨🇱	Chile	117,053	61,323	55,731
76	🇨🇿	Czechia	112,925	57,311	55,614
77	🇵🇹	Portugal	111,263	55,909	55,354
78	🇧🇪	Belgium	110,783	54,038	56,746
79	🇨🇺	Cuba	110,763	60,363	50,400
80	🇧🇬	Bulgaria	108,369	56,261	52,107
81	🇷🇸	Serbia	100,122	53,193	46,929
82	🇰🇭	Cambodia	99,702	51,808	47,893
83	🇸🇳	Senegal	97,376	52,997	44,379
84	🇸🇪	Sweden	92,256	45,461	46,795
85	🇧🇮	Burundi	89,646	47,243	42,404
86	🇧🇴	Bolivia (Plurinational State of)	87,019	47,664	39,355
87	🇭🇹	Haiti	86,899	47,876	39,023
88	🇬🇹	Guatemala	86,507	47,744	38,763
89	🇦🇹	Austria	84,398	40,920	43,477
90	🇪🇨	Ecuador	79,254	43,887	35,367
91	🇷🇼	Rwanda	77,506	39,869	37,638
92	🇸🇱	Sierra Leone	73,100	37,677	35,423
93	🇹🇳	Tunisia	71,620	39,961	31,659
94	🇹🇬	Togo	71,007	35,344	35,662
95	🇸🇦	Saudi Arabia	67,662	45,640	22,023
96	🇨🇭	Switzerland	67,599	32,602	34,997
97	🇦🇿	Azerbaijan	67,313	35,996	31,317
98	🇩🇴	Dominican Republic	63,148	35,515	27,633
99	🇵🇬	Papua New Guinea	62,576	38,078	24,498
100	🇨🇫	Central African Republic	60,510	32,942	27,568
101	🇩🇰	Denmark	55,175	27,924	27,250
102	🇭🇷	Croatia	54,586	27,076	27,509
103	🇫🇮	Finland	54,439	27,173	27,266
104	🇸🇰	Slovakia	53,768	27,548	26,220
105	🇭🇰	China, Hong Kong SAR	49,138	27,091	22,047
106	🇱🇦	Lao People's Democratic Republic	48,226	26,315	21,911
107	🇸🇻	El Salvador	46,257	25,903	20,354
108	🇬🇪	Georgia	45,833	24,174	21,659
109	🇹🇯	Tajikistan	45,586	24,712	20,873
110	🇮🇱	Israel	43,643	22,002	21,642
111	🇭🇳	Honduras	43,478	24,579	18,899
112	🇲🇩	Republic of Moldova	42,986	22,247	20,739
113	🇰🇬	Kyrgyzstan	42,973	25,316	17,657
114	🇱🇷	Liberia	42,724	22,221	20,504
115	🇳🇴	Norway	40,805	19,840	20,966
116	🇧🇦	Bosnia and Herzegovina	40,575	20,484	20,091
117	🇹🇲	Turkmenistan	40,191	21,017	19,175
118	🇱🇹	Lithuania	39,599	19,001	20,598
119	🇨🇬	Congo	37,057	19,602	17,454
120	🇵🇾	Paraguay	35,440	20,203	15,236
121	🇱🇾	Libya	34,294	20,318	13,976
122	🇳🇿	New Zealand	33,625	17,187	16,438
123	🇵🇷	Puerto Rico	32,771	17,609	15,162
124	🇺🇾	Uruguay	32,350	16,908	15,441
125	🇯🇴	Jordan	31,925	18,698	13,227
126	🇱🇧	Lebanon	31,085	15,826	15,259
127	🇳🇮	Nicaragua	30,927	16,881	14,046
128	🇮🇪	Ireland	30,617	15,873	14,744
129	🇱🇻	Latvia	28,825	13,550	15,275
130	🇦🇲	Armenia	28,426	14,308	14,118
131	🇲🇷	Mauritania	27,266	14,684	12,582
132	🇱🇸	Lesotho	26,633	13,528	13,105
133	🇨🇷	Costa Rica	25,067	13,966	11,101
134	🇸🇬	Singapore	23,582	12,739	10,843
135	🇦🇱	Albania	21,344	11,140	10,205
136	🇳🇦	Namibia	20,945	11,413	9,532
137	🇸🇮	Slovenia	20,858	10,390	10,468
138	🇯🇲	Jamaica	20,773	11,167	9,606
139	🇪🇷	Eritrea	20,703	10,913	9,789
140	🇵🇦	Panama	19,682	11,209	8,473
141	🇲🇳	Mongolia	19,013	11,506	7,507
142	🇲🇰	North Macedonia	18,938	9,696	9,243
143	🇬🇲	Gambia	16,711	8,843	7,868
144	🇪🇪	Estonia	15,757	7,388	8,368
145	🇵🇸	State of Palestine	15,603	8,721	6,882
146	🇬🇼	Guinea-Bissau	15,570	8,197	7,373
147	🇧🇼	Botswana	15,370	8,217	7,153
148	🇬🇦	Gabon	15,082	8,380	6,702
149	🇬🇶	Equatorial Guinea	14,041	7,739	6,302
150	🇸🇿	Eswatini	11,481	6,082	5,399
151	🇹🇹	Trinidad and Tobago	11,384	6,299	5,085
152	🇲🇺	Mauritius	10,311	5,801	4,509
153	🇽🇰	Kosovo (under UNSC res. 1244)	9,842	5,232	4,610
154	🇹🇱	Timor-Leste	9,586	5,198	4,388
155	🇴🇲	Oman	9,158	5,781	3,377
156	🇦🇪	United Arab Emirates	8,944	6,372	2,572
157	🇩🇯	Djibouti	8,392	4,580	3,813
158	🇰🇼	Kuwait	8,228	5,543	2,685
159	🇫🇯	Fiji	8,198	4,398	3,800
160	🇨🇾	Cyprus	8,110	4,369	3,740
161	🇲🇪	Montenegro	6,716	3,407	3,310
162	🇰🇲	Comoros	5,967	3,264	2,703
163	🇬🇾	Guyana	5,863	3,372	2,490
164	🇧🇹	Bhutan	4,923	2,820	2,104
165	🇷🇪	Réunion	4,472	2,434	2,038
166	🇱🇺	Luxembourg	4,409	2,212	2,197
167	🇸🇷	Suriname	4,233	2,402	1,831
168	🇸🇧	Solomon Islands	3,879	2,152	1,727
169	🇲🇶	Martinique	3,406	1,793	1,613
170	🇲🇹	Malta	3,362	1,817	1,545
171	🇬🇵	Guadeloupe	3,273	1,866	1,407
172	🇧🇸	Bahamas	3,250	1,816	1,434
173	🇪🇭	Western Sahara	3,232	1,933	1,299
174	🇧🇭	Bahrain	3,047	1,868	1,179
175	🇲🇴	China, Macao SAR	2,729	1,494	1,235
176	🇧🇧	Barbados	2,655	1,310	1,345
177	🇨🇻	Cabo Verde	2,650	1,420	1,230
178	🇶🇦	Qatar	2,421	1,763	658
179	🇮🇸	Iceland	2,266	1,147	1,119
180	🇧🇳	Brunei Darussalam	2,032	1,183	849
181	🇧🇿	Belize	1,928	1,170	758
182	🇳🇨	New Caledonia	1,721	932	789
183	🇨🇼	Curaçao	1,611	896	714
184	🇻🇺	Vanuatu	1,586	970	616
185	🇱🇨	Saint Lucia	1,426	811	615
186	🇸🇹	Sao Tome and Principe	1,307	755	552
187	🇻🇮	United States Virgin Islands	1,299	835	464
188	🇼🇸	Samoa	1,276	677	599
189	🇲🇻	Maldives	1,250	782	468
190	🇬🇫	French Guiana	1,181	681	500
191	🇻🇨	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	1,165	674	491
192	🇬🇺	Guam	1,043	634	409
193	🇯🇪	Jersey	1,024	546	478
194	🇬🇩	Grenada	964	543	421
195	🇸🇨	Seychelles	923	513	409
196	🇵🇫	French Polynesia	921	547	375
197	🇦🇼	Aruba	897	487	410
198	🇰🇮	Kiribati	871	430	442
199	🇩🇲	Dominica	853	458	396
200	🇮🇲	Isle of Man	841	428	413
201	🇫🇲	Micronesia (Fed. States of)	833	469	364
202	🇲🇨	Monaco	812	429	383
203	🇾🇹	Mayotte	726	403	323
204	🇹🇴	Tonga	676	387	288
205	🇦🇬	Antigua and Barbuda	574	293	281
206	🇧🇲	Bermuda	555	318	237
207	🇬🇬	Guernsey	554	293	261
208	🇫🇴	Faroe Islands	523	275	248
209	🇬🇱	Greenland	503	296	207
210	🇰🇳	Saint Kitts and Nevis	466	262	204
211	🇦🇩	Andorra	412	220	192
212	🇰🇾	Cayman Islands	314	177	138
213	🇦🇸	American Samoa	306	179	127
214	🇲🇭	Marshall Islands	304	176	128
215	🇹🇨	Turks and Caicos Islands	288	156	132
216	🇸🇲	San Marino	265	128	137
217	🇱🇮	Liechtenstein	259	133	125
218	🇸🇽	Sint Maarten (Dutch part)	257	155	102
219	🇬🇮	Gibraltar	241	126	115
220	🇧🇶	Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba	203	119	83
221	🇲🇵	Northern Mariana Islands	203	122	81
222	🇻🇬	British Virgin Islands	185	105	79
223	🇵🇼	Palau	184	105	79
224	🇲🇫	Saint Martin (French part)	161	99	62
225	🇨🇰	Cook Islands	137	83	54
226	🇹🇻	Tuvalu	99	57	42
227	🇳🇷	Nauru	87	50	37
228	🇦🇮	Anguilla	83	50	33
229	🇼🇫	Wallis and Futuna Islands	81	42	38
230	🇸🇭	Saint Helena	77	48	30
231	🇵🇲	Saint Pierre and Miquelon	75	41	34
232	🇲🇸	Montserrat	55	31	24
233	🇧🇱	Saint Barthélemy	43	25	18
234	🇫🇰	Falkland Islands (Malvinas)	26	14	12
235	🇳🇺	Niue	25	13	12
236	🇹🇰	Tokelau	12	6	6
237	🇻🇦	Holy See	11	5	6

Regions with the Highest Death Count in 2018

Rank	Location	Deaths	Male Deaths	Female Deaths
1	Asia	31,192,991	17,233,036	13,959,955
2	Africa	11,010,347	5,831,872	5,178,475
3	Europe	8,175,564	4,074,420	4,101,144
4	Americas	7,134,468	3,850,337	3,284,131
5	Latin America and the Caribbean	4,024,982	2,225,586	1,799,396
6	Northern America	3,109,489	1,624,752	1,484,737
7	Oceania	279,438	151,356	128,082

Sub-regions with the Highest Death Count in 2018

Rank	Location	Deaths	Male Deaths	Female Deaths
1	Southern Asia	12,634,734	6,887,288	5,747,446
2	Eastern Asia	12,161,297	6,817,390	5,343,907
3	South-Eastern Asia	4,592,560	2,514,221	2,078,339
4	Western Africa	4,312,247	2,210,108	2,102,139
5	Eastern Europe	3,633,597	1,831,150	1,802,447
6	Eastern Africa	3,059,286	1,659,809	1,399,477
7	South America	2,665,664	1,470,583	1,195,081
8	Western Europe	1,988,208	979,120	1,009,088
9	Middle Africa	1,661,677	887,551	774,126
10	Southern Europe	1,573,368	780,609	792,759
11	Northern Africa	1,387,524	766,338	621,186
12	Western Asia	1,351,630	766,379	585,251
13	Central America	1,010,157	563,213	446,944
14	Northern Europe	980,397	483,542	496,855
15	Southern Africa	589,600	308,067	281,533
16	Central Asia	452,758	247,752	205,006
17	Caribbean	349,171	191,792	157,379
18	Australia/New Zealand	194,421	100,852	93,569
19	Melanesia	77,956	46,527	31,429
20	Polynesia	3,535	1,991	1,544
21	Micronesia	3,524	1,989	1,535

Income Groups with the Highest Death Count in 2018

Rank	Location	Deaths	Male Deaths	Female Deaths
1	Low-and-middle-income countries	46,599,293	25,395,326	21,203,967
2	Middle-income countries	41,460,354	22,606,755	18,853,599
3	High-and-upper-middle-income countries	30,877,480	16,626,148	14,251,332
4	Low-and-Lower-middle-income countries	26,708,840	14,396,735	12,312,105
5	Lower-middle-income countries	21,569,897	11,608,166	9,961,731
6	Upper-middle-income countries	19,890,456	10,998,587	8,891,869
7	High-income countries	10,987,036	5,627,559	5,359,477
8	Low-income countries	5,138,939	2,788,573	2,350,366
9	No income group available	203,211	116,262	86,949

Annual Population Deaths by Country in 2018

Similar Population Metrics for 2018

Countries with the Highest Death Count in 2018

Regions with the Highest Death Count in 2018

Sub-regions with the Highest Death Count in 2018

Income Groups with the Highest Death Count in 2018

Data Information

Data Sources

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

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